Requires the Oregon Military Department to study veterans. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to veterans not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
Creates statewide preparedness offices in the Oregon Department of Administrative Services and the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training. Imposes duties on the offices relating to statewide coordination of emergency management. [ Creates the Commission on Statewide Intergovernmental Emergency Response Training Facilities and Programming. Directs the commission to develop and carry out a strategic plan for investments to improve statewide emergency preparedness. ] Authorizes issuance of lottery bonds to make grants for public safety projects. Creates the Statewide Regional Training Office within the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training. Directs the office to manage and operate facilities for emergency response training. [ Creates the Task Force on Twenty-first Century Emergency Management Local Governance. Directs the task force to evaluate models for conducting local and regional emergency management operations. ] Requires all state agencies to designate employees to act as liaisons for emergency management operations or for preparing continuity of governance plans. Requires each county to submit biennial reports on the state of the county's emergency preparedness. Delays the date on which responsibility for management of the emergency notification system is transferred to the Oregon Department of Emergency Management. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Requires a public institution of higher education to award academic credit when an enrolled student completed a high school class or participated in a high school program that offered learning and experiences comparable to an introductory communications, public speaking or argumentation course offered at the institution. Requires the institution to award two or four academic credits to each student who participated in specified programs affiliated with national organizations. Prohibits an institution from requiring certain students to take an introductory communications, public speaking or argumentation course offered at the institution as a prerequisite for taking more advanced courses at the institution.
Maddy summaryHB 2828 requires Oregon public colleges and universities to grant 12 academic credits to veterans who served two or more years on active duty with the U.S. Armed Forces. The bill mandates that institutions award four credits each in physical education, cultural studies, and science or applied technology, with no cost to the student. These credits must be transferable between public institutions and count toward degree requirements. The policy directly affects eligible veterans seeking higher education, providing concrete academic credit recognition for their military service.
Transfers duties, functions and powers related to administering the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and workforce development matters from the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to the Bureau of Labor and Industries. Establishes the Office of Workforce Development within the Bureau of Labor and Industries. Establishes the Office of Workforce Development Account. Creates the Oregon Workforce Corps to provide workforce development and employment opportunities. Renames the Office of Community Colleges and Workforce Development to the Office of Community Colleges. Renames the Office of Community Colleges and Workforce Development Account to the Office of Community Colleges Account. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Maddy summaryOregon's legislature passed HJM 7 as a formal request to Congress, urging federal legislation that would recognize reproductive health care as a fundamental right for all women. The memorial cites the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision and current state restrictions on abortion access as key reasons for this request. It does not create new laws or regulations but asks Congress to take action on this issue. The bill specifically emphasizes that reproductive rights should not be limited by income, race, immigration status, or other factors.
Establishes the Oregon Quality Education Model Modernization Task Force. Sunsets the task force January 2, 2027. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Establishes a voluntary mediation and arbitration process that certain health insurers and providers may participate in if the insurer and provider are unable to reach an agreement during a contract renewal negotiation. Establishes that the Governor, or a designee, shall issue a final determination in the arbitration process and may impose penalties for failure to comply.
Requires a public university to submit any proposed change in affiliation with an athletic association, conference or organization with authority over intercollegiate sports to the appropriate legislative committees for review. Prohibits the public university's a change in affiliation from occurring unless the change is first approved by the Legislative Assembly.
Permits the Oregon Business Development Department to hire an attorney for the purpose of prosecuting a patent for any invention that faculty, staff or students reduce to practice while employed by or enrolled in a public high school in this state. Permits the department to assume, assign, partake in or disclaim ownership of any patent that results from an invention under the terms of a contract or other agreement into which the department enters with faculty or staff, with students who have legal capacity to enter into contracts or with the legal guardians of students without legal capacity to enter into contracts and in accordance with rules the department adopts and other applicable law.
