Oregon 2025 Regular Session All Bills
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB1191
Introduced
3/20/25
Refer
3/20/25
Report Pass
4/11/25
Engrossed
4/15/25
Refer
4/16/25
Report Pass
5/14/25
Enrolled
5/20/25
Passed
5/28/25
Chaptered
6/6/25
Passed
6/6/25
The Act says that some laws making crimes do not apply to the act of telling another person about their rights. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.7). Provides that certain laws establishing crimes do not apply to the act of informing another person of the other person's civil or constitutional rights.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB1192
Introduced
3/20/25
Refer
3/20/25
The Act concerns making power from water under a water right. The Act provides that a person cannot be banned from using the water right under certain circumstances. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.7). Provides that the Water Resources Director may not forcibly convert a hydroelectric water right whose holder has ceased generating electricity on instruction from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission if certain other criteria are met.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB1193
Introduced
3/20/25
Refer
3/20/25
Refer
4/14/25
Refer
4/14/25
The Act allows a higher learning school to pay a student athlete for use of the student's NIL. (Flesch Readability Score: 75.7). Permits a post-secondary institution of education to provide compensation to a student athlete for use of the student athlete's name, image, likeness or athletic reputation. Requires a written contract for compensation to a student athlete who is a minor by a post-secondary institution of education to include the written consent of the parent or guardian of the student athlete. Prohibits an athletic association, conference or organization from prohibiting a post-secondary institution of education from providing compensation to a student athlete.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB1194
Introduced
3/20/25
Refer
3/20/25
This Act stops the EQC and the DEQ from making waste water treatment plants meet certain criteria. (Flesch Readability Score: 70.1). Prohibits the Environmental Quality Commission and Department of Environmental Quality from requiring municipally owned treatment works from meeting certain criteria for pollutants and temperature for discharges into surface water.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB1195
Introduced
3/20/25
Refer
3/20/25
The Act tells OHA to make new rules and study certain residential mental health settings. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8). Directs the Oregon Health Authority to conduct studies and adopt rules relating to residential treatment facilities, residential treatment homes, secure residential treatment facilities and secure residential treatment homes. Requires the authority to report findings and recommendations to the Legislative Assembly. Sunsets on January 2, 2027. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB1196
Introduced
3/20/25
Refer
3/20/25
The Act tells the LRO to study ways to raise money for recreation activities. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7). Requires the Legislative Revenue Officer to study means for raising dedicated revenue to support recreation activities in Oregon. 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 SB1197
Introduced
3/20/25
Refer
3/20/25
Refer
4/18/25
Refer
4/18/25
The Act requires the state Medicaid program to provide respite care. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.9). [Digest: The Act tells OHA to create a respite care program for unpaid caregivers of children and youth with complex mental health needs. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.4).] Requires respite care services to be provided through the state medical assistance program to provide relief to [unpaid caregivers of individuals under the age of 26 who have complex mental health or substance use-related needs] children or youth under the age of 26 who have complex behavioral health needs or an intellectual or developmental disability and to the caregivers of such children or youth. Directs the Oregon Health Authority to seek any necessary federal approval. Becomes operative on the date that notice of federal approval is received. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB1198
Introduced
3/20/25
Refer
3/20/25
Report Pass
5/19/25
Engrossed
5/21/25
Refer
5/22/25
The Act changes the law for the packaging of vapes to protect the health of minors. (Flesch Readability Score: 79.5). Makes it unlawful to distribute, sell or allow to be sold an inhalant delivery system that is packaged inconsistent with rules adopted by the Oregon Health Authority that are tailored judiciously to the specific purpose of protecting minors from the negative health effects of unlawfully using inhalant delivery systems. .
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB1199
Introduced
3/24/25
Refer
3/24/25
This Act allows rural counties to rezone up to 50 acres for dense housing and provides grants for services. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8). Allows counties with a population density of less than 10 people per square mile to rezone up to 50 acres to be divided and developed for residential dwellings of at least five units per acre. Requires the Oregon Business Development Department to provide grants to counties for infrastructure supporting these lands. Sunsets January 2, 2034.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB12
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act does not allow the SOS to mark certain judge candidates as incumbent. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.7). Prohibits the designation of incumbent for any candidate for specified judgeships who was appointed and is seeking election in the first election since that appointment.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB120
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Refer
4/16/25
Refer
4/16/25
The Act directs the LRO to study tax expenditures. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.1). Requires the Legislative Revenue Officer to study tax expenditures. 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 SB1200
Introduced
3/27/25
Refer
3/27/25
Gives the CCB the power to oversee people who get workers for companies that do construction work. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). Transfers regulatory authority over construction labor contractors from the Bureau of Labor and Industries to the Construction Contractors Board. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB1201
Introduced
3/27/25
Refer
3/27/25
The Act would require a study of whether constructing bridges across the Columbia River west of the I-5 bridges would be feasible and useful. The Act would require a report of the study to be turned in next year to the JCT. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.9). Requires the Department of Transportation to study the feasibility and utility of constructing bridges across the Columbia River west of the Interstate 5 bridges. Directs the department to submit a report to the Joint Committee on Transportation no later than September 15, 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 SB1202
Introduced
3/31/25
Refer
3/31/25
The Act creates a new agency to govern rail and transit in Oregon. The new agency name is the Oregon Rail and Transit Department. Transfers duties of governing rail from ODOT to the ORTD. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.9). Creates the Oregon Rail and Transit Department. Creates the State Rail and Transit Board. Transfers the duties and functions of the Department of Transportation relating to rail and public transit to the Oregon Rail and Transit Department. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB1203
Introduced
4/1/25
Refer
4/1/25
This Act allows the siting of homes on golf courses on farm land. (Flesch Readability Score: 89.5). Allows the division of a portion of tracts used as golf courses on lands zoned for exclusive farm use for the purpose of siting single-unit or middle housing. Sunsets January 2, 2036. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.