Establishes certain requirements concerning aquaculture. Establishes the Aquatic Animals Fund, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Appropriates moneys in the Aquatic Animals Fund to the State Department of Fish and Wildlife for certain purposes related to aquaculture and aquatic animals.
Directs the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to administer a grant program to fund basic needs programming. Appropriates moneys to the commission to establish the program and award grants for basic needs programming. Sunsets the grant program on January 2, 2027. Establishes the Task Force on Student Housing to review and make recommendations on policy changes regarding barriers that students in higher education face in accessing affordable housing. Sunsets the task force on January 2, 2027. Directs the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to award grants to nonprofit organizations that provide affordable housing support to low-income students in higher education in this state. Appropriates moneys to the commission for purposes of awarding the grants. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
] Establishes the Nonprofit [ Organization ] Advisory Council [ within the Oregon Department of Administrative Services ]. Specifies the membership of the council and requires the council to [ review the state's ] consult with the Oregon Department of Administrative Services and with employees of state agencies that make grants to or enter into public contracts with nonprofit organizations concerning granting and procurement processes as applied to nonprofit organizations . Provides that the council shall also identify and recommend updates to statutes and administrative rule to improve grant making and contracting processes with nonprofit organizations, evaluate and recommend whether to create a centralized database to manage grant making and report to the Legislative Assembly. [ Establishes the Nonprofit Organization Partnership Fund to fund the council. ] Specifies requirements for grant agreements and public contracts into which state agencies enter with nonprofit organizations. [ Requires the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to create a centralized database for use in managing the state's grants to nonprofit organizations. ] [ Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. ].
Includes a liquor store agent appointed by the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission in the definition of "licensee" for purposes of alcoholic beverages laws. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Creates additional rules and requirements for pharmacy benefit managers and a policy or certificate of health insurance or other contract providing for the reimbursement of the cost of a prescription drug.
Maddy summarySB 705 modifies Oregon's workers' compensation rules for workers with multiple jobs who suffer temporary total disability. It creates a new process where insurers can pay supplemental benefits based on combined earnings from all jobs (instead of just one job), but must then be reimbursed by the state Workers' Benefit Fund for the amount exceeding what would have been paid for a single-job worker. This directly affects injured workers with multiple jobs and their employers/insurers, ensuring the state covers the extra cost of these supplemental payments. The law applies to benefits payable starting January 1, 2026, and clarifies that these supplemental benefit costs won't impact insurance rate calculations.
Creates a volunteer registry with the State Board of Architect Examiners for commercial interior designers. Requires the Governor to appoint four new members to the board, three of whom must be registered commercial interior designers. Prescribes the powers and duties of the reconstituted board with respect to registering and specifying a scope of practice for registered commercial interior designers. Permits registered commercial interior designers to stamp and sign, and have accepted by regulatory authorities, technical submissions within the appropriate scope of work as part of an application for a building permit. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Provides funding to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to be distributed to Oregon Health and Science University for purposes of the Addiction Medicine Fellowship program. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
Phases in the requirement that school districts offer lunch and breakfast to students at no charge, regardless of household income. Provides exceptions. Requires school districts that make breakfast accessible at a school site to make breakfast accessible at the school site after the beginning of the day. Provides exceptions. Prescribes nutrition standards for reimbursable meals that are paid for by state sources. Directs the Department of Education to apply for statewide participation in federal programs and projects that expand the availability of free or reduced price meals. Appropriates moneys to the Department of Education from the General Fund for the purposes of paying any costs owed by parents or guardians for costs previously incurred for a reimbursable meal and assisting school districts in purchasing or upgrading equipment necessary to comply with the expanded provision of free lunches and breakfasts. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
] [ Directs the Oregon Health Authority to adopt minimum quality and performance standards to certify recovery residences that contract with the authority, a coordinated care organization or a county behavioral health department to provide housing supports to individuals with substance use disorders. Prescribes the circumstances under which the authority, a coordinated care organization or a county behavioral health department may contract with a recovery residence. ] Authorizes the Oregon Health Authority, a coordinated care organization or a county to contract with a recovery residence to provide housing supports to individuals with substance use disorders only if the recovery residence has been certified by a recovery residence certifying organization. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
