Rep. Darcey Edwards

Prohibits a research facility from using public funds to directly fund medically unnecessary laboratory research on dogs or cats that is classified under certain pain and distress categories. Prohibits a person from conducting research or testing on nonhuman primates at the Oregon National Primate Research Center. Establishes the Task Force on Planning the Elimination of Research on Nonhuman Primates. Directs the task force to draft a plan for eliminating the breeding of, and research on, nonhuman primates at the Oregon National Primate Research Center. Exempts the task force from public meetings law requirements. Sunsets the task force in 2041.

Establishes the [ Parenting Effectiveness ] CARE Program within the [ Department of Human Services ] Youth Development Division to support families and reduce barriers that contribute to absence from school and a lack of basic needs . Directs the [ department ] division to award grants to counties or other local entities to [ provide services to families of chronically absent students ] implement local CARE programs . [ Directs attendance supervisors to refer chronically absent students to the nearest local parenting effectiveness program. ].

] 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.

Authorizes the involuntary civil commitment of a person with a substance use disorder who meets the criteria for involuntary civil commitment of a person with a mental disorder.

Maddy summarySB 1101 requires Oregon county clerks to cancel voter registrations under four specific, federally mandated circumstances: at a voter's request, upon the voter's death, when a voter provides proof of registering in another state, or if a voter doesn't respond to a notice and hasn't voted or updated their registration for two election cycles. This bill aligns Oregon's voter registration cancellation process with the federal National Voter Registration Act of 1993. Voters whose registrations are canceled must re-register to vote in future elections. The bill does not create new voter requirements but ensures Oregon complies with existing federal law.

] [ Provides a temporary exemption from assessments imposed by a homeowners association or by an association of condominium unit owners on foreclosed property that has been deeded to a county. ] Establishes when homeowners and condominium association assessments accrue on property deeded to the county in the tax foreclosure process. Creates a lien for the amount of the assessments against the property. Excludes certain costs from the amount of assessments secured by the lien. Establishes the liability for the assessments and the date on which the lien must be satisfied. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Appropriates moneys to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for purposes of the Open Educational Resources Program. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Creates the crime of initiating a false report in the first degree. Punishes by a maximum of 10 years' imprisonment, $250,000 fine, or both. Creates the crime of initiating a false report in the second degree. Punishes by a maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both. Renames the crime of initiating a false report to initiating a false report in the third degree. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Creates an Oregon personal income tax subtraction for tips received by the taxpayer during the tax year. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, and before January 1, 2032. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Allows the owner of property outside an urban growth boundary to site an additional dwelling on the property for occupancy by a relative of the owner. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.