Oregon 2024 Regular Session All Bills
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4046
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Failed
3/7/24
This Act allows rural residents to build an extra house for their families. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4). Allows an occupying homeowner outside of an urban growth boundary to site one additional family dwelling unit on the tract of the home. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4047
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Failed
3/7/24
The Act requires insurance to cover tow costs after a car accident. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7). Requires motor vehicle liability insurance policies to provide coverage for towing expenses related to a motor vehicle accident.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4048
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Failed
3/7/24
The Act relaxes housing standards, establishes a housing office to enforce housing laws, allows a new UGB amendment and limits counties' role in UGB amendments. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.9). Requires local governments to approve certain adjustments to land use regulations for housing development within urban growth boundaries. Establishes alternate appellate procedures for adjustments. Requires certain cities to report to the Department of Land Conservation and Development on the use of adjustments. Requires the department to report biennially to an interim committee of the Legislative Assembly. Sunsets January 2, 2032. Requires the Department of Land Conservation and Development and the Department of Consumer and Business Services to jointly establish and administer the Housing Accountability and Production Office. Requires the office to assist local governments and housing developers with housing laws relating to land use and land divisions. Authorizes the office to take certain actions to enforce housing laws. Establishes new process through which the office may request enforcement orders relating to land use housing laws. Becomes operative April 1, 2025. Requires the office to commission a report on developing efficiencies in housing production and to deliver the report to an interim committee of Legislative Assembly on or before September 15, 2025. Develops an alternative process to amend urban growth boundaries to include up to 150 net residential acres per city. Provides for limitations and review by Metro, where applicable, and for review by the Department of Land Conservation and Development and courts. Sunsets January 2, 2033. Expands eligibility for attorney fees for appeals of residential development proposals to include local governments and all needed housing. Limits counties' role in reviewing cities' amendments to urban growth boundaries. Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the department to establish and operate the office and to provide grants to local governments for housing law compliance. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4049
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Refer
2/16/24
Refer
2/16/24
Failed
3/7/24
This Act directs OSU to study PFAS in biosolids that are spread on farm fields that do not produce crops for human food. The Act directs OSU to submit a final report by Sept. 1, 2027. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.0). [Digest: This Act directs OSU to study the fate of PFAS in biosolids that are spread on farm fields. The Act directs OSU to submit a report by Dec. 15, 2025. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.7).] Directs the Oregon State University Extension Service and the College of Agricultural Sciences of Oregon State University to study the [fate and transport] distribution and occurrence of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) found in biosolids applied to agricultural fields that do not produce crops intended for human consumption. Directs the extension service and college to submit [findings] a final report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to agriculture not later than [December 15, 2025] September 1, 2027. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4050
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Failed
3/7/24
The Act removes an exception to the state law concerning pay equity requirements. The Act changes the law to add to the list of factors that an employer can use as a reason for a pay differential. The Act becomes effective when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.3). Provides factors upon which compensation differentials may be based for an employer to lawfully pay employees who perform work of comparable character at different compensation levels. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4051
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Failed
3/7/24
The Act makes betting on dog races illegal. The Act requires veterinarians to make reports if horses involved in racing show signs of abuse, injury or bad health. The Act allows the ORC to impose civil penalties for certain actions. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.0). Prohibits wagering on dog races. Modifies animal racing law to remove references to greyhound racing. Requires a veterinarian to report to the Oregon Racing Commission if a horse involved in horse racing shows signs of abuse, injury or inadequate health. Authorizes the commission to impose civil penalties for certain violations of animal racing law. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4052
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Failed
3/7/24
Certain horse racing companies pay a fee to the Oregon Racing Commission. Currently a portion of the fee goes to the General Fund. The Act provides that portion must be spent by the ORC for horse and jockey safety. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.5). Provides that portion of payments made to the Oregon Racing Commission by Multi-Jurisdictional Simulcasting and Interactive Wagering Totalizator Hubs must be expended for purposes related to equine and jockey safety instead of being transferred to the General Fund.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4053
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Failed
3/7/24
The Act prohibits casinos from operating in the state. The Act describes what a casino is. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.2). Prohibits the operation of casinos in this state, except tribal casinos. Creates presumption that a certain concentration of gaming machines constitutes a casino. Provides a definition of "casino."
