Requires the Legislative Policy and Research Director to study changes necessary to adopt a policy of passing budget bills before passing other bills. Directs the director to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to ways and means not later than June 1, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
Directs the Department of Consumer and Business Services to study certain impacts of damages from wildfire. 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. Sunsets January 2, 2027.
Enacts the interstate Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact. Permits the Occupational Therapy Licensure Board to disclose specified information to the Occupational Therapy Compact Commission. Exempts individuals authorized to work as occupational therapists or occupational therapy assistants under compact privilege from the requirement to obtain a license from the board and from restrictions on the use of titles. Allows the board to use moneys to meet financial obligations imposed on the State of Oregon as a result of participation in the compact. Enacts the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact. Permits the State Board of Examiners of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology to disclose specified information to the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Compact Commission. Exempts individuals practicing audiology or speech-language pathology under the compact from the requirement to obtain a license from the board. Allows the board to use moneys to meet financial obligations imposed on this state as a result of participation in the compact. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Directs the Water Resources Department to study the socioeconomic impacts of the removal of the Klamath River dams. Directs the department to submit a report on the study to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to natural resources not later than September 15, 2026. Prohibits a person from removing a certain type of dam until after the report is submitted. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Increases the Oregon standard deduction allowed for personal income taxpayers. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026. 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.
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.
Directs the Department of Justice to review state statutes and administrative rules and determine whether each statute or rule is likely to be found unconstitutional under the reasoning and interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution set forth in the Students for Fair Admissions case decided by the United States Supreme Court. Directs the department to report on its findings to a committee or interim committee related to the judiciary.
Directs a state agency to establish deadlines within which the agency intends to process applications for permits and make the deadlines available to the public. Directs an agency, to the greatest extent possible, to refund application fees when the agency does not process an application before the established deadline. Directs a state agency to publish a catalog of permits issued by the agency within 60 days after the effective date of the Act. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Maddy summaryHB 3057 requires Oregon's Department of Human Services to create an Adoption Awareness Program run by a nonprofit organization (excluding abortion providers). The program provides resources like a hotline, printed materials, and a website directory for expectant parents, birth parents, and adoptive families, plus education for medical providers on adoption services. It also includes reimbursement for adoption-related expenses (like home studies) and sets eligibility criteria for participants, such as being a resident with specific parental ties. The bill mandates regular reporting to lawmakers and ensures program materials are distributed to schools, health clinics, and public health offices.
