Oregon 2025 Regular Session All Bills
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB1150
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
3/3/25
Tells a state agency to do a study on insurance. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.7). Requires the Department of Consumer and Business Services to study insurance. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to insurance not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB1151
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
3/3/25
Makes the PUC do a study on power companies and submit a report on its findings. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.9). Requires the Public Utility Commission to study investor-owned 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.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB1152
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
3/3/25
Makes the PUC do a study on energy and submit a report on its findings. (Flesch Readability Score: 73.1). Requires the Public Utility Commission to study energy. 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.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB1153
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
3/3/25
Refer
4/14/25
Refer
4/14/25
The Act tells an agency to consider if changes to water rights will affect the public interest. The Act tells the agency to allow tribes to review certain requests to change water rights. The Act allows the agency to condition water right changes in certain ways. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6). Directs the Water Resources Department to consider whether certain water right transfers will result in a loss of in-stream habitat for sensitive, threatened or endangered aquatic species in stream reaches not protected by an existing water right or contribute to water quality impairment in water quality limited streams. Directs the department to provide an opportunity for tribes to review certain water right transfer applications. Authorizes the department to condition water right transfers with water use measurement and reporting, water level measurement and reporting or the installation of fish screening or by-pass devices.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB1154
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
3/3/25
Refer
4/17/25
Report Pass
6/13/25
This Act makes changes to laws about areas with ground water quality problems. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4). Modifies provisions of law related to declarations of ground water quality concern areas and ground water quality management areas. Directs the Governor to appoint an agency to lead an interagency team in ground water quality concern areas and ground water quality management areas. Directs or authorizes the Department of Environmental Quality, the State Department of Agriculture, the Water Resources Department[,] and the Oregon Health Authority [and the Department of Land Conservation and Development] to take specified actions in ground water quality concern areas and ground water quality management areas.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB1155
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
3/3/25
The Act tells OHCS to start a pilot program to help pregnant people and their families get stable housing. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.3). Directs the Housing and Community Services Department to establish a pilot program to assist pregnant persons and their immediate family members in attaining stable housing. Sunsets on January 2, 2028.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB1156
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
3/3/25
The Act tells OLCC to study marijuana and report to the health care committees. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7). Requires the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission to study marijuana. Directs the commission to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health care not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB1157
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
3/3/25
Directs ODE to study methods for improving the safety of the schools of this state. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.5). Requires the Department of Education to study methods for improving safety in the public schools of this state. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to education not later than September 15, 2026.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB1158
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
3/3/25
The Act says that gold and silver are legal tender and exempts gold and silver trade from certain taxes. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.7). Provides that gold and silver are legal tender. Exempts the purchase, sale and exchange of gold and silver from certain taxation. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB1159
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
3/3/25
The Act moves the office of Children's Advocate from DHS to the LTCO, changes how the CA is appointed and moves oversight of the CIRTs from DHS to the CA. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.4). Transfers the office of Children's Advocate from the Department of Human Services to the office of the Long Term Care Ombudsman. Establishes the Children's Advocacy Advisory Board to nominate candidates for the Governor to select from when appointing the Children's Advocate. Expands the duties and authority of the Children's Advocate. Transfers oversight of the Critical Incident Review Teams from the Director of Human Services to the Children's Advocate. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. .
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB116
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act directs the LRO to study the state financial system. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.6). Requires the Legislative Revenue Officer to study the state financial system. Directs the Legislative Revenue Officer to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to revenue not later than December 1, 2026.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB1160
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
3/3/25
Refer
4/8/25
Refer
4/8/25
Tells ODOE to study making some renewable energy projects in this state. Tells ODOE to give a report on the study. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.2). [Digest: Tells ODOE to study the costs and benefits of renewable energy projects in this state. Directs ODOE to give a report on its findings. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7).] Requires the State Department of Energy to [carry out a cost-benefit analysis on deploying] study developing certain renewable energy projects in this state. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to energy not later than September 30, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB1161
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
3/3/25
Report Pass
4/18/25
Engrossed
4/29/25
Refer
4/29/25
Report Pass
5/20/25
Enrolled
5/27/25
The Act tells OHA to issue licenses to let drivers transport organs quickly. Allows for lights and sirens. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.1). Directs the Oregon Health Authority to issue [licenses to enable a person to drive an organ transport vehicle.] a license to an organ procurement organization to operate an organ transport vehicle. Mandates requirements for drivers of organ transport vehicles. Requires organ procurement organizations licensed to operate organ transport vehicles to maintain prescribed minimum levels of insurance. Defines "organ transport vehicle." Provides exceptions allowing organ transport vehicles to use lights and sirens. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB1162
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
3/3/25
Refer
4/15/25
Refer
4/15/25
The Act says that a new or expanding hospice program must obtain a certificate of need. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6). Requires an individual or entity to obtain a certificate of need from the Oregon Health Authority before the individual or entity may establish a new hospice program or expand or relocate a hospice program into a new service area. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB1163
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
3/3/25
Requires a person that makes or sells farm equipment to give items to an owner that are needed to look at, maintain or fix the equipment. Says what else the person must do to let the owner fix the equipment. Says that the state can fine the person for a violation of the Act. (Flesch Readability Score: 75.7). Requires an original equipment manufacturer to make available on fair and reasonable terms to a public body that owns or leases agricultural equipment any documentation, tool, part, embedded software, firmware, data or other device or implement for diagnosing, maintaining, repairing or updating the agricultural equipment that the original equipment manufacturer makes available to an authorized service provider. Specifies additional obligations for the original equipment manufacturer. Permits the Attorney General in response to a complaint to make an investigative demand of an original equipment manufacturer that appears to have violated the Act. Specifies the contents of the investigative demand and the method of service. Subjects an original equipment manufacturer that violates the Act to a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 for each day of the violation.