Oregon 2025 Regular Session All Bills (Page 140)

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Oregon 2025 Regular Session

Oregon House Bill HB2032

Introduced
1/13/25  
Tells a business that hosts online matter than can harm a child to check the ages of those who can get access to the matter and not give access to people who are under 18 years of age. Lets people sue the business for not checking ages and giving people under 18 years of age access to matter than can harm a child. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7). Requires a commercial entity that engages in the business of publishing or distributing sexual material harmful to minors to verify the ages of individuals to whom the commercial entity distributes or makes available the sexual material harmful to minors. Specifies reasonable methods for age verification and requires a person that verifies ages to destroy or delete information that could identify an individual or the individual's address or that could disclose other personal information about the individual. Imposes liability in an amount not to exceed $5,000 for failure to comply with the age verification requirement if the failure results in exposing an individual under the age of 18 years to sexual material harmful to minors. Imposes liability in an amount not to exceed the greater of a plaintiff's actual damages or $5,000 for failure to destroy or delete information used in age verification.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB498

Introduced
1/13/25  
This Act allows owners of newer historic houses to build an extra house. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4). Redefines "historic home" to include dwellings built before 1974 for the purpose of serving as an accessory dwelling unit to a home newly constructed on rural residential lands.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session

Oregon House Bill HB3098

Introduced
1/13/25  
The Act requires persons who get grants or loans from state agencies to report on how they spent the money. The Act also requires them to report on whether they made any political contributions. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.0). Requires certain recipients of grant or loan moneys distributed by state agencies to submit annual reports to committees of the Legislative Assembly. Directs state agencies to notify recipients of requirements of the Act. Requires persons required to file reports under the Act to disclose amounts and recipients of political contributions made within a specified time frame. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB309

Introduced
1/13/25  
Tells the HECC to study health care for higher learning teachers. (Flesch Readability Score: 80.3). Requires the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to study health care benefits for part-time faculty members at post-secondary institutions of education. Directs the commission to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to higher education not later than September 15, 2026.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB768

Introduced
1/13/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Refer
3/12/25  
The Act tells the state to match each donation that is at least $10,000 to the OSU Foundation for ag research. The Act requires the match to be 50% of each specified donation if money allows for it. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6). Requires the State of Oregon to contribute a 50 percent match for every donation of $10,000 or more made to the Oregon State University Foundation for the express purpose of supporting agricultural research with emphasis on cereal grains, to the extent moneys are available. Appropriates moneys to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for allocation to the Oregon State University Foundation.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session

Oregon House Bill HB2155

Introduced
1/13/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Report Pass
5/16/25  
Engrossed
5/21/25  
Refer
5/21/25  
Report Pass
5/22/25  
Enrolled
6/4/25  
Passed
6/16/25  
Chaptered
7/7/25  
The Act allows law enforcement to use car accident reports to help them with their work. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.9). [Digest: The Act says that ODOT must study speed bumps. (Flesch Readability Score: 94.3).] [Requires the Department of Transportation to study the development of uniform standards for speed bump height and markings.] [Sunsets January 2, 2027.] Expands the confidential use of vehicle accident reports to include law enforcement agencies for investigatory purposes.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session

Oregon House Bill HB2697

Introduced
1/13/25  
The Act repeals the limit on traffic stops for some lighting offenses. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.7). Repeals the limitation on police officers initiating traffic stops for certain offenses related to vehicle lighting.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB117

Introduced
1/13/25  
The Act would extend the partial tax break for vertical housing projects. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.7). Extends the sunset date for the partial property tax exemption for the property of vertical housing development projects. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session

