Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Business Development Department for distribution to local governments and other entities for purposes related to public safety. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
Repeals provisions related to building code standards for wildfire hazard mitigation, defensible space requirements, fire protection for lands outside forest protection districts and the wildfire hazard map. Makes changes related to defensible space. Makes changes related to the wildland-urban interface. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
] Directs the Department of the State Fire Marshal to establish a grant program to facilitate the retrofitting of dwellings [ and accessory structures ] to reduce vulnerability to wildfire. Appropriates moneys to the department out of the General Fund for the program. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Prohibits a research facility from using public funds to directly fund medically unnecessary laboratory research on dogs or cats that is classified under certain pain and distress categories. Prohibits a person from conducting research or testing on nonhuman primates at the Oregon National Primate Research Center. Establishes the Task Force on Planning the Elimination of Research on Nonhuman Primates. Directs the task force to draft a plan for eliminating the breeding of, and research on, nonhuman primates at the Oregon National Primate Research Center. Exempts the task force from public meetings law requirements. Sunsets the task force in 2041.
Appropriates moneys out of the General Fund to the State Forestry Department for deposit in the Rangeland Protection Association Fund. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
] Directs the Oregon Business Development Department to develop a roadmap for the purpose of promoting voluntary industrial symbiosis activities in Oregon. Requires the department to submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to economic development not later than September 15, 2026. Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Business Development Department to fund technical assistance for up to six industrial symbiosis pilot communities in Oregon. Authorizes certain county service districts to fund water resource management services with charges for district services, facilities or commodities. [ Sunsets on January 2, 2028. ] Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Allows virtual public charter schools that do not provide educational services through a for-profit entity that contracts with the governing body of the virtual public charter school to be eligible for grants distributed from the Student Investment Account. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Increases the amount of income tax credit allowed to rural medical providers. Removes the eligibility limitation based on the adjusted gross income of the medical provider. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2025. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
] Appropriates moneys to the Department of Education [ to establish an accreditation ] for a statewide education program for school business professionals. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
Establishes an income tax credit for volunteer firefighters. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, and before January 1, 2032. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
