Directs the Department of State Lands, in consultation with the State Department of Fish and Wildlife, to develop a salmon credit pilot program to encourage the voluntary restoration of salmonid habitat in the Coquille and Coos watershed basins. Establishes the Salmon Credit Trust Fund. Directs the Department of State Lands and the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to consult with the United States Army Corps of Engineers to develop or identify an existing programmatic general permit to authorize restoration activities under the pilot program. Becomes operative on the date that a programmatic general permit is established. Provides that the Department of State Lands may not approve a salmon credit project on or after January 2 of the sixth year following the establishment of a programmatic general permit. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires the Department of Education to study methods for improving school attendance. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to education no later than December 31, 2025. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Requires the Oregon Health Authority to establish a fee-for-service rate for all medical assistance recipients at a certain rate for certain services. Requires health care providers to establish reimbursement rates for all services at a certain rate. Designates a violation of reimbursement rates and balance billing requirements as an unlawful practice of law. Requires health benefit plans, health care service contractors, the Public Employees' Benefits Board and the Oregon Educators Benefits Board to spend a certain amount on primary care payments. Requires the Department of Consumer and Business Services to establish penalties for insurers not meeting the primary care payment targets. Directs the Oregon Health Authority to establish a primary care expansion program to eligible health care clinics for specified purposes. Creates within the authority a primary care provider incentive program to provide financial incentives to eligible primary care providers. Defines "primary care provider."
HCR 26 is a concurrent resolution honoring Jim Card for his decades of service to Gresham, Oregon, particularly his work restoring Tsuru Island Japanese Garden and Ebetsu Plaza. It formally recognizes his 40-year career as a landscaper/horticulturist and his efforts to revitalize Gresham’s Main City Park into a community gathering space and public destination. This resolution has no policy impact - it is purely ceremonial, expressing legislative appreciation without creating new laws, funding, or obligations. The bill directly honors Jim Card, a volunteer whose garden restoration and educational outreach improved local parks and community life.
Extends the permissible uses of net revenue from a new or increased local transient lodging tax to include public safety services and certain costs related to "community infrastructure." Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires certain recipients of grant or loan moneys distributed by state agencies to submit annual reports to committees of the Legislative Assembly. Directs state agencies to notify recipients of requirements of the Act. Requires persons required to file reports under the Act to disclose amounts and recipients of political contributions made within a specified time frame. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Urges the President of the United States to carry out foreign policy and defense doctrines that are rational, well-understood and well-reasoned. Urges the President to appoint, and the Senate to confirm, foreign policy and defense officials possessing sufficient professional experience and understanding of global dynamics and international law to carry out such doctrines.
Authorizes the State Treasurer to issue general obligation bonds under Article XI-E of the Oregon Constitution in an amount that produces $500 million in net proceeds for a Strategic Carbon Sequestration and Forestry Sustainability Program. Directs the State Forestry Department to establish a Strategic Carbon Sequestration and Forestry Sustainability Program.
HB 2012 clarifies definitions for Oregon's private security industry, directly affecting security companies, their managers, and security professionals. It redefines "private security entity" to exclude campus security providers and certain higher education staff, while specifying roles like "executive manager" (responsible for hiring and compliance) and "private security professional" (anyone performing security duties as their core job). The bill modifies existing licensing and certification requirements by detailing who must meet state standards for providing services like property protection, access control, or theft prevention. It declares an immediate emergency to take effect upon passage, but does not create new fees or penalties - only refines regulatory scope.
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.
Directs the Oregon Military Department 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.
Repeals the statute enacted by House Bill 3115 (2021) that established objective reasonableness as a statewide standard for city and county laws regulating the use of public property with respect to persons experiencing homelessness, as the basis for a cause of action for injunctive and declaratory relief to challenge such laws and as an affirmative defense in the prosecution of violations of such laws. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
