Sen. Noah Robinson

Requires a health care practitioner to exercise the proper degree of care to preserve the health and life of a child born alive, regardless of whether the birth was the result of an induced abortion. Allows specified persons to bring an action against a health care practitioner for violations. Allows the court to order that the identity or personally identifiable information of specified persons is protected from disclosure.

Requires each school district, education service district and public charter school to ensure that state moneys received by the district or school are used to educate the student for which the moneys are received. First applies to the 2026-2027 school year. Takes effect July 1, 2026.

Maddy summarySB 678 repeals wildfire protection provisions from Senate Bill 762 (2021) and declares a statewide emergency effective July 1, 2025. It removes existing rules related to forestland management, fire hazard reduction, and liability protections for prescribed burns, while adding new definitions for terms like "wildland-urban interface" and "emergency" in Oregon law. The bill directly affects Oregon's wildfire management framework, shifting from prior regulations to a new emergency declaration system. This change modifies how forestland fire prevention and response activities are governed under state law, without creating new substantive fire protection requirements.

Instructs the Water Resources Commission to allow the appropriation of water from the mainstem of the Columbia River at a total rate and duty of two percent of average annual flow. Requires state agencies to convey easements to facilitate the appropriation of water from the mainstem of the Columbia River.

Authorizes district school boards to establish a policy to encourage students to develop vocational skills by performing maintenance tasks for school districts.

Prohibits an abortion unless a health care provider first determines the probable gestational age of the unborn child, except in the case of a medical emergency. Defines "abortion" and "health care provider." Prohibits the abortion of an unborn child with a probable gestational age of 15 or more weeks, except in the case of a medical emergency, rape or incest. Requires that an abortion of an unborn child with probable gestational age of 15 or more weeks be performed or induced in specified facilities and with specific safeguards in place. Allows specified persons to bring an action against a health care provider for violations. Requires a health care provider who performs or induces, or attempts to perform or induce, an abortion to file a report with the Oregon Health Authority. Requires the authority to publish annually statistics relating to abortion. Allows specified persons to bring a cause of action for actual and punitive damages and injunctive relief against a health care provider for violations. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Deletes two bases for a worker to refuse an offer of modified employment without losing temporary total disability benefits to increase possible modified employment placements.

Allows a school district, an education service district or a public charter school to employ a person who is not licensed or registered with the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to teach reading to students. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Directs all state agencies, statewide elected officials and other entities to seek legislative changes only through legislative measures requested and introduced by members and committees of the Legislative Assembly. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Prohibits the Department of Corrections, Oregon Youth Authority or Oregon Health Authority from paying for or providing, directly or indirectly, gender-affirming care to individuals in the custody of a correctional facility in this state.