Oregon 2025 Regular Session All Bills (Page 221)
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB920
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/21/25
Report Pass
4/1/25
Engrossed
4/10/25
Refer
4/15/25
Report Pass
5/12/25
Enrolled
5/19/25
Passed
5/28/25
Chaptered
6/6/25
Passed
6/6/25
The Act tells the OSU Extension Service to oversee a project to improve mental health and SUD services in this state. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6). Directs the Oregon State University Extension Service to oversee a project to accelerate the promotion of behavioral health in Oregon. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB921
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/21/25
Refer
3/24/25
Refer
3/24/25
This Act says that an agency may loan money to a port for shipyard repairs. (Flesch Readability Score: 78.8). [Digest: This Act requires OBDD to study shipyards. (Flesch Readability Score: 78.8).] [Requires the Oregon Business Development Department to study needed investments in shipyards. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to economic development not later than September 15, 2026.] [Sunsets on January 2, 2027.] Authorizes the Oregon Infrastructure Finance Authority to approve a loan to the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay for shipyard repairs. Allocates moneys from the Administrative Services Economic Development Fund for the purpose of making the loan.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB922
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/21/25
The Act requires credit card tips to be given to certain employees within 24 hours. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8). Requires employers to distribute to food service industry employees the tips received from credit card transactions within 24 hours after the credit card transaction is processed.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB923
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/21/25
Refer
2/3/25
Refer
2/3/25
The Act would provide funds for a multiuse sports facility in Douglas County. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4). Appropriates moneys for the purpose of seeding the capital campaign and expanding fundraising efforts for a multiuse recreational facility to serve the greater Roseburg and Douglas County communities. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB924
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/21/25
The Act directs the Department of State Police to study ways to speed up forensic drug testing. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 70.9). Requires the Department of State Police to study ways to expedite forensic testing of controlled substances. Directs the department to submit findings to the appropriate interim committees of the Legislative Assembly not later than January 31, 2026. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB925
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/21/25
The Act says that the OTC may not toll I-205. (Flesch Readability Score: 100). Prohibits the Oregon Transportation Commission from establishing a toll on Interstate 205.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB926
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/21/25
Report Pass
4/18/25
Engrossed
4/24/25
Refer
4/24/25
Refer
5/29/25
Refer
5/29/25
Bans the recoupment of certain costs that a power company incurs from claims based on a wildfire. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.1). Prohibits the recovery from customers of certain costs and expenses that an electric company incurs if a court or jury finds that a wildfire resulted from the negligence or a higher degree of fault on the part of the electric company. [Prohibits an electric company from paying or distributing dividends, income, interest or profits or paying, distributing or repurchasing stock or other ownership interest to any person or individual with an ownership or beneficial interest in the electric company if the electric company owes any debt on an outstanding judgment that is based on a finding by a court or jury that a wildfire resulted from the negligence or a higher degree of fault on the part of the electric company.] [Sets the rate of interest on the judgment at nine percent per annum to accrue from the date the wildfire was ignited if a plaintiff establishes that a wildfire resulted from the negligence or a higher degree of fault on the part of the electric company.] [Provides that an electric company is liable for all taxes that may be owed by a prevailing party on a judgment that the electric company has not satisfied by January 1, 2026, for a judgment that is based on a finding by a court or jury that a wildfire resulted from the negligence or a higher degree of fault on the part of the electric company.] Requires an electric company to request that the Public Utility Commission open an investigation if the electric company owes more than a certain amount of debt on an outstanding judgment or judgments that are based on a wildfire that resulted from the negligence or a higher degree of fault on the part of the electric company and the electric company plans to make a payment, distribution or repurchase related to dividends, income, interest, profits, stock or other ownership interest. Directs the commission to suspend the payment, distribution or repurchase during the investigation and allows the commission to issue a final order that imposes restrictions, requirements or conditions. Allows a plaintiff to file motions in a civil action based on a wildfire caused by an electric company to require the electric company to file a security or bond if the electric company has been found to be liable to other plaintiffs for damages, losses or other harms resulting from the same wildfire, to have prejudgment interest accrue from the date the wildfire caused damages, losses or other harm and for a supplemental judgment for any additional tax liabilities that the plaintiff may owe on the underlying final judgment. Requires an electric company to apply for a wildfire safety certification. Directs the commission to issue a certification if the applicant is implementing a wildfire protection plan and meets certain requirements. Provides that a certification establishes that the applicant has implemented wildfire policies and practices consistent with wildfire safety standards. Provides that a certification does not establish immunity against claims for damages resulting from a wildfire. Directs the commission to commission a study to examine issues related to catastrophic wildfire risk and recovery and develop scenarios for a balanced solution. Directs the commission to provide an interim report on the study's findings and recommendations to the committees of the Legislative Assembly related to energy and environment during the 2026 regular session and provide recommendations for a stakeholder process to follow the final study report. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB927
