Requires the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to adopt rules related to the certification of deafblind interveners. Directs the Department of Education to establish a program to increase the number of certified deafblind interveners who are employed in the education service districts and school districts of this state.
Requires the Legislative Revenue Officer to study the interdependence of the state and local tax systems in Oregon. Directs the officer to submit a report, with recommendations for legislation, to the legislature not later than September 15, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires public education programs to provide students with information about adoption when the students are provided with information about contraceptives or sexually transmitted infections.
Removes the requirement that a student must receive approval from the student's resident school district before enrolling in a virtual public charter school that is not sponsored by the school district if a specified percentage of students in the school district already are enrolled in virtual public charter schools that are not sponsored by the school district. Removes the requirement that a school district that does not give approval for enrollment in a virtual public charter school not sponsored by the school district must provide information about other online options available to students. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Requires the Department of Education to study education. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to education no later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
Permits local elections officials not to take certain actions on a petition or prospective petition for an initiative or referendum if the petition is filed between the 75th day prior to and the 35th day following an election in either May or November.
Requires the Oregon Health Authority to review studies on temperature excursions during the transit of mail order drugs. 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.
Modifies the process for setting aside convictions, dismissals, contempt of court findings and guilty except for insanity judgments. Increases the waiting period for setting aside certain types of contempt of court findings. Modifies when the court is required to hold a hearing on and grant motions to set aside. Requires that the court enter an order within 120 days of granting a motion to set aside. Specifies a process for when a person has outstanding financial obligations and authorizes the court to waive such obligations under specified circumstances. Provides that the required time period prior to filing the motion, during which the person is required to have no convictions, applies to motions to set aside convictions and certain arrests, charges and citations only. Provides that the dismissal of a traffic violation citation may not be set aside. Directs the Judicial Department to annually submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the judiciary concerning motions to set aside.
Directs the Department of Veterans' Affairs to study and make recommendations regarding improvements to the operations of the department. Requires the department to submit a report on its findings by January 1, 2027.
HB 3005 allows individuals wrongly accused of child abuse or who had non-severe cases to request removal of related records from state databases. It applies to people whose reports were closed as unfounded (involving only neglect) or founded cases without sexual abuse, fatalities, or near fatalities, after at least seven years have passed and no new reports exist. The Department of Human Services must expunge records upon request, remove them from databases, and notify other agencies like law enforcement and the Central Background Registry to prevent disclosure. This law aims to provide relief for affected individuals while ensuring severe cases (like sexual abuse) remain in records for safety purposes.
Provides that taxing districts within counties with high averaged annual ratios of tourists to residents may expend a certain percentage of net transient lodging taxes for essential services that benefit both residents and tourists. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Adds an exemption from public record disclosures for data and electronic records collected by the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission regarding the sale of items other than distilled liquor.
