SB 784 updates statewide standards for dual credit programs to explicitly include agriculture, forestry, and natural resources fields. It requires career and technical student organizations (including those focused on these fields) to collaborate on assessing program quality and ensuring course content aligns with industry standards. This change applies to all dual credit programs approved under state standards. The law takes effect January 1, 2026.
] [ Requires the Secretary of State to study local authority over regulated utility rates and infrastructure maintenance. Directs the secretary to submit a report of the study to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to rules no later than September 15, 2026. ] Provides that each of the cities of Bandon, North Bend and Reedsport may set charges for water and wastewater services provided by the city by a majority vote of its governing body.
Limits biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts, but excluding lottery funds and federal funds, collected or received by the Construction Contractors Board. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
Updates and standardizes state laws that govern soliciting, offering, negotiating and selling travel insurance and products and services that include or are related to travel insurance. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
] Requires the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services to assist and provide support to the Oregon Building Officials Association to develop a proposal for [ establish ] establishing an apprenticeship program for building inspectors. Sunsets on January 2, 2027. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
] [ Requires the Housing and Community Services Department to study housing. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to housing not later than September 15, 2026. ] Requires the Housing and Community Services Department to post information about publicly supported housing on the department's webpage. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
SB 797 modifies state licensing rules for public accountants by creating clear pathways for out-of-state certified public accountants (CPAs) to practice in this state. It defines "substantially equivalent" licenses from other states, requiring applicants to meet specific education and experience standards - such as a bachelor's degree with one year of verified experience, a master's degree with one year, or a bachelor's with two years. The law directly affects CPAs licensed in other states seeking to work here, streamlining their licensure process. This change takes effect January 1, 2026, after being signed into law in June 2025.
] [ Requires the Housing and Community Services Department to study housing and to report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to housing by September 15, 2026. ] Adds two members to the Building Codes Structures Board and adds two professions that the board members must represent.
] [ Requires the State Board of Pharmacy to study prescription drugs. Directs the board to submit findings to the interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to health care not later than September 15, 2026. ] [ Sunsets on January 2, 2027. ] Modifies, from quarterly to annually, the timing of the Department of Consumer and Business Services' requirement to report certain information to the Prescription Drug Affordability Board. Modifies the number of prescription drugs that may create affordability challenges that the board is directed to identify. Modifies the board's reporting requirements for the status of the generic drug market.
] [ Requires employers to allow employees to take up to four hours of blood donation leave per calendar year without the loss of time, pay or benefits. ] Makes blood donation that is made in connection with a voluntary program that is approved or accredited by the American Association of Blood Banks or the American Red Cross a permissible use of sick time.
SB 914 requires lottery-related billboards to display a problem gambling helpline number. It directly affects billboard advertisers for the state lottery by mandating this information on new advertisements published on or after January 1, 2026. The bill amends existing state law (ORS 461.220) to apply this requirement to billboards first published after the effective date. The law was signed by the Governor in June 2025 and takes effect on January 1, 2026.
] [ Requires the Department of State Lands to study determinations of navigability on Oregon waterways. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to natural resources not later than September 15, 2026. ] [ Sunsets on January 2, 2027. ] Authorizes the Department of State Lands to find in a navigability determination draft report that the state's interest in the waterway extends to the current submerged and submersible lands within the waterway. Authorizes the department to negotiate with property owners affected by the finding and convey mineral and geothermal resource rights in a negotiated exchange of deeds. Requires the department to determine the state's interest in portions of the waterway according to principles of accretion and avulsion if the department is unable to reach an agreement with affected property owners.
