Directs the Department of Transportation to study issues related to traffic offenses and to report to an appropriate committee or interim committee of the Legislative Assembly on or before September 15, 2026. Sunsets January 2, 2027.
Directs the Department of Human Services to provide grants to nonprofit service providers to assist individuals who are noncitizens to change their immigration status or obtain lawful permanent resident status. Requires the nonprofit service providers to report on the number of individuals who succeed in changing their immigration status or obtaining lawful permanent resident status. Directs the department to provide every individual served by the department information about, and a referral to the grant program. Declares that it is state policy to help Oregonians who are eligible under federal law change their immigration status or obtain lawful permanent resident status. Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the department for the purpose of providing grants. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Requires the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission to study cannabis. Directs the commission to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to economic development not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
Authorizes the general manager of a mass transit district to appoint transit security officers to aid in the enforcement of mass transit ordinances. Defines "transit security officer." Provides that a transit security officer may wear a video camera on the person's body that records the officer's interactions with members of the public while the officer is on duty. Expands public records exemption for law enforcement officers of video recordings resulting from the operation of a video camera worn upon the officer's person to include transit security officers.
Expands the application of a law requiring law enforcement officers working in crowd management to wear certain identification to crowd management in a city with a population of over 5,000, instead of 60,000.
HB 3344 allows cemetery authorities in Oregon to choose a new method for distributing funds from endowment care accounts, which directly affects cemeteries managing these funds. Instead of distributing only interest and dividends (net income method), authorities can elect to distribute based on the average value of the fund's assets multiplied by a set percentage (up to 4%), known as the "total return distribution." Authorities must formally notify the Department of Consumer and Business Services and submit investment policies, trust agreements, and distribution plans to switch methods. The bill also sets safeguards, requiring the department to intervene if fund values decline significantly or if management fails to meet standards.
Directs the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to award a grant of $2 million to the City of Klamath Falls to bring commercial air service to a regional airport. Directs the department to establish a grant agreement requiring the city to return the grant amount if the city is unable to secure commercial air service before June 30, 2027. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
Removes provisions prohibiting a county court or board of county commissioners from establishing a justice of the peace district that includes the county seat or city in which a circuit court regularly holds court.
Prohibits an individual from collecting and returning the ballot of another individual, subject to specified exceptions. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
HB 3184 protects Oregon homeowners by preventing creditors from selling a primary residence to satisfy debts that do not exceed the homestead exemption amount. It sets a base exemption of $150,000 (adjusted annually for inflation using the Consumer Price Index), increasing to $300,000 for households with multiple debtors. The bill also creates a separate $40,000 exemption limit specifically for child or spousal support debts, which does not adjust annually. This law directly affects homeowners facing debt collection actions, shielding their primary residence from forced sale when debts fall below these thresholds.
Requires the Department of Education to study the adequacy of education in the public schools of this state. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to education not later than September 15, 2026.
Provides that an official or agency of state government may not discriminate or grant preferential treatment to any individual on the basis of gender identity, race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in the application, selection or appointment of individuals to boards and commissions. Provides certain exceptions.
