] [ Requires the Oregon Health Authority to adopt rules for registering urgent care centers and specifies requirements. ] [ Requires coverage of services provided by registered urgent care centers by health insurance that reimburses medical costs, plans offered by the Public Employees' Benefit Board and Oregon Educators Benefit Board, health maintenance organizations and multiple employer welfare arrangements and establishes requirements for rates of reimbursement. ] [ Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. ] Requires a policy or certificate of health insurance to reimburse medical care provided at an eligible urgent care center in an amount that is 20 percent higher for the same services when the services are provided at an urgent care center that is not eligible. Includes this coverage requirement for the state medical assistance program, Oregon Educators Benefit Board, Public Employees' Benefit Board, health care services contractors and trusts carrying out multiple employer welfare arrangements. Requires the Department of Consumer and Business Services to makes rules and submit a report on the implementation of this Act. Sunsets the coverage requirements for eligible urgent care centers on January 2, 2033.
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Prohibits residential landlords from using certain software to set rents or occupancy rates. Establishes statutory damages available to affected tenants or applicants. Reduces, from 15 to seven years, duration that new dwelling units are exempt from caps on residential rent increases.
Sets maximum matching fund requirements for state grants to small incorporated cities for capital construction and municipal infrastructure. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Imposes an excise tax on retail sales of tires. Directs the Department of Revenue to transfer tax revenue to specified funds for purposes related to rail transit, tire pollution prevention and mitigation and wildlife passage infrastructure. Establishes the Tire Pollution and Rail Transit Fund. Establishes the Wildlife-Vehicle Collision Reduction Fund. Directs the Department of Transportation to establish a tire pollution prevention and mitigation program. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Directs the Department of Education to establish and administer a pilot program that provides for participatory budgeting by students in the preparation of a school district budget. Sunsets on January 2, 2029. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Appropriates moneys to be used for funding outreach regarding federal earned income tax credits and other tax benefits and to provide tax navigation and preparation to low-income individuals. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
Maddy summarySB 1007 modifies Oregon’s wrongful conviction compensation process to help people wrongfully imprisoned in the state. It clarifies eligibility (e.g., convictions reversed, pardons with innocence statements, or exoneration by a national registry) and sets fixed compensation: $65,000 per year of wrongful imprisonment and $25,000 per year for parole/supervision. Petitioners must prove their innocence by a "preponderance of the evidence" (more likely than not) in Marion County or the county of conviction, with the state represented by the Attorney General. The bill declares an emergency effective July 15, 2025, to expedite implementation of these changes.
Requires that trains have a minimum of two crew members. Provides exceptions. Imposes civil penalties for violation. Makes violation a Class D violation, punishable by a maximum fine of $250.
Increases the amount of the earned income tax credit. [ Provides that a credit is available to all adults, including childless adults, over 18. ] Provides that the credit may be paid quarterly, in advance, and is not subject to garnishment. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026. Extends the sunset for the credit. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Maddy summarySB 711 updates Oregon's photo radar rules for highway work zones. It requires photo radar units to operate within 100 yards of highway workers (or temporary road changes like lane shifts), on the same roadway for divided highways, and mandates specific signage 100-400 yards ahead of the zone. Drivers could receive speeding tickets only if officers operate radar from marked vehicles with visible speed displays, and the department must report biennially on safety impacts and public acceptance. The bill directly affects drivers in work zones, highway workers (who gain protected zones), and law enforcement agencies implementing the program.