HB 3544 establishes standardized procedures for challenging proposed water use decisions in Oregon. It requires anyone objecting to a water permit or decision to submit a written protest within 45 days, including specific details about how the decision would harm their interests and legal arguments. The bill defines what makes a protest valid (e.g., clear issues, sufficient detail) and outlines when hearings must occur or can be skipped, such as if all parties agree or a protest is withdrawn. These changes directly affect individuals, businesses, and organizations filing objections to water permits and the Water Resources Department managing these cases.
Prescribes professional development and coaching requirements under the Early Literacy Success School Grant program. Expands the allowed uses of grants related to curricula. Modifies the reporting date related to Early Literacy Success School Grants and the contents of the reports. Expands allowed interventions for the Department of Education to take when a school district or public charter school does not meet the goals established in an early literacy success plan.
Directs the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to distribute moneys to the Center for Public Service at Portland State University to conduct, in consultation with Oregon State University, a study examining the labor standards and working experiences of farmworkers in this state. Requires the center to integrate the study findings with the study conducted by the Legislative Policy and Research Director. Directs the commission to submit reports on the findings of the study to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to agriculture, business and labor and natural resources by certain dates. Directs the Legislative Policy and Research Director to conduct a study relating to the labor standards in the agricultural industry and the rights and protections afforded to farmworkers in this state. Requires the director to submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to agriculture, business and labor and natural resources no later than September 15, 2026. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
] [ Requires the Legislative Revenue Officer to study the personal income tax system. Directs the Legislative Revenue Officer to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to revenue not later than December 1, 2026. ] Extends sunsets for certain tax credits and exemptions. Increases allowed amounts and statewide caps and otherwise modifies certain tax credits and exemptions. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
] Directs the Director of the Department of State Lands to establish application fees and compensation rates for easements on state land located within the territorial sea . Directs the Department of State Lands to submit a progress report to committees of the Legislative Assembly by February 15, [ 2027 ] 2026 . [ Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. ] Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Describes when a person is in need of treatment because the person is a danger to self, a danger to others, unable to provide for basic personal needs or has a chronic mental disorder. Describes the evidence that the court may consider when determining whether a person is in need of treatment because the person is a danger to self, a danger to others, unable to provide for basic personal needs or has a chronic mental disorder. Modifies the diversion from commitment process. Creates a new procedure for determining when a person is incapacitated for purposes of a declaration for mental health treatment. Modifies the declaration for mental health treatment form. Describes when a declaration for mental health treatment obviates the need for involuntary treatment. Modifies provisions regarding the sharing of information regarding certain persons receiving mental health treatment. Includes certain attempted criminal conduct in the types of criminal conduct for which a person may be committed as an extremely dangerous person with mental illness. Directs the Judicial Department to collect and analyze data regarding tribal and state interactions relating to certain involuntary treatment of tribal members. Establishes the Task Force on the Intersection of Tribal and State Forensic Behavioral Health. Establishes maximum periods of commitment and community restoration services for criminal defendants determined to lack fitness to proceed. Establishes procedures for requesting extensions to the maximum periods up to a specified total time period. Sunsets the maximum periods on January 1, 2028. Modifies the process for court determinations on fitness to proceed. Specifies what the court may consider when making the determination and procedures for the hearing on the determination. Directs the court to determine, upon finding a defendant to lack fitness to proceed, whether the defendant may only be discharged to certain secure facilities. Modifies the process by which a committed defendant, determined to no longer require a hospital level of care, is discharged to other placements. Establishes procedures for objecting to proposed placements and court procedures when no placements are identified. Requires local governments to allow, within an urban growth boundary, siting of residential treatment facilities, residential treatment homes or crisis stabilization centers within additional land use zones. Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Health Authority for the Behavioral Health Division for payments made to community mental health programs for civil commitments. Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Public Defense Commission for providing public defense to financially eligible persons in civil commitment proceedings. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Prohibits as an unlawful practice under the Unlawful Trade Practices Act a person's initiating a telephone solicitation outside specified hours or more than three separate times within a 24-hour period[ , ] or misrepresenting or falsifying the person's identity[ , ] or the purpose of the call [ or the location from which the person is calling or failing to make required disclosures or inquiries during the call ]. Includes text messaging within the definition of "telephone solicitation."
Directs the Oregon Public Defense Commission to submit an agency request budget to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services after approval by commission members. Modifies the requirements for policies concerning compensation and caseloads. Removes the authority of the commission to advocate for or against legislation. Modifies the authority of the Governor, beginning January 1, 2026, over the appointment and removal of the executive director of the commission [ and the removal of commission members ]. Changes the date, from July 1, 2027, to January 1, 2026, on which the authority of the Governor over the removal of commission members is limited. [ Extends ] Removes the sunset on the authority of the commission to contract with entities that subcontract with other entities or persons for the provision of public defense services [ until July 1, 2033 ]. Specifies standards and requirements for subcontracting entities. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
HB 2803 increases certain water-related fees and declares an emergency effective upon passage. It directly affects individuals and entities paying water fees regulated by the Water Resources Commission or Department. The bill's fee changes only take effect if House Bill 3342 becomes law, and it retroactively validates fees charged for services provided after July 1, 2025, but before the bill's effective date. The law became effective July 24, 2025, as signed by the governor.
Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Housing and Community Services Department for biennial expenses. Limits biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts and certain federal funds, but excluding lottery funds and other federal funds, collected or received by the department. Limits biennial expenditures by the department from certain lottery moneys. Limits biennial expenditures by the department from other federal funds. Authorizes specified nonlimited expenditures. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Legislative Administration Committee, Legislative Assembly, Legislative Counsel Committee, Legislative Fiscal Officer, Legislative Revenue Officer, Commission on Indian Services and Legislative Policy and Research Committee for biennial expenses. Limits biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts, but excluding lottery funds and federal funds, collected or received by certain legislative branch agencies. Authorizes specified nonlimited expenditures. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
Modifies the requirements for investigations of a residential care facility following a complaint of a licensing violation. Prohibits exceptions to statutory licensing requirements for residential care facilities. Requires a residential care facility to notify a resident's designated contact person of a substantiated licensing violation or abuse finding or of the facility's placement in the enhanced oversight and supervision program. Requires an applicant for a license to operate a residential care facility, if the applicant does not have experience in the operation or management of a residential care facility, to contract with an experienced consultant or management company. Adds new requirements for obtaining a license to operate a residential facility or an adult foster home. Requires the Department of Human Services and the Oregon Health Authority to inspect residential facilities and adult foster homes under certain conditions. Permits the department to extend the duration of an adult foster home license to two years if the department determines that the home has been in substantial compliance for three consecutive years.
