Rep. Paul Evans

Prohibits continuing care retirement communities from banning certain acts of free expression in community spaces or common areas of the continuing care retirement community. Authorizes the Department of Human Services to impose a civil penalty against a continuing care retirement community that violates the prohibition.

Directs the Oregon Department of Emergency Management to study and make recommendations regarding improvements to the operations of the department. Requires the department to submit a report on its findings by January 1, 2027.

Authorizes the Oregon Innovation Council to make grants to small businesses for seed and start-up capital and gap funding to create and support invention, innovation and economic development in rural areas of this state. Authorizes the council to provide monetary awards to the winners of contests that are designed to attract invention, innovative and entrepreneurial solutions and opportunities in rural areas of this state. Establishes the Oregon Fund for Rural Small Business Development. Continuously appropriates moneys in the fund to the council to implement the grant program.

Appropriates moneys to the Department of Land Conservation and Development for natural hazards mitigation planning. Declares the intent of the Legislative Assembly that the appropriated moneys be used to secure federal funding for natural hazards mitigation planning. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.

Requires the Department of Human Services to study long term services and supports for older adults and individuals with disabilities. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.

Directs the Oregon Department of Emergency Management to develop and implement a grant program, in consultation with the OregonServes Commission, to support and expand community volunteer programs related to emergency management in Oregon. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Prohibits the Public Utility Commission, municipal electric utilities, electric cooperatives and people's utility districts from setting a maximum amount of cumulative generating capacity for solar net metering systems that is allowed to be interconnected.

Establishes the Task Force on Secure Pipelines and Associated Storage Units and Terminals. Directs the task force to study matters related to safe transportation, storage and transference of petroleum, natural gas and other flammable substances through pipelines, in associated storage units and at associated terminals. Directs the task force to submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to emergency preparedness no later than December 15, 2026. Sunsets December 31, 2026. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Establishes the Latino Health System Task Force. Prescribes the task force's membership and duties. Directs the task force to report to the Legislative Assembly no later than December 15, 2026. Sunsets on December 31, 2026. [ Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. ] Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Prohibits a law enforcement unit from disciplining a police officer because the officer's name has been placed on a list maintained by a prosecutor's office of recurring witnesses for whom there is known potential impeachment information, or because the officer's name may otherwise be subject to disclosure pursuant to Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963). Requires a district attorney to develop and adopt a written protocol addressing potential impeachment disclosures.