All Bills - Oregon 2025 Regular Session
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB117
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act would extend the partial tax break for vertical housing projects. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.7). Extends the sunset date for the partial property tax exemption for the property of vertical housing development projects. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB1170
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
3/3/25
The Act tells DOJ to study access to justice and make a report. (Flesch Readability Score: 83.0). Requires the Department of Justice to study access to justice. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the judiciary not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB1171
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
3/3/25
The Act tells DOJ to look at punitive damages in cases about wildfires and make a report. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.1). Requires the Department of Justice to study punitive damages in civil actions related to wildfires. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the judiciary not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB1172
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
3/3/25
The Act says that harassment is not a crime that can lead to a DV gun prohibition under state law. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.2). Provides that the crime of harassment is not a qualifying misdemeanor for purposes of the statute prohibiting the possession of firearms and ammunition based on being the subject of certain court orders or being convicted of certain crimes.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB1173
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
3/3/25
Refer
4/22/25
Refer
4/22/25
The Act says that some product liability claims may not be filed against a health care facility. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). Provides that a health care facility is not a manufacturer, distributor, seller or lessor of a product for purposes of a product liability civil action if the health care facility was not involved in the design or manufacture of the product. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB1174
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
3/3/25
Refer
4/17/25
Refer
4/17/25
The Act makes some changes to the laws about licensed dietitians. The Act also makes a new profession called a licensed nutritionist. The Act says a person may not provide medical nutrition therapy if the person does not have a license. The Act also says that a person may not use some titles or abbreviations if the person does not have a license. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.6). [Digest: The Act makes some changes to the laws about licensed dietitians. The Act also makes a new profession called a licensed nutritionist. The Act says a person may not practice dietetics or nutrition if the person does not have a license, and that a person may not use some titles or abbreviations if the person does not have a license. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.4).] Directs the Health Licensing Office to issue a nutritionist license [to engage in the practice of nutrition] to a qualified applicant. Changes the requirements to qualify for a dietitian license [to engage in the practice of dietetics]. Defines "medical nutrition therapy," the "practice of dietetics" and the "practice of nutrition." Changes the name of the Board of Licensed Dietitians to the Board of Licensed Dietitians and Nutritionists. Allows a licensed dietitian and a licensed nutritionist to provide services via telehealth. Prohibits a person from [engaging in the practice of dietetics or the practice of nutrition] providing medical nutrition therapy, or from using specified titles and abbreviations, without a license. Makes exceptions to the licensure requirement. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB1175
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
3/3/25
Report Pass
4/11/25
Engrossed
4/15/25
Refer
4/16/25
The Act creates a task force on removing barriers to jury service. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.7). Establishes the Task Force on Removing Barriers to Jury Service. Directs the task force to submit a report to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the Governor and the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the judiciary not later than December 15, 2026. Sunsets the task force on December 31, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB1176
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
3/3/25
Report Pass
3/27/25
Engrossed
4/1/25
Refer
4/7/25
Tells a state agency to make an effort to teach people about the law that says that they must accept cash as payment for goods and services. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.7). Requires the Bureau of Labor and Industries to conduct an effort to publicize and explain the obligation to accept cash as payment for goods and services to places of public accommodation and residents of this state. Requires the bureau to continue the effort until the bureau determines that a high rate of compliance exists among persons that are subject to the obligation. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB1177
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
3/3/25
The Act changes the kicker estimate to fund help against wildfire. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.9). Increases the amount of the estimate of revenues that will be received from General Fund revenue sources other than corporate income and excise taxes for the biennium beginning July 1, 2023. Requires that the difference between the amount actually collected and the amount estimated after the close of the 2023 regular session be transferred to the Oregon Wildfire Mitigation and Adaptation Fund. Establishes the Oregon Wildfire Mitigation and Adaptation Fund, with interest earned by the fund to be used for wildfire mitigation and community adaptation to wildfire risk. Provides for the return to taxpayers of surplus revenue over the adjusted estimate amount if the constitutional threshold is exceeded. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB1178
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
3/3/25
Requires 10 percent of the power sold in this state by a power company to be made by certain power plants. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.6). Requires 10 percent of the electricity sold in this state by each electric company that makes sales to 25,000 or more retail electricity consumers to be generated by small-scale renewable energy facilities or certain biomass facilities. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB1179
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
3/3/25
The Act changes sentencing for people who are survivors of domestic abuse. The Act takes effect on the 91st day after sine die. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.4). Requires the sentencing court to consider as mitigation evidence that the defendant was subjected to domestic abuse that was ongoing when the criminal behavior occurred and was a contributing factor in the criminal behavior. Provides that such evidence constitutes substantial and compelling reasons justifying a downward departure sentence. Authorizes the court to impose a lesser sentence even if there is a mandatory minimum sentence or a sentence otherwise required by law. Creates a procedure by which a person currently serving a sentence may petition the court for resentencing if the person was subjected to domestic abuse that was ongoing when the criminal behavior occurred and was a contributing factor in the criminal behavior. Establishes the Task Force on Services and Support for Incarcerated Domestic Violence Survivors. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB118
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act would extend the property tax break for multiunit rental housing. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7). Extends the sunset date for the property tax exemption for multiunit rental housing. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB1180
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
3/3/25
The Act tells the SOS to give the legislature a list of each IM petition that may be on the next general election ballot. The Act provides for a process for the legislature to hold public hearings on those petitions. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.7). Requires the Secretary of State to submit to the Legislative Assembly, by November 1 of each odd-numbered year, a list of each prospective statewide initiative petition that has been filed for the next general election. Requires the submission to include the text, ballot title and total number of signatures gathered for each prospective petition. Requires the secretary to provide updates during the first week of December, January and February. Permits legislative leadership to request impartial analyses and summaries by nonpartisan legislative staff for each prospective petition provided by the secretary. Requires nonpartisan legislative staff to provide legislative leadership with impartial analyses of the policy, fiscal and revenue impacts and legality for each prospective petition as requested by legislative leadership. Requires legislative leadership to use the analyses from nonpartisan staff to determine whether the state would benefit from holding public hearings on one or more prospective petitions during the even-year session.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB1181
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
3/3/25
Report Pass
4/15/25
Engrossed
4/17/25
Refer
4/23/25
This Act makes rules about how Medicare supplement policies work and when they can be offered. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6). Prohibits the increased cost or denial of a Medicare supplement insurance policy due to a preexisting condition and establishes open enrollment standards for Medicare supplement policies.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB1182
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
3/3/25
This Act lets ODOT give, lease or sell extra land from the I-5 Rose Quarter Project to a charity. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.2). Allows the Department of Transportation to gift, lease or sell surplus real property of the Interstate 5 Rose Quarter Project to Albina Vision Trust, Inc. Sunsets on January 2, 2030.