Commerce and Consumer Protection

House Bill 3779 · Requires a person that provides debt resolution services to consumers in this state to register with the Department of Consumer and Business Services and regulates the activities of debt resolution service providers.

Sent March 4, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 115 days

House Bill 3792 · Increases from $20 million to $40 million the minimum amount to be collected from the customers of electric companies for low-income electric bill payment and crisis assistance.

Sent March 4, 2025 · Reported out after 42 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 3828 · Requires the Department of Consumer and Business Services to study the effects of regulating sensitive data.

Sent March 4, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 115 days

House Bill 3830 · Prohibits a professional licensing board from denying issuance of an authorization issued by the professional licensing board to an individual based solely on the individual's immigration or citizenship status.

Sent March 4, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 115 days

House Bill 3834 · Directs the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to establish a program to provide reinsurance against the risk of economic loss for insurers that issue policies of insurance against damage or loss caused by wildlife.

Sent March 4, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 115 days

House Bill 3865 · Prohibits as an unlawful practice under the Unlawful Trade Practices Act a person's initiating a telephone solicitation outside specified hours or more than three separate times within a 24-hour period or misrepresenting or falsifying the person's identity or the purpose of the call.

Sent March 4, 2025 · Reported out after 31 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 3875 · 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.

Sent March 4, 2025 · Reported out after 31 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 3899 · Lowers the thresholds above which, in applicable circumstances, controllers are subject to regulation in processing consumers' personal data.

Sent March 4, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 115 days

House Bill 3696 · Requires application stores and developers to verify the age of users and categorize them accordingly.

Sent February 27, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 120 days

Senate Bill 550 · Adds electric wheelchairs and complex rehabilitation technology to the type of consumer equipment for which an original equipment manufacturer must make available to an owner or independent repair provider a tool, part or other device or implement that the original equipment manufacturer makes available to an authorized service provider for the purpose of diagnosing, maintaining, repairing or updating consumer equipment.

Sent February 27, 2025 · Reported out after 85 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 3636 · Requires insurers to offer personal injury protection benefits to persons insured under the insurer's motor vehicle liability policy, but makes the decision to elect to receive personal injury protection benefits optional.

Sent February 21, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 126 days

House Bill 3647 · Requires a person that operates a service station, business or other place for the purpose of retailing and delivering gasoline, diesel or other fuel to display on a sign visible from the street and on a sign visible at or near each dispensing device the prices charged for all grades of gasoline, diesel or other fuel.

Sent February 21, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 126 days

House Bill 3566 · Modifies laws related to towing.

Sent February 20, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 127 days

House Bill 3605 · Punishes a violation of the laws that regulate home solicitation sales as an unlawful practice under the Unlawful Trade Practices Act.

Sent February 20, 2025 · Reported out after 39 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 3533 · Prohibits a person that offers or sells consumer goods or services in this state from advertising, displaying or offering a price for the consumer goods or services that does not include all fees and charges that a resident must pay to complete the transaction in the consumer goods or services other than taxes or fees that a governmental body imposes on the transaction or reasonable charges actually incurred for shipping the goods or providing the services.

Sent February 12, 2025 · Reported out after 56 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate

House Bill 3510 · Prohibits knowingly or intentionally selling or offering for sale admission tickets that a person obtains by using software that is designed to circumvent, thwart, interfere with or evade a control or measure, including a security measure or an access control system, that an operator, ticket seller or reseller establishes or uses to ensure an equitable distribution, sale or resale of admission tickets for an entertainment event.

Sent February 6, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 141 days

House Bill 3345 · Requires taxis and rideshare vehicles to have rideshare plates that have cherry red lettering and numbering.

Sent January 30, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 148 days

House Bill 3370 · Modifies the time frame in which state agencies may submit information to financial institutions related to deceased members or depositors.

Sent January 30, 2025 · Reported out after 22 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 3371 · Requires landlords to notify and treat lienholders of abandoned vehicles the same as lienholders of abandoned recreational vehicles, manufactured dwellings or floating homes.

Sent January 30, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 148 days

House Bill 3423 · Directs an insurer to consider only specified information in determining rates for a motor vehicle liability insurance policy.

Sent January 30, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 148 days

House Bill 3431 · Expands the application of certain statutes requiring publication in a newspaper to allow publication in online news publications.

Sent January 30, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 148 days

House Bill 3442 · Exempts from the requirement to obtain a money transmission license a person that assists with or facilitates payment for goods or services under the terms of a contract with a payee if the person does not engage in money transmission and if payment to the person satisfies or otherwise extinguishes a payor's obligation to the payee.

Sent January 30, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 148 days

House Bill 3447 · Requires a business that makes retail sales of certain nitrous oxide canisters to verify the recipient is at least 18 years of age.

