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signed · Oregon · House Aug 7, 2025

HB 5014: Relating to the financial administration of the Department of Justice; and declaring an emergency.

Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Department of Justice 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 the department. Limits biennial expenditures by the department from federal funds. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
signed · Oregon · House Aug 7, 2025

HB 2258: Relating to housing; and declaring an emergency.

Authorizes the Land Conservation and Development Commission to adopt rules requiring local governments to approve certain land use applications for residential developments using building plans preapproved by the Department of Consumer and Business Services. Requires adoption of initial rules by January 1, 2027. Increases appropriation of planning program moneys for rulemaking. Authorizes the Department of Consumer and Business Services to develop a process to preapprove residential building plans. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesIncreases appropriation of planning program moneys for rulemaking, directly funding state budget allocation for housing regulations.90% confidence ✓ HousingSupports HousingRequires local governments to approve preapproved residential developments, streamlining housing construction and increasing supply per bill's mandate.95% confidence
signed · Oregon · House Aug 7, 2025

HB 3069: Relating to public safety; and declaring an emergency.

Reorganizes most of the individual grant programs administered by the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission into the Oregon Public Safety Coordination Grant Program and the Oregon Law Enforcement Grant Program. Provides that certain local government applicants are subject to grant procedures specified for each reorganized set of programs. Establishes program accounts for those individual grant programs currently without an account. Makes consistent the types of rules adopted for most individual grant programs. Makes permanent the Justice Reinvestment Program and reentry court provisions. Modifies the distribution of program funds and consolidates provisions related to supplemental grants and other related program provisions into one section. Modifies the manner in which Oregon Behavioral Health Deflection Program funds are distributed. Eliminates the Improving People's Access to Community-based Treatment, Supports and Services Grant Review Committee. Directs the commission to administer the Improving People's Access to Community-based Treatment, Supports and Services Program. Modifies the eligible recipients of the Organized Retail Theft Grant Program. Modifies the membership of the commission. Repeals sentencing increases from House Bill 3194 (2013) set to become operative on July 1, 2033. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Jason Kropf (D)
signed · Oregon · House Aug 7, 2025

HB 5007: Relating to the financial administration of the Employment Department; and declaring an emergency.

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 Employment Department. Appropriates moneys from certain federal funds to the department for certain purposes. Appropriates moneys from the Employment Department Special Administrative Fund for certain purposes. 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 7, 2025

HB 5043: Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency.

] [ Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to _____ 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 _______. ] [ Limits biennial expenditures from federal funds. ] Approves certain fees adopted by the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesBill sets spending limits on state revenues to promote fiscal responsibility, a key aspect of budget management, while appropriating funds for biennial expenses.85% confidence
signed · Oregon · House Aug 7, 2025

HB 3194: Relating to farmworker camps.

Establishes [ that landowners and persons acting as farmworker camp operators are jointly and severally liable for operating a farmworker camp on the landowner's property unless certain conditions are met. ] joint and several liability for landowners under certain circumstances involving the operation of farmworker camps. Creates a rebuttable presumption that a landowner did not know and could not reasonably have known of the operation of an unregistered farmworker camp on the landowner's property if the landowner produces a lease agreement expressly prohibiting such activity. Modifies remedies that may be sought for violations of certain requirements for farmworker camps.
Jeff Golden (D) Andrea Valderrama (D) Pam Marsh (D) James Manning (D) · 11 co-sponsors
signed · Oregon · House Aug 7, 2025

HB 2947: Relating to a study of PFAS in biosolids applied to land; and declaring an emergency.

Directs the Oregon State University Extension Service and the College of Agricultural Sciences of Oregon State University to study the distribution and occurrence of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) found in biosolids applied to agricultural fields that do not produce crops intended for human consumption. Directs the extension service and college to submit a final report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to agriculture not later than September 1, 2028. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Janeen Sollman (D) · 5 co-sponsors
signed · Oregon · House Aug 7, 2025

HB 2316: Relating to lands designated for housing; and prescribing an effective date.

Allows designation by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services of certain state-owned and locally nominated lands within an urban growth boundary as home start lands to be used for affordable housing. Exempts home start lands from local land use laws. Allows the department to transfer state-owned home start lands to a developer exempted from ordinary transfer processes once the lands are subject to an affordable housing covenant. Establishes the Home Start Lands Fund to implement the program and to provide loans and grants to develop affordable housing on home start lands or to provide public services for residents. Allows the department to collaborate with the Housing Accountability and Production Office and requires collaboration with the Department of State Lands to implement the program. Exempts home start lands from property tax assessments for a period of up to five years under certain conditions. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesEstablishes Home Start Lands Fund to implement affordable housing program, allocating state budget resources for public housing initiative.85% confidence ✓ HousingSupports HousingDesignates state/local lands for affordable housing, exempts from local land use laws, and creates a fund to advance housing development within urban growth boundaries.95% confidence
Kevin Mannix (R) · 11 co-sponsors
signed · Oregon · House Aug 7, 2025

HB 5002: Relating to the financial administration of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services; and declaring an emergency.

Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for certain biennial expenses. Limits certain 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 federal funds. Authorizes specified nonlimited expenditures. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
Topics ✗ Budget & TaxesOpposes Budget & TaxesBill explicitly limits department expenditures from specific revenue sources including fees and federal funds, restricting budget allocation.85% confidence
signed · Oregon · House Aug 7, 2025

HB 5037: Relating to the financial administration of the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission; and declaring an emergency.

Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission 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 the commission. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesAppropriates General Fund moneys to fund commission operations, directly advancing budget allocation for a state program per fiscal management.95% confidence ✓ EducationSupports EducationAppropriates state General Fund money to Teacher Standards Commission for biennial expenses, directly funding teacher oversight and standards administration.90% confidence
signed · Oregon · House Aug 7, 2025

HB 2929: Relating to substance use; and declaring an emergency.

HB 2929 restructures Oregon's Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission to improve access to evidence-based substance use prevention, treatment, and recovery services. It creates a new commission director position responsible for implementing policies, expands the commission to 21 voting members (requiring specific representation from health providers, recovery communities, tribal groups, criminal justice partners, and geographic regions), and defines "participating state agencies" to include departments like Corrections, Human Services, and Oregon Health Authority. The bill directly affects state agencies delivering substance use services and the 21-member commission, which will hold these agencies accountable for meeting commission policies. It declares an emergency effective upon passage, with the law taking effect July 17, 2025.
Topics ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeIncludes criminal justice partners in commission to improve substance use treatment, aligning with rehabilitation-focused criminal justice reform85% confidence ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareExpands access to evidence-based substance use treatment/recovery services through commission restructuring, directly strengthening healthcare access for substance use disorders.95% confidence
signed · Oregon · House Aug 7, 2025

HB 2065: Relating to the interconnection process; and prescribing an effective date.

Allows a person to contract with a third-party consultant to conduct a study or engineering evaluation that a public utility requires for an application to interconnect a microgrid or community microgrid. Allows a contracted third-party consultant to receive from a public utility all technical data necessary to conduct the study or engineering evaluation and submit to the public utility a preliminary design for review. Requires a public utility to approve or deny an application based on safety, reliability and compliance with published standards. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Topics ✓ EnergySupports EnergyFacilitates microgrid interconnection, enabling renewable energy integration through streamlined third-party consultant processes for utility applications.85% confidence
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