Oregon 2025 Regular Session All Bills
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB644
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act tells a legislative group to audit the state food bank for political spending. The Act ends at the start of 2027. The Act starts when signed. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.5). Establishes the Oregon Food Bank Audit Committee as a joint committee of the Legislative Assembly. Directs the committee to cause an audit to be performed of Oregon Food Bank financial transactions occurring during a specified period, and to identify those transactions that directly or indirectly relate to political campaign activity or political issue activity. Directs the committee to report on audit findings to the Legislative Assembly on or before November 15, 2025. Requires the membership of the committee to consist of an equal number of majority party and minority party members from the Senate and an equal number of majority party and minority party members from the House of Representatives. Provides that a quorum of the committee consists of a majority of members from the House and a majority of members from the Senate. Sunsets January 2, 2027. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB645
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 SB646
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Allows resident students of this state to attend any public school of this state. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7). Allows a student who is a resident of this state to attend any public school of this state. Requires a student to receive consent from a district school board to attend the schools of the school district if the student is a nonresident student. Requires the district school board to give consent, with limited exceptions. Prohibits school districts from charging tuition or entering into contracts for admission of nonresident students. Removes the cap on the percentage of students from school districts who may attend certain virtual public charter schools.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB647
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Increases the cap for students who want to attend a virtual public charter school. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7). Increases to five percent the cap on the percentage of students from school districts who may attend certain virtual public charter schools without the approval of the school district.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB648
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act would match the estate tax exemption to the federal amount. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.7). Provides that, for the estates of decedents dying on or after January 1, 2026, Oregon estate tax is not due unless the value of the Oregon taxable estate exceeds $13.61 million. Raises the threshold for the filing of an estate tax return to a gross estate valued at more than $13.61 million. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB649
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act would repeal the estate tax. (Flesch Readability Score: 90.9). Provides that the Oregon estate tax is imposed only on the estates of decedents dying on or before January 1, 2025. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB65
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act lets a person whose civil rights have been violated by a person acting under the color of law sue for damages and other relief. The Act lets a plaintiff who wins this type of suit recover attorney fees. The Act lets a defendant who wins this type of suit recover attorney fees if the plaintiff's claim was frivolous. (Flesch Readability Score 62.7). Allows a person who has been deprived of rights, privileges or immunities secured by the Oregon Constitution or the laws of this state by a person acting under color of law to bring a civil action for economic and noneconomic damages and for injunctive or other equitable relief. Provides for the award of attorney fees and costs to a prevailing plaintiff, or to a prevailing defendant if the court finds that a plaintiff's claim was frivolous, unreasonable or without foundation.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB650
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act would grant a specially assessed property tax value for the homes of people who are at least 65 years old. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.1). Provides, for purposes of ad valorem property taxation, a specially assessed value for the owner-occupied primary residences of individuals who are at least 65 years of age. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB651
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Tells the Secretary of State to study how to make it easier for a business to file papers in this state. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.6). Requires the Secretary of State to study methods for reducing the paperwork filing burden on businesses in this state. Directs the Secretary of State to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to business not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB652
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Allows districts and schools to hire people who are not teachers to teach reading. (Flesch Readability Score: 77.8). Allows a school district, an education service district or a public charter school to employ a person who is not licensed or registered with the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to teach reading to students. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB653
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Creates a task force to study the end of ODE. (Flesch Readability Score: 100.0). Establishes the Task Force to Abolish the Department of Education. Directs the task force to study and make recommendations related to the abolishment of the Department of Education. Sunsets the task force on January 2, 2027.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB654
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Allows school districts to use students for work in district. (Flesch Readability Score: 78.2). Authorizes district school boards to establish a policy to encourage students to develop vocational skills by performing maintenance tasks for school districts.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB655
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Tells the SOS to create a database of ballots for each election. Tells the county clerks to add e-copies of each ballot into the database. Requires each ballot to have an ID. Requires the ID to be secret other than to the voter. Allows a voter to view the voter's ballot in the database for 90 days following the election. Allows the county clerks to charge a reasonable fee for the cost of getting a ballot. Tells the county clerks to allow certain persons to watch the ballots being printed and inserted into mailing envelopes. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4). Directs the Secretary of State to establish and maintain a searchable and publicly accessible database containing a copy of every ballot cast in each election. Requires county clerks to scan and upload to the database each ballot cast prior to tallying the votes. Requires each ballot to be printed with a unique identifier that an elector may use to search the database for an electronic copy of the elector's ballot. Requires a ballot's identifier to be secret except to the elector. Permits an elector to inspect the elector's cast ballot for 90 days following the date of an election. Requires county clerks to store ballots in a manner that makes the ballots readily available to retrieve. Requires county clerks to store ballots in batches and to maintain an index that records where each ballot is stored. Permits county clerks to charge a reasonable fee to cover the cost of retrieving a ballot. Requires county clerks to permit authorized persons to watch the printing of ballots and the inserting of ballots in envelopes to be mailed to electors. Applies to primary, general and special elections held on or after January 1, 2027. Becomes operative January 1, 2027.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB656
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Creates an income tax credit for a person who makes energy in Oregon. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4). Creates an income tax credit for energy production in Oregon. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2024. Establishes the Task Force on Free-Market Energy Production. Directs the task force to review existing laws related to energy production in Oregon to determine how to ensure all forms of energy production are regulated equally, based on scientific analysis of risks and rewards posed by each form of energy production. Sunsets the task force 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 SB657
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Requires a school district board to pay teachers of certain subjects at least half of the school district budget. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.7). Requires school district boards to ensure that a specified percentage of expenditures of the school district are paid as compensation to teachers of core academic subjects or manual skills. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.