Requires the Public Utility Commission to study investor-owned utilities. Directs the commission to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to energy not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
Prohibits insurers from using any device or technology that records, discloses or allows access to information that tracks or reveals the geographic location of an insured during any time in which the insured is occupying or operating a motor vehicle that the motor vehicle liability insurance policy covers. Specifies exceptions. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
] [ Directs the Department of Transportation to widen and add capacity to a portion of U.S. Highway 20. ] Directs the Department of Transportation to conduct a study and make a report on increasing the capacity of motor vehicle travel on a portion of U.S. Highway 20. Declares an emergency, effective on July 1, 2025.
Exempts employers of noncitizens in agricultural labor who are not eligible for unemployment insurance benefits from liability for contributions related to that labor. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Establishes the Grid Resilience Matching Fund. Appropriates moneys in the fund to the State Department of Energy to provide state matching funds for federal grant funding for grid resilience projects.
Requires an Internet service provider to issue a prorated bill credit to a consumer for any service outage that lasts longer than one hour. Requires a provider to maintain records of all outages and bill credits for at least three years.
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.
