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signed · Oregon · House Jun 11, 2025

HB 3190: Relating to historic property special assessment; and prescribing an effective date.

Limits the property tax special assessment program for historic property to commercial property. Makes other structural changes to the program. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Topics ✗ Budget & TaxesOpposes Budget & TaxesLimits historic property tax special assessment to commercial only, restricting program eligibility and scope within tax policy.92% confidence
Rob Nosse (D) Tom Andersen (D) · 16 co-sponsors
signed · Oregon · House Jun 11, 2025

HB 2564: Relating to the insurance rate review process.

HB 2564 revises Oregon's insurance rate review process for health benefit plans, directly affecting insurers, consumers, and the Department of Consumer and Business Services. It requires insurers to submit rate filings for small employer and individual health plans with a 30-day public comment period, mandates consumer-friendly summaries, and gives the department authority to approve rates based on actuarial soundness, reasonableness, and administrative cost standards. The bill also ensures identical rates for exchange and non-exchange plans and establishes a clear timeline for preliminary and final decisions. Signed into law in May 2025, it takes effect January 1, 2026.
Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareBill mandates transparent rate reviews, consumer summaries, and department oversight to ensure reasonable health insurance costs, protecting consumers from excessive rate hikes.95% confidence
signed · Oregon · House Jun 11, 2025

HB 3874: Relating to the jurisdiction of the Energy Facility Siting Council over wind energy facilities.

Increases from 50 megawatts to 100 megawatts the minimum size that a wind energy facility needs to be before a wind energy facility is required to obtain a site certificate from the Energy Facility Siting Council. Requires an applicant for a county land use permit to provide a decommissioning plan if the application is to establish a wind energy facility with an average electric generating capacity of at least 50 megawatts but less than 100 megawatts.
Topics ✓ EnergySupports EnergyRaises threshold for state review (50→100MW), easing approvals for mid-sized wind projects (50-100MW) via county permits with decommissioning plans, facilitating renewable energy development.85% confidence
Ken Helm (D) · 2 co-sponsors
signed · Oregon · Senate Jun 11, 2025

SB 180: Relating to retaliatory actions for defamation.

] [ Provides that a person may not bring an action for defamation against an individual who, without malice, makes a communication regarding an incident of sexual assault, harassment or discrimination if, at the time of making the communication, the individual has a reasonable belief that sexual assault, harassment or discrimination occurred. Allows the prevailing defendant to recover attorney fees and provides for imposition of remedial sanctions against the plaintiff. ] Provides that malice is an element of a defamation claim against an individual who makes a communication regarding an incident of sexual assault committed against the individual. Allows a defendant in a defamation action regarding an incident of sexual assault committed against an individual to bring a special motion to strike the defamation claim, under certain circumstances.
Topics ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeBill protects individuals reporting sexual assault/harassment from defamation lawsuits, encouraging victim reporting and aligning with civil rights protections in criminal justice reform.75% confidence ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentProtects employees reporting sexual harassment/discrimination from defamation lawsuits, advancing workplace safety and rights by preventing retaliation.92% confidence
signed · Oregon · House Jun 11, 2025

HB 2299: Relating to the unlawful dissemination of intimate images.

] [ Increases the penalty for unlawful dissemination of an intimate image and renames the crime. Punishes by a maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both, or 10 years' imprisonment, $250,000 fine, or both, if the person has a prior conviction. Modifies the crime to include the disclosure of digitally created, manipulated or altered images. ] [ Creates the crime of unlawful dissemination of an intimate image in the second degree. Punishes by a maximum of 364 days' imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both, or five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both, if the person has a prior conviction. ] Modifies the crime of unlawful dissemination of an intimate image to include the disclosure of digitally created, manipulated or altered images.
Topics ✗ Criminal JusticeOpposes Criminal JusticeIncreases penalties for intimate image dissemination, expanding criminalization and imposing harsher sentences, aligning with 'oppose' indicators.92% confidence
Susan McLain (D) Annessa Hartman (D) Janeen Sollman (D) Kevin Mannix (R) · 23 co-sponsors
signed · Oregon · House Jun 11, 2025

HB 3449: Relating to a pilot program to provide support to foster child students; and declaring an emergency.

Allows moneys available for a pilot program to provide support to foster child students to be used in other schools of the grantee's school district. [ Requires collaboration between the Department of Education and the Department of Human Services for the administration of the pilot program. ] Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Topics ✓ EducationSupports EducationBill creates a pilot program using funds to support foster child students in K-12, enhancing educational access and support through dedicated funding and interdepartmental collaboration.95% confidence
Susan McLain (D)
signed · Oregon · House Jun 11, 2025

HB 3187: Relating to age-based employment discrimination; and prescribing an effective date.

[ Clarifies the meaning of "because of age" for purposes of employment discrimination law. Permits observing the terms of a bona fide seniority system or bona fide employee benefit plan when taking an employment action. ] Makes it an unlawful employment practice for an employer to require or request disclosure of certain information regarding age and attendance or graduation dates. Provides exceptions. Removes the provision allowing age limits for the purpose of selecting apprentices to bring such conduct within the scope of the unlawful discrimination statute. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Topics ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentClarifies age discrimination protections, prohibits age-related inquiries, and removes age limits for apprenticeships, strengthening worker rights under employment standards.90% confidence
Jules Walters (D) Nathan Sosa (D) Deb Patterson (D) Janeen Sollman (D) Floyd Prozanski (D) · 31 co-sponsors
signed · Oregon · House Jun 11, 2025

HB 3920: Relating to waiver of tuition for certain qualified students; and prescribing an effective date.

Increases the age limit for tuition waivers for qualified students. Permits a qualified student to receive a tuition waiver for a master's degree notwithstanding whether the qualified student received a waiver for a baccalaureate degree. Removes the requirement that a qualified student apply for a master's degree within 12 months of receiving a baccalaureate degree to receive a tuition waiver for a master's degree. Permits a qualified student to receive a tuition waiver for a master's degree if the student presents proof of eligibility for specified federal assistance. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Topics ✓ EducationSupports EducationExpands access to tuition waivers for master's degrees by removing eligibility barriers, increasing educational affordability and opportunity for qualified students.95% confidence
Thuy Tran (D) Alek Skarlatos (R) · 10 co-sponsors
signed · Oregon · House Jun 11, 2025

HB 2632: Relating to specialty courts.

] [ Directs the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to study issues related to specialty courts, and to provide the results of the study to the appropriate interim committees of the Legislative Assembly no later than December 31, 2026. ] [ Sunsets January 2, 2027. ] Directs the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to appoint an advisory committee on treatment courts. Changes the defined term "specialty court" to "treatment court" and modifies the definition. Directs the Chief Justice to designate a case management system for maintaining treatment court records. Directs treatment court programs to use the system for case management.
Topics ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeDirects study of treatment courts to improve rehabilitation programs within criminal justice system, aligning with reform indicators.85% confidence
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