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.
Authorizes counties to allow contiguous clustered nonresource dwellings on a clustered development tract in lieu of approval of individual nonresource dwellings on lands zoned for forest or farm use. Allows bonus dwellings when dwellings are sited on low value soil or with shared water or sewage systems. Establishes requirements for siting and approving dwellings and subdividing or partitioning clustered development tracts.
Maddy summarySB 525 streamlines approval for residential land divisions within Oregon's urban growth boundaries by setting clear criteria for "expedited land division" status. It requires such divisions to either create enough lots for 80%+ of the area's maximum residential density or target housing for households earning ≤120% of the county's median income. The bill also mandates protection of natural features like the Willamette River Greenway, coastal shorelands, and dunes by prohibiting development on mapped protected lands. Local governments must approve or deny these applications within 180 days without public hearings, using the criteria outlined in the bill. This directly affects developers seeking to split residential land and local governments managing land use approvals.
Exempts workers on public works who are participants in a pre-apprenticeship program from the application of laws that determine and require payment of a prevailing rate of wage. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Directs the Oregon Health Authority and coordinated care organizations to reimburse certain rural hospitals at rates no less than 150 percent of the rates paid as of the effective date of the Act. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
Creates a refundable income tax credit for certain child care workers. Provides for a child care worker to elect to deposit the refund attributable to the credit in the Oregon Retirement Savings Plan. Provides for the credit to be claimed on the personal income tax return for the 2026 tax year. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Creates Oregon corporate excise and income tax subtractions for amounts received in resolution of a civil action arising from wildfire. Creates Oregon corporate excise and income tax subtractions for wildfire-related legal fees paid by plaintiffs. Allows a taxpayer to amend a return to claim a refund for earliest tax year in which subtraction is allowed. Applies to declarations and executive orders issued on or after January 1, 2018, and before January 1, 2026, and to amounts received, losses incurred and legal fees paid in tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2018. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
] [ Directs the State Fish and Wildlife Commission to operate a summer steelhead fish hatchery at the Rock Creek Hatchery and release the hatchery fish into the North Umpqua River. ] Directs the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to study the impacts of temperature, predation and rearing practices associated with the Rock Creek Hatchery. Directs the department to report on the study to the Legislative Assembly no later than September 15, 2026. Appropriates moneys to the [ commission ] department out of the General Fund for [ operating the hatchery and releasing the hatchery fish ] conducting the study . Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Directs the court, at a victim's request, to enter an order at sentencing permanently restraining the defendant from contacting the victim when the defendant is convicted of specified crimes. Creates a process by which a victim of a crime in which judgment was previously entered can request an order permanently restraining the defendant from contacting the victim. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires public bodies and law enforcement agencies to enforce federal immigration laws with respect to any individual who is convicted of a violent felony or Class A misdemeanor or felony sexual offense.
