Oregon 2025 Regular Session All Bills
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB752
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act would have Business Oregon look at economic plans in the other states. The Act would have the agency submit a report that recommends how to create a plan for Oregon. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6). Requires the Oregon Business Development Department to review statewide economic development plans and strategies implemented in the other states and submit a report to the Legislative Assembly that includes recommendations for the creation of a statewide economic development plan for Oregon. Specifies stakeholders with which the department shall consult in the conduct of the study.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB753
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/21/25
The Act tells ODOT to work with others to plan and pay for rail. Every two years, ODOT must report to the JCT about the plans and progress for rail transportation. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.4). Directs the Department of Transportation to work with the Washington State Department of Transportation and the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure to develop plans to operate and fund rail transportation. Directs the Department of Transportation to submit a biennial report on plans to the Joint Committee on Transportation.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB754
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act makes changes to the PECBA. The Act creates penalties for violating certain provisions of the PECBA. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.4). Permits a labor organization to file a civil action against a public employer for failing to timely provide the labor organization with certain information regarding public employees. Directs the Employment Relations Board to impose civil penalties against a public employer that fails to comply with certain requirements under the public employee collective bargaining act.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB755
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act tells DPSST to study ways to place officers in schools and make a report. (Flesch Readability Score: 79.5). Requires the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training to study possibilities for placing police officers or security guards in schools. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the judiciary not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB756
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act requires the OHA and CCOs to pay for validated blood pressure cuffs. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.7). Requires the Oregon Health Authority and coordinated care organizations to reimburse the cost of clinically validated blood pressure cuffs prescribed to medical assistance recipients.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB757
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Report Pass
4/7/25
Engrossed
4/10/25
Refer
4/15/25
Report Pass
5/8/25
Enrolled
5/15/25
Passed
5/27/25
The Act says that, when PERS looks at the salary of a chaplain at OHSU under OPSRP, money for housing is part of taxable income. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.0). [Digest: The Act tells PERB to look at the treatment of the salary of chaplains and make a report. (Flesch Readability Score: 75.7).] [Requires the Public Employees Retirement Board to study the treatment of the salary of chaplains under the Public Employees Retirement System. Directs the board to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to general government not later than September 15, 2026.] [Sunsets on January 2, 2027.] Provides that, in determining the salary of a chaplain at the Oregon Health and Science University for purposes of the Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan, a housing allowance shall be treated as if it were includable in the chaplain's taxable income.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB758
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Makes a certain wage apply to custom work done off site but for a particular public works project. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.3). Applies the prevailing rate of wage to certain off-site custom work fabricated, assembled or produced in accordance with specifications for a particular public works. Specifies examples of such custom work. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB759
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act would have Business Oregon look at how to use a loan loss reserve fund for infrastructure work by underserved communities in this state. The Act would require a report of the study be sent to the legislature. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.2). Requires the Oregon Business Development Department to study the use of a loan loss reserve fund to support infrastructure improvement projects by underserved communities in Oregon and submit a report to the legislature by September 15, 2026.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB76
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act tells an agency to study certain aspects of some groundwater permits. The Act tells the agency to report on the study. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.4). Directs the Water Resources Department to study groundwater permit requirements for small agricultural parcels. Directs the department to submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to natural resources not later than September 15, 2026.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB760
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Makes new rules about fire safety systems in public buildings. Sets penalties. Takes effect on the 91st day after the session ends. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.6). Requires the owner of a public building to periodically conduct inspections and testing of fire dampers, smoke dampers, combination fire and smoke dampers and smoke control systems in the public building. Specifies qualifications for inspectors. Requires an inspector to issue a certificate of compliance if the public building complies with the applicable standards or to issue a deficiency report if the public building does not comply. Specifies a time period within which the public building owner must return the public building to compliance. Directs a building owner that receives public moneys for the purpose of replacing or repairing fire dampers, smoke dampers, combination fire and smoke dampers and smoke control systems to require a contractor to provide certain benefits to workers in connection with an installation or repair of equipment that fails an inspection or test or is otherwise deficient. Punishes violation of the Act with a civil penalty equivalent to five cents for each square foot of occupied space in the public building. Authorizes additional civil penalties for a continuing failure to comply. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB761
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Report Pass
4/18/25
Engrossed
4/24/25
Refer
4/24/25
Report Pass
5/14/25
Enrolled
5/19/25
Passed
5/28/25
Chaptered
6/6/25
Passed
6/6/25
The Act allows WRD to say yes to a temporary lease of existing water rights to become in-stream water rights, if WRD finds certain facts and conditions. The Act sunsets on Jan. 1, 2030. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). [Digest: The Act gives money to WRD for projects in the Walla Walla basin. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.5).] [Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Water Resources Department to implement projects that benefit water demands in the Walla Walla basin.] Authorizes the Water Resources Department to approve applications by certain water districts within the Walla Walla basin to lease existing water rights for temporary conversion to in-stream water rights if certain conditions exist and the department makes certain determinations. Establishes procedures for how applications may be considered and establishes the terms of leases that are created under the Act. Sunsets on January 2, 2030.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB762
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act would repeal the CAT. (Flesch Readability Score: 100.0). Repeals the corporate activity tax. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB763
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act creates a new crime if a health care provider makes an unlawful disclosure about certain crime victims. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8). Creates the crime of unlawful disclosure of information about a victim of sexual assault or sex trafficking. Punishes the first offense by a maximum of 364 days' imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both. Punishes the second or subsequent offense by a maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB764
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act makes an interest in a family-owned business not taxed by the estate tax. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8). Allows an exclusion from a taxable estate for the value of the interest in a family-owned business. Applies to estates of decedents who die on or after January 1, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB765
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act allows the use of meat from certain nuisance game mammals. The Act allows a person to keep the meat or give it away, among other possible options. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.5). Allows a person taking certain nuisance game mammals to offer the meat to a charitable organization, retain the meat or make any disposition authorized by rule.