All Bills - Oregon 2025 Regular Session
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3147
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Tells each state agency to focus on and speed up the process to allow a person to build, site or operate broadband services. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.1). Declares a state goal to capitalize on and make the best use of federal moneys available for broadband service infrastructure. Directs each state agency to prioritize and expedite the process for permits and other governmental authorizations necessary for the construction, siting or operation of broadband service infrastructure. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3148
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Refer
4/1/25
Refer
4/1/25
Repeals the sunset on the Oregon Lifeline plan. Makes changes to the assistance that the plan provides. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.8). Makes permanent the plan of assistance for low-income customers for telecommunication services. Renames the plan of assistance the Oregon Lifeline plan. Adds to the assistance provided to low-income customers a one-time personal computing device benefit for the purchase of an Internet-enabled computer and ancillary devices. Repeals the requirement but still permits the Public Utility Commission to use part of the surcharge assessed on retail telecommunications subscribers for marketing and outreach activities to increase participation in the plan of assistance. Repeals the Oregon Telephone Assistance Program Advisory Committee. Directs the commission to adopt rules to carry out the provisions of the Act not later than [March] December 1, 2026. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3149
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Refer
4/8/25
Refer
4/8/25
Allows state moneys to be spent for school districts that were impacted by wildfires for one more school year. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.2). [Digest: Allows state moneys to be spent for school districts that were impacted by wildfires for four more school years. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.2).] Allows for additional distributions of state moneys to wildfire-impacted school districts for an additional [four school years] school year. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3150
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Refer
2/24/25
Refer
2/24/25
The Act makes a new tax credit for volunteer firefighters. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). Establishes an income tax credit for volunteer firefighters. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, and before January 1, 2032. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3151
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Makes changes to the formula used for deciding how much state money each school district receives. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6). Removes the cap on the amounts distributed from the State School Fund to school districts for students who are eligible for special education as children with disabilities. Allows for an additional weight for students who are homeless for purposes of calculating distributions of State School Fund moneys to school districts. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3152
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Tells the SOS to create an e-filing system. Allows certain city and county candidates to file a picture and statement to the system. Requires the SOS to post the pictures and statements on the secretary's website. Requires the state and county pamphlets to list the offices whose candidates may file a picture and statement and where they may be viewed. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.2). Requires the Secretary of State to establish an electronic filing system to allow a candidate for nomination or election to a county or city office held at a primary or general election to file a portrait and statement electronically with the secretary if the candidate cannot have the portrait and statement printed in the county voters' pamphlet. Requires the Secretary of State to post a candidate portrait and statement on the secretary's website. Requires the applicable state voters' pamphlets and county voters' pamphlets to include a list of all offices whose candidates may post portraits and statements on the Secretary of State's website and the website address where the portraits and statements will be posted.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3153
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act allows a person to use dogs to hunt or chase cougars. The Act tells an agency to assess how many livestock cougars prey on and address the issue in certain ways. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.1). Authorizes a person to use dogs to hunt or pursue cougars on private property owned by the person or with the consent of the property owner. Instructs the State Fish and Wildlife Commission to assess cougar depredation of livestock, establish a threshold for chronic depredation of livestock and reduce cougar populations as needed to address chronic depredation.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3154
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
This Act changes which lands may be called buildable. (Flesch Readability Score: 84.9). Removes certain lands from definitions of buildable lands for purposes of urbanization.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3155
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act allows ATVs on the roads if the ATV meets certain requirements and does not go on the freeway. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.1). Permits a person to operate Class I, Class III and Class IV all-terrain vehicles on highways that are not interstate highways if the all-terrain vehicle meets vehicle equipment standards and the all-terrain vehicle is registered. Directs the Department of Transportation to permit optional registration for Class I, Class III or Class IV all-terrain vehicles if the applicant provides satisfactory proof that the all-terrain vehicle meets equipment standards for highway use.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3156
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Report Pass
4/9/25
Engrossed
4/15/25
Refer
4/15/25
Tells each public utility to include with each bill they send the phone numbers and website for the PUC's consumer services. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6). [Digest: Makes the PUC do a study on utilities and submit a report on its findings. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.5).] [Requires the Public Utility Commission to study utilities. Directs the commission to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to energy not later than September 15, 2026.] [Sunsets on January 2, 2027.] Requires each public utility to include with each utility bill the phone numbers for the Public Utility Commission's consumer services and website address for the commission's online consumer complaint form.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3157
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act makes a new tax credit for donating blood. (Flesch Readability Score: 84.9). Establishes a refundable personal income tax credit for making a blood donation to certain organizations during a declared period of emergency. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, and before January 1, 2032. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3158
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
This Act makes solar plants on farm land work with farm or allowed nonfarm uses. (Flesch Readability Score: 84.4). Allows certain photovoltaic solar power generation facilities on lands zoned for exclusive farm use to operate alongside farm or allowed nonfarm uses on a tract.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3159
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Limits the amount by which a public utility may increase a rate or schedule of rates in a year. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.3). Limits the maximum percentage by which a public utility may increase a rate or schedule of rates in a calendar year to the average percentage change of the Consumer Price Index.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3160
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act tells the State Fire Marshal to study funding for fire districts. The Act tells the State Fire Marshal to report on the study. (Flesch Readability Score: 85.8). Directs the State Fire Marshal to study funding for fire districts. Directs the State Fire Marshal to report to committees or interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to natural resources no later than September 15, 2026.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3161
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Bans a public utility from raising rates if there are unresolved wildfire lawsuits for three or more years. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.6). Prohibits a public utility from increasing the public utility's rates or schedules of rates if the public utility has, for a period of three or more years, outstanding or contingent liabilities arising out of wildfire-related litigation. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.