Oregon 2025 Regular Session All Bills (Page 33)

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Oregon 2025 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB565

Introduced
1/13/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Refer
4/7/25  
The Act tells SPRD to conduct a study about state parks and to submit a report to the state legislature. The Act makes DAS in charge of the management and control of the grounds in the capitol area. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.3). [Digest: The Act tells the State Parks and Recreation Department to study state campgrounds near the Oregon coast. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.1).] [Requires the State Parks and Recreation Department to study existing, expanding and establishing state campgrounds within 25 miles of the Oregon coast. Directs the department to report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to state parks no later September 15, 2026.] Transfers the management and control of the grounds in the capitol area from the State Parks and Recreation Department to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services. Directs the State Parks and Recreation Department to conduct a study on state parks and to submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to state parks no later than September 15, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session

Oregon House Bill HB2201

Introduced
1/13/25  
The Act allows for delivery of gas on the go. (Flesch Readability Score: 78.2). Directs the State Fire Marshal to adopt standards that may be used by local governments to issue certificates for the purpose of authorizing mobile on-demand fueling.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB208

Introduced
1/13/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Refer
3/7/25  
The Act tells an agency to study seaweed production. The Act gives money for the study. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.8). Directs the State Department of Agriculture, in partnership with Oregon State University, to study the potential for developing commercial seaweed production for certain purposes. Directs the department to report on the study on or before September 15, 2027. Appropriates moneys to Oregon State University, out of the General Fund, for the study. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB617

Introduced
1/13/25  
The Act says that a finding that a crime constitutes DV is not an element of the crime, and changes when a person is GEI. The Act also changes the meaning of a term and enhances a sentence for some crimes involving children. (Flesch Readability Score: 70.9). Provides that an admission or a finding that a crime constitutes domestic violence is not an element of the crime for merger purposes. Modifies when a person is guilty except for insanity. Modifies the meaning of "sexually explicit conduct" for certain crimes involving children. Directs the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to classify invasion of personal privacy in the first degree as a crime category 8 on the sentencing guidelines grid when the victim is a minor.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB587

Introduced
1/13/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Refer
6/2/25  
Exempts awards from and legal fees paid in wildfire suits from corporate excise and income tax. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.5). Creates Oregon corporate excise and income tax subtractions for amounts received in resolution of a civil action arising from wildfire. Creates Oregon corporate excise and income tax subtractions for wildfire-related legal fees paid by plaintiffs. Allows a taxpayer to amend a return to claim a refund for earliest tax year in which subtraction is allowed. Applies to declarations and executive orders issued on or after January 1, 2018, and before January 1, 2026, and to amounts received, losses incurred and legal fees paid in tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2018. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session

Oregon House Bill HB2869

Introduced
1/13/25  
Requires a school district to keep money paid for a public contract for services until the contract is complete. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8). Requires school districts to withhold retainage when entering into a public contract to provide services required by state or federal law.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session

Oregon House Bill HB2544

Introduced
1/13/25  
The Act creates laws about a labor standards board for agricultural workers. The Act takes effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.2). Establishes the Agricultural Workforce Labor Standards Board. Prescribes the duties of the board. Directs the board to establish minimum working standards for agricultural workers. Provides remedies for agricultural workers alleging a violation of the minimum standards established by the board. Requires the board to conduct an biennial comprehensive review to determine whether to adopt new minimum standards or revise existing standards. Directs the board to establish uniform training requirements for agricultural workers, supervisory and nonsupervisory employees and establish a process by rule for certifying worker organizations to provide the training to agricultural workers. Requires the board to submit an annual report to the Governor and the Legislative Assembly summarizing the results of the comprehensive review and any actions taken by the board in the prior year. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB388

Introduced
1/13/25  
The Act tells the Oregon Health Policy Board to report on the success of Oregon's coordinated health care model. The Act makes changes to the membership, powers and duties of the board. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.0). Requires the Oregon Health Policy Board to produce and provide to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health by December 31, 2026, a comprehensive report regarding the success in achieving the aims of the Oregon Integrated and Coordinated Health Care Delivery System. Modifies the membership of the board and specifies duties of the chairperson of the board. Increases oversight and supervision responsibilities of the board over the Oregon Health Authority. Requires the board to submit an agency request budget for the board. Puts the Health Evidence Review Commission under the auspices of the board.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session

Oregon House Bill HB2643

Introduced
1/13/25  
The Act says that a truck that pulls a trailer may also pull a farm trailer. However, the farm trailer must have a hitch that does not swivel and must not be longer than eight feet in length. (Flesch Readability Score: 85.1). Permits a motor vehicle drawing a trailer to also draw a farm trailer under specified conditions.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB792

Introduced
1/13/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Refer
5/7/25  
The Act allows ODAV to establish fees by rule. (Flesch Readability Score: 75.5). Authorizes the Oregon Department of Aviation to establish by rule fees related to airports and aircraft. Provides for adjustment of fees for inflation.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session

Oregon House Bill HB2472

Introduced
1/13/25  
The Act changes the burden of proof at hearings to decide whether a young person must report as a sex offender. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.6). Shifts the burden of proof to the state during hearings on the issue of sex offender reporting by juvenile offenders.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB61

Introduced
1/13/25  
The Act limits when OHA may claw back moneys paid to Medicaid providers. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4). Prohibits the recovery of reimbursements paid on claims in the medical assistance program if the provider can verify that the patient visit occurred or the service or item was provided. Prohibits the recovery of reimbursements based on a sample of a provider's claims unless a similar error rate is found in a sample of at least 15 percent of the provider's claims. Applies to audits of claims for the reimbursement of items or services provided on or after January 1, 2019, if the claims have not been fully adjudicated. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB261

Introduced
1/13/25  
The Act directs the DOJ to do a study. (Flesch Readability Score: 80.3). Directs the Department of Justice to study possible modifications to post-conviction relief proceeding procedures to increase efficiency, and provide the results of the study to the 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 HB3182

Introduced
1/13/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Refer
3/27/25  
Tells the HECC to give money to fund basic needs for higher learning students. Creates a task force on student housing to study student housing needs. Directs the HECC to provide grants to certain organizations that help low-income college students with housing. Declares an emergency and becomes law when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.4). Directs the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to administer a grant program to fund basic needs programming. Appropriates moneys to the commission to establish the program and award grants for basic needs programming. Sunsets the grant program on January 2, 2027. Establishes the Task Force on Student Housing to review and make recommendations on policy changes regarding barriers that students in higher education face in accessing affordable housing. Sunsets the task force on January 2, 2027. Directs the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to award grants to nonprofit organizations that provide affordable housing support to low-income students in higher education in this state. Appropriates moneys to the commission for purposes of awarding the grants. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session

Oregon House Bill HB3139

Introduced
1/13/25  
The Act would let a county grant a property tax break to homes rebuilt after being destroyed by a wildfire. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.3). Authorizes a county to allow a homestead rebuilt by the same owner on the same lot to replace the homestead destroyed by wildfire to have a specially assessed value equal to the destroyed homestead's real market value for the property tax year during which the homestead is destroyed, to the extent of the square footage of the destroyed homestead. Provides that the specially assessed value continues until the earliest of the date on which the rebuilt homestead is no longer the owner's principal dwelling, is rented to another person for any duration or is transferred to new ownership. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.