Oregon 2025 Regular Session All Bills
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB2532
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act gives money to DAS for Marion-Polk Food Share. (Flesch Readability Score: 78.2). Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to Marion-Polk Food Share, Inc., for a distribution center. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB2533
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Extends the time that public records are exempt from release to the public when it is based on the lawyer-client privilege. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6). Extends the statutory timeline for inspection of public records when the exemption is based on attorney-client privilege.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB2534
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act makes changes to the crime of riot. (Flesch Readability Score: 94.3). Modifies the crime of riot.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB2535
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act changes theft crimes to address porch pirates and retail theft. (Flesch Readability Score: 81.8). Creates a new way of committing the crime of theft in the second degree when the theft occurs from a dwelling or within the curtilage of a residence. Punishes by a maximum of 364 days' imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both. Creates two new ways of committing the crime of theft in the first degree when the theft occurs from a dwelling or within the curtilage of a residence. Punishes by a maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both. Directs the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to rank theft in the first degree at specified crime category levels. Creates a new way of committing the crime of aggravated theft in the first degree when the theft occurs from a dwelling or within the curtilage of a residence. Punishes by a maximum of 10 years' imprisonment, $250,000 fine, or both. Modifies and creates two new ways of committing the crime of organized retail theft. Increases the penalties for organized retail theft if the person possesses a firearm during the commission of the offense or has two or more prior convictions. Punishes by a maximum of 20 years' imprisonment, $375,000 fine, or both. Directs the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to rank organized retail theft at specified crime category levels.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB2536
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act bans health benefit plans from using step therapy for certain cancer drugs and treatments. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6). Prohibits health benefit plans from requiring step therapy prior to covering a prescription drug for the treatment of metastatic cancer and associated conditions.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB2537
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Refer
4/7/25
Refer
4/7/25
The Act creates the Veterans Waiver Program. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.7). Establishes the Veterans Waiver Program in the Oregon Health Authority to provide, beginning in 2026, medical assistance to low-income veterans who reside in Oregon. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB2538
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act says that the OMB has to tell physicians and physician associates to take some classes on lethal means counseling. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6). Directs the Oregon Medical Board to require physicians and physician associates to complete continuing education regarding lethal means counseling.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB2539
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Tells the HECC to create a plan that allows students at community colleges to earn credits from certain training programs. Tells the HECC to give a report on the plan to the legislature. Ends the plan on January 2, 2027. Declares an emergency and takes effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8). Requires the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to develop a plan for enabling community colleges to offer an associate's degree completed in coordination with credits earned in an apprenticeship or training program. Requires the commission to submit a report detailing the plan by September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB2540
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Report Pass
3/12/25
Engrossed
3/18/25
Refer
3/18/25
Report Pass
5/7/25
Enrolled
5/13/25
Passed
5/22/25
Makes certain health insurers credit certain costs to an enrollee's health plan. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7). Requires certain health insurers to credit any amount an enrollee pays directly to a provider toward out-of-pocket costs and deductibles in certain circumstances.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB2541
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Report Pass
3/28/25
Engrossed
4/3/25
Refer
4/3/25
Report Pass
4/22/25
Enrolled
4/29/25
Passed
5/7/25
Chaptered
5/20/25
Passed
5/20/25
The Act changes laws regarding expressing breast milk at work. The Act takes effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.9). Provides certain agricultural workers with rights to express breast milk in the workplace. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB2542
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act makes the Oregon Commission on Autism Spectrum Disorder and says what it needs to do. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.1). Establishes the Oregon Commission on Autism Spectrum Disorder. Describes the membership and duties of the commission. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB2543
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act gives funds to DAS for universal representation. The Act gives funds to OSB for legal help for immigration matters. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.2). Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for purposes of deposit in the Universal Representation Fund. Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Judicial Department for purposes of transfer to the Oregon State Bar for purposes of use by the Legal Services Program to provide legal services to individuals on immigration matters. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB2544
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act creates laws about a labor standards board for agricultural workers. The Act takes effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.2). Establishes the Agricultural Workforce Labor Standards Board. Prescribes the duties of the board. Directs the board to establish minimum working standards for agricultural workers. Provides remedies for agricultural workers alleging a violation of the minimum standards established by the board. Requires the board to conduct an biennial comprehensive review to determine whether to adopt new minimum standards or revise existing standards. Directs the board to establish uniform training requirements for agricultural workers, supervisory and nonsupervisory employees and establish a process by rule for certifying worker organizations to provide the training to agricultural workers. Requires the board to submit an annual report to the Governor and the Legislative Assembly summarizing the results of the comprehensive review and any actions taken by the board in the prior year. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB2545
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act would prohibit employers from firing farmworkers without cause. The Act takes effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6). Prohibits employers from terminating an agricultural worker unless the termination is for cause. Sets forth the conditions that must be satisfied in order to determine the existence of cause. Provides remedies for agricultural workers alleging a retaliation or a violation of the for cause standard. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB2546
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act gives money to HECC to give to REAP, Inc., for the Young Entrepreneurs Program. (Flesch Readability Score: 79.5). Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for distribution to REAP, Inc., for the Young Entrepreneurs Program. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.