Requires the Oregon Health Authority to adopt by rule qualification criteria for veteran-specific personal health navigators as an additional category of traditional health workers.
Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study hospital financial assistance. Directs the authority to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health care not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
Requires the Water Resources Department to implement additional rules and requirements for the review of limited license applications for an aquifer storage and recovery permit.
Prohibits a research facility from using public funds to directly fund medically unnecessary laboratory research on dogs or cats that is classified under certain pain and distress categories.
Directs the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to establish a direct admissions program for community colleges and certain public universities in this state. Requires each high school in this state to provide certain information about students who received a high school diploma to specified community colleges and universities. Prohibits a student's information from being provided unless that student consents. Sunsets on July 1, 2035.
Requires the Department of Education to study the statutory requirements for approved recovery schools. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to education not later than September 15, 2026.
Allows a city with a population of 20,000 or fewer to bring lands into its urban growth boundary, under a temporary program, under lower requirements for the percentage of affordable housing.
HB 3219 appropriates a specific amount from the General Fund to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for distribution to the Oregon Hazards Lab at the University of Oregon. The bill directly affects the lab by providing funding for its operations during the 2025-2027 biennium. This is a procedural funding measure with no substantive policy changes; it simply allocates existing state funds to support the lab's work. The bill is currently under review in the Ways and Means committee.
Appropriates moneys out of the General Fund to the Department of Corrections to provide housing and employment reentry services to Black adults in custody.
Requires the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to study higher education. Directs the commission to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to higher education no later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
HB 3710 directs Oregon's State Parks and Recreation Department to place a monument displaying the full text of the Ten Commandments in State Capitol State Park. The bill requires the monument to be designed and placed at no cost to the state through a nonprofit partner, with the site chosen alongside other monuments in consultation with the Capitol Planning Commission. The bill also authorizes the Attorney General or a nonprofit legal group to defend the monument against potential legal challenges, while stating the placement does not favor any specific religion. This is a procedural bill focused on a public monument, not a change to laws affecting residents or government operations.
Directs the Department of Justice to study possible modifications to post-conviction relief proceeding procedures to increase efficiency, and provide the results of the study to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly no later than December 31, 2026. Sunsets January 2, 2027.
