Oregon 2025 Regular Session All Bills (Page 113)
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3681
Introduced
2/25/25
Refer
2/27/25
Report Pass
4/16/25
Engrossed
4/24/25
Refer
4/24/25
Report Pass
5/19/25
Enrolled
6/2/25
Passed
6/11/25
Chaptered
6/23/25
Passed
6/23/25
Makes changes to the EFSC site certificate process. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.2). Requires the Energy Facility Siting Council to conclude a contested case and issue a final order within 12 months from the date of a proposed order. [Provides that any final order issued by the council is appealable directly to the Supreme Court.] Requires the council to include in all final orders approving or rejecting an application for a site certificate or amended site certificate any decisions related to or arising from a contested case on the application. Requires a petitioner to establish individual or associational standing to appeal a final order. Provides that the council's approval or rejection of an application or request for an amendment, including decisions related to or arising from a contested case on the application or request, is conferred upon the Supreme Court. [Allows a holder of a site certificate to file a notice for minor changes to the site boundaries of an energy facility. Allows a holder of a site certificate for certain energy facilities to file a request to extend by up to three years the deadlines by which construction of a facility must begin or be completed as specified in the site certificate.] [Narrows the criteria by which the Public Utility Commission reviews a petition for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for overhead transmission lines. Directs the commission to review a petition for a certificate of public convenience and necessity without requiring a petitioner to first obtain any required land use approvals.] [Allows the use of a site certificate for a high voltage transmission line as conclusive evidence of public use and necessity for any proceeding for condemnation of land or an interest therein. Allows a high voltage transmission line that has been designated as having statewide significance by a regional transmission authority that is established under state law to be placed in areas zoned for exclusive farm use.] Allows a person who holds a site certificate to request to add area to the approved site boundary without the council requiring an amendment to the site certificate.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3682
Introduced
2/25/25
Refer
2/27/25
The Act tells LPRO to do a study on changing the timeline for passing the state budget. (Flesch Readability Score: 75.1). Requires the Legislative Policy and Research Director to study changes necessary to adopt a policy of passing budget bills before passing other bills. Directs the director to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to ways and means not later than June 1, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3683
Introduced
2/25/25
Refer
2/27/25
The Act says that a commission to make a new bridge over the Columbia River is a public body for the OTCA. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.4). Provides that a commission formed by local governments to replace a bridge crossing the Columbia River is a public body for purposes of the Oregon Tort Claims Act.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3684
Introduced
2/25/25
Refer
2/27/25
Lets a state agency get a waiver to the law that restricts the use of covered products on IT assets if the waiver is needed to perform its duties. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7). Allows a state agency to apply for and obtain a limited waiver to the prohibitions or requirements regarding state information technology assets and covered products if the state agency shows that a waiver is needed for the state agency or a contractor of the state agency to perform their duties. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3685
Introduced
2/25/25
Refer
2/27/25
The Act would have ballot titles include the effects of proposed local option tax measures. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8). Requires ballot title statements to include certain information regarding the effects of proposed local option tax measures.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3686
Introduced
2/25/25
Refer
2/27/25
The Act sets the date and the process for a special election in the late fall of 2025 for electors to vote on a proposed change in the law. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6). Establishes the date and process for a special election to be held on November 4, 2025, for electors to approve or reject a proposed constitutional amendment that would require future constitutional amendments or revisions to obtain a three-fifths majority vote of the votes cast for adoption. Appropriates moneys to pay direct expenses incurred by the state to hold the special election. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3687
Introduced
2/25/25
Refer
2/27/25
Report Pass
6/9/25
Engrossed
6/12/25
Refer
6/12/25
Report Pass
6/25/25
Enrolled
6/25/25
Enrolled
6/26/25
Passed
7/17/25
The Act would make it so that elections that affect a county or city charter would have to be by simple majority vote. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.1). Prohibits a supermajority vote requirement for any question related to a county or city charter. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3688
Introduced
2/25/25
Refer
2/27/25
The Act would let a surviving spouse claim the unused amount of the first spouse's estate tax exclusion. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.3). Allows an exclusion from the Oregon taxable estate of a surviving spouse for the unused portion of exclusion that applied to the prior deceased spouse of the decedent. 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 House Bill HB3689
Introduced
2/25/25
Refer
2/27/25
The Act lets the Governor commute prison terms to allow for removal. The Act also tells DOC to work with ICE to identify AICs subject to removal and to report this data to the Governor. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.9). Authorizes the Governor to commute a person's prison sentence to allow for the removal of the person. Directs the Department of Corrections to work with federal immigration authorities to identify persons in the custody of the department who are subject to removal, to facilitate participation in removal proceedings during incarceration sentences and to coordinate with the Governor so that any commutation results in the person being transferred directly into the custody of a federal immigration authority.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3690
Introduced
2/25/25
Refer
2/27/25
This Act prohibits OHCS funds from being spent on people unlawfully present in US. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7). Prohibits Housing and Community Services Department program funds from being used on unauthorized noncitizens.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3691
Introduced
2/25/25
Refer
2/27/25
The Act makes it so that a taxpayer must have a Social Security number to claim an earned income tax credit. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.6). Prohibits the claiming of an earned income tax credit by a taxpayer using an individual taxpayer identification number in lieu of a Social Security number. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026. Extends the sunset for the credit. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3692
Introduced
2/25/25
Refer
2/27/25
This Act ends the mandate that some health insurers and OHP cover gender-affirming health care. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8). Repeals the requirement that certain health insurers and medical assistance programs provide health care benefits for gender-affirming health care services.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3693
Introduced
2/25/25
Refer
2/27/25
The Act repeals the changes in gun laws from SB 554 (2021). (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7). Repeals the requirement to secure firearms in specified circumstances. Repeals the requirement to secure firearms prior to transfer. Repeals the requirement to report the loss or theft of a firearm within a certain time after the loss or theft. Repeals the requirement to directly supervise the use of a firearm by a minor after transfer of the firearm to the minor. Repeals provisions limiting the possession of firearms by concealed handgun licensees in the Capitol, certain airport buildings and certain school grounds. Repeals the affirmative defense to a charge of possessing a weapon in a public building for a person possessing a firearm in an airport in accordance with federal law. Reduces fees payable to the county sheriff for the issuance and renewal of a concealed handgun license.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3694
Introduced
2/25/25
Refer
2/27/25
Report Pass
4/4/25
Engrossed
4/14/25
Refer
4/14/25
Report Pass
5/16/25
Enrolled
6/2/25
Passed
6/26/25
Chaptered
7/25/25
Passed
7/25/25
The Act updates the law related to pay for student athletes. (Flesch Readability Score: 74.8). Modifies provisions of law related to compensation for student athletes enrolled in a post-secondary institution of education. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB3695
Introduced
2/25/25
Refer
2/27/25
Tells school districts to adopt a policy to allow students to attend a released time course. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6). Requires school districts to excuse a student for a released time course. Prescribes the requirements for released time courses.