Sen. Mike McLane

Maddy summaryHCR 29 is a commemorative resolution honoring David Todd Meyer, a retired Portland Police Bureau officer who died in December 2024. The resolution recognizes his 33-year career, including his work leading the Crisis Negotiation Team and his efforts to improve law enforcement responses to suicidal individuals. It expresses the Oregon Legislature's gratitude for his service and condolences to his family. This procedural resolution has no policy impact - it solely serves as a formal tribute to his life and legacy.

Provides that a motor vehicle manufacturer and an affiliate of a motor vehicle manufacturer must comply with the requirements of the state's privacy laws in controlling and processing personal data the motor vehicle manufacturer or affiliate obtains from a consumer's use of a motor vehicle, regardless of the number of consumers from which the motor vehicle manufacturer or affiliate obtains personal data. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Requires certain health insurers to credit any amount an enrollee pays directly to a provider toward out-of-pocket costs and deductibles in certain circumstances.

Eliminates gallonage requirements for eligibility for nonretail cardlock dispensing of motor vehicle fuel. Increases cardlock facility licensing period from one year to three years. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Maddy summarySB 1099 requires Oregon cities and counties to permit preschool programs on properties used for religious worship (like churches or mosques), while explicitly excluding private or parochial schools for grades K-12. The bill amends zoning laws to ensure religious properties can host preschools as a permitted use, alongside existing activities like worship services and meal programs. It declares an emergency, making the law effective immediately upon the governor’s signature on June 3, 2025. This directly affects religious organizations seeking to expand early childhood education services on their land.

Maddy summarySCR 31 is a ceremonial resolution commending Oregon's Legislative Commission on Indian Services (LCIS) for its 50th anniversary. It recognizes LCIS as the nation's first permanent state commission dedicated to tribal-state consultation, established in 1975 to advise Oregon's government on American Indian needs and foster communication between the state and Oregon's nine federally recognized tribes. The resolution has no policy impact - it solely honors LCIS's historical role as a forum for tribal-state collaboration without creating new programs or altering laws.

Digest: Names a day in April 2025 Purple Up! Day for Month of the Military Child in Oregon. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.8). Designates April 10, 2025, as Purple Up! Day for Month of the Military Child.

Allows a federally recognized Indian tribe located in this state to submit a request to the Governor for retrocession of Public Law 280 jurisdiction. Prescribes the Governor's duties. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Directs the field offices of the Department of Transportation located in rural counties to prioritize requests for drive tests when the request is from an applicant who lives in rural Oregon or within 50 miles of the field office.

] [ Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Water Resources Department to implement projects that benefit water demands in the Walla Walla basin. ] Authorizes the Water Resources Department to approve applications by certain water districts within the Walla Walla basin to lease existing water rights for temporary conversion to in-stream water rights if certain conditions exist and the department makes certain determinations. Establishes procedures for how applications may be considered and establishes the terms of leases that are created under the Act. Sunsets on January 2, 2030.