Modifies pay equity requirements for employers. Removes certain provisions relating to obligations, rights and remedies under pay equity laws. Makes conforming amendments. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Authorizes landowners who meet certain criteria to petition for formation of a predator damage control district as a funding mechanism to pay the actual costs to the county of preventing, reducing and mitigating damage to property from predatory animals. Defines "prevent, reduce and mitigate damage to property from predatory animals" to include both nonlethal and lethal methods of prevention, reduction and mitigation. Establishes presumptive charges of $2 per acre for tax lots of 10 or more acres and a $50 flat rate charge for tax lots of less than 10 acres. Creates a cause of action under the district program for counties, landowners, districts and cities involved in the program. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires the Oregon Health Authority and coordinated care organizations to increase reimbursement rates for inpatient psychiatric services provided by hospitals to medical assistance recipients. Directs the authority, in partnership with acute care facilities, coordinated care organizations and community mental health programs, to develop care plans for civilly committed patients who are discharging from an acute care facility.
SB 366 (Oregon) amends state law to allow egg producers to sell and deliver their own eggs directly to restaurants without needing an egg handler’s license. This change specifically affects small-scale egg producers who sell directly to restaurants, removing a prior licensing requirement. The bill modifies ORS 632.715(1)(a) to clarify that producers selling their own eggs to restaurants (as defined by ORS 624.010) are exempt from obtaining an egg handler’s license. The key mechanism is a straightforward removal of the licensing barrier for direct producer-to-restaurant sales.
Repeals provisions requiring employers to pay overtime to agricultural workers who work in excess of the maximum allowable hours. Repeals provisions related to the refundable income or corporate excise tax credit allowed to employers for the excess amount of wages paid as overtime pay for agricultural workers. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Allows an operator offering or providing facilities for an inherently dangerous sporting activity to require a patron to provide an anticipatory release from certain claims for liability, including claims arising out of the negligence of the operator and claims for unreasonable conditions created by the operator. Provides that the release is not unconscionable. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Creates new requirements for the application process for a license, certificate, endorsement or authorization from the Department of Human Services for various providers of services to children, older adults and individuals with disabilities, and individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities. Prohibits new applications within one year after a revocation or denial of a license, certificate, endorsement or authorization. Requires the department to report to the Legislative Assembly about the number of hours and cost to the department required to process initial and renewal applications. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Directs the Water Resources Department to study rules related to water. Directs the department to submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to natural resources not later than September 15, 2026.
Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study public health. Directs the authority to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to public health no later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
Prohibits the use of certain mechanical restraints on youth, adjudicated youth or young persons in detention facilities or youth correction facilities. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Requires the owner of a public building to periodically conduct inspections and testing of fire dampers, smoke dampers, combination fire and smoke dampers and smoke control systems in the public building. Specifies qualifications for inspectors. Requires an inspector to issue a certificate of compliance if the public building complies with the applicable standards or to issue a deficiency report if the public building does not comply. Specifies a time period within which the public building owner must return the public building to compliance. Directs a building owner that receives public moneys for the purpose of replacing or repairing fire dampers, smoke dampers, combination fire and smoke dampers and smoke control systems to require a contractor to provide certain benefits to workers in connection with an installation or repair of equipment that fails an inspection or test or is otherwise deficient. Punishes violation of the Act with a civil penalty equivalent to five cents for each square foot of occupied space in the public building. Authorizes additional civil penalties for a continuing failure to comply. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Provides that if a credit union acquires assets of a banking institution, receipts from the business portfolio acquired from the bank remain subject to the corporate excise tax and corporate activity tax.
