Oregon 2024 Regular Session All Bills
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4031
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Refer
2/14/24
Refer
2/14/24
Report Pass
3/1/24
Engrossed
3/4/24
Refer
3/4/24
Report Pass
3/6/24
Enrolled
3/6/24
Passed
3/27/24
Chaptered
3/28/24
Passed
3/28/24
Makes local governments keep some tax data and records secret in the same way DOR keeps records or data secret. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6). [Digest: Requires PRAC to study public records and submit a report. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3).] [Requires the Public Records Advisory Council to study public records. Directs the council to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to rules not later than September 15, 2026.] Applies confidentiality requirements to local government agencies that collect, administer or manage certain local taxes in the same manner the requirements apply to the Department of Revenue for public records disclosure or other reasons. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4032
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Failed
3/7/24
The Act takes away the demand for certain judge candidates' names to be marked as "incumbent" on a ballot. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8). Removes the requirement that the word "incumbent" appear on a ballot along with the name of incumbent candidates for specified judgeships.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4033
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Report Pass
2/14/24
Engrossed
2/19/24
Refer
2/19/24
Report Pass
3/5/24
Enrolled
3/6/24
Passed
4/4/24
Chaptered
4/10/24
Passed
4/10/24
The Act extends the assessment on nursing homes for six years. (Flesch Readability Score: 80.3). Extends the long term care assessment from July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2032.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4034
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Report Pass
3/5/24
Engrossed
3/6/24
Refer
3/6/24
Report Pass
3/7/24
Enrolled
3/7/24
Passed
4/4/24
Chaptered
4/10/24
Passed
4/10/24
Updates the tie date to the federal Internal Revenue Code and other federal tax laws. Becomes law 91 days from sine die. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.9). Updates the connection date to the federal Internal Revenue Code and other provisions of federal tax law. Removes impermissible provision for continuing update to federal law property tax definitions. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4035
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Report Pass
2/14/24
Engrossed
2/20/24
Refer
2/20/24
Report Pass
3/6/24
Enrolled
3/6/24
Passed
4/4/24
Chaptered
4/10/24
Passed
4/10/24
The Act allows more employment taxes to be used by the Employment Department. The Act takes effect on the 91st day after session ends. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.7). Increases the proportion of employer tax revenues paid into the Supplemental Employment Department Administration Fund. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4036
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Failed
3/7/24
The Act addresses the use of drugs within this state. The Act increases the penalties for some drug offenses and creates new drug crimes. The Act also makes changes to treatment funding. The Act takes effect on the 91st day after sine die. (Flesch Readability Score: 79.8). Increases the penalties for possession of a controlled substance. Punishes by a maximum of 364 days' jail, $6,250 fine, or both. Creates the crime of using a controlled substance in public. Punishes by a maximum of 364 days' jail, $6,250 fine, or both. Creates the crime of using a controlled substance in an enclosed place in a manner that endangers another person. Punishes by a maximum of 364 days' jail, $6,250 fine, or both, or five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both, for a second or subsequent conviction. Creates the crime of possessing, purchasing, making, delivering or selling a pill press. Punishes by a maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both. Provides that possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver constitutes delivery. Requires a prison sentence for the unlawful delivery or manufacture of a controlled substance when the person has a prior conviction. Increases the penalties for the unlawful delivery of a controlled substance that results in the death of a person. Punishes by a maximum of 20 years' imprisonment, $375,000 fine, or both. Directs counties to supervise persons convicted of certain property misdemeanors. Requires that for certain drug and property crimes, the court must require an evaluation and treatment as part of probation. Creates a diversion program for certain drug crimes. Modifies when the court may enter an order setting aside a conviction for certain drug crimes. Establishes the Opioid Overdose Rapid Response Grant Program. Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission for the program. Increases the hold duration for persons under the influence of alcohol or controlled substances. Directs the Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission to provide grants and funding for drug treatment and other related services. Transfers the duties of the Oversight and Accountability Council to the commission. Authorizes the issuance of lottery bonds to local governments for treatment facility infrastructure. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4037
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Failed
3/7/24
The Act says that health care workers may not alter a minor's sex or refer the minor to another health care worker to alter the minor's sex. The Act says that public funds may not be used to alter a minor's sex. The Act says that health insurance policies may not pay to alter a minor's sex. The Act allows a health care worker licensing board to punish a health care worker who alters a minor's sex. The Act allows a person whose sex was altered when the person was a minor to sue the health care worker who altered the minor's sex or who referred the minor to the health care worker who altered the minor's sex. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.5). Prohibits a medical health care professional from referring a minor for, or performing on a minor, a sex alteration procedure. Defines the term "sex alteration procedure." Provides that the performance of a sex alteration procedure on a minor is unprofessional conduct subject to discipline by the appropriate health professional licensing board. Allows an individual to bring a claim for a violation and to recover specified damages. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4038
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Failed
3/7/24
The Act would give a credit against taxes to employers whose rate for 2025 is less than their rate for the year before. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7). Provides a credit against an employer's 2025 unemployment insurance taxes if the employer's tax rate for 2025 is less than the employer's tax rate for 2022, 2023 and 2024 as determined in accordance with Enrolled House Bill 3389 (2021). Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4039
