Oregon 2025 Regular Session All Bills (Page 48)
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB2706
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Report Pass
5/1/25
Engrossed
5/7/25
Refer
5/7/25
Report Pass
5/12/25
Enrolled
5/15/25
Passed
5/28/25
Chaptered
6/11/25
Passed
6/11/25
The Act says that a dismantler certificate is good for two years. (Flesch Readability Score: 74.8). [Digest: The Act tells ODOT to give car dealers at least two days' notice before going to see the dealer's records. The Act makes some exceptions. (Flesch Readability Score: 82.4).] [Directs the Department of Transportation to provide two days' notice to vehicle dealers and dismantlers before inspecting records unless the department is responding to a complaint.] Extends a dismantler certificate validity period by one year. Increases the fee for a certificate.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB2707
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Makes new rules about fire safety testing 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. 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 House Bill HB2708
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act would make new laws for workforce development. The Act would transfer workforce development duties from HECC to BOLI. The Act would make a new workforce development program and office at BOLI. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.9). Transfers duties, functions and powers related to administering the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and workforce development matters from the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to the Bureau of Labor and Industries. Establishes the Office of Workforce Development within the Bureau of Labor and Industries. Establishes the Office of Workforce Development Account. Creates the Oregon Workforce Corps to provide workforce development and employment opportunities. Renames the Office of Community Colleges and Workforce Development to the Office of Community Colleges. Renames the Office of Community Colleges and Workforce Development Account to the Office of Community Colleges Account. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB2709
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Says a person may not get a fee from a resident to cover the resident's car with an extended warranty if the person knows that the car does not qualify for the warranty. Tells the person to ask for enough information to decide whether the car qualifies. Says that the person must cover the car even if it doesn't qualify if the person takes a fee from the resident. Takes effect 91 days after the session ends. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.1). Prohibits a warrantor from accepting a fee from a resident for an extended warranty unless the warrantor knows that the resident's motor vehicle qualifies for coverage under the extended warranty. Requires the warrantor to request and obtain information needed to assess whether the motor vehicle qualifies for coverage. Requires a warrantor to provide coverage under an extended warranty for a motor vehicle that does not qualify for coverage if the warrantor accepted a fee to provide the extended warranty. Punishes a violation of the Act as an unlawful practice under the Unlawful Trade Practices Act. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB2710
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
This Act makes it so that the victims of child abduction are on the list of those that are able to join the Address Confidentiality Program. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.6). Expands the Address Confidentiality Program to include victims of child abduction. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB2711
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act would pay UI benefits to gig workers when an emergency is declared in this state. (Flesch Readability Score: 70.1). Provides a worker-funded program to pay emergency benefits during a state of emergency declared by the Governor to unemployed independent contractors on terms similar to the terms under which employees receive regular benefits. Becomes operative January 1, 2027. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB2712
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Refer
4/11/25
Refer
4/11/25
Report Pass
6/19/25
Engrossed
6/23/25
Refer
6/23/25
Report Pass
6/24/25
Enrolled
6/24/25
Passed
7/31/25
The Act gives judges more pay. The Act says that the Chief Justice can take actions and make rules to promote accountability of judges and make justice services fair and accessible. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.5). Increases the salaries of state court judges. Provides that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court has authority to take actions and establish rules that promote judicial accountability and fair and accessible justice services. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB2713
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act imposes new income taxes and takes revenues that would go the Rainy Day Fund, to help the state plan for disasters. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.1). Imposes a surtax on personal income tax liability. Imposes an Oregon personal alternative minimum tax. Establishes the Resiliency Requirements Fund. Establishes the Shaky Day Fund. Directs the proceeds of the income tax surtax and the alternative minimum tax to be used for funding resiliency. Modifies the formula for transfer of a percentage of the General Fund ending balance to include a transfer to the Shaky Day Fund, in addition to the transfer to the Rainy Day Fund. First applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, and to biennia beginning on or after July 1, 2025. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB2714
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Tells the State Treasurer to create a program to offer loans to small businesses that cannot operate at their usual levels during an emergency. Sets out how a business will qualify for a loan. Allows bonds to fund the program. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.1). Directs the State Treasurer to develop and implement a small business support loan program that aids in supporting the economic activities of small businesses during times in which small businesses cannot conduct business activities at an ordinary or customary level because of a statewide or regional emergency or other significant disruption of business activity. Specifies the structure and funding for the program and describes features that the program must include. Specifies eligibility for small business support loans. Authorizes the State Treasurer to issue bonds to fund the program. Establishes the Small Business Support Loan Fund. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB2715
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Allows for all public higher learning schools to offer PhDs that are approved by the HECC. Limits certain public higher learning schools to five PhD programs until 2044. Blocks public money to be used for aid to students at certain higher learning schools. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.4). Authorizes all public universities in Oregon to offer doctoral degrees, subject to approval by the Higher Education Coordinating Commission. Limits certain public universities to five doctoral programs until 2044. Prohibits the commission or any other state agency from using public moneys to award scholarships, grants or other types of student financial aid to post-secondary institutions of education that offer coursework primarily online and have been found to have engaged in fraudulent or predatory practices against students or prospective students.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB2716
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act tells ODOT to tell car dealers if ODOT finds missing or incomplete papers or fees when the dealer tries to register or title a car. ODOT must also give the dealer a chance to fix the problem. The Act also tells ODOT to study how long it takes to process the papers and fees from car dealers. By September 15, 2027, the department must share the study results and ideas for improvement with the ODAC. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.1). Directs the Department of Transportation to notify vehicle dealers when the department discovers documentation, information or fees the vehicle dealer submitted to register or title a vehicle are missing, incomplete or miscalculated. Directs the department to take certain actions to allow a vehicle dealer to rectify the missing documentation, information or fees. Directs the department to undertake a study to assess delays in processing documentation and fees submitted by vehicle dealers. Provides that the department report the results of the study and recommendations to the Oregon Dealer Advisory Committee 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 House Bill HB2717
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act says that the state may issue bonds for a veterans' home in Roseburg. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.5). Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds under Article XI-Q of the Oregon Constitution for construction of a veterans' home in Roseburg. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB2718
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act allows car dealers to turn in paperwork to the DMV in person. (Flesch Readability Score: 77.8). Allows vehicle dealers to submit vehicle-related documents in person at a field office of the Department of Transportation.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB2719
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act creates a program to provide money for higher learning students. The Act requires students to repay the program for receiving money. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.7). Establishes the Guaranteed Opportunity Program. Requires the Office of Student Access and Completion to administer the program. Requires the State Workforce and Talent Development Board to monitor the program every two years and make recommendations to the Legislative Assembly on whether modifications are necessary to enhance the state's workforce. Establishes that the program becomes operative on January 1, 2045. Establishes the Guaranteed Opportunity Program Implementation Fund. Requires the Higher Education Coordinating Commission, on the effective date of the Act, to begin the process of developing the policy and rules necessary to implement the Guaranteed Opportunity Program. Requires the commission to submit a report regarding the progress on the development of policy and rules to committees related to public finance and higher education during the 2026 and 2027 regular sessions of the Legislative Assembly. Establishes the Task Force on Implementing the Guaranteed Opportunity Program. Requires the task force to determine the amount of moneys the program will need to raise through bonding, determine which current grant and scholarship programs should be repealed on the operative date of the Guaranteed Opportunity Program and analyze the methods for preventing bad faith participation of participants in the program. Sunsets the task force on December 31, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB2720
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act expands the duties of the State Resilience Officer. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). Expands the duties of the State Resilience Officer.