Oregon 2025 Regular Session All Bills
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB617
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act says that a finding that a crime constitutes DV is not an element of the crime, and changes when a person is GEI. The Act also changes the meaning of a term and enhances a sentence for some crimes involving children. (Flesch Readability Score: 70.9). Provides that an admission or a finding that a crime constitutes domestic violence is not an element of the crime for merger purposes. Modifies when a person is guilty except for insanity. Modifies the meaning of "sexually explicit conduct" for certain crimes involving children. Directs the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to classify invasion of personal privacy in the first degree as a crime category 8 on the sentencing guidelines grid when the victim is a minor.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB618
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act tells school districts to designate sports by gender. The Act forbids males from playing in female sports. (Flesch Readability Score: 78.2). Requires school districts to designate athletic competitions and extracurricular sports according to biological sex. Prohibits biological males from participating in athletic competitions or extracurricular sports designated for biological females. Provides causes of action for students and school districts. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB619
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act changes how the Governor may grant pardons and take similar actions. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4). Requires that all executive clemency actions by the Governor be initiated by application and follow specified procedures.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB62
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Refer
4/7/25
Refer
4/7/25
The Act creates new programs for increasing consumers' voice in the mental health care system. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.5). Requires the Oregon Health Authority to develop, implement and administer a program to support consumer engagement efforts aimed at increasing and optimizing consumer involvement in planning and decision-making surrounding the access to, and delivery of, behavioral health services in this state. Requires coordinated care organizations to contribute $1 per member per month toward the consumer engagement program. Requires the authority to administer a pilot program in eastern Oregon to develop an innovative model for providing residential treatment to young adults experiencing early psychosis in conjunction with a substance use disorder. Sunsets the pilot program on January 2, 2036. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB620
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act tells the AG to report each year on settlement agreements entered into by DOJ that make the state pay more than $4 million. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.4). Requires the Attorney General to report annually to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the judiciary on settlement agreements entered into by the Department of Justice that require the state to pay over $4 million.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB621
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act says that new fees or increased fees that an agency adopts have to be approved by the Legislative Assembly. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6). Provides that new or increased fees adopted by state agencies do not become effective unless approved by the Legislative Assembly by law. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB622
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act would make it so that employers do not have to pay unemployment taxes on the wages of noncitizens who work here on H-2A visas. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.0). Exempts employers of noncitizens in agricultural labor who are not eligible for unemployment insurance benefits from liability for contributions related to that labor. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB623
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act increases crime seriousness for the crime of attempting to elude a police officer. The Act states the OCJC must make sentence longer than the OCJC has it now. (Flesch Readability Score: 70.3). Increases sentencing guidelines for felony attempting to elude a police officer.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB624
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act says that groups that get money from the state must report on how they spent the money and on any political contributions they made. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.3). Requires certain recipients of grant or loan moneys distributed by state agencies to submit annual reports to committees of the Legislative Assembly. Directs state agencies to notify recipients of the requirements of the Act. Requires persons required to file reports under the Act to disclose amounts and recipients of political contributions made within a specified time frame. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB625
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act repeals laws related to overtime pay for agricultural workers who work more than the maximum hour limit in one week. The Act takes effect 91 days following sine die. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). Repeals provisions requiring employers to pay overtime to agricultural workers who work in excess of the maximum allowable hours. Repeals provisions related to the refundable income or corporate excise tax credit allowed to employers for the excess amount of wages paid as overtime pay for agricultural workers. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB626
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act expands three crimes to include digitally-created images. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7). Expands the crimes of encouraging child sexual abuse in the first degree, second degree and third degree to include visual depictions of child abuse that are computer-generated. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB627
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act states that vehicles remain registered until the owner changes. (Flesch Readability Score: 75.5). Provides that vehicle registration for most vehicles will be ownership registration and owners must pay a one-time fee instead of a biennial fee. Preserves permanent registration for certain vehicles and proportional registration for other vehicles. Eliminates offenses related to failing to renew vehicle registration.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB628
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act says that a doctor or PA has to try to get informed consent from a patient to send the patient to the ER or to another doctor or PA. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.9). Requires a physician or physician associate to attempt to obtain a patient's informed consent for dismissal to seek emergency medical treatment or for transfer of care to another physician or physician associate.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB629
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act says that the OMB has to look at a reasonable person standard when it says what unprofessional conduct is. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6). Requires the Oregon Medical Board to consider a reasonable person standard in determining what constitutes unprofessional conduct.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB63
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act imposes a flat rate income tax. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.1). Imposes personal income tax at flat rate if a taxpayer has an adjusted gross income below threshold amount. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.