Rep. Annessa Hartman

] [ Provides that compensation for injury to livestock or working dogs under the wolf depredation compensation and financial assistance grant program must be based on fair market value and other factors. Caps compensation at $25,000 per animal. Removes the provision authorizing compensation for missing livestock. ] Directs the State Department of Agriculture to modify the methodology under which participating counties award grants for wolf depredation compensation. Establishes reporting requirements for counties and for the department to report to the Legislative Assembly on financial assistance provided under the program.

Maddy summaryHB 2019 designates August 25 of each year as Oregon Adoption Day to celebrate adoptive families and raise awareness about adoption. It creates an annual state observance recognizing the bonds of adoption and encouraging more Oregonians to consider adoption, without changing adoption laws or providing new services. The bill declares an emergency to allow immediate implementation upon passage, making it effective May 22, 2025. This is a symbolic measure focused on awareness, not policy change.

Establishes a statewide goal for homeownership. Requires the Housing and Community Services Department to track goal progress [ as part of the Oregon Housing Needs Analysis ]. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Requires certain private persons, before engaging in search and rescue efforts, to make specified disclosures to the family of the missing person and to notify county sheriffs.

] [ Increases the penalty for unlawful dissemination of an intimate image and renames the crime. Punishes by a maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both, or 10 years' imprisonment, $250,000 fine, or both, if the person has a prior conviction. Modifies the crime to include the disclosure of digitally created, manipulated or altered images. ] [ Creates the crime of unlawful dissemination of an intimate image in the second degree. Punishes by a maximum of 364 days' imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both, or five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both, if the person has a prior conviction. ] Modifies the crime of unlawful dissemination of an intimate image to include the disclosure of digitally created, manipulated or altered images.

[ Clarifies the meaning of "because of age" for purposes of employment discrimination law. Permits observing the terms of a bona fide seniority system or bona fide employee benefit plan when taking an employment action. ] Makes it an unlawful employment practice for an employer to require or request disclosure of certain information regarding age and attendance or graduation dates. Provides exceptions. Removes the provision allowing age limits for the purpose of selecting apprentices to bring such conduct within the scope of the unlawful discrimination statute. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Requires the Commission on Indian Services and the Department of Education to study the Tribal Attendance Promising Practices grant program. Directs the commission and the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to education not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.

Maddy summarySCR 31 is a ceremonial resolution commending Oregon's Legislative Commission on Indian Services (LCIS) for its 50th anniversary. It recognizes LCIS as the nation's first permanent state commission dedicated to tribal-state consultation, established in 1975 to advise Oregon's government on American Indian needs and foster communication between the state and Oregon's nine federally recognized tribes. The resolution has no policy impact - it solely honors LCIS's historical role as a forum for tribal-state collaboration without creating new programs or altering laws.

Maddy summaryHB 2582 removes all references to the National CASA Association from Oregon law governing Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) programs. The bill amends statutes to eliminate requirements that statewide CASA coordinators must be National CASA Association members, follow its standards, or that local CASA programs must have National CASA accreditation. This change affects Oregon's CASA Volunteer Programs, which recruit and train advocates for children in foster care, by removing a specific connection to the national organization. The law modifies existing statutory language without altering CASA program operations or funding mechanisms. The bill was signed into law and takes effect January 1, 2026.

Allows a federally recognized Indian tribe located in this state to submit a request to the Governor for retrocession of Public Law 280 jurisdiction. Prescribes the Governor's duties. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.