Rep. Paul Evans

Expands the rural health care income tax credit to include pharmacist services performed in rural communities. Directs the Office of Rural Health to establish criteria for certifying pharmacists as eligible for the credit. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

] Requires [ the Department of Human Services and ] the Department of Education , in collaboration with the Department of Human Services, to [ jointly ] study the needs of youth who are in a residential [ facility ] training home and who attend a public school in this state. Directs the [ departments ] Department of Education to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to human services and education no later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Establishes the State Public Finance Task Force. Directs the task force to study and make recommendations regarding public banking and other public financing options. Requires the task force to submit a report to a committee of the Legislative Assembly by [ September 1, 2027 ] December 31, 2026 . Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Establishes the Task Force on Renewable Diesel. Directs the task force to study the availability of renewable diesel, estimate current and future demand for diesel fuels, study incentives for increasing the availability of renewable diesel and study the implications of removing petroleum diesel from the state marketplace. Sunsets the task force on December 31, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Provides that an operator may require a person who engages in a sport, fitness or recreational activity in various ways to release the operator from claims for ordinary negligence. Directs the Oregon Business Development Department, with the assistance of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, to study issues facing the recreation industry and report to a committee of the Legislative Assembly related to the environment no later than September 15, 2026. Appropriates moneys for study. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Requires all candidates for partisan office and nonpartisan office, regardless of political party affiliation or nonaffiliation, to appear on the same unified primary election ballot, with the five candidates receiving the most votes advancing to the general election ballot. Exempts candidates for President and Vice President of the United States.

] Removes the requirement that the amount of net proceeds from the Oregon State Lottery allocated to the County Fair Account not exceed $1.53 million annually and adjusts the percentage of net lottery proceeds allocated to the County Fair Account. Requires the Oregon Business Development Department to prepare and report a master plan for county fairground capital construction. Specifies content and procedural requirements for the report. Appropriates moneys to the department out of the General Fund for consultant services related to the report. Authorizes the issuance of bonds under Article XI-Q of the Oregon Constitution to support the use of the Oregon State Fair and Exposition Center as a regional emergency and evacuee center. Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for water and sewer improvements to the Union County Fairgrounds. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Modifies the authority of the Department of Environmental Quality to enter into agreements with regulated entities to expedite or enhance a regulatory process. Directs the Environmental Quality Commission to establish standards to guide the department in the exercise of the department's authority. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

] Directs the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to establish a program to award grants for recreational fishing facilities within an urban growth boundary. Authorizes the use of lottery bond net proceeds to fund the grants. Sunsets the program on January 2, [ 2028 ] 2033 . Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Allows an exclusion from the Oregon taxable estate of a surviving spouse for the unused portion of exclusion that applied to the prior deceased spouse of the decedent. Applies to estates of decedents who die on or after January 1, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.