Requires the Oregon Health Authority to convene an advisory group to assist in the study of solutions to ensuring access to care for individuals who have been civilly committed or who have complex mental or behavioral health needs. Requires the authority to report findings of the study to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health. Requires the authority to administer a pilot program to provide grants to hospitals and their community partners to form regional partnerships to increase capacity to provide care for individuals who have been civilly committed or who have complex mental or behavioral health needs. Declares an emergency, effective on July 1, 2025.
Requires health care practitioners to exercise the proper degree of care to preserve the health and life of a child born alive after an abortion or attempted abortion. Requires a health care practitioner to ensure that a child born alive is transported to a hospital. Creates a crime for failure to exercise proper standard of care, punishable by a maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both. Allows a specified person to bring a civil action for damages and equitable relief against a health care practitioner for failure to exercise the proper degree of care. Directs the court to award attorney fees to a prevailing plaintiff. Allows the court to order identity or personally identifiable information of plaintiff protected from disclosure. Defines "individual" for purposes of statute laws of this state to include an infant born alive.
Repeals the corporate activity tax. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires the Department of Corrections to study inmates. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the judiciary not later than September 15, 2026.
SB 869 requires beverage dealers (like stores selling drinks) to accept empty container returns between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. daily while they are open for business. Dealers may refuse returns outside these hours or for containers without a refund value, visibly contaminated, exceeding daily limits (144 for large stores, 50 for small stores), or damaged beyond identification. The bill directly affects consumers returning containers and stores that handle beverage returns. It clarifies specific refusal reasons and mandates stores to post these rules visibly at return locations.
SB 389 creates a new process for Oregon residents who have experienced recent harassment to obtain court-issued protective orders. Victims can file a petition with the circuit court within 180 days of harassment incidents that cause reasonable safety concerns, requiring specific details about the harassment. If granted, courts must hold an emergency hearing the same day or next day and can order restrictions on contact, entry to property, or electronic communication for up to two years. The law prohibits courts from restricting firearm access in these orders and eliminates fees for filing such petitions. It also establishes clear procedures for service, challenges, and hearing requests within 30 days of order issuance.
Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Health Authority for an electronic filing system related to the Oregon Death with Dignity Act. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
Requires the Bureau of Labor and Industries to study issues related to wage theft. Directs the bureau to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to labor and business not later than September 15, 2026.
Authorizes the Department of Education to expend moneys from the Statewide Education Initiatives Account for the purpose of awarding grants to develop and provide educational activities during recess, lunch or after school for Title I elementary schools. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
SB 526 requires all new clothes washers sold in Oregon to include a microfiber filtration system starting January 1, 2030. The bill defines a compliant system as one with a mesh size of 100 micrometers or smaller, active in all wash cycles, and either built into the washer or sold with it. Manufacturers and retailers must also label new washers to inform consumers about the filter and proper maintenance. This directly affects the appliance industry and retailers selling new washers in Oregon, aiming to reduce microfiber pollution from laundry.
Requires the Legislative Revenue Officer to study the feasibility and utility of enacting a single statute that uniformly governs adjustments for inflation in the tax statutes of this state. Directs the officer to submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to revenue no later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
Expands the exemption for receipts from the sale of prescription drugs from commercial activity subject to the corporate activity tax to include critical access pharmacies. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
