Modifies the definition of "critical infrastructure" to include a terrestrial-based cable or wire communication facility for purposes of the crimes of domestic terrorism in the first degree and domestic terrorism in the second degree.
] Establishes a beginning farmer and rancher incentive program in the State Department of Agriculture. Requires the department to establish types of incentives to provide to beginning farmers and ranchers. Establishes the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Incentive Fund. Continuously appropriates moneys in the fund to the department for purposes of the incentive program. Appropriates moneys for deposit into the fund. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Business Development Department for distribution to local governments and other entities for purposes related to public safety. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
] [ Requires an appropriation to ] Declares that it is the goal of the Legislative Assembly to fund the Department of Veterans' Affairs [ from the General Fund to be ] in an amount that is not less than $10,000,000 , from the General Fund, in 2015 dollars, adjusted for inflation. Requires the Director of Veterans' Affairs to add additional full-time positions within the department. Creates in the department the position of Veterans Employment Coordinator. [ Allows the director to appoint a deputy director, subject to approval by the Governor. ] Requires the director [ and deputy director ] to be a veteran who has received a discharge or release under other than dishonorable conditions. Allows the director to appoint a deputy director, subject to approval by the Governor. Directs the department to develop and implement one or more pilot programs for suicide prevention and workforce training and preparation. Allows moneys in the Veterans' Services Fund to be used for the pilot programs. [ Requires the Department of Transportation to accept, for issuing a driver license, an identification card issued by the United States Department of Defense or the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. ] Directs the director to distribute moneys appropriated for county veterans' service officer programs on a quarterly basis. Directs the department to provide a report on the quarterly distribution process. Changes who is allowed to request county veteran discharge records. Increases from $5,000 to $10,000, the cap on the individual grant amount that is allowed under the Veteran Educational Bridge Grant Program. Directs the Department of Veterans' Affairs to work with the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission and the Judicial Department to develop a plan for establishing and maintaining a veterans' court in each county or judicial district. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
] Directs the Oregon Business Development Department to establish the Oregon-Taiwan Trade Center and the Oregon-Vietnam Trade Center. Authorizes the department to establish up to five additional trade centers or offices in countries that the department determines are critical commercial partners. Requires the department to study options to reorganize the agency staff structure for the purpose of fostering economic relations and expanding trade between Oregon and the countries in which a trade center is established. Requires the department to submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to economic development no later than September 15, 2026. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
Requires that public university foundations are subject to the public records laws of this state. Specifies the records that are exempt from disclosure. Specifies the records that are not exempt from disclosure. Requires public university foundations to release an annual report that is publicly available on the website maintained by the public university foundation. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
] Directs the Oregon Business Development Department to develop a roadmap for the purpose of promoting voluntary industrial symbiosis activities in Oregon. Requires the department to submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to economic development not later than September 15, 2026. Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Business Development Department to fund technical assistance for up to six industrial symbiosis pilot communities in Oregon. Authorizes certain county service districts to fund water resource management services with charges for district services, facilities or commodities. [ Sunsets on January 2, 2028. ] Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
] Requires community colleges to pay part-time faculty [ at the same rate, on a per-hour basis, as ] a certain percentage of the total salary that the community college pays equally experienced full-time faculty [ to prepare for and teach a course ] who teach comparable courses . Appropriates moneys to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for the purpose of paying for salary equity. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
Establishes the office of the district defender in each judicial district. Specifies the powers and duties of the district defender. Modifies the types of entities the Oregon Public Defense Commission may contract with for the provision of public defense services. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
] Expands offenses relating to the use of an unmanned aircraft system to interfere with official duties to include firefighting and search and rescue efforts. Modifies penalties for using an unmanned aircraft system to interfere with law enforcement, firefighting, search and rescue or emergency response efforts.
