Rep. Hoa Nguyen

Directs the [ Department of Consumer and Business Services ] Housing and Community Services Department to establish a program to guarantee against losses in mortgage loans that lenders extend to first-time home buyers. Specifies which mortgage loans qualify for the guarantee and the qualifications and duties of first-time home buyers. Specifies circumstances under which a lender may make a claim and documentation a lender must provide as support for the claim. Establishes the Welcome Home Assistance Program Fund and appropriates moneys in the fund to the department to carry out the purposes of the Act. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Removes the percentage cap on the amount of moneys that are distributed from the State School Fund to school districts for students eligible for special education as a child with a disability. Directs the Department of Education to prepare and submit a report related to special education funding and expenditures. Appropriates moneys from the General Fund for transfer to the State School Fund. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.

Lowers the thresholds above which, in applicable circumstances, controllers are subject to regulation in processing consumers' personal data. Prohibits controllers from processing sensitive data for the purposes of targeted advertising or profiling a consumer in furtherance of decisions that produce legal effects or effects of similar significance. Prohibits a controller from selling sensitive data for any reason.

] [ Directs the Oregon Health Authority to modify the amounts of grants for school-based health centers for inflation. ] [ Directs the authority to issue grants for the planning and operation of school-based health services. ] Directs the [ authority ] Oregon Health Authority to develop and implement a program to issue grants to increase and improve school-based mental health services and substance use services. Directs the authority to study methods for providing or increasing reimbursement for mental health services delivered through school-based health centers. [ Authorizes the issuance of lottery bonds for school-based health center purposes. ] Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

] Prohibits a person that [ advertises ] offers or sells consumer goods or [ consumer ] services [ for sale ] in this state from [ displaying in an advertisement or quoting during a transaction ] advertising, displaying or offering a price for the consumer goods or [ consumer ] services that does not include [ or disclose every fee ] all fees and charges that [ the consumer ] a resident must pay to complete the [ sale of ] transaction in the consumer goods or [ consumer ] services other than taxes or fees that a governmental body imposes on the transaction or reasonable charges actually incurred for shipping the goods or providing the services . Punishes a violation of the Act as an unlawful trade practice under the Unlawful Trade Practices Act.

Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Business Development Department for the purposes of the Oregon Arts Commission. Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Business Development Department for the purposes of distribution to the Oregon Arts Commission for grants to certain organizations. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

] Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to a nonprofit [ groups ] group for purposes related to interpretation of indigenous languages. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.

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.

Directs the Oregon Health Authority to administer a pilot program to provide low-barrier emergency housing for houseless or unsafely housed individuals on waiting lists for residential substance use disorder treatment or withdrawal management programs. Requires the authority to report the outcomes of the pilot program to the Legislative Assembly beginning September 15, 2026, and every two years thereafter. Sunsets the pilot program on January 2, 2033. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Maddy summaryHB 2251 requires Oregon school districts to adopt policies banning student use of personal electronic devices on school grounds, during school activities, on school transportation, or at school bus stops. The policy must allow exceptions only for devices supporting academic activities or independent communications under a student's individualized education program (IEP) or 504 plan. Districts must also outline consequences for violations and ensure policies are accessible to staff, students, and parents. This bill directly affects all public school students and districts in Oregon, shifting from previous allowances to a near-universal ban with narrow disability-related exceptions. The policy must include a process for student requests and appeals regarding device use.