Bills in the 2025 Regular Session, House.
David Gomberg
Sponsored
Became law5
Modifies the allowable investments for certain financial institutions.
Requires residential landlords to offer a method of accessing the dwelling unit other than software on tenant-owned phones or other electronic devices for the dwelling to be considered habitable.
Authorizes the Environmental Quality Commission and the Department of Environmental Quality to allow for a mixing zone to meet bacteria water quality criteria in a permit applicable to a seafood processing facility.
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.
Extends to January 1, 2027, the date by which the Department of Land Conservation and Development is to report on the department's assessment of the state enforceable policies that may be used in the federal consistency review of offshore wind leasing decisions and related actions.
Out of committee10
Appropriates moneys for distribution to the Oregon Coast Visitors Association to be used to replicate the success of the 100% Fish Project of the Iceland Ocean Cluster in utilizing fish for nonfood product manufacturing.
Provides funding to the Employment Department for staffing workforce reentry programs for adults in custody.
Appropriates moneys to the Department of Education for distribution to the Oregon Coast Visitors Association for the purpose of promoting seafood in the public schools of this state.
Establishes the Task Force on Eelgrass Resources.
Directs the Department of Land Conservation and Development to take certain actions related to rocky habitat management.
Appropriates moneys to the Department of State Lands for deposit in the Oregon Ocean Science Fund for the purpose of providing competitive grants.
Directs the Oregon Business Development Department to develop and administer a program to issue grants to certain hospitals near a tsunami inundation zone to enable the hospitals to store fuel and water for emergency purposes.
Exempts from property taxes personal property used by a business to generate or store energy for consumption by the business on its premises.
Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Business Development Department for distribution to local governments and other entities for purposes related to public safety.
Establishes the Animal Welfare Trust to provide grants to entities that provide veterinary support services related to animals in low-income households or underserved communities.
In committee10
Prohibits a person from using dogs to hunt or pursue lynx or bobcats.
Requires the Department of State Lands to study options for funding for marine cleanup.
Expands the application of certain statutes requiring publication in a newspaper to allow publication in online news publications.
Permits a winery to refuse to accept and to pay the refund value of beverage containers not sold at the winery.
Adds wine bottles to the Bottle Bill, operative July 1, 2026.
Increases fees related to livestock brands.
Requires the Employment Department to study issues related to the maritime workforce in this state.
Requires the Department of Justice to study public records requests.
Prohibits a research facility from using public funds to directly fund medically unnecessary laboratory research on dogs or cats that is classified under certain pain and distress categories.
Prohibits a research facility from using public funds to directly fund medically unnecessary laboratory research on dogs or cats that is classified under certain pain and distress categories.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 29
Describes when a person is in need of treatment because the person is a danger to self, a danger to others, unable to provide for basic personal needs or has a chronic mental disorder.
Modifies requirements for the summer learning program.
Prohibits controllers from processing personal data for the purposes of targeted advertising, or selling personal data that pertains to a consumer, if the controller has actual knowledge, or disregards knowledge of whether, a consumer is under 16 years of age or if the personal data accurately identifies within a radius of 1,750 feet a consumer's present or past location or the present or past location of a device that links or is linkable to the consumer.
Directs the State Parks and Recreation Department to adopt certain equipment standards for off-road vehicles instead of the other agencies.
Prohibits selling or offering for sale a timeshare without a license.
Prohibits drug manufacturers from interfering directly or indirectly with a pharmacy or drug outlet acquiring 340B drugs, delivering 340B drugs to certain health care providers or dispensing 340B drugs.
Directs the Oregon Health Authority to provide information on the screening protocol for cytomegalovirus to hospitals and birthing centers.
Makes certain changes concerning a program to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions.
Prohibits the transfer, for consideration, of winning Oregon State Lottery tickets or shares above a certain value.
Makes permanent the plan of assistance for low-income customers for telecommunication services.
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.
Removes the cap on fees a county may charge to fund the county's activities related to public land survey corners.
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.