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Failed
3/7/24
Makes tax credit for turned-in RV for 2025 to 2030 tax years. Becomes law 91 days from sine die. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6). Establishes an income tax credit for surrender of a motor home or recreational vehicle. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, and before January 1, 2031. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4040
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Report Pass
2/15/24
Engrossed
2/20/24
Refer
2/20/24
Report Pass
2/29/24
Enrolled
3/4/24
Passed
3/27/24
Chaptered
3/28/24
Passed
3/28/24
The Act would change how applications for broadband grant programs are reviewed. The Act would make the Oregon State Fair and Expo Center eligible for a grant award to make up for COVID losses. The Act takes effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 77.4). [Digest: The Act requires a study of the state economy. A report will be submitted by September 15 of next year. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.5).] [Requires the Oregon Business Development Department to study economic development in Oregon. Directs the department to submit a report of the study to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to economic development no later than September 15, 2025.] Changes the process for reviewing applications for broadband grant programs. Makes the Oregon State Fair and Expo Center eligible for a grant award under section 9, chapter 546, Oregon Laws 2023. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4041
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Failed
3/7/24
The Act funds and updates the equity grant program. (Flesch Readability Score: 75.5). Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Business Development Department to be used for the Economic Equity Investment Program. Includes membership in, or descent from a member of, a state or federally recognized Indian tribe as an economic equity risk factor. Authorizes grant recipients to allocate grant moneys to any entity lawfully organized and operating under state law. Requires the department, during the rulemaking process, to consult the persons and communities most likely to be affected by the program. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4042
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Refer
2/16/24
Refer
2/16/24
Refer
3/1/24
Refer
3/1/24
Failed
3/7/24
The Act would promote the use of industrial lands. The Act would let firms develop semiconductors in an e-commerce city in order to get an enterprise zone tax break. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.8). Authorizes the Oregon Business Development Department to provide financial assistance to projects related to industrial land. Extends the sunset of the Oregon Industrial Site Readiness Program. Establishes the Industrial Site Loan Fund in the State Treasury. Appropriates moneys for deposit in the fund for the purpose of funding financial assistance to industrial land projects. Includes semiconductor-related development activities as an eligible business activity in a city designated for electronic commerce for purposes of the enterprise zone property tax exemption program. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4043
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Report Pass
2/14/24
Engrossed
2/19/24
Refer
2/19/24
Report Pass
2/29/24
Enrolled
3/5/24
Passed
3/27/24
Chaptered
3/28/24
Passed
3/28/24
The Act creates a new crime of interfering with an animal cruelty investigation. The Act makes certain changes to current animal cruelty laws. The Act allows a person who is banned from owning or living with an animal to ask to change the ban. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.0). Creates the crime of interfering with an investigation into an offense against an animal. Punishes by a maximum of 364 days' imprisonment, a $6,250 fine, or both. Establishes certain changes related to the crime of animal abuse in the first degree. Establishes certain changes related to the crime of aggravated animal abuse in the first degree. Establishes certain changes related to the crime of animal neglect in the first degree. Prohibits a person convicted of violating certain animal cruelty statutes from possessing or residing with an animal of the same genus against which the crime was committed or a domestic animal for a certain period of time. Punishes a violation of a prohibition by a maximum of six months' imprisonment, a $2,500 fine, or both. Allows a person subject to a prohibition to request changes to the prohibition under certain circumstances. Punishes a violation of an amended order of prohibition by a maximum of 364 days' imprisonment, a $6,250 fine, or both. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4044
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Refer
2/12/24
Refer
2/12/24
Failed
3/7/24
The Act tells the DEQ to study risks related to toxic inhalation caused by earthquakes. The DEQ must submit a report on its study to the Legislative Assembly by December 1, 2024. The Act takes effect as soon as it is passed. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.6). Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to study risks and issues relating to earthquake-induced toxic inhalation. Requires the department to submit a report on the study to a committee of the Legislative Assembly by December 1, 2024. Authorizes the department to submit recommendations for legislation to the committee by March 1, 2025. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4045
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Refer
2/12/24
Refer
2/12/24
Report Pass
3/1/24
Engrossed
3/4/24
Refer
3/4/24
Report Pass
3/5/24
Enrolled
3/5/24
Passed
4/17/24
Chaptered
4/18/24
Passed
4/18/24
The Act makes district attorneys, and some forensic science workers who work for OSP, police officers under PERS. The Act lowers the age at which some police and firefighters can retire. The Act makes a new class of employees in PERS for people who work in hazardous positions. The Act allows those people to retire earlier with higher pensions. The Act makes PERS do studies and reports to the Legislative Assembly. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.9). Provides that district attorneys, and forensic scientists and evidence technicians employed by the Department of State Police, qualify as police officers under the Public Employees Retirement System. Lowers the normal retirement age for police officers and firefighters under the Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan. Establishes a new class of hazardous positions under the Public Employees Retirement System and provides increased retirement benefits to members employed in hazardous positions. Requires the Public Employees Retirement Board to study the likely liability of participating employers for members in hazardous positions and report to appropriate interim committees of the Legislative Assembly no later than September 15, 2028. Requires the board to report to a committee of the Legislative Assembly during each odd-numbered year regular session on progress toward implementing new benefits for members in hazardous positions.