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.
Establishes the Home and Community-Based Services Workforce Standards Board. Prescribes the duties of the board. Directs the board to establish minimum working standards for the home and community-based services workforce. Requires the board to take certain actions before adopting proposed minimum standards. Directs certain state agencies to conduct a fiscal impact analysis to determine whether a proposed minimum standard will increase the fiscal obligations of the state, including an increase in Medicaid reimbursement rates. [ Requires the board to submit a written report to the Legislative Assembly regarding any adopted standard that is anticipated to impact the state budget. Provides that any such standard must be ratified by the Legislative Assembly before taking effect. ] Requires the board to report to the Legislative Assembly and to the Governor the increase in funding needed to implement the standard. Provides that a rule establishing a minimum standard may not take effect before the Legislative Assembly has appropriated funding and the board has received approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, if applicable. Permits the Bureau of Labor and Industries to conduct investigations, issue subpoenas, administer oaths, obtain evidence and take testimony to make determinations regarding implementation and compliance with the minimum standards established by the board. Provides remedies for allegations of violations of the minimum standards established by the board. Clarifies that relief may be sought for alleged violations no sooner than 90 days after a rule establishing a minimum standard takes effect. Requires the board to conduct a [ biennial ] quadrennial comprehensive review, including a labor market analysis to inform the board's decisions to adopt new minimum standards or revise existing standards. [ Permits the board to establish uniform training standards for the home and community-based services workforce and to establish a process by rule for certifying worker organizations to provide the training to workers. ] Requires the board to submit a biennial report to the Governor and the Legislative Assembly summarizing the results of the comprehensive review and any actions taken by the board in the prior biennium. Requires the online registry administered by the Department of Human Services to include workers from the home and community-based services workforce. Requires that any public hearing conducted by the board be accessible through electronic or virtual means, if possible.
Requires transportation network companies to pay minimum compensation rates to drivers. [ Directs transportation network companies to establish written policies concerning account deactivations and provides requirements for such policies. Requires that such policies include an appeals process that meets certain minimum requirements by which drivers may appeal an account deactivation. ] Prohibits transportation network companies from issuing an account deactivation absent just cause. [ Directs the Bureau of Labor and Industries to contract with a nonprofit organization to operate a driver resource center. ] Establishes minimum paid sick time requirements for transportation network companies. Requires transportation network companies to provide dispatched trip information and receipt information to drivers and passengers. Imposes recordkeeping requirements for transportation network companies [ and requires the companies to compile data to submit reports to the bureau. Directs the bureau to report to the Legislative Assembly on the information received from the transportation network companies ]. [ Establishes the Task Force on the Ensuring Meaningful Access to Benefits for Transportation Network Company Drivers. ] Requires transportation network companies to comply with notice requirements to apprise drivers of certain information regarding the rights and protections afforded to drivers. Provides the Bureau of Labor and Industries with enforcement authority over the provisions of the Act. Provides remedies for drivers alleging unlawful practices. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
] [ Requires the Department of Human Services to study immigration. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to human services not later than September 15, 2026. ] [ Sunsets on January 2, 2027. ] Requires the Department of Human Services to contract with eligible entities to provide support services to refugees residing in this state, for up to 24 months, and immigration assistance and referrals to individuals who are seeking a refugee status. Defines "eligible entity" and modifies definition of "refugee."
Adds school districts[ , education service districts and public charter schools ] that apply for and receive a matching fund grant from the Department of Education to the definition of "qualifying agency" for the purpose of applying apprenticeship requirements in connection with constructing public improvement projects. [ Specifies demonstrations that contractors must make to a qualifying agency as part of the qualifying agency's responsibility determination. Specifies exemptions for contractors that enter into project labor agreements with school districts ] Provides that school districts that are qualifying agencies must retain in the school district general fund the amount of any reduction in payment to a contractor as a consequence of the contractor's failure to meet apprenticeship requirements . Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires a hospital to establish, update and make public a list of standard charges that lists the regular rates or prices established by the hospital for items or services and shoppable services offered or provided by the hospital. Specifies the information that a list of standard charges must include. [ Requires a hospital to provide each newly created or updated list of standard charges to the Oregon Health Authority. ] [ Directs the authority to create an electronic form for submitting complaints to the authority. Directs the authority to require a hospital to take immediate or corrective action to remedy any violations. ] [ Provides for a private right of action if a hospital initiates or pursues a collection action for a debt owed on an item or service if the hospital is not in compliance. ] [ Provides for civil penalties. ].
Recognizes the Portland Trail Blazers for their economic and cultural contributions to the State of Oregon. Urges the team's owners to keep the team in this state.
Maddy summarySB 450 designates November 14 of each year as "Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day" in Oregon, honoring Ruby Bridges' 1960 integration of a previously all-white school. The bill has no policy requirements or direct impact on specific groups - it simply establishes an annual observance for schools and communities to reflect on racial justice. It declares an emergency for immediate effect upon passage (effective June 20, 2025), though this is procedural for commemorative legislation. The designation aligns with nationwide efforts like Salem-Keizer's Safe Routes to School program, which uses the day for anti-racism education. No substantive changes to law or funding are involved.
Requires local governments or special districts to complete final review of final engineering plans for residential development within [ 90 ] 120 days of submission. [ Defines "urban housing application." Requires urban housing applications to be reviewed as limited land use decisions. Authorizes award of attorney fees to applicant if engineering plans or land use applications for residential development are not processed timely. ] Establishes a limited review process for certain applications for residential development within an urban growth boundary. Becomes operative on July 1, 2026. Prohibits local governments from applying certain design review requirements for certain [ urban housing applications ] residential developments within an urban growth boundary . Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Prohibits discrimination when selecting or retaining school library materials, textbooks or instructional materials or when developing and implementing a curriculum. Prescribes requirements for the removal of library materials, textbooks and instructional materials. Directs the Department of Education to provide technical assistance for school library programs. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
