Oregon 2025 Regular Session All Bills
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB590
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act tells ODHS to study long term care. (Flesch Readability Score: 100.0). Requires the Department of Human Services to study long term care. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB591
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act tells OHA to study Oregon's long term care facility assessment. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.9). Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study the long term care facility assessment. Directs the authority to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB592
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act would have DLCD study the formation of a new city in the Stafford triangle area of Clackamas County. The Act would require a report to be turned in next year. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.9). Requires the Department of Land Conservation and Development to study the formation of a new city in the Stafford triangle area in Clackamas County and submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to land use no later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB593
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act would repeal the law that set a state standard for city and county laws that govern the use of public property by the homeless. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.3). Repeals the statute enacted by House Bill 3115 (2021) that established objective reasonableness as a statewide standard for city and county laws regulating the use of public property with respect to persons experiencing homelessness, as the basis for a cause of action for injunctive and declaratory relief to challenge such laws and as an affirmative defense in the prosecution of violations of such laws. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB594
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
This Act keeps teachers and students from being evicted without cause during the school year. (Flesch Readability Score: 73.1). Prohibits landlords from terminating a tenancy based on certain causes unrelated to the tenant's fault during a school year if the tenant is a grade school student or teacher.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB595
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act requires DHS to adjust contracts each year to reflect cost of living increases. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.5). Requires multiyear contracts entered into between the Department of Human Services and private entities for the provision of health or social services to include annual cost of living adjustments.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB596
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Refer
4/17/25
Refer
4/17/25
The Act says some veterans may ask ODOT to waive the surcharge for the veteran plate. Gives money to ODOT to cover the costs. (Flesch Readability Score: 78.3). [Digest: The Act says a person who qualifies for a veteran car plate may ask ODOT to waive the surcharge for the plate. Gives money to ODOT to cover the costs. (Flesch Readability Score: 78.8).] Provides that a [person] veteran with a disability is eligible for a veterans' recognition registration plate and may request a waiver of the surcharge imposed for the plate. Appropriates moneys to the Department of Transportation to cover the waivers.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB597
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Refer
4/1/25
Refer
4/1/25
The Act tells OHA to create a grant program to promote oral health care coordination. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.5). Directs the Oregon Health Authority to establish a grant program to provide financial support to certified dental sealant programs that promote and engage in oral health care coordination activities. Provides the manner in which the authority shall distribute grant funds to grantees.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB598
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Refer
4/15/25
Refer
4/15/25
Tells some health insurers to cover a nonopioid drug alternate for an opioid drug with the same rules. Tells the PTC to add to their suggestions a nonopioid drug alternate for an opioid drug with the same rules. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6). [Digest: Tells certain health insurers and OHP to use the same rules for opioid and nonopioid drugs when used to treat the same issue. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7).] Requires certain health insurance providers [and state managed medical assistance] to ensure that coverage for a nonopioid prescription drug is available as an alternative for an opioid prescription drug and to use the same utilization review requirements and cost-sharing provisions for opioid and nonopioid drugs when they are prescribed for the same treatment. [Requires health insurance to cover opioid and nonopioid drugs at the same cost when prescribed for the same treatment.] Requires the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee to include nonopioid prescription drug alternatives to opioid prescription drugs with the same utilization review requirements when making recommendations to the Oregon Health Authority for the preferred drug list and Practitioner-Managed Prescription Drug Plan.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB599
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Report Pass
3/17/25
Engrossed
3/25/25
Refer
3/27/25
Report Pass
5/14/25
Enrolled
5/19/25
Passed
5/28/25
This Act bans a landlord from biases in renting a home based on immigration status. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8). [Digest: This Act bans biases in the rent or sale of property based on immigration status. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8).] Prohibits landlords from inquiring about or [disclosing] discriminating on the basis of a tenant's or applicant's immigration or citizenship status, [or] rejecting an applicant [due to immigration status. Prohibits discrimination based on immigration status for real property transactions.] based on the type of identifying documentation or disclosing or threatening disclosure of an applicant's or a tenant's immigration or citizenship status for improper purposes. Authorizes statutory penalties. Becomes operative 30 days after the effective date. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB6
Introduced
3/10/25
Refer
3/11/25
Refer
4/15/25
Refer
4/15/25
Says an application for a building permit must be acted on not later than 45 days after it is done. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.8). Requires the Department of Consumer and Business Services, a municipality, a building official or any other agency or official responsible for administering and enforcing the state building code to approve and issue, or disapprove and deny, any application for a building permit for middle housing or conventional single-family residential housing in a residential subdivision with more than six lots not later than 45 business days after the date on which the applicant submits a complete application. Requires any other agency or jurisdiction that must review an application for a building permit to complete the review within 10 business days after receipt or the portion of the application that is subject to the review is approved. Declares that an application for a building permit is approved if the department, a municipality, a building official or any other agency or official fails to deny or act upon the application within the allowable period. Requires prompt issuance of the building permit in such circumstances. Makes the department, municipality, building official or other agency or official that fails to promptly issue the building permit liable to the applicant for the fees the applicant paid and the costs the applicant incurred in preparing the application.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB60
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act says that claims about child abuse are not subject to the notice requirement of the OTCA. The Act revives some claims. (Flesch Readability Score: 77.4). Exempts claims based on conduct that constitutes child abuse, or conduct that constitutes knowingly allowing, permitting or encouraging child abuse, from the notice requirement of the Oregon Tort Claims Act. Revives certain causes of action barred because of the notice requirement or the statute of limitations or repose. Requires a revived claim to be filed within two years after the effective date of the Act.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB600
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Tells a state agency to study how to make housing more affordable for some people. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8). Requires the Housing and Community Services Department to study affordable housing. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to affordable housing not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB601
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
This Act requires OHCS to study low-cost housing. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.8). Requires the Housing and Community Services Department to study affordable housing and submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to housing no later than September 15, 2026.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB602
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Refer
6/11/25
Refer
6/11/25
Sets up a body to talk to state agencies about how to make grants and buy goods and services for the state from not for profit organizations. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4). [Digest: The Act sets policies for the state to use for awards of grants and public contracts to certain recipients. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.3).] Establishes the Nonprofit [Organization] Advisory Council [within the Oregon Department of Administrative Services]. Specifies the membership of the council and requires the council to [review the state's] consult with the Oregon Department of Administrative Services and with employees of state agencies that make grants to or enter into public contracts with nonprofit organizations concerning granting and procurement processes as applied to nonprofit organizations. Provides that the council shall also identify and recommend updates to statutes and administrative rule to improve grant making and contracting processes with nonprofit organizations, evaluate and recommend whether to create a centralized database to manage grant making and report to the Legislative Assembly. [Establishes the Nonprofit Organization Partnership Fund to fund the council.] Specifies requirements for grant agreements and public contracts into which state agencies enter with nonprofit organizations. [Requires the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to create a centralized database for use in managing the state's grants to nonprofit organizations.] [Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.].