The Act makes some changes to the impaired health professional program. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.9). Defines "monitoring agreement" and "workplace monitor" for purposes of the impaired health professional program. Clarifies that a licensee may self-refer to the program. Under specified circumstances, allows a health professional licensing board to remove from board records information regarding a licensee's participation in the program. Clarifies the requirements of a program clinical evaluator. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Requires OEBB to count the amounts paid from coupons or by other third parties toward any costs that an insured person must pay for their drugs. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.5). Requires the Oregon Educators' Benefit Board to count payments made by or on behalf of an enrollee for the cost of certain prescription drugs when calculating the enrollee's contribution to an out-of-pocket maximum, deductible, copayment, coinsurance or other required cost-sharing for the drugs. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

The Act repeals certain provisions from the pay equity law. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). Modifies pay equity requirements for employers. Removes certain provisions relating to obligations, rights and remedies under pay equity laws. Makes conforming amendments. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

The Act creates the SAF task force, which becomes law right away. (Flesch Readability Score: 95.9). [Digest: The Act says that ODOT must study ways to promote the use of sustainable aviation fuel in this state. The Act says ODOT must report to the JCT. (Flesch Readability Score: 74.7).] [Directs the Department of Transportation to study promoting the use of sustainable aviation fuel in Oregon and present the results of the study to the Joint Committee on Transportation.] Creates the Task Force on Sustainable Aviation Fuel. Sunsets the task force on December 31, 2026. [Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.] Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

The Act changes the name of a state program that helps people pay for child care. The Act tells an agency to bring people together to study and create a plan related to the program. (Flesch Readability Score: 75.4). [Digest: The Act tells the Department of Early Learning and Care to study the impact of a waitlist to receive child care on some families. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.6).] [Requires the Department of Early Learning and Care to study the impact on student parents and working parents of the waitlist to participate in the Employment Related Day Care subsidy program.] [Directs the department to submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to child care no later than September 15, 2026.] Renames the Employment Related Day Care subsidy program. Directs the Department of Early Learning and Care to convene stakeholders to study and develop recommendations to remove families from the Employment Related Day Care subsidy program wait-list. Requires the department to submit a report on the recommendations to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to early childhood no later than September 30, 2026.

The Act addresses how lottery money is allocated to the County Fair Account. The Act allocates lottery money to the State Fair Council. The Act tells an agency to create a master plan for county fair building. The Act gives money related to the master plan. The Act allows the issuance of bonds for an emergency and evacuee center. The Act gives money to DAS for the Union County Fairgrounds. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.2). [Digest: The Act addresses how lottery money is allocated to the County Fair Account. The Act allocates lottery money to the State Fair Council. The Act tells an agency to create a master plan for county fair building. The Act gives money related to the master plan. The Act allows the issuance of bonds for an emergency and evacuee center. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.5).] Removes the requirement that the amount of net proceeds from the Oregon State Lottery allocated to the County Fair Account not exceed $1.53 million annually and adjusts the percentage of net lottery proceeds allocated to the County Fair Account. Requires the Oregon Business Development Department to prepare and report a master plan for county fairground capital construction. Specifies content and procedural requirements for the report. Appropriates moneys to the department out of the General Fund for consultant services related to the report. Authorizes the issuance of bonds under Article XI-Q of the Oregon Constitution to support the use of the Oregon State Fair and Exposition Center as a regional emergency and evacuee center. Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for water and sewer improvements to the Union County Fairgrounds. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

The Act says that if a veteran applies for a job and has the right skills, the employer must interview them. If a veteran doesn't get the job, the employer has to send them a notice telling them why. The law also allows veterans to take legal action. The DVA will look into any complaints about unfair treatment of veterans in hiring. Lastly, public employers must have yearly training about how to support veterans, and completing this training can help protect them from claims of unfairness. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.4). Provides that, when an interview is an element of the process of selecting a candidate for a civil service position from an eligibility list, the public employer must interview each veteran applicant who meets the qualifications for the position and shows transferable skills if the duties of the position are performed by only one person within the public employer's organization. Requires a public employer to provide written notice to a veteran who is eliminated from consideration for a vacant civil service position. Provides the right to a jury trial and permits awards of noneconomic damages in civil suits for a violation of veterans' employment preference statutes. Modifies the period for notice of a tort claim against a public body for violation of veterans' employment preference statutes. Directs the Department of Veterans' Affairs to establish a program for investigation and nonbinding arbitration of alleged violations of veterans' employment preference statutes. Requires public employers to conduct an annual training related to veterans' employment preferences. Provides that conducting an approved annual training is an affirmative defense to a claim for violation of veterans' employment preference statutes.

The Act makes changes to a law about mental health services for persons with IDDs. The Act takes effect on the 91st day after session ends. (Flesch Readability Score: 79.7). Extends to all public bodies the prohibition against denying mental health services to individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities. Extends protection against mental health service denial to all individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

The Act tells ODEM to pay back disaster response groups for their costs related to volunteers. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6). Directs the Oregon Department of Emergency Management to develop and implement a program to reimburse certain nongovernmental entities for specified costs related to volunteers. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

The Act creates an agency budget. (Flesch Readability Score: 73.8). Limits certain biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts, but excluding lottery funds and federal funds, collected or received by the Public Utility Commission of Oregon. Limits biennial expenditures by the commission from federal funds. Authorizes specified nonlimited expenditures. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.

The Act would set up a means for the former owners of foreclosed real property to get the surplus after the property is sold by the county. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.3). Provides for a process by which former owners of real property deeded to the county for delinquent property taxes may claim the surplus value after the property has been disposed of by the county. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

The Act tells state agencies to make an electronic system to manage emergency volunteers in this state. The Act puts ODEM in charge of maintaining the system. The Act tells ODEM to start a workgroup about volunteers. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.7). Directs the Higher Education Coordinating Commission, Oregon Department of Emergency Management, Oregon Health Authority and Department of Public Safety Standards and Training to collaboratively plan and implement the creation of an interoperative, centralized electronic system to manage information about persons in Oregon who are available to serve as volunteers in case of emergency. Directs the Oregon Department of Emergency Management to administer and maintain the system, conduct outreach and training regarding the system, coordinate a workgroup for periodic review of the system and coordinate a workgroup to develop recommendations regarding statewide volunteerism. Directs the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to develop policies and procedures to incorporate the system into the activities and duties of the OregonServes Commission.

The Act tells the court what factors to look at when deciding whether a child is in immediate danger. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.3). [Digest: The Act directs DHS to study how to improve services provided to victims of child abuse in this state. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.3).] [Requires the Department of Human Services to study how to improve services provided to victims of child abuse in this state. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to human services not later than September 15, 2026.] [Sunsets on January 2, 2027.] Prescribes the factors that the court must consider when determining whether a child is in immediate danger for the purpose of granting a request for a temporary order providing for the custody of, or parenting time with, the child.

The Act would make a school district prioritize the length of time teaching when choosing which teachers to keep. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.7). Requires a school district that is making reductions in educator staff positions to prioritize seniority when determining which teachers to retain. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Says that people who get public contracts must obey the tax laws of the state, cities and counties and must show proof of compliance with the tax laws. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.6). Requires public contractors to demonstrate and maintain tax compliance as a condition of the execution of a public contract. Applies to public contracts executed on or after the effective date of the Act. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.