Creates a pesticide licensing exemption for certain employees using a battery-powered device to apply pesticides. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
HB 2348 adjusts the selection process for two members of an economic development board by requiring them to represent different political parties. Specifically, it mandates that one member be recommended by the Senate President and the other by the House Speaker (or Minority Leader if the Speaker and President share a party). This change, found in the bill’s revised language for board composition, directly affects the governance structure of the board overseeing economic development programs. The bill does not alter program funding or operations, only the appointment mechanism for these two board positions. It became law on June 3, 2025, and takes effect January 1, 2026.
Modifies laws related to the State Mortuary and Cemetery Board's authority to impose disciplinary actions on applicants and those subject to the board's regulatory authority.
] [ Removes the requirement that a licensee member of the Oregon Board of Maritime Pilots be a resident of this state. ] Requires that each public member of the Oregon Board of Maritime Pilots be a resident of this state. Requires that at least one licensee member of the board be a resident of this state.
Updates, reorganizes and modifies the provisions governing appeals from justice courts that have not become courts of record. Updates, reorganizes and modifies the provisions governing appeals from municipal courts that have not become courts of record. Establishes procedural statutes for municipal court appeals that are separate from justice court provisions. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Directs the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to assist in the establishment of fall Chinook fish incubation nursery programs, and to report on the programs to the Legislative Assembly. Sunsets January 2, 2040. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Requires the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to submit by January [ 15 ] 31 of each even-numbered year a report to the Legislative Assembly concerning the soundness of the state's Insurance Fund. Specifies the contents of the report and directs agencies of state government and participants in the fund to cooperate with and assist the department in carrying out the department's duties under the Act. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
[ Provides that only a registered nurse may supervise a nurse in a school setting with respect to the practice of nursing. ] Allows [ an individual ] a school administrator or other staff member who is not a nurse to supervise a school nurse or registered nurse in a school setting for purposes not related to the practice of nursing. Prohibits an administrator or other individual from directing a school nurse or registered nurse in the practice of nursing.
] Provides that the unlawful departure of a person from the custody of a parole and probation officer constitutes the crime of escape. Authorizes parole and probation officers to view digital copies of driver license photographs retained by the Department of Transportation. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
HB 3175 removes the $10 fee cap that counties could charge for recording property documents related to public land survey corners. This change allows counties to set higher fees for these specific recordings after holding a public hearing, with all collected funds going to a dedicated fund for maintaining land survey markers. The bill directly affects Oregon counties (which set the fees) and property owners/businesses recording deeds or surveys. It modifies existing law by deleting the fee limit while preserving the requirement for public notice and the fund's purpose. The bill passed in May 2025 and takes effect January 1, 2026.
Modifies the qualifications of the fire instructor representative member of the Fire Policy Committee of the Board on Public Safety Standards and Training.
] [ Requires the Secretary of State to study the effect of requiring physical street addresses for business registrations in light of changes to postal regulations. Directs the Secretary of State to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to business no later than September 15, 2026. ] [ Sunsets on January 2, 2027. ] Permits the Secretary of State to accept a commercial mail receiving agency as a business entity's principal office, records office address or principal address if the physical street address of the business entity's principal office, records office address or principal address is the same as the physical street address of the commercial mail receiving agency. Requires the Secretary of State to protect from public disclosure a business entity's physical street address if the physical street address of the business entity's principal office, records office address or principal address is the same as the physical address of a commercial mail receiving agency and if the business entity requests the protection. Includes a commercial mail receiving agency within the definitions of principal office, records office address and principal address if the physical street address of a business entity's principal executive office is the same as the physical street address of a commercial mail receiving agency. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
