Requires the State Department of Energy to study clean energy. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to energy not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
Directs the Department of Consumer and Business Services and the State Department of Agriculture to enter into a memorandum of understanding for the administration and enforcement of the safety and health standards for agricultural labor housing. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Establishes the Office of Quality Assurance as an independent office within the Judicial Department. Directs the office to conduct audits of noncriminal proceedings in the circuit courts and report incidents of judicial bias or egregious behavior to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and the Commission on Judicial Fitness and Disability.
Requires the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to conduct a study on reporting requirements placed on public universities in this state. Specifies that the study must include an inventory of all reporting requirements and a plan to reduce any unnecessary or duplicative requirements. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Requires the Oregon Business Development Department to study industrial site readiness in Oregon. Directs the department to submit a report of the study to the Legislative Assembly no later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
Instructs the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to identify certain areas as wildlife management units or herd ranges and undertake predator control in the wildlife management units or herd ranges until certain criteria are met. Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the department for predator control. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Directs the Environmental Quality Commission to establish by rule a program for providing rebate vouchers to qualifying individuals who purchase electric assisted bicycles. Establishes the Electric Bicycle Incentive Fund. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Directs the Oregon Department of Emergency Management to develop and implement a program to provide grants to counties to create and fill county-level disaster mitigation and recovery manager positions. Specifies the duties of a disaster mitigation and recovery manager. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Directs the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to study the use of technology in improving the efficiency of pretrial proceedings, and to provide the results of the study to the appropriate interim committees of the Legislative Assembly no later than December 31, 2026. Sunsets January 2, 2027.
Requires the Department of Veterans' Affairs to study veterans. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to veterans not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
Directs the Department of Early Learning and Care, upon request of one member of the Legislative Assembly from each major political party, to prepare a child care impact statement for proposed legislation or a state measure. Requires the Secretary of State to print a child care impact statement for a state measure in the voters' pamphlet.
Clarifies that a liquor store's amount of annual sales of alcoholic beverages used to determine liquor store class is not adjusted. Updates the amounts of the monthly base compensation for liquor store agents to amounts established for the 2024-2025 fiscal year. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