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4054
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Failed
3/7/24
The Act tells certain entities to designate sports by gender. The Act forbids males from playing in female sports. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.35). Requires each athletic association, conference or organization with authority over intercollegiate sports, post-secondary institution of education and school district to designate athletic competitions and extracurricular sports according to biological sex. Prohibits biological males from participating in athletic competitions or extracurricular sports designated for biological females. Provides causes of action for students, post-secondary institutions of education and school districts.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4055
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Failed
3/7/24
Raises the exemption and filing thresholds for the CAT tax. Starts with the tax year 2025. Becomes law 91 days from sine die. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.9). Increases the exempt amount and the filing threshold for purposes of the corporate activity tax. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2025. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4056
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Report Pass
3/4/24
Engrossed
3/5/24
Refer
3/5/24
Report Pass
3/7/24
Enrolled
3/7/24
Passed
4/4/24
Chaptered
4/10/24
Passed
4/10/24
The Act would require counties to set up a way to handle surplus proceeds from tax lien foreclosure sales. The Act would pause the transfer to counties of deeds to foreclosed property. The Act would make the Department of Revenue work with county tax officers to set up a uniform way to handle the surpluses. The Act would require a report from the department with suggestions for bills for the 2025 session. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.6). [Digest: The Act lets people claim a tax foreclosure surplus. (Flesch Readability Score: 75.5).] [Allows former owner, or their heirs or successors, to claim from the county any surplus from a property tax foreclosure. Establishes conditions and time limitations for making a claim. Requires county tax foreclosure notices to include information about claims.] Requires counties to establish a process for handling the surplus proceeds from property tax lien foreclosure sales. Suspends the operation of the statute under which deeds to such properties are conveyed to the counties through December 31, 2025. Directs the Department of Revenue to coordinate with county tax officers to determine a detailed uniform process for handling surplus proceeds that complies with the United States Supreme Court in Tyler v. Hennepin County, Minnesota, 598 U.S. 631 (2023). Requires the department to submit a report containing the determinations and recommendations for legislation to the Legislative Assembly not later than September 15, 2024. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4057
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Failed
3/7/24
The Act would make it unlawful for teachers to participate in a strike. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.9). Expands the statutory list of strike-prohibited employees to include teachers employed by a common school district or a union high school district. Imposes a civil penalty of $500 per day against an individual or labor organization that participates in an unlawful teacher strike.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4058
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Report Pass
2/14/24
Engrossed
2/15/24
Refer
2/15/24
Report Pass
2/26/24
Enrolled
2/28/24
Passed
3/7/24
Chaptered
3/12/24
Passed
3/12/24
The Act adds laws about residential property wholesalers. The Act changes laws about real estate licensees. The Act adds new defined terms. The Act defines "future right to list contract" and states that a real estate licensee may not take certain actions if the contract lasts more than 24 months. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.2). Creates a residential property wholesaler registration. Prohibits residential property wholesaling without a registration. Provides exceptions. Punishes a violation by a maximum of 364 days' imprisonment, a $6,250 fine, or both. Creates civil penalties. Requires real estate licensees acting as buyer's agents to use a written buyer's representation agreement. Requires real estate licensees acting as seller's agents to use a written listing agreement. Requires real estate licensees to disclose shared compensation. Prohibits real estate licensees from entering into long-term agreements that require buyers or sellers to use their services in the future.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4059
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Report Pass
2/19/24
Report Pass
2/19/24
Engrossed
2/22/24
Refer
2/22/24
Report Pass
3/5/24
Report Pass
3/5/24
Enrolled
3/7/24
Passed
4/4/24
Chaptered
4/10/24
Passed
4/10/24
The Act keeps limits on producing canola in certain areas. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.5). [Digest: The Act keeps limits on producing canola in certain areas. The Act makes certain changes to the limits. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 70.4).] Extends the sunset on provisions relating to limits on Willamette Valley Protected District canola production to January 2, 2028. [Changes the definition of "canola." Provides that isolation distances must equal or exceed customary isolation distances.] Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4060
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Refer
2/12/24
Refer
2/12/24
Failed
3/7/24
The Act gives money to a state agency for uses related to working lands. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.2). Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, out of the General Fund, for deposit in the Oregon Agricultural Heritage Fund. [Establishes] Increases a maximum limit for payment of expenses by the board from the Oregon Agricultural Heritage Fund. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.