Rep. Annessa Hartman

Requires the Housing and Community Services Department to amend specified down payment assistance programs to increase eligibility by January 1, 2026. Amends department home ownership programs to expand eligibility to moderate income households. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Maddy summaryHB 3767 repeals Oregon's ban on local rent control, allowing cities and counties to require new multifamily buildings (with 20+ units) to include affordable housing. Specifically, it permits local governments to mandate that 20% of units in such buildings be affordable to households earning up to 80% of the area median income, or allow developers to pay an in-lieu fee instead. Developers may also receive incentives like fee waivers or tax breaks for including affordable units. The law applies only to new construction and does not affect buildings with permit applications submitted before the law's effective date.

] [ Directs ] Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to award grants to soil and water conservation districts that operate in certain counties. Appropriates moneys to the department for distribution to the Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council for soil and water conservation districts for coordination and administrative support and to perform certain monitoring. [ Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the department for awarding the grants. ] Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Appropriates moneys to the Housing and Community Services Department to continue providing down payment assistance through culturally responsive organizations.

Directs the Department of Justice to disburse to certain obligees payments of support that have been assigned to the state beginning January 1, 2027 . Directs the Department of Human Services to disregard certain child and spousal support paid to the family beginning January 1, 2027 .

Maddy summaryHB 2946 requires Oregon's Secretary of State to conduct a fiscal audit of the Department of Transportation (DOT) and complete it by June 30, 2027. The bill mandates a financial review of the DOT's operations but does not alter the department's existing responsibilities or funding. This procedural measure directly affects the DOT through oversight by the Secretary of State's office, with no changes to DOT's day-to-day functions.

Requires the sentencing court to consider as mitigation evidence whether the defendant was subjected to domestic violence that was ongoing when the criminal behavior occurred and was a significant factor in the criminal behavior, and the criminal behavior was directed against the domestic violence perpetrator. Provides that such evidence constitutes substantial and compelling reasons justifying a downward departure sentence. Authorizes the court to impose a lesser sentence even if there is a mandatory minimum sentence or a sentence otherwise required by law. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Creates the crime of possessing, purchasing, making, delivering or selling a pill press or similar equipment. Punishes by a maximum of five years' imprisonment, a $125,000 fine, or both. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for distribution to the University of Oregon and Portland State University for water-related research and grants. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Department of Transportation for safety improvements at a specified intersection in Gladstone. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.