Rep. Ricki Ruiz

Modifies the tax credit allowed for wages paid as overtime pay to agriculture workers. Increases the percentage of wages allowed as a credit. Allows a taxpayer to receive an advance payment of credit during the year in which wages are paid. Removes the annual cap on agricultural overtime credits allowed to all taxpayers in the state. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Maddy summaryHB 3903 requires new multiunit housing developments (like apartments and condos) within Oregon's urban growth boundaries to include at least one dedicated parking space per residential unit. This applies to most new construction projects but allows exceptions only if the development is located within half a mile of a bus route serving more than six buses per hour during weekday rush hours. The law directly affects developers and local governments by setting a baseline parking requirement while permitting limited variances near high-frequency transit. It aims to reduce parking mandates for new housing near transit options without altering other land use regulations.

Requires the office of Enterprise Information Services to study cybersecurity. Directs the office to submit its findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to information management and technology not later than September 15, 2026.

Requires the Department of Education to study methods for improving school attendance. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to education no later than December 31, 2025. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Maddy summaryHCR 26 is a concurrent resolution honoring Jim Card for his decades of service to Gresham, Oregon, particularly his work restoring Tsuru Island Japanese Garden and Ebetsu Plaza. It formally recognizes his 40-year career as a landscaper/horticulturist and his efforts to revitalize Gresham’s Main City Park into a community gathering space and public destination. This resolution has no policy impact - it is purely ceremonial, expressing legislative appreciation without creating new laws, funding, or obligations. The bill directly honors Jim Card, a volunteer whose garden restoration and educational outreach improved local parks and community life.

Directs the Department of Education to use moneys from the Statewide Education Initiatives Account to provide school districts with technology for data analysis systems for the early warning system.

Requires specified agencies to consider the effects of a proposed action on older adult populations. Establishes the Shared Future Oregon Task Force and specifies the task force's membership and duties. Sunsets the task force on January 2, 2027. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Directs the Department of Education to review, make recommendations and develop procedures related to the recording of student absences and how school districts respond to student absences. Requires school districts to report to the department when a student is not considered to have regular attendance.

Prohibits the recovery from customers of certain costs and expenses that a public utility incurs as a result of negligence or a higher degree of fault on the part of the public utility. Requires an investor-owned electric utility to provide an incident report to the Department of the State Fire Marshal and the State Forestry Department whenever a fire-related incident occurs that is caused by the utility's electric power line and to provide a copy of the incident report to the Public Utility Commission. Provides that the incident report may be used as evidence. Specifies the recoverable economic damages allowed for damage or injury to property caused by a wildfire. Allows the use of other objectively verifiable information to determine fair market value.

Directs the Department of Human Services to provide grants to nonprofit service providers to assist individuals who are noncitizens to change their immigration status or obtain lawful permanent resident status. Requires the nonprofit service providers to report on the number of individuals who succeed in changing their immigration status or obtaining lawful permanent resident status. Directs the department to provide every individual served by the department information about, and a referral to the grant program. Declares that it is state policy to help Oregonians who are eligible under federal law change their immigration status or obtain lawful permanent resident status. Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the department for the purpose of providing grants. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.