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signed · Oregon · Senate Jun 23, 2025

SB 685: Relating to hydrogen; and declaring an emergency.

] [ Requires a public utility to obtain authorization from the Public Utility Commission to develop or carry out a project that involves the production or use of hydrogen in this state. Provides criteria that the commission shall use to evaluate a proposed project. ] Requires a natural gas utility to provide notice to each customer of the utility and the Public Utility Commission if the utility plans to increase the amount of hydrogen that the utility blends with natural gas and the ratio of the volume of hydrogen to the volume of natural gas will, for the first time, be greater than 2.5 percent. Requires a natural gas utility that has a program for blending hydrogen with natural gas to maintain on the utility's website information regarding the utility's program and how a customer may communicate with the utility about the utility's program. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Topics ✓ EnergySupports EnergyBill establishes regulatory framework for hydrogen projects, requiring PUC authorization and evaluation criteria, enabling clean energy infrastructure development without explicit fossil fuel promotion.85% confidence
Jeff Golden (D) Khanh Pham (D) · 9 co-sponsors
signed · Oregon · Senate Jun 23, 2025

SB 1098: Relating to access to materials in schools; and declaring an emergency.

Prohibits discrimination when selecting or retaining school library materials, textbooks or instructional materials or when developing and implementing a curriculum. Prescribes requirements for the removal of library materials, textbooks and instructional materials. Directs the Department of Education to provide technical assistance for school library programs. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Topics ✓ EducationSupports EducationProhibits discrimination in curriculum/material selection, protects access to educational resources, and mandates technical assistance for library programs - directly advancing educational access and equity.95% confidence
Jeff Golden (D) Sara Gelser Blouin (D) Lew Frederick (D) Susan McLain (D) Kayse Jama (D) · 19 co-sponsors
signed · Oregon · Senate Jun 23, 2025

SB 5544: 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 new or increased fees adopted by the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesBill limits biennial expenditures from non-federal revenues, promoting fiscal restraint in budget administration per its explicit language.85% confidence
signed · Oregon · Senate Jun 23, 2025

SB 15: Relating to simple estates.

] [ Expands the types of estates that may use the simple estate process to administer a decedent's estate. Modifies the calculation of fair market values of assets and retains application of the current probate filing fees for the new type of simple estates. Directs the State Court Administrator to adjust asset value limitations for the new type of simple estates annually for inflation. ] Modifies calculations of the fair market value of simple estate assets by excluding the values of manufactured homes from the asset limits for personal property and including the values of manufactured homes in the assets limits for real property.
Kim Thatcher (R) · 3 co-sponsors
signed · Oregon · Senate Jun 23, 2025

SB 584: Relating to Oregon Truffle Month; and declaring an emergency.

SB 584 designates February of each year as "Oregon Truffle Month" to celebrate Oregon's truffle industry and its cultural and economic significance. The bill directly affects Oregon's truffle growers, foragers, rural communities, and tourism sectors that benefit from the seasonal harvest. It declares an emergency for immediate effect upon passage, making the designation effective June 20, 2025. The bill does not create new regulations or funding but formally recognizes truffles' role in sustaining forests and local economies.
Lew Frederick (D) Paul Evans (D) Floyd Prozanski (D) James Manning (D) Ed Diehl (R) · 5 co-sponsors
signed · Oregon · Senate Jun 23, 2025

SB 150: Relating to compensation for services performed in connection with a claim for a veteran's benefit; and prescribing an effective date.

Prohibits receiving compensation for performing certain services for or on behalf of an applicant or a claimant for a veteran's benefit except as provided in applicable federal or state law. Defines "unreasonable fee" and prohibits receiving unreasonable fees for the services. Requires the Department of Veterans' Affairs to conduct outreach and education concerning free services that are available to assist veterans in applying for benefits. Punishes a violation of the Act as an unlawful practice under the Unlawful Trade Practices Act. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Topics ✓ VeteransSupports VeteransProhibits unreasonable fees for veteran benefit claims and mandates free service outreach, protecting veterans from exploitation and ensuring access to benefits.95% confidence
signed · Oregon · Senate Jun 23, 2025

SB 170: Relating to assaults in the workplace.

] [ Requires the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to study workplace assault convictions and sentences. Directs the commission to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the judiciary not later than September 15, 2026. ] [ Sunsets on January 2, 2027. ] Increases the offense level of assault in the fourth degree when the defendant commits the assault against a victim performing official duties as part of the victim's employment and has certain prior convictions for assault in the workplace. Punishes by a maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both.
Topics ✗ Criminal JusticeOpposes Criminal JusticeIncreases offense level for assaults on officials performing duties, expanding criminalization and raising sentencing severity per bill's direct language.95% confidence ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentBill increases penalties for assaulting workers during employment, directly enhancing workplace safety protections for laborers.90% confidence
signed · Oregon · Senate Jun 23, 2025

SB 5540: Relating to the financial administration of the State Board of Tax Practitioners; and declaring an emergency.

Limits biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts, but excluding lottery funds and federal funds, collected or received by the State Board of Tax Practitioners. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
Topics ✗ Budget & TaxesOpposes Budget & TaxesLimits biennial expenditures from tax practitioner fees/revenues, restricting budgetary use of these funds per bill summary.95% confidence
signed · Oregon · Senate Jun 23, 2025

SB 5501: Relating to the financial administration of the Oregon Advocacy Commissions Office; and declaring an emergency.

Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Advocacy Commissions Office 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 office. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesBill appropriates General Fund moneys to fund the Oregon Advocacy Commissions Office and sets expenditure limits, directly supporting budget allocation and fiscal management.90% confidence
signed · Oregon · House Jun 20, 2025

HB 3144: Relating to dwellings.

Prohibits new recorded instruments or governing documents of a planned community from banning the siting of manufactured dwellings or prefabricated structures. Extends sunset until January 2, 2031, for Housing and Community Services Department grants for low-income facility tenant dispute resolution services and for the Manufactured and Marina Communities Dispute Resolution Advisory Committee.
Topics ✓ HousingSupports HousingProhibits bans on manufactured dwellings (affordable housing) and extends low-income tenant dispute resolution funding (tenant protection).95% confidence
Pam Marsh (D) · 1 co-sponsor
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