Sent January 30, 2025 · Reported out after 36 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 3255 · Prohibits an online business from operating in this state unless the online business maintains a permanent telephone number and electronic mail address that allows customers to contact the online business with concerns and receive a timely and substantive response.

Sent January 24, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 154 days

House Bill 3265 · Requires the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to study alternative methods to implement retainage provisions in public improvement contracts.

Sent January 24, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 154 days

House Bill 3332 · Modifies the uses for certain moneys received by the Oregon Racing Commission from Multi-Jurisdictional Simulcasting and Interactive Wagering Totalizator Hubs.

Sent January 24, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 154 days

House Bill 2048 · Prohibits the Oregon Health Authority from issuing a license to a food cart that does not have a licensed commissary as a base of operation.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2071 · Prohibits state and local governments from restricting certain activities related to blockchain protocols and digital assets.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2127 · Makes various changes to the laws that govern franchise agreements between motor vehicle dealers and manufacturers, distributors and importers.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 77 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2128 · Updates and standardizes state laws that govern soliciting, offering, negotiating and selling travel insurance and products and services that include or are related to travel insurance.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 82 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2129 · Provides that a court may not stay or prohibit a Federal Home Loan Bank from exercising rights to collateral pledged by an insurer-member that is subject to a delinquency proceeding.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2130 · Makes various changes to the responsibilities of the Oregon Insurance Guaranty Association with respect to providing coverage for the obligations of member insurers.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 49 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2131 · Requires a license to provide earned income access services in this state.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2141 · Creates a volunteer registry with the State Board of Architect Examiners for commercial interior designers.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2193 · Prohibits a person from engaging in or refusing to engage in an economic relationship with a resident of this state, or allowing or barring the resident from entry into a place of public accommodation, on the basis of or with reference to any score, rating, appraisal, assessment or other evaluation of the resident's social standing or reputation, adherence to or expression of a religious, moral or political belief or doctrine, compliance with a public health mandate or exercise of a constitutionally protected right, including the right to free expression or freedom of association or assembly.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2308 · Requires manufacturers of consumer products that enable access to the Internet, that have operating systems that recognize the geographical location where the device is being used and that determine a user's age during setup to also have a parental control filter that blocks access to software applications and Internet sites that provide access to obscene material and to turn the parental control filter on automatically during setup for users who are younger than 18 years of age.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2330 · Establishes the Task Force on Law Enforcement Interdiction Against Financial Scams on Older Oregonians.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 52 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 2338 · Creates a new tax professional certification known as a registered tax aide.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 73 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2366 · Provides that a fixed percentage of certain forecasted video lottery revenues be transferred to counties for economic development.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2373 · Prohibits selling or offering for sale a timeshare without a license.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 73 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2378 · Requires the Dean of the College of Forestry at Oregon State University to establish a lumber grading training program at the university.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2380 · Directs the Board of Cosmetology to adopt rules to allow the holder of a provisional certificate to perform in a cosmetology field of practice under the supervision of a practitioner in the same field of practice under certain circumstances.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 88 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2446 · Prohibits a massage facility from being located within 1,000 feet of a school or similar building.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2462 · Revises some of the time limits allowed for filing complaints with the Construction Contractors Board.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2528 · Adds "nicotine derived from any source" to the definitions of "inhalant delivery system" and "tobacco products."

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 88 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate

House Bill 2561 · Declares that this state does not want the amendments set forth in section 521 of the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980 to apply to consumer finance loans made in this state.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 35 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate

