Oregon 2025 Regular Session All Bills
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3790
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
3/4/25
The Act tells the OLCC to certify a person as a cannabis health care technician. The Act also tells the OLCC to give money to a marijuana retailer that hires a cannabis health care technician. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.9). Directs the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission to issue a cannabis health care technician certification to a qualified individual. Directs the commission to establish a program to provide financial incentives to marijuana retailers that employ certified cannabis health care technicians. Becomes operative on January 1, 2026. Directs the commission to provide information and assistance related to the interstate commerce of marijuana items to marijuana retailers that employ certified cannabis health care technicians. Becomes operative on the earlier of the date on which the interstate commerce of marijuana items is allowed by federal law, or allowed or tolerated pursuant to a memorandum issued by the United States Department of Justice. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3791
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
3/4/25
The Act tells OED to do a study on the maritime workforce. The Act tells OED to turn in a report by a certain date. (Flesch Readability Score: 89.2). Requires the Employment Department to study issues related to the maritime workforce in this state. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to business and labor no later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3792
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
3/4/25
Refer
4/15/25
Refer
4/15/25
Raises the amount to be collected to help with electric bills for low-income customers. Tells the PUC to look every two years at the amount to be collected. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.7). [Digest: Tells the PUC to study consumer protection for ratepayers. Tells the PUC to give a report on its findings. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.0).] [Requires the Public Utility Commission to study consumer protection for utility ratepayers. 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.] Increases from $20 million to $40 million the minimum amount to be collected from the customers of electric companies for low-income electric bill payment and crisis assistance. Directs the Public Utility Commission to reassess every two years the community level of need for low-income electric bill payment and crisis assistance. Allows the commission to adjust the amount to be collected based on its findings and changes to electricity rates. Requires the commission to report to the Legislative Assembly if the commission increases the amount to be collected by more than 2.5 percent. Increases from $500 to $1,000 per month per customer site the maximum amount that a customer may be required to pay for low-income electric bill payment and crisis assistance.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3793
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
3/4/25
Tells DOJ to study public records requests and report back. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.7). Requires the Department of Justice to study public records requests. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the judiciary no later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3794
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
3/4/25
Refer
4/14/25
Refer
4/14/25
This Act creates the Task Force on Municipal Solid Waste in the Willamette Valley. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7). Establishes the Task Force on Municipal Solid Waste in the Willamette Valley. Directs the task force to submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the environment no later than December 15, 2026. Sunsets the task force on December 31, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3795
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
3/4/25
Report Pass
4/7/25
Engrossed
4/15/25
Refer
4/15/25
Report Pass
5/27/25
Enrolled
6/11/25
The Act tells DHS to submit an annual report about a grant program. The Act also makes changes to when DHS must appoint a CIRT. (Flesch Readability Score: 82.4). [Digest: The Act tells DHS to submit an annual report about a grant program. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.5).] Directs the Department of Human Services to submit an annual report to the Legislative Assembly about a grant program that provides tax preparation assistance to low-income individuals. Modifies provisions regarding appointment of Critical Incident Review Teams.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3796
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
3/4/25
The Act tells the Department of Early Learning and Care to study early childhood. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7). Requires the Department of Early Learning and Care to study early childhood. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to child care no later than September 15, 2026.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3797
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
3/4/25
The Act directs DHS to study the demographics of children in this state and submit a report on its findings. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.8). Requires the Department of Human Services to study the demographics of children in Oregon. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to human services not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3798
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
3/4/25
The Act tells DPSST to give training on how to respond to fires caused by certain types of batteries and electric vehicles. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.4). Directs the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training to collaborate with the State Fire Marshal to deliver training to emergency responders on responding to fires resulting from lithium-ion batteries and electric vehicles. Provides that the department shall serve as the lead agency in delivering training.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3799
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
3/4/25
The Act allows doctors to give some patients novel types of treatment. (Flesch Readability Score: 74.8). Creates a method by which a health care practitioner may offer to treat a patient who has a terminal disease or severe chronic disease with an investigational product not approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration. Provides protections, including a waiver of liability, for health care practitioners, health care facilities, professional organizations or associations and manufacturers or distributors of investigational products that comply with the Act.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3800
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
3/4/25
Refer
4/10/25
Refer
4/10/25
The Act allows an agency to take actions related to ground water in the Harney Basin. The Act tells the agency to take actions related to ground water in the Harney Basin. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.0). Renames the "Greater Harney Valley Groundwater Area of Concern" the "Harney Basin Groundwater Management Area." Establishes certain authorities and duties of the Water Resources Department related to the Harney Basin Groundwater Management Area.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3801
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
3/4/25
The Act makes changes to the law that allows agreements among persons that use ground water. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.9). Makes certain changes related to voluntary agreements among ground water users.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3802
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
3/4/25
Directs ODE to pay state funds to EI/ECSE providers on a monthly basis. (Flesch Readability Score: 77.8). Requires payment of state funds for early childhood special education and early intervention services be provided as monthly installments.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3803
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
3/4/25
Refer
5/14/25
Refer
5/14/25
The Act directs DAS to write workforce plans and work with agencies to carry out those plans. The Act directs DAS to identify uniform terms and functions, and directs agencies to change rules to conform rules to the terms and functions that DAS has identified. The Act makes certain entities that get public funds file reports about the use of those funds. The Act creates a council to look at and seek changes in KPMs. The Act adds to the SOS audit section a team to focus on small public entities or public entities that have not been audited in at least 10 years. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.7). [Digest: The Act directs DAS to write workforce plans and work with agencies to carry out those plans. The Act creates a task force to identify uniform terms and functions and directs agencies to change rules to conform rules to the terms and functions the task force has identified. The Act creates a task force to look at and seek changes in KPMs. The Act adds to the SOS audit section teams to focus on small public entities and audits to enhance ROI. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.2).] Directs the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to develop enterprise strategic workforce plans and to work with executive department agencies on implementation. Grants the department the authority to require agency-specific plan implementation and grants the department director the authority to exempt specific agencies from planning programs. [Establishes the Enterprise Definitions and Standards Task Force and authorizes the task force to adopt] Directs the department to develop enterprise-wide definitions and standards that are common among agency functions and to identify dormant or obsolete definitions and standards. Requires state agencies to make prospective conforming changes to agency rules. Authorizes the [task force] department to recommend proposed statutory changes to the Legislative Assembly. Sunsets the [task force] enterprise-wide definitions and standards effort on January 2, 2030. Establishes reporting requirements for public funds that are distributed by state agencies to private, nonprofit and nongovernmental entities. Provides direction [on the use of these reports, and alternative information,] to enhance transparency concerning the use of these funds. Establishes the Key Performance Measure [Task Force] Council to make recommendations to enhance the effectiveness of key performance measures in measuring performance-based outcomes and to achieve other outcomes. Creates the [small agency team and the economic impact team] specialist team of auditors within the Secretary of State's Division of Audits and directs that [each] the team be staffed by at least three auditors. Directs that the [small agency] team focus on conducting audits of small public entities [and that the economic impact team focus on conducting audits to maximize economic returns on investment] or public entities that have not been audited in at least 10 years. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3804
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
3/4/25
The Act tells the DLCD to arrange a study of certain policies' impact on disparate homeownership access. The Act tells the DLCD to report on the results of the study. The Act takes effect 91 days following sine die. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). Directs the Department of Land Conservation and Development to commission a study on policies that may contribute to disparate access to homeownership. Sunsets on January 2, 2028. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.