Rep. Julie Fahey

Maddy summaryHB 3522 allows property owners or landlords in Oregon to evict individuals occupying property without permission (squatters) by providing 24 hours' written notice specifying the vacate date and stating the reason is the occupant's status as a squatter. The bill amends Oregon eviction laws to explicitly include "squatter" as a valid reason for eviction under ORS 105.115, requiring this notice before seeking court action. It directly affects property owners/landlords seeking to remove unauthorized occupants and squatters themselves. The law takes effect January 1, 2026, after passing the Oregon legislature in June 2025.

Directs the Public Utility Commission to provide for a classification of service for large energy use facilities. Requires any tariff schedule adopted for the class to allocate the costs of serving large energy use facilities to the facilities and mitigate the risks to other classes of retail electricity consumers. Defines "large energy use facility." Directs the commission to require an electric company to use a contract when providing electricity service to a large energy use facility. Requires the contract to meet certain requirements and conditions. Directs the commission to report each even-numbered year to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to energy on trends in load requirements and other implications from large energy use facilities. Sunsets January 2, 2035. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Establishes the Home and Community-Based Services Workforce Standards Board. Prescribes the duties of the board. Directs the board to establish minimum working standards for the home and community-based services workforce. Requires the board to submit a written report to the Legislative Assembly regarding any adopted standard that is anticipated to impact the state budget. Provides that any such standard must be ratified by the Legislative Assembly before taking effect. Provides remedies for allegations of violations of the minimum standards established by the board. Requires the board to conduct a biennial comprehensive review, including a labor market analysis to inform the board's decisions to adopt new minimum standards or revise existing standards. Permits the board to establish uniform training standards for the home and community-based services workforce and to establish a process by rule for certifying worker organizations to provide the training to workers. Requires the board to submit a biennial report to the Governor and the Legislative Assembly summarizing the results of the comprehensive review and any actions taken by the board in the prior biennium.

Digest: The measure states that it is the intent of the House and the Senate to cut taxes in HB 2025 (2025) when other laws are passed. (Flesch Readability Test: 60.0). Expresses the intent of the Legislative Assembly to reduce or phase out taxes enacted in chapter ___, Oregon Laws 2025 (Enrolled House Bill 2025), when alternative funding sources are enacted and operative.

Maddy summaryThis concurrent resolution (SCR 9) commemorates the 50th anniversary of Oregon’s Legislative Commission on Indian Services (LCIS), a state commission established in 1975. LCIS serves as Oregon’s first permanent forum for tribal-state government consultation, advising the Legislature and state agencies on American Indian concerns and facilitating communication between Oregon’s nine federally recognized tribes and state government. The resolution honors LCIS’s role in addressing tribal needs, monitoring relevant legislation, and promoting intergovernmental cooperation. It does not create new policies or affect specific legislation, as it is purely a ceremonial recognition of the commission’s longstanding service.

Maddy summaryHCR 41 is a procedural resolution that formally ends the 2025 regular session of Oregon's Eighty-third Legislative Assembly without setting a future date for reconvening (adjourned sine die). It directly affects the Oregon Legislature itself, concluding its work for the 2025 session. The resolution contains no policy changes, new requirements, or funding provisions - it solely serves to close the session. This is standard procedure for ending a legislative term, with no impact on residents, businesses, or existing laws.

Limits to 25 the number of legislative measures that a member of the Legislative Assembly may ask the Legislative Counsel to prepare for a regular session of the Legislative Assembly that begins in an odd-numbered year. Limits to 15 the number of legislative measures that a committee of the Legislative Assembly may ask the Legislative Counsel to prepare for a regular session of the Legislative Assembly that begins in an odd-numbered year. Provides exceptions. Limits to 400 the number of legislative measures that the Governor and state agencies under the authority of the Governor may ask the Legislative Counsel to prepare for a regular session of the Legislative Assembly that begins in an odd-numbered year. Provides exceptions. Limits to 25 the number of legislative measures that other statewide elected officials may ask the Legislative Counsel to prepare for a regular session of the Legislative Assembly that begins in an odd-numbered year. Limits to 100 the number of legislative measures that the Judicial Department may ask the Legislative Counsel to prepare for a regular session of the Legislative Assembly that begins in an odd-numbered year.

Requires the Oregon Business Development Department to study economic development. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to economic development no later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.

Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study health care. Directs the authority to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health care no later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.

Requires the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to study higher education. Directs the commission to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to higher education no later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.