House Bill 2562 · Requires the Department of Consumer and Business Services to collect a series of data related to the underwriting practices and criteria involved in issuing motor vehicle liability insurance policies in this state.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2563 · Requires an insurer to provide to an insured a clear and reasonable explanation of the reasons for any increase in the premium amount for a qualified policy upon renewal of the qualified policy.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 75 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2568 · Establishes two new subaccounts in the Consumer and Business Services Fund: the Consumer Financial Education Account and the Consumer Insurance Education Account.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2572 · Prohibits agreements between franchisors and franchisees from requiring franchisees to conduct business during hours or days the franchisee deems unprofitable or unsafe or on religious holidays.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2584 · Prohibits a franchisor from imposing upon or collecting from a franchisee a fee that the franchisor did not disclose in the agreement under which the franchisor and franchisee established the franchise or in the disclosure document a franchisor must provide to the franchisee under federal law.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2590 · Prohibits a franchisor from requiring a franchisee to purchase goods, supplies, inventories or services from the franchisor or a source the franchisor designates if goods, supplies, inventories or services of comparable quality are available elsewhere.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2651 · Prohibits a person from charging as the sum of specified fees more than $150 or one half of one percent of the amount of a consumer finance loan made for the purpose of purchasing a motor vehicle or one half of one percent of cash sale price of the motor vehicle.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2657 · Permits the Building Codes Structures Board to adopt licensing standards for performing structural masonry in essential facilities.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2680 · Requires a contractor, as a condition of receiving public funds to install, repair or remodel a fenestration product or system in a public building, to have a national certification as a glazing contractor and at least one employee that has a national certification as an architectural glass and metal technician.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 87 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2691 · Provides that a manufactured-protein food product that bears a label suggesting that the food product is made from meat is misbranded unless the food product contains text disclosing that the food product is not made from meat.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2709 · Prohibits a warrantor from accepting a fee from a resident for an extended warranty unless the warrantor knows that the resident's motor vehicle qualifies for coverage under the extended warranty.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2744 · Prohibits insurers that issue a policy of insurance that provides coverage or benefits to an insured for veterinary services for the insured's pet from excluding, limiting or reducing the coverage or benefits on the basis of a preexisting condition that affects the pet's health or physical condition.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2775 · Requires the Department of Consumer and Business Services to study the feasibility of providing discounted mortgage loans to home buyers who install energy generation improvements capable of providing electricity to a local utility.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2781 · Provides that a court may not stay or prohibit a Federal Home Loan Bank from exercising rights to collateral pledged by an insurer-member that is subject to a delinquency proceeding.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2872 · Requires that a building permit must show a contractor's Construction Contractors Board license number if the contractor is known.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2882 · Directs the Appraiser Certification and Licensure Board to establish a program to award grants to state certified appraisers and state licensed appraisers to whom the board issues a certificate or license on or after January 1, 2026.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2889 · Clarifies the meaning of "provide consultative services" to require the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services to provide incentive to small employers to participate in consultative services, to provide maximum allowable protection from fines and penalties to small employers that participate in consultative services and to promote consultative services to the small business community.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2966 · Establishes the State Public Finance Task Force.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 53 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 2971 · Modifies the allowable investments for certain financial institutions.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 82 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 3020 · Prohibits wagering on dog races.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 52 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 3023 · Removes requirement that the Oregon Racing Commission transfer certain fees related to Multi-Jurisdictional Simulcasting and Interactive Wagering Totalizator Hubs to the General Fund.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 3089 · Defines "wildfire risk" for the purpose of determining certain obligations of insurers related to homeowner insurance.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 3102 · Directs the Department of Consumer and Business Services to study certain impacts of damages from wildfire.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 82 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 3115 · Prohibits the transfer, for consideration, of winning Oregon State Lottery tickets or shares above a certain value.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 53 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 3156 · Requires each public utility to include with each utility bill the phone numbers for the Public Utility Commission's consumer services and website address for the commission's online consumer complaint form.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 82 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 3159 · Limits the maximum percentage by which a public utility may increase a rate or schedule of rates in a calendar year to the average percentage change of the Consumer Price Index.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 3167 · Prohibits willfully selling or using software that is designed to circumvent, thwart, interfere with or evade a control or measure, including a security measure or an access control system, that an operator, ticket seller or reseller establishes or uses to ensure an equitable distribution, sale or resale of admission tickets for an entertainment event, including a public or private presale of admission tickets.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 87 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 3177 · Requires a motor vehicle seller to check a used motor vehicle's vehicle identification number against the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's motor vehicle safety recall database and to repair or replace all parts of the motor vehicle that are subject to a safety recall before advertising or offering the motor vehicle for sale or lease.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 3178 · Requires a seller in a motor vehicle transaction that involves a retail installment contract or lease agreement to make a good faith effort to sell the retail installment contract or lease agreement to a lender on the exact terms that the seller and buyer negotiated.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 77 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 3179 · Directs the Public Utility Commission to consider the cumulative economic impact of an electric or natural gas company's proposed residential rate or schedule of rates.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 82 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 3184 · Provides that a homestead may not be sold on execution to satisfy a judgment that does not exceed the amount of the homestead exemption.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 3188 · Directs the Housing and Community Services Department to establish a program to guarantee against losses in mortgage loans that lenders extend to first-time home buyers.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 20 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 3234 · Authorizes the Attorney General, at the Attorney General's own initiative, but in consultation and cooperation with the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, to investigate and bring an action against a health insurer or affiliate of a health insurer in a court of this state to enforce a violation of the antitrust laws of this state, to obtain damages, a civil penalty or restitution, and to enjoin an act or practice that constitutes a monopoly, a business combination in restraint of trade or commerce or a substantial reduction or elimination of competition or competitors within a region or market of this state, or that otherwise constitutes an unlawful trade practice.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days