All Bills - Oregon 2025 Regular Session
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB668
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Refer
2/21/25
Refer
2/21/25
The Act allows Oregon veterans who are 80 percent disabled not to have to pay costs for certain college classes. The Act includes the spouse and child of those disabled veterans. The Act declares an emergency and becomes law when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.2). Expands tuition benefits available to disabled veterans to permit veterans who are Oregon residents and are 80 percent or more disabled, and the spouse and child of disabled veterans, to have tuition waived for enrollment in a vocational program or an associate degree, baccalaureate degree or master's degree program at community colleges, public universities and the Oregon Health and Science University. Prohibits the reduction of the amount of tuition that is waived by the amount of scholarships, grants or other aid a qualified student receives. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB669
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act would make a school district prioritize the length of time teaching when choosing which teachers to keep. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.7). Requires a school district that is making reductions in educator staff positions to prioritize seniority when determining which teachers to retain. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB67
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act tells OED to study issues related to paid family and medical leave. A report will be submitted by September 15 of next year. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.1). Requires the Employment Department to study issues related to the family and medical leave insurance program. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to business and labor not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB670
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act restores the offense level of the crime of drug possession to what it was before Ballot Measure 110. The Act takes effect on the 91st day after sine die. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.2). Restores, for possession of a controlled substance crimes, the offense level each crime had prior to the enactment of the Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act of 2020 (Ballot Measure 110 (2020)). Punishes by a maximum of 364 days' imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both, or 30 days' imprisonment, $1,250 fine, or both, depending upon the scheduling of the controlled substance. Punishes by five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both, or ten years' imprisonment, $250,000 fine, or both, in specified circumstances. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB671
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Ends the OGEC. Tells certain heads of government to study how to do the work of the OGEC and report to the legislature. Tells the OGEC to make a plan for local governments to do the work of the OGEC and report to the legislature. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.2). Dissolves the Oregon Government Ethics Commission as of July 2, 2027. Requires the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries and Attorney General to conduct studies and report to the Legislative Assembly on how each entity would supervise identified public officials and ensure that those public officials comply with all legal requirements currently overseen by the Oregon Government Ethics Commission. Requires the Oregon Government Ethics Commission to develop a plan and report to the Legislative Assembly on the most efficient manner of making each local government and local service district responsible for ensuring that public officials affiliated with the local government or local service district comply with all legal requirements currently overseen by the Oregon Government Ethics Commission.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB672
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act prohibits DOC, OYA or OHA from paying for certain health care for people in custody. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). Prohibits the Department of Corrections, Oregon Youth Authority or Oregon Health Authority from paying for or providing, directly or indirectly, gender-affirming care to individuals in the custody of a correctional facility in this state.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB673
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act tells an agency to allow the use of water from the Columbia River in eastern Oregon. The Act tells agencies to grant easements to help the use occur. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8). Instructs the Water Resources Commission to allow the appropriation of water from the mainstem of the Columbia River for use in eastern Oregon. Requires state agencies to convey easements to facilitate the appropriation of water from the mainstem of the Columbia River.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB674
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act tells an agency to allow the use of water from the Columbia River at a certain rate. The Act tells agencies to grant easements to help the use occur. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.2). Instructs the Water Resources Commission to allow the appropriation of water from the mainstem of the Columbia River at a total rate and duty of two percent of average annual flow. Requires state agencies to convey easements to facilitate the appropriation of water from the mainstem of the Columbia River.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB675
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act would lower the interest rate on unpaid property taxes to one-half of one percent per month. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.3). Lowers the interest rate imposed on unpaid property taxes to one-half of one percent per month. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB676
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Limits the interest rate to no more than the prime rate plus one percent for loans advanced under the veterans' home and farm loan program. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.4). Limits the interest rate to no more than the prime rate plus one percent for loans advanced under the veterans' home and farm loan program. Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Department of Veterans' Affairs for deposit in the Oregon War Veterans' Fund, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, to be used to advance loans to qualified veterans for the acquisition of farms and homes.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB677
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Removes male bathrooms and public charter school bathrooms from the list of places where menstrual products must be provided. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8). Removes the requirement that menstrual products be provided in public charter schools and in bathrooms designated for males. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB678
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act undoes changes in law by Senate Bill 762 (2021). The changes concern how to class wildfire risk. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6). Undoes wildfire protection provisions adopted in Senate Bill 762 (2021). Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB679
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act says that parties that made greenhouse gas are strictly liable for damages due to climate change. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.3). Provides that parties that have caused a certain amount of greenhouse gas emissions are strictly liable to harmed parties for damages incurred as a result of extreme weather attributable to climate change or a climate disaster. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB68
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act tells BOLI to study matters relating to unpaid, job-protected leave from work. The Act tells BOLI to submit a report by September 15 of next year. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.7). Requires the Bureau of Labor and Industries to study matters relating to laws concerning unpaid, job-protected leave. Directs the bureau to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to business and labor not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB680
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Refer
1/27/25
Refer
1/27/25
Says that a person may not claim a good effect on the environment from the person or the person's products or services if the claim is not true. Says that a violation is a bad practice under the UTPA and that the person can get sued for $200 for the violation. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.5). Prohibits a person from publishing or causing to be published an environmental marketing claim, net zero claim or reputational advertising that is materially false, misleading, deceptive or fraudulent. Specifies what constitutes a materially false, misleading, deceptive or fraudulent environmental marketing claim or net zero claim or reputational advertising. Punishes a violation of the Act as an unlawful trade practice under the Unlawful Trade Practices Act and subjects the violator to statutory damages of $200 if a plaintiff can prove exposure to the claim or advertising and that the plaintiff purchased a product or service from the person based on the claim or advertising. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.