Oregon 2025 Regular Session All Bills (Page 208)
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB747
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act tells certain persons to report the use of fertilizer on farmland. The Act allows agencies to take certain actions about the reports. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7). Requires persons with ownership interests in at least 200 acres of irrigated land used for agriculture to annually report information about fertilizer application to the State Department of Agriculture. Authorizes the department and the Department of Environmental Quality to take certain actions related to the information. Directs the State Department of Agriculture to report on the information to committees or interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to agriculture on or before September 15 of each odd-numbered year. Authorizes the imposition of civil penalties for a violation.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB748
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act would allow drug testing for an initial claim for unemployment in certain cases. The Act would make the Employment Department pay for the tests, not the claimant. The Act would disqualify a claimant who fails a drug test until the claimant requalifies and passes another drug test. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7). Authorizes the Employment Department to require drug testing for an initial claim for unemployment benefits if the claimant was fired by the claimant's most recent employer for unlawful drug use or suitable work is available for the claimant only in an occupation that regularly conducts drug testing. Provides that the cost of the tests must be paid by the department and not by the claimant. Disqualifies a claimant who fails a drug test from benefits until the claimant requalifies and passes another drug test.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB749
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Creates a pilot program for students to be involved in the making of a school district budget. (Flesch Readability Score: 70.1). Directs the Department of Education to establish and administer a pilot program that provides for participatory budgeting by students in the preparation of a school district budget. Sunsets on January 2, 2029. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB75
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Report Pass
4/7/25
Engrossed
4/10/25
Refer
4/15/25
Refer
5/28/25
Refer
5/28/25
Report Pass
6/25/25
Enrolled
6/26/25
Passed
7/24/25
This Act strikes fire hazards requirements for rural second homes. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). [Digest: The Act updates wildfire hazard language for rural homes. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.1).] [Defines "high wildfire hazard area"] Removes requirements related to wildfire hazards for purposes of developing an accessory dwelling unit on lands zoned for rural residential uses or a replacement dwelling on lands zoned for resource uses.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB750
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act tells DAS to make a pilot project to pay employees of OSP biweekly and make a report. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.7). Directs the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to establish a pilot project to pay employees of the Department of State Police biweekly. Directs the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to report to an interim committee of the Legislative Assembly related to general government no later than September 15, 2027. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB751
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Refer
4/7/25
Refer
4/7/25
The Act makes a task force about health insurance for retired police and fire members of PERS. The Act tells the task force to report by January 1, 2026. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.5). [Digest: The Act tells PERB to make new definitions of "police officer" and "firefighter" to decide which police officers and firefighters get more benefits. Makes a task force on health insurance for retired police and fire workers. Tells the task force to make a report. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.2).] [Directs the Public Employees Retirement Board to establish definitions of "police officer" and "firefighter" for the sole purpose of determining which police officer and firefighter members of the Public Employees Retirement System are entitled to increased benefits.] [Establishes the Task Force on Health Insurance Coverage for Retired Police Officers and Firefighters and directs the task force to report to an interim committee of the Legislative Assembly related to general government no later than December 15, 2026.] [Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.] Establishes the Task Force on Health Insurance Coverage for Retired Police and Fire Members of the Public Employees Retirement System. Directs the task force to report to an interim committee of the Legislative Assembly related to general government no later than January 1, 2026. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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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
Chaptered
6/6/25
Passed
6/6/25
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.