Oregon State Senator

Lew Frederick 2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Oregon 2026 Regular Session

Oregon House Bill HB4079

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Report Pass
2/13/26  
Report Pass
2/13/26  
Engrossed
2/19/26  
Refer
2/19/26  
Report Pass
2/27/26  
Enrolled
3/2/26  
Passed
3/31/26  
Chaptered
4/6/26  
Directs school district boards and governing bodies of institutions of higher education to adopt policies that address how the school district or the institution of higher education will respond when a federal immigration authority enters school property or a campus.
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Oregon 2026 Regular Session

Oregon House Bill HB4080

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Allows a retail electricity consumer to install and use portable solar photovoltaic energy devices with up to a total maximum generating capacity of 1,200 watts.
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Oregon 2026 Regular Session

Oregon House Bill HB4081

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Refer
2/18/26  
Refer
2/18/26  
Makes changes to the highway worker photo radar laws.
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Oregon 2026 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB1581

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Refer
2/11/26  
Refer
2/11/26  
Requires school districts to offer lunch and breakfast to students at no charge, regardless of income.
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Oregon 2026 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB1598

Introduced
2/5/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Report Pass
2/16/26  
Engrossed
2/19/26  
Refer
2/20/26  
Report Pass
2/27/26  
Report Pass
2/27/26  
Enrolled
3/3/26  
Enrolled
3/3/26  
Passed
3/31/26  
Chaptered
4/6/26  
Requires certain health benefit plans to provide coverage for preventive health services in accordance with federal rules in effect on June 30, 2025, and immunizations recommended by the Public Health Officer in the future.
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Oregon 2026 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB1597

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Report Pass
2/18/26  
Engrossed
2/24/26  
Refer
2/24/26  
Requires an electric utility to disclose to its customers the costs of storing nuclear waste produced by an energy facility in generating electricity.
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Oregon 2026 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB1596

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Report Pass
2/13/26  
Engrossed
2/19/26  
Refer
2/20/26  
Report Pass
2/25/26  
Enrolled
2/26/26  
Passed
3/5/26  
Chaptered
3/17/26  
Directs the State Board of Education to allow play-based learning to be considered instructional time for students in kindergarten through grade five.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Oregon 2026 Regular Session

Oregon House Bill HB4078

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Creates Oregon corporate excise and income tax subtractions for amounts received in resolution of a civil action arising from wildfire.
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Oregon 2026 Regular Session

Oregon House Bill HB4088

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Report Pass
2/11/26  
Engrossed
2/17/26  
Refer
2/17/26  
Report Pass
3/3/26  
Report Pass
3/3/26  
Enrolled
3/5/26  
Passed
3/31/26  
Chaptered
4/6/26  
Declares this state's policy to protect engagement in certain activities relating to reproductive health care and gender-affirming treatment.
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Oregon 2026 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB1576

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Report Pass
2/13/26  
Engrossed
2/19/26  
Refer
2/20/26  
Report Pass
2/27/26  
Enrolled
3/2/26  
Passed
3/31/26  
Chaptered
4/6/26  
Requires the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services to adopt rules to conform the state building code to accessibility requirements under the Fair Housing Act.
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Oregon 2026 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB1580

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Prohibits an online news aggregating platform from accessing for an Oregon audience the online content of a digital journalism provider without an agreement.
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Oregon 2026 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB1578

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Allows counties with a population density of less than 30 people per square mile to rezone up to 50 acres to be divided and developed for residential dwellings of at least five units per acre.
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Oregon 2026 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB1583

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Establishes the Behavioral Health and Deflection Committee within the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission.
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Oregon 2026 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB1582

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Requires each electric company to develop a distributed power plant program for the procurement of grid services to be provided by distributed energy resources.
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Oregon 2026 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB1562

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Allows city and county services for which net local transient lodging tax revenue may be used to be provided either directly by the city or county or indirectly by a special district.