Rep. Court Boice

Creates an Oregon personal income tax subtraction for income of a taxpayer with three or more dependent children under the age of 18. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, and before January 1, 2032. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Maddy summaryHCR 11 is a concurrent resolution proposing to designate June 4, 2025, as "Communist Survival Day" to honor individuals affected by the 1989 Tiananmen Square events, as described in the resolution's preamble. The bill states it commemorates those who died during the June 4, 1989, incident, citing historical claims about peaceful protests and subsequent government actions. As a symbolic measure, it has no legal effect beyond Oregon's legislative recognition and does not create new laws or policies. The resolution focuses on commemoration rather than policy change, with no direct impact on individuals or organizations.

Makes certain changes related to members of the Oregon Hatchery Research Center Board. Makes certain changes related to the duties of the board. Makes certain changes related to board meetings. Makes certain changes related to the activities of the Oregon Hatchery Research Center. Makes certain changes related to hatchery research funding. Establishes the Chum Subaccount in the Fish and Wildlife Account. Provides that moneys in the subaccount must be distributed for purposes related to chum. Establishes the chum enhancement validation. Provides that moneys from the validation shall be credited to the subaccount. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Directs the Oregon Health Authority to administer a program to reimburse the cost of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for low-income veterans who have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder and are ineligible for medical assistance. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Encourages Oregon counties that have not already done so to create and adopt a natural resource plan and invoke and enforce coordination with all federal and state agencies.

Allows students enrolled full-time in an Oregon institution of higher education to be treated as residents for the purpose of purchasing licenses, tags and permits issued by the State Fish and Wildlife Commission.

Allows the State Forestry Department to enter into a lease agreement for management authority and responsibility for the Ochoco National Forest for no less than 15 years.

Directs the Department of State Lands, in consultation with the State Department of Fish and Wildlife, to develop a salmon credit pilot program to encourage the voluntary restoration of salmonid habitat in the Coquille and Coos watershed basins. Establishes the Salmon Credit Trust Fund. Directs the Department of State Lands and the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to consult with the United States Army Corps of Engineers to develop or identify an existing programmatic general permit to authorize restoration activities under the pilot program. Becomes operative on the date that a programmatic general permit is established. Provides that the Department of State Lands may not approve a salmon credit project on or after January 2 of the sixth year following the establishment of a programmatic general permit. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Repeals the statute enacted by House Bill 3115 (2021) that established objective reasonableness as a statewide standard for city and county laws regulating the use of public property with respect to persons experiencing homelessness, as the basis for a cause of action for injunctive and declaratory relief to challenge such laws and as an affirmative defense in the prosecution of violations of such laws. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Enacts the PA Licensure Compact. Allows the Oregon Medical Board to disclose specified information to the PA Licensure Compact Commission. Exempts individuals authorized to provide medical services by compact privilege from certain requirements. Allows the board to use moneys to meet financial obligations imposed on the State of Oregon as a result of participation in the Compact. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.