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/21/25
Refer
6/2/25
Refer
6/2/25
Creates a tax credit for the amount paid for transmission services for solar or wind power or power storage. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8). Creates an income or corporate excise tax credit for the amount paid by an owner of an eligible generation facility for transmission services. Directs that the amount paid, for purposes of the tax credit, shall be calculated as the sum of amounts paid by the owner to the Bonneville Power Administration or an electric utility for up to 600 megawatts of the eligible generation facility's nameplate capacity and to other parties. Requires a taxpayer to first receive a final written certification from the State Department of Energy to claim the tax credit. Allows a taxpayer to apply for a preliminary certification of an eligible generation facility prior to, during or after construction of the facility. Applies to all tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026[, and to eligible generation facilities first placed in service on or after January 1, 2026, and before January 1, 2032]. [Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.].
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB928
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/21/25
Tells a public body that buys electric cars or solar panels that it needs proof from the vendor that no forced labor was used in producing the car or panel. Specifies penalties for lying about the proof. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.8). Requires public bodies that procure electric vehicles and solar photovoltaic energy systems to receive before entering a contract for the electric vehicle or solar photovoltaic energy system a certification from the manufacturer, distributor, vendor or supplier that the production, assembly, transportation or sale of the electric vehicle or solar photovoltaic energy system did not use or involve forced labor or oppressive child labor. Requires probative evidence to accompany the certification. Provides that a person that supplies a certification that is false, materially misleading, illegitimate, untruthful, forged or substantially inaccurate is liable for a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 or half of the price the public body paid for the electric vehicle or solar photovoltaic energy system. Subjects the public body to similar penalties for knowingly or intentionally accepting a certification that the public body knows is false, materially misleading, illegitimate, untruthful, forged or substantially inaccurate. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB929
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/21/25
Refer
3/31/25
Refer
3/31/25
The Act would give money to the SPRD to work on the Oregon Coast Trail. (Flesch Readability Score: 84.4). Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to and directs allocation of lottery revenues by the State Parks and Recreation Department to continue to develop, maintain or work toward completion of the Oregon Coast Trail. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB93
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act makes a new tax subtraction for banks that loan for rural farms, houses or boats. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.3). Creates an Oregon tax subtraction for interest received by financial institutions from loans made for the purchase or improvement of agricultural real estate, rural residences and coastal fishing boats. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, and before January 1, 2032. Exempts from commercial activity subject to the corporate activity tax interest received by financial institutions from loans made for the purchase or improvement of agricultural real estate, rural residences and coastal fishing boats. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, and before January 1, 2032. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB930
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/21/25
The Act brings back the tax credit for making new forests. (Flesch Readability Score: 87.9). Reinstates the tax credit for reforestation. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB931
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/21/25
The Act says that courts may not defer to a state agency's thinking about a law or rule. The Act says that courts have to use an interpretation that limits agency power and favors people's liberty. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.0). Provides that courts may not defer to an agency's interpretation of a statute or rule. Directs courts to exercise doubt in favor of an interpretation that limits agency power and maximizes individual liberty.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB932
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/21/25
When a person gets a new car-related conviction while their license is revoked, they must wait to ask to restore their license. The Act says the extra wait time is the amount of time between their new conviction and when they could have asked before the new conviction happened. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.5). Alters when a person whose driving privileges are revoked may petition to restore their privileges. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB933
Introduced
1/21/25
Refer
1/21/25
Refer
3/12/25
Refer
3/12/25
Requires ODE to prepare state report cards about school districts' TAG students. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.7). Requires school districts to submit specified information to the Department of Education related to talented and gifted children. Directs the department to issue annual district and state report cards based on the submitted information.