All Bills - Oregon 2025 Regular Session
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3027
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Report Pass
2/26/25
Engrossed
3/6/25
Refer
3/6/25
Allows the HECC to seek a court order to require career schools to comply with certain laws. (Flesch Readability Score: 75.1). Permits the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to seek an injunction against a person or career school that is engaged, has engaged or is about to engage in any activity in violation of career school licensure requirements and standards. Specifies what an injunction may require.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3028
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Report Pass
2/26/25
Engrossed
3/10/25
Refer
3/11/25
Allows the HECC to set fees by rule to pay the cost of reviewing a school's application for approval. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.3). Removes the statutory amounts that the Higher Education Coordinating Commission may charge for determining whether a school may confer or offer to confer a degree upon a person or provide academic credit applicable to a degree. Authorizes the commission to adopt rules imposing fees necessary to recover designated costs in reviewing a school's application for commission approval.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3029
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Report Pass
4/14/25
The Act makes new laws with respect to workforce development programs and projects. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4). Makes changes to workforce development statutes to improve alignment across workforce development programs and projects. Requires the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to develop a program to convene local industry sector partnerships. Requires the State Workforce and Talent Development Board to consult with local workforce development boards and relevant state agencies to establish a definition for the term "public workforce system." Requires the State Workforce and Talent Development Board to establish criteria for identifying critical workforce shortages and strategic workforce opportunities and requires the board and local workforce development boards to identify such shortages and opportunities based on the criteria established by the board. Incorporates the identification of and responsiveness to critical workforce shortages and strategic workforce opportunities as an objective for various workforce programs in key industry sectors. Renames the Prosperity 10,000 Program as the Prosperity Program. Requires the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to award grants to local workforce development boards to administer the program. Makes changes concerning term limits for members appointed to the Oregon Youth Works Advisory Board.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3030
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Refer
4/14/25
Refer
4/14/25
Allows the HECC to give money to certain school leader candidates. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.9). [Authorizes the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to award grants to culturally and linguistically diverse school administrator candidates to use at approved educator preparation programs.] Authorizes the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to award grants to school administrator candidates who have experience with diverse populations to use at approved educator preparation programs.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3031
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Refer
3/25/25
Refer
3/25/25
This Act requires OIFA to finance roads and pipes to support new home building. (Flesch Readability Score: 77.8). [Digest: The Act tells OHCS to study housing. (Flesch Readability Score: 90.9).] [Requires the Housing and Community Services Department to study housing. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to housing not later than September 15, 2026.] Establishes a program through which the Oregon Infrastructure Finance Authority may provide financial assistance for infrastructure to support housing development. Establishes the Housing Infrastructure Project Fund for the program. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3032
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act tells OHCS to study homelessness. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.7). Requires the Housing and Community Services Department to study homelessness. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to housing not later than September 15, 2026.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3033
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act tells OHCS to study housing. (Flesch Readability Score: 90.9). Requires the Housing and Community Services Department to study housing. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to housing not later than September 15, 2026.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3034
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Report Pass
2/17/25
Engrossed
2/25/25
Refer
2/25/25
Report Pass
4/24/25
This Act changes the funding and use of a housing account. (Flesch Readability Score: 80.3). Modifies the role of the Oregon Housing Stability Council in designing policy for Emergency Housing Account programs.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3035
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Report Pass
2/17/25
Engrossed
2/25/25
Refer
2/25/25
This Act grows OHCS' program and lending authority. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.2). Expands Housing and Community Services Department authority regarding homeownership housing projects and lending. Allows the department to refinance housing loans.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3036
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act makes changes to the tax credit for banks that lend to build housing. (Flesch Readability Score: 90.9). Expands purposes, for corporate excise tax credit allowed for affordable housing lending, for which a qualified borrower may use savings from a reduced interest rate to include provision of resident services or supportive services. 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 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3037
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Refer
4/3/25
Refer
4/3/25
Makes changes to grants awarded by ODE. (Flesch Readability Score: 78.8). Allows the State Board of Education to establish for small school districts a minimum grant amount and the Department of Education to reduce the administrative burden related to applying for and reporting on grants. Expands eligibility and makes funding adjustments to amounts appropriated under the High School Graduation and College and Career Readiness Act and to grants awarded for implementing early warning systems. Expands the entities eligible for grants awarded from the Student Investment Account. Revises the reporting date related to grants that are provided for English language learner programs. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3038
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Report Pass
4/4/25
Engrossed
4/10/25
Refer
4/10/25
Makes many changes in laws that relate to education in this state. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.7). Adjusts purposes and eligible recipients of grants related to STEM education. Abolishes the Connecting Education to Careers Account. Clarifies the method for funding approved recovery schools that are also public charter schools. Provides that children who have a 504 Plan or who are deaf, hard of hearing or deaf-blind may attend the Oregon School for the Deaf. Prescribes requirements related to comprehensive safety programs in schools. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3039
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Directs ODE to study ways to increase summer and after school programs. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.7). Requires the Department of Education to study methods for increasing the availability of summer and after-school academic and enrichment programs. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to education not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets January 2, 2027.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3040
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Refer
4/16/25
Refer
4/16/25
Changes the grant program for reading and directs ODE to establish a coaching program for teaching how to read. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8). [Digest: Directs ODE to study ways to help children learn how to read. (Flesch Readability Score: 88.9).] [Requires the Department of Education to study methods for improving early literacy outcomes. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to education not later than September 15, 2026.] [Sunsets January 2, 2027.] Prescribes professional development and coaching requirements under the Early Literacy Success School Grant program. Expands the allowed uses of grants related to curricula. Modifies the reporting date related to Early Literacy Success School Grants and the contents of the reports. Expands allowed interventions for the Department of Education to take when a school district or public charter school does not meet the goals established in an early literacy success plan. Directs the department to establish an early literacy coaching program to support school districts, schools and educators for the purpose of improving early literacy instruction.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3041
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Report Pass
2/13/25
Engrossed
2/27/25
Refer
3/3/25
Report Pass
4/22/25
Enrolled
4/29/25
The Act changes the type of law that provides for a council related to educators. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8). Modifies the source of law that establishes the Educator Advancement Council from intergovernmental agreement to state statute. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.