All Bills - Oregon 2025 Regular Session
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB2832
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act says that veterans have to show proof that they can get special preference when they apply for government jobs. They can use any documents that show they qualify. If a public employer decides not to talk with a veteran about being hired for a job, they must write down why they made that choice. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.4). Provides that a veteran must provide evidence of eligibility for veterans' preference in public employment at the time of application for a civil service position. Provides that evidence may include any documentation demonstrating preference eligibility. Modifies the law relating to interviews of veterans for vacant civil service positions. Provides that a public employer that does not interview a veteran must provide a written explanation of reasons for the decision.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB2833
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act makes more police doing crowd management work wear ID. (Flesch Readability Score: 80.3). Expands the application of a law requiring law enforcement officers working in crowd management to wear certain identification to crowd management in a city with a population of over 5,000, instead of 60,000.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB2834
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Makes the OMD do a study on the military and submit a report on its findings. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.9). Directs the Oregon Military Department to study and make recommendations regarding improvements to the operations of the department. Requires the department to submit a report on its findings by January 1, 2027.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB2835
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
This Act tells ODVA to create some agency staff jobs and gives lottery moneys for veterans' programs. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). Directs the Department of Veterans' Affairs to fill and utilize certain positions. Allocates lottery moneys from the Veterans' Services Fund for specified purposes. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB2836
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Requires the heads of nonprofits to file a SEI if the nonprofit got at least $1 million in state funds or spoke to the legislature about getting state funds in the last five years. Requires the heads of businesses to file a SEI if the business got at least $1 million in state funds in the last five years. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6). Requires a statement of economic interest to be filed by all members of the board of directors or governing body of a nonprofit that has either received or submitted testimony to the Legislative Assembly requesting $1 million or more in state capital construction funding over the previous five years. Requires a statement of economic interest to be filed by all members of the board of directors or governing body of any business that has received $1 million or more in state capital construction funding over the previous five years.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB2837
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act tells ODEM to do a study on its operations. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.6). Directs the Oregon Department of Emergency Management to study and make recommendations regarding improvements to the operations of the department. Requires the department to submit a report on its findings by January 1, 2027.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB2838
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Makes ODVA do a study on veterans and submit a report on its findings. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7). Directs the Department of Veterans' Affairs to study and make recommendations regarding improvements to the operations of the department. Requires the department to submit a report on its findings by January 1, 2027.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB2839
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
This Act gives money to OMD to staff the Service Member and Family Support Program. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.5). Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Military Department for the Service Member and Family Support Program in the biennium beginning July 1, 2025. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB2840
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act changes the law about PERS benefits for a person who takes release time. (Flesch Readability Score: 73.1). Modifies provisions relating to retirement benefits for a public employee who is a designated representative of an exclusive representative and takes release time.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB2841
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act requires that a higher learning school must offer a certain amount of credit hours taught by full-time employees. The Act sets the amount by academic year. The Act tells each school to give HECC certain information. The Act tells HECC to report on the requirement to the legislature each year. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.3). Requires each community college and public university to have at least 65 percent of the total number of credit hours offered to be taught by full-time employees of the college or university during the 2026-2027 academic year and at least 75 percent of the total number of credit hours offered to be taught by full-time employees every academic year thereafter. Requires each community college and public university to report annually to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission on compliance with the full-time employee requirement. Requires the commission to report annually to the Legislative Assembly on compliance with the full-time employee requirement by each community college and public university.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB2842
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Refer
2/20/25
Refer
2/20/25
