Sen. Deb Patterson

] [ Requires the Housing and Community Services Department to study housing. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to housing not later than September 15, 2026. ] Authorizes the Housing and Community Services Department to provide grants to support tenants of publicly supported housing when the housing's affordability restrictions are terminated. Establishes the Expiring Affordable Housing Tenant Support Fund. Appropriates moneys for deposit into the fund. Declares an emergency, effective on 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.

] [ Provides a temporary exemption from assessments imposed by a homeowners association or by an association of condominium unit owners on foreclosed property that has been deeded to a county. ] Establishes when homeowners and condominium association assessments accrue on property deeded to the county in the tax foreclosure process. Creates a lien for the amount of the assessments against the property. Excludes certain costs from the amount of assessments secured by the lien. Establishes the liability for the assessments and the date on which the lien must be satisfied. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Exempts a county or other entity that operates a nurse-family partnership program from paying the nonfederal share of the costs of targeted case management services provided by the program to medical assistance recipients. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

] Directs the Oregon State University Extension Service to develop a program for Spanish language pesticide education. Directs Oregon State University and the State Department of Agriculture to complete development of the Spanish language version of the online pesticide precertification program and to publicize the program. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution to establish a fundamental right to a clean, safe and healthy environment. Refers the proposed amendment to the people for their approval or rejection at the next regular general election held throughout this state.

Requires the Department of Human Services to update its 2022 estimate of costs to implement youth experiencing homelessness programs. Requires the Department of Human Services and the Housing and Community Services Department to study options for allocating 30 percent of their respective budgets in the 2027-2029 biennium toward reducing the number of youth aging into adult homelessness. Directs the Department of Human Services to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to housing and human services not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027. Expands eligibility for emergency housing.

Maddy summarySB 738 changes eligibility rules for college tuition waivers for youth who have been in foster care. It lowers the age limit from 14 to 10 years old for foster youth to qualify for the waiver, and adjusts the required period they must have been in foster care. The bill directly affects foster youth transitioning to higher education who previously did not meet the age or care duration requirements. This policy change expands access to tuition waivers for more young adults who have experienced foster care.

Requires an individual or entity to obtain a certificate of need from the Oregon Health Authority before the individual or entity may establish a new hospice program or expand or relocate a hospice program into a new service area. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

] [ Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study vaccine financing. Directs the authority to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health not later than September 15, 2026. ] [ Sunsets on January 2, 2027. ] Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Health Authority from the General Fund for the Vaccine Access Program.