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signed · Oregon · House Aug 13, 2025

HB 2087: Relating to revenue; and prescribing an effective date.

] [ 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.
signed · Oregon · Senate Aug 13, 2025

SB 793: Relating to easements on state land; and declaring an emergency.

] 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.
signed · Oregon · House Aug 13, 2025

HB 2005: Relating to behavioral health; and declaring an emergency.

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.
Jason Kropf (D) Tom Andersen (D) · 15 co-sponsors
signed · Oregon · House Aug 13, 2025

HB 3865: Relating to telephone solicitations.

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."
Nathan Sosa (D) · 7 co-sponsors
signed · Oregon · House Aug 13, 2025

HB 2614: Relating to the Oregon Public Defense Commission; and declaring an emergency.

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.
signed · Oregon · House Aug 13, 2025

HB 2803: Relating to fees concerning water; and declaring an emergency.

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.
signed · Oregon · House Aug 13, 2025

HB 5011: Relating to the financial administration of the Housing and Community Services Department; and declaring an emergency.

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.
signed · Oregon · House Aug 13, 2025

HB 5016: Relating to the financial administration of legislative branch agencies; and declaring an emergency.

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.
signed · Oregon · Senate Aug 13, 2025

SB 739: Relating to long term care oversight.

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.
Sara Gelser Blouin (D) Deb Patterson (D) · 4 co-sponsors
signed · Oregon · Senate Aug 13, 2025

SB 5505: Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency.

Establishes amounts authorized for issuance of general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, certificates of participation and other financing agreements for the biennium. Establishes amounts allocated for private activity bonds. [ Authorizes general obligation bonding for the Interstate 5 bridge replacement project for future biennia. ] Makes legislative findings regarding benefits to higher education institutions and community colleges from the issuance of bonds under Article XI-F(1) and Article XI-G of the Oregon Constitution. [ Requires a constructing authority to make certain certifications before issuance of bonds under Article XI-G of the Oregon Constitution. ] Requires specified constructing authorities to meet certain conditions before issuance of specified bonds. Establishes restrictions on general obligation bonding for the benefit of community colleges. Establishes requirements applicable to certain contracts for specified higher education capital construction projects. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
signed · Oregon · Senate Aug 13, 2025

SB 837: Relating to a volunteer registry.

Modifies laws governing the emergency health care provider registry to allow a broader range of volunteer services and allow deployment of volunteers outside of declared emergencies. Requires the Oregon Health Authority to provide workers' compensation coverage for volunteers who provide services in other states pursuant to certain interstate agreements.
signed · Oregon · House Aug 13, 2025

HB 3243: Relating to billing for ground ambulance services.

Prohibits balance billing for ambulance ground transportation services in certain circumstances and creates rules for health benefit plan reimbursement of ambulance services. Requires ground ambulance services to submit established local rates to the Department of Consumer and Business Services. Establishes a database of local rates for ambulance services and allows for penalties to be imposed for violations. Requires the department to submit a report on the implementation of this Act.
Rob Nosse (D) · 6 co-sponsors
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