Oregon State Representative

Paul Evans 2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Legislative Session

Co-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 HB4075

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Refer
2/13/26  
Refer
2/13/26  
Refer
2/26/26  
Refer
2/26/26  
Report Pass
3/4/26  
Engrossed
3/5/26  
Refer
3/5/26  
Report Pass
3/6/26  
Enrolled
3/6/26  
Passed
4/7/26  
Chaptered
4/13/26  
Requires the State Treasurer to use up to $44 million from the Unclaimed Property and Estates Fund to guarantee a loan made to a rural hospital for financial stabilization.
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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 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 SB1565

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Report Pass
2/19/26  
Engrossed
2/23/26  
Engrossed
2/24/26  
Refer
2/24/26  
Report Pass
3/3/26  
Enrolled
3/5/26  
Passed
3/31/26  
Chaptered
4/6/26  
Increases snowmobile registration fees.
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Oregon 2026 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB1569

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Refer
2/17/26  
Refer
2/17/26  
Provides that certain members of the Public Employees Retirement System qualify as police officers under the system.
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Oregon 2026 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB1573

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Prohibits a syringe service program from operating a mobile or temporary location within 2,000 feet of a school or licensed child care facility.
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Oregon 2026 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB1584

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Directs the Department of State Lands, in consultation with the State Department of Fish and Wildlife, to develop a salmon credit pilot program to encourage the voluntary restoration of salmonid habitat in the Coquille and Coos watershed basins.
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Oregon 2026 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB1585

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Report Pass
2/17/26  
Engrossed
2/19/26  
Refer
2/20/26  
Refer
2/26/26  
Refer
2/26/26  
Report Pass
3/6/26  
Enrolled
3/6/26  
Passed
4/7/26  
Chaptered
4/14/26  
Sets maximum matching fund requirements for state grants to small incorporated cities for certain capital construction and municipal infrastructure and improvements.
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Oregon 2026 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB1593

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Refer
2/23/26  
Refer
2/23/26  
Provides that an operator may require a person who engages in a sport, fitness or recreational activity in various ways to release the operator from claims for ordinary negligence.
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Oregon 2026 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB1594

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Report Pass
2/20/26  
Report Pass
2/20/26  
Engrossed
2/24/26  
Refer
2/24/26  
Report Pass
2/26/26  
Enrolled
3/2/26  
Passed
3/31/26  
Chaptered
4/6/26  
Requires the Department of Justice to consult with the Office of Immigrant and Refugee Advancement when the department develops, reviews or updates model policies intended to limit immigration enforcement at public facilities.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Oregon 2026 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SJR203

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Refer
2/18/26  
Refer
2/18/26  
Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution establishing a right to be free from enforcement of the law by secret police.
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Oregon 2026 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB1586

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Modifies the tax credit allowed for semiconductor research.