Bills in the 2026 Regular Session, House.
Ed Diehl
Sponsored
Became law1
Requires the Oregon Health Authority to adopt rules and procedures to allow a hospital to apply for a license as a rural emergency hospital.
In committee1
Creates Oregon corporate excise and income tax subtractions for amounts received in resolution of a civil action arising from wildfire.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Sets maximum matching fund requirements for state grants to small incorporated cities for certain capital construction and municipal infrastructure and improvements.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 2
Expands the definition of "debilitating medical condition" for the medical use of marijuana.
Increases the penalties for the crime of initiating a false report when a person intentionally causes an enhanced law enforcement response and recklessly causes serious physical injury or death as a result of the response.
Out of committee · 3
Expands the rural health care income tax credit to include pharmacist services performed in rural communities.
Directs the State Forester to determine the available state forestland, establish sustainable harvest levels for harvesting timber on state forestland and manage available state forestland.
Increases the biennial lottery allocation made for the outdoor school program.
In committee · 9
Restores the restrictions on methods of financing for certain mass transit districts.
Appropriates moneys to the State Forestry Department to offset landowners' costs of fire protection provided by the department.
Allows a person to title and register a Kei truck in Oregon.
Provides that an operator may require an adult person who engages in a sport, fitness or recreational activity in various ways to release the operator from claims for ordinary negligence.
Directs a hospital to implement a hospital-wide nurse staffing plan that has been developed and adopted by the hospital nurse staffing committee or, if the committee has not adopted a plan, a hospital-wide nurse staffing plan that meets the statutory requirements.
Requires a health care practitioner to exercise the proper degree of care to preserve the health and life of a child born alive, regardless of whether the birth was the result of an induced abortion.
Increases sentencing guidelines for felony fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer.
Declares that peace officers are immune from criminal and civil liability for the use of restraints or physical force during the transportation of a person subject to involuntary treatment, provided certain criteria are met.
Requires participation by the state in a federal program that allows tax credits for contributions by individuals to scholarship granting organizations.