The Act gives money to DAS to give out for programs for giving free childcare to people to do government business. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.8). [Digest: The Act gives money to DAS to give out to expand a program for giving free childcare to people to do government business. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.1).] Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to an organization and Polk County for [expanding a program] programs for providing free drop-in childcare for people with business at a county courthouse or with other governmental business and data collection regarding the [program] programs. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB2843
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Creates a fund to assist veterans to apply for federal and state benefits and aid. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8). Establishes the Veterans' Benefits Economic Development Fund. Appropriates moneys in the fund to the Department of Veterans' Affairs to assist veterans and family members of veterans to apply for federal and state veterans' benefits and aid. Allocates lottery moneys to the fund. Sunsets January 2, 2035.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB2844
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act creates new systems and structures to plan and improve emergency response in the state. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.9). Creates statewide preparedness offices in the Oregon Department of Administrative Services and the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training. Imposes duties on the offices relating to statewide coordination of emergency management. Creates the Commission on Statewide Intergovernmental Emergency Response Training Facilities and Programming. Directs the commission to develop and carry out a strategic plan for investments to improve statewide emergency preparedness. Creates the Statewide Regional Training Office within the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training. Directs the office to manage and operate facilities for emergency response training. Creates the Task Force on Twenty-first Century Emergency Management Local Governance. Directs the task force to evaluate models for conducting local and regional emergency management operations. Requires all state agencies to designate employees to act as liaisons for emergency management operations or for preparing continuity of governance plans. Requires each county to submit biennial reports on the state of the county's emergency preparedness. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB2845
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Refer
4/15/25
Refer
4/15/25
Makes many changes to ODVA laws. (Flesch Readability Score: 73.8). [Digest: Makes ODVA create more positions and hire staff. Makes ODVA create pilot programs on suicide prevention and workforce training. Makes ODOT accept an ID issued by USDOD or USDVA. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7).] [Requires an appropriation to] Declares that it is the goal of the Legislative Assembly to fund the Department of Veterans' Affairs [from the General Fund to be] in an amount that is not less than $10,000,000, from the General Fund, in 2015 dollars, adjusted for inflation. Requires the Director of Veterans' Affairs to add additional full-time positions within the department. Creates in the department the position of Veterans Employment Coordinator. [Allows the director to appoint a deputy director, subject to approval by the Governor.] Requires the director [and deputy director] to be a veteran who has received a discharge or release under other than dishonorable conditions. Allows the director to appoint a deputy director, subject to approval by the Governor. Directs the department to develop and implement one or more pilot programs for suicide prevention and workforce training and preparation. Allows moneys in the Veterans' Services Fund to be used for the pilot programs. [Requires the Department of Transportation to accept, for issuing a driver license, an identification card issued by the United States Department of Defense or the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.] Directs the director to distribute moneys appropriated for county veterans' service officer programs on a quarterly basis. Directs the department to provide a report on the quarterly distribution process. Changes who is allowed to request county veteran discharge records. Increases from $5,000 to $10,000, the cap on the individual grant amount that is allowed under the Veteran Educational Bridge Grant Program. Directs the Department of Veterans' Affairs to work with the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission and the Judicial Department to develop a plan for establishing and maintaining a veterans' court in each county or judicial district. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB2846
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Makes ODVA create a program to provide loan and credit guarantees for veterans to refinance home mortgages. Creates a fund to pay for amounts due under a guarantee. Bans payments by ODVA other than from the fund. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.2). Directs the Department of Veterans' Affairs to develop a program under which the department, pursuant to contracts with financial institutions, provides loan or credit guarantees for qualified veterans for the purpose of refinancing existing home mortgages on veterans' primary residences. Establishes the Veterans Refinancing and Reintegration Services Fund. Appropriates moneys in the fund to the department. Prohibits the department from paying amounts due under a loan or credit guarantee agreement from any source other than available funds in the Veterans Refinancing and Reintegration Services Fund. Provides that amounts due and payable under an agreement do not constitute a debt, or a lending of credit, of the state. Authorizes financial institutions to exercise rights against the security if there are insufficient available funds to pay amounts due under a loan or credit guarantee agreement. Directs the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to include in the Governor's budget request to the Legislative Assembly for each fiscal period amounts sufficient to permit the payment of amounts due on unpaid loan and credit guarantees for that fiscal period.