Requires public employer employment policies to provide for a pay differential for sign language skills in the same manner that pay differentials are provided for other bilingual or multilingual skills.
Provides that abbreviated school day program requirements do not apply to students in public charter schools if certain conditions are met. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Allows the parent or foster parent of a terminally ill student to consent to meeting once every year to review the student's abbreviated school day program. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Maddy summaryHB 3003 requires Oregon's Department of Human Services to include 13 specific data points in its annual child welfare report, such as foster care placement stability, sibling separation rates, relative placements, and congregate care usage. The report must be disaggregated by race and cover the prior 24 months, providing detailed metrics on children's experiences in foster care. This bill directly affects the Department of Human Services, mandating more comprehensive data collection for legislative oversight. The changes become effective January 1, 2026, following the governor's signing on May 12, 2025.
Expands the definition of the term "potentially dangerous dog," for dog control purposes, to include a dog that inflicts serious injury on or kills livestock.
Directs the Department of Education to establish an advisory committee to study and develop recommendations to modernize the adequate service levels for early intervention and early childhood special education in this state. Directs the advisory committee to submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to education no later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
Allows a student's parent or foster parent to consent to attending an initial meeting regarding an abbreviated school day program placement by telephone or other electronic means. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Provides that certain laws establishing crimes do not apply to the act of informing another person of the other person's civil or constitutional rights.
Maddy summarySB 548 raises Oregon's minimum legal marriage age from 17 to 18 years for all residents. It amends multiple statutes (including ORS 106.010 and 106.050) to remove exceptions allowing minors under 18 to marry, and repeals the prior exception (ORS 106.060) that permitted underage marriage with parental consent or court approval. The bill directly affects anyone seeking a marriage license in Oregon, requiring all applicants to be at least 18 years old without exceptions. This change eliminates all pathways for minors to marry in Oregon, effective January 1, 2026. The law applies uniformly to all marriages solemnized under Oregon law.
Exempts the seller and [ the nonprofit purchaser of ] a nonprofit, public body or tribe that purchases property for conservation purposes from civil or criminal liability for selling certain units of land not lawfully established. Cancels exception for a purchaser who resells the land to the private market within five years of the land being deeded for conservation purposes.
