Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board for certain biennial expenses. Directs board to allocate moneys from the Watershed Conservation Operating Fund to various state agencies to implement Article XV, section 4b, of the Oregon Constitution. Limits biennial expenditures by the board from federal funds and lottery moneys. Limits biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts, but excluding lottery funds and federal funds, collected or received by the board. Directs the board to establish by rule a process for allocating available moneys in the Natural Resources Subaccount of the Parks and Natural Resources Fund. Authorizes specified nonlimited expenditures. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
Increases the party registration requirement to be a major political party in this state from five percent to 10 percent. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
Authorizes the Water Resources Commission to approve a Deschutes River water bank pilot program. Establishes certain requirements for the pilot program. Increases Water Resources Department expenditure limitation authority to fund the pilot program. Sunsets the pilot program on January 2, 2034.
Expands allowable middle housing and expands middle housing requirements to include urban unincorporated lands. Expands allowable single room occupancies. Establishes dates by which local governments must implement changes. Makes retroactive the prohibition on private restrictions, including restrictions in governing documents of planned communities, that would limit middle housing, accessory dwelling units or housing density. Becomes operative January 1, 2027. Reforms expedited land division provisions and makes such divisions land use decisions that are exempt from hearing requirements and appeals by opponents. Allows for plats that consolidate a land division and a middle housing land division and requires review within 120 days. Requires the Land Conservation and Development Commission to adopt rules by January 1, 2028, to promote housing development and implement various provisions of this Act. Increases appropriations for rulemaking and for technical assistance grants. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Authorizes the State Forester or a person authorized by the State Forester to issue citations if there [ are reasonable grounds ] is probable cause to believe violations have occurred.
Transfers moneys from the Senior Property Tax Deferral Revolving Account to the Healthy Homes Repair Fund for the purpose of supporting seniors and individuals with disabilities and to the Department of Revenue to increase public knowledge of property tax deferral programs.
] [ Establishes the Task Force on Impacts of Ballot Measures 5 and 50. Requires the task force to study the disparate impacts, if any, of the ballot measures on historically disadvantaged communities and submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to taxation no later than December 15, 2026. ] Directs the Legislative Fiscal Officer to analyze and prepare a report on the current state property tax system and options to modernize the state property tax system. Requires the officer to submit the report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to revenue no later than December 1, 2026. Sunsets [ the task force ] January 2, 2027. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the State Department of Fish and Wildlife for certain biennial expenses. Limits certain biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts and federal funds from the Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund, but excluding lottery funds and other federal funds, collected or received by the department. Limits biennial expenditures by the department from lottery moneys for certain purposes. Limits biennial expenditures by the department from federal funds for certain purposes. [ Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Emergency Board for allocation to the department. ] Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
Allows the Housing and Community Services Department to use Local Innovation and Fast Track Housing Program Fund moneys for factory-built housing. Requires the department to hire a contractor to support the factory-built housing industry. Requires the department to report on outcomes to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to housing by September 15, 2027. Sunsets January 2, 2028. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
] [ Requires the Department of Early Learning and Care to study options for supporting tribal early learning and care in this state. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to early learning and care not later than September 15, 2026. ] Requires the Department of Early Learning and Care, in consultation with the nine federally recognized Indian tribes in Oregon, to develop and implement a statewide early learning and care plan for children eight years of age or younger who are Native American or Alaska Native and enrolled in early childhood care or education programs in this state. Requires the department to establish and administer a grant program to award moneys to the nine federally recognized Indian tribes in Oregon for the purpose of implementing the objectives and strategies of the plan. Requires the department to establish an advisory committee called the Oregon Tribal Early Learning Alliance to advise the department on the development and implementation of the plan and grant program. Directs the Early Learning Council, in consultation with the department, to adopt rules necessary for the administration of the plan and grant program. Establishes the Tribal Early Learning Fund in the State Treasury. Continuously appropriates moneys in the fund to the department for implementation of the plan and grant program.
Requires the Housing and Community Services Department to establish a statewide shelter program through which regional coordinators are selected to administer funding to shelter providers. Sunsets January 2, 2034. Requires the department to adopt rules on or before January 1, 2026, and to select regional coordinators on or before May 1, 2026. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries for biennial expenses. Limits biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts and specified federal funds, but excluding lottery funds and other federal funds, collected or received by the department. Limits biennial expenditures by the department from other federal funds. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
