All Bills - Oregon 2025 Regular Session
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB695
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Refer
4/10/25
Refer
4/10/25
The Act tells OHA and CCOs to make various changes designed to improve maternal and infant health. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). [Directs the Oregon Health Authority, for contracts entered into between the authority and a coordinated care organization, to establish terms and conditions designed to achieve transformational changes to maternal and infant health.] Requires the Oregon Health Authority and coordinated care organizations to develop and implement a whole-person maternal health model for medical assistance recipients. Requires coordinated care organizations to partner with Early Learning Hubs and federally qualified health centers in adopting community health improvement plans. [Directs the authority to require coordinated care organizations to spend a portion of any bonus payment on value-based payments to maternal health or early childhood providers.] Directs the metrics and scoring subcommittee of the Health Plan Quality Metrics Committee to [develop health equity milestones for pregnancy and early childhood] consider the need to prioritize equity-focused health outcome and quality measures relating to pregnancy and early childhood. [Extends the term of a contract entered into between the authority and a coordinated care organization to 10 years and directs the authority to review a coordinated care organization's performance after the initial five years.] Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB696
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act creates two new crimes concerning rapid fire activators. The Act takes effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.5). Creates the crime of unlawful transport, manufacture or transfer of a rapid fire activator. Punishes by a maximum of 10 years' imprisonment, $250,000 fine, or both. Creates the crime of unlawful possession of a rapid fire activator. Punishes by a maximum of 364 days' imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both. Specifies exceptions for both crimes. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB697
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act limits gun possession for people who are under 21 years of age. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.7). Prohibits a person under 21 years of age from possessing firearms with specified exceptions. Punishes by a maximum of 364 days' imprisonment, a fine of up to $6,250, or both. Prohibits a person from transferring certain firearms to a recipient the person knows, or reasonably should know, is under 21 years of age. Punishes by a maximum of 364 days' imprisonment, a fine of up to $6,250, or both. Specifies exceptions.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB698
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act changes the public areas where a person with a CHL can possess a gun. (Flesch Readability Score: 79.5). Authorizes the governing bodies of certain public entities that own or control public buildings to adopt a policy, ordinance or regulation limiting the affirmative defense for concealed handgun licensees for the crime of possessing a firearm in a public building. Provides that in a prosecution for possessing a firearm in a building or on grounds subject to such a policy, ordinance or regulation, the concealed handgun licensee affirmative defense is not a complete defense, but results in a Class A misdemeanor conviction punishable by 364 days' imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB699
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Report Pass
4/15/25
Engrossed
4/17/25
Refer
4/23/25
This Act tells some health insurance to cover certain devices for more patients and allows OEBB and PEBB to be exempt. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.6). [Digest: This Act tells health insurance to cover devices for more patients. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.6).] Expands the health insurance coverage of prosthetic and orthotic devices and exempts the Public Employees' Benefit Board and Oregon Educators Benefit Board from the expansion of covered services unless the boards provide notice to the Department of Consumer and Business Services. [Declares an emergency, effective on passage.].
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB7
Introduced
3/6/25
Refer
3/6/25
The Act changes the law so that transit workers can strike. (Flesch Readability Score: 87.9). Repeals the provision of law that prohibits transit workers from striking.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB70
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act tells BOLI to study matters related to the laws that BOLI enforces. A report will be submitted by September 15 of next year. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.5). Requires the Bureau of Labor and Industries to study matters relating to laws over which the bureau has enforcement authority. 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 SB700
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
You cannot operate a boat with a child under 16 on board unless the child is wearing a properly fitted and secured life jacket. If you break this law, you could be fined up to $250. Children under 16 are also not allowed to use floating items outside of swimming areas unless they are wearing a life jacket. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.7). Prohibits operating a boat carrying a child under 16 years of age unless the child is wearing a properly sized and secured personal flotation device. Punishes by a maximum fine of $250. Prohibits a child under 16 years of age from using a floating item outside of a swimming area on waters of this state unless the child is wearing a properly sized and secured personal flotation device. Punishes by a fine of $25. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB701
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act tells ODE to set up a pilot project to provide telehealth services to students. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.9). Directs the Department of Education to establish a pilot project to provide telehealth services in K-12 schools in the 2025-2026 school year. Directs the department to submit a report with recommendations regarding whether to continue or expand the pilot project to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to education and health not later than September 15, 2026. Appropriates moneys for purposes of the pilot project. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB702
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Refer
4/14/25
Refer
4/14/25
The Act changes the law for some products containing tobacco or nicotine. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.9). [Digest: The Act bans the sale of flavored products with tobacco or nicotine. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.7).] Prohibits distributing, selling, attempting to sell or offering to sell flavored inhalant delivery system products or flavored tobacco products in this state, except from premises established as a store by the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission and licensed by the Department of Revenue or authorized by a local government. Defines "flavored inhalant delivery system product" and "flavored tobacco product." Prohibits distributing, offering or providing, without compensation, any tobacco product or inhalant delivery system. Requires any sale of cigarettes, inhalant delivery systems or smokeless tobacco products to occur at licensed premises. Authorizes local governments to adopt regulations that are stricter than state law on the sale of inhalant delivery system products or tobacco products. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB703
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Refer
4/1/25
Refer
4/1/25
Directs DHS to give grants to service providers to help people who are noncitizens change their immigration status. The Act goes into effect on its passage. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.2). Directs the Department of Human Services to provide grants to nonprofit service providers to assist individuals who are noncitizens to change their immigration status or obtain lawful permanent resident status. Requires the nonprofit service providers to report on the number of individuals who succeed in changing their immigration status or obtaining lawful permanent resident status. Directs the department to provide every individual served by the department information about, and a referral to the grant program. Declares that it is state policy to help Oregonians who are eligible under federal law change their immigration status or obtain lawful permanent resident status. Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the department for the purpose of providing grants. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB704
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act makes new laws for state agencies to determine the employment status of workers. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8). Directs those agencies that administer certain state laws to use specific criteria to determine whether an individual is an employee or independent contractor and to cooperate in adopting rules to facilitate consistency in the application of the statutory provisions concerning independent contractors and the provisions of the Act. Creates a rebuttable presumption that an individual who performs work for remuneration for a hiring entity is an employee when the employment status of the individual is at issue.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB705
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act would add to workers' comp law a floor of pay per week for temporary total disability that the worker must get. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.1). Provides an alternative weekly minimum amount of workers' compensation benefits for temporary total disability.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB706
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act requires DAS to study methods to detect paycheck errors. A report will be submitted by September 15 of next year. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.9). Requires the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to study methods for detecting paycheck errors. 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. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB707
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act makes certain rural pharmacy drug sale receipts not taxed by the CAT. (Flesch Readability Score: 77.8). Expands the exemption for receipts from the sale of prescription drugs from commercial activity subject to the corporate activity tax to include critical access pharmacies. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.