Oregon House Bill HB2964

Introduced
1/13/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Report Pass
4/11/25  
Engrossed
4/16/25  
Refer
4/21/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Enrolled
6/12/25  
Passed
6/24/25  
Chaptered
7/25/25  
This Act makes OHCS provide loans for costs of low cost housing predevelopment. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.9). [Digest: This Act creates a temporary program for OHCS to award grants and loans for housing prep. (Flesch Readability Score: 74.2).] Requires the Housing and Community Services Department to award [grants] loans for the predevelopment costs of affordable housing [and a grant to assist nonprofits receiving grants or loans under this Act. Sunsets January 2, 2028]. Requires the department to adopt initial rules by June 1, 2026, and to combine other existing predevelopment loan programs. [Establishes the Affordable Housing Predevelopment Loan Fund. Continuously appropriates moneys in the fund to the department to award loans for predevelopment costs of affordable housing.] [Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the department for grants and loans.] Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session

Oregon House Bill HB3134

Introduced
1/13/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Refer
4/14/25  
Refer
4/14/25  
Report Pass
5/5/25  
Engrossed
5/8/25  
Refer
5/8/25  
Report Pass
5/27/25  
Enrolled
6/12/25  
Passed
6/24/25  
Chaptered
7/25/25  
Tells some insurers to report more data to DCBS and makes rules about prior authorization for some procedures. Tells some insurers to use a program by a set date. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.8). [Digest: This Act tells insurers, PEBB, OEBB and CCOs to exempt some health care providers from prior authorization in some situations and makes rules about how to do so. Adds reporting rules for these insurers to DCBS and OHA. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6).] [Creates a process that exempts certain health care providers from prior authorization requirements under certain circumstances.] Requires additional reporting about prior authorization to the Department of Consumer and Business Services from insurers offering a health benefit plan and tells the department to make [certain] this data publicly available. [Applies these requirements to commercial health insurance, the Public Employees' Benefit Board, the Oregon Educators Benefit Board and coordinated care organizations.] [Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.] Creates restrictions for prior authorization requirements during certain surgical procedures for insurers offering a health benefit plan. Requires certain insurers offering a health benefit plan to implement a prior authorization programming interface by January 1, 2027.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session

Oregon House Bill HB2623

Introduced
1/13/25  
The Act tells OPDC to do a study on public defense. (Flesch Readability Score: 87.9). Directs the Oregon Public Defense Commission to study best practices to improve the provision of public defense services within this state, and provide the results of the study to the appropriate interim committees of the Legislative Assembly no later than December 31, 2026. Sunsets January 2, 2027.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session

Oregon House Bill HB2570

Introduced
1/13/25  
The Act makes new disclosure laws. The Act requires the director of DCBS to not disclose to the public any information that could be used to identify certain employees who take part in certain OSHA inspections. The Act creates exceptions. The Act requires the director to adopt rules and procedures for carrying out the Act. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.5). Requires the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services to keep confidential and not disclose to the public any personally identifiable information of employees who provided information for or participated in investigations or inspections of places of employment. Creates exceptions to the prohibition against disclosure. Requires the director to adopt rules and establish procedures regarding confidentiality and disclosure of personally identifiable information.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session

Oregon House Bill HB3095

Introduced
1/13/25  
The Act directs the court to presume, unless rebutted, that equal parenting time is in the best interests of the child. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6). Creates rebuttable presumption that equal parenting time is in the best interests of the child. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session

Oregon House Bill HB2879

Introduced
1/13/25  
Creates a task force to study how a major seismic event will affect children and to prepare to meet the needs of children after such an event. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4). Establishes the Task Force on Seismic Event Preparation. Directs the task force to conduct a study regarding the impacts of a major seismic event on children and to identify methods for preparing schools and communities to meet the needs of children following a major seismic event. Directs the task force to submit a report to an interim committee of the Legislative Assembly related to education no later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets task force on January 2, 2027. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB547

Introduced
1/13/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Report Pass
2/17/25  
Engrossed
2/25/25  
Refer
2/27/25  
Report Pass
6/3/25  
Enrolled
6/11/25  
Passed
6/20/25  
Chaptered
6/23/25  
Makes the month of April of each year Oregon Native Plant Appreciation Month. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4). Designates the month of April of each year as Oregon Native Plant Appreciation Month. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.