Makes it an unlawful employment practice for an employer to require or request disclosure of certain information regarding age and attendance or graduation dates.
Requires the Legislative Policy and Research Director to conduct a study on statewide attendance initiatives.
Directs the State Board of Education to ensure that any revisions to the academic content standards for certain core subjects include standards that address the causes and effects of climate change and strategies for mitigating, adapting to and strengthening community resilience to those causes and effects.
Permits certain exempt ground water users to withdraw up to 3,000 gallons of water per day for watering any lawn or noncommercial or commercial garden that does not exceed one-half acre.
Allows an owner or landlord to evict a squatter.
Requires, for each dwelling unit rented by a landlord for which the source of drinking water is an exempt well in a ground water quality management area, that the landlord collect and test samples of drinking water from the dwelling unit for arsenic, coliform bacteria, lead and nitrates.
Modifies the qualifications for certain statutes of limitations for civil actions based on allowing, permitting or encouraging child abuse and sexual assault.
Requires the Housing and Community Services Department to develop a senior housing development initiative.
Establishes a defense to prosecution for theft, and immunity from civil liability, for an entity that takes possession of, keeps or disposes of a cat as provided in the Act.
Punishes a violation of the laws that regulate home solicitation sales as an unlawful practice under the Unlawful Trade Practices Act.
Makes it unlawful to falsely impersonate a union representative.
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.
Establishes the Task Force on Municipal Solid Waste in the Willamette Valley.
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.
Prohibits a person from taking a beaver on waters or watersheds that are classified in a certain manner or on public land that is within the watersheds or within 200 feet of the ordinary high water mark of the waters.
Modifies the list of persons who may receive services and assistance funded by the Emergency Housing Account.
Passed the House · 2
Authorizes the Director of the Employment Department to waive the unpaid waiting week period for unemployment insurance claimants who are unable to perform services due a state-declared emergency related to severe weather.
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.
Out of committee · 25
Directs the Oregon Business Development Department to establish the Oregon-Taiwan Trade Center and the Oregon-Vietnam Trade Center.
Requires owners or operators of bulk oils or liquid fuels terminals to obtain a certificate of financial responsibility from the Department of Environmental Quality.
Removes the percentage cap on the amount of moneys that are distributed from the State School Fund to school districts for students eligible for special education as a child with a disability.
Increases the amount of the earned income tax credit.
Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to various entities for food production and distribution.
Directs the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to establish a Wildlife Stewardship Program.
Modifies provisions relating to the administrative proceedings of the Public Utility Commission.
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.
Directs specified state agencies to collaborate with local and regional officials to develop the CORE3 center.
Allocates lottery funds to the Oregon Business Development Department to develop a unified trade strategy for Oregon in collaboration with the Port of Portland, the Oregon Tourism Commission, the State Department of Agriculture and other stakeholders.
Allocates eight-tenths of one percent of net proceeds from the Oregon State Lottery to the County Fair Account and two-tenths of one percent of net proceeds from the lottery to the Horse Racing Account.
Directs the Oregon Business Development Department to enter into an agreement with a nonprofit organization or local government association to serve as a statewide rural community resource center.
Appropriates moneys to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for distribution to the Sustainable City Year Program at the University of Oregon.
Directs the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to distribute moneys to the Oregon Association of Water Utilities to provide technical assistance, or enter into a contract with a third party to provide technical assistance, to address the needs and vulnerabilities of small and very small community water systems, construct and equip a water utility training center and employ three staff to provide related support and resources.
Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, out of the General Fund, for deposit in the Oregon Agricultural Heritage Fund.
Provides that an operator may require a person who engages in a sport, fitness or recreational activity in various ways to release the operator from claims for ordinary negligence.
Allows for additional distributions of state moneys to wildfire-impacted school districts for an additional school year.
Appropriates moneys to support arts and cultural organizations in Oregon.
Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Health Authority for the purpose of screening newborns for five specific diseases under the Northwest Regional Newborn Bloodspot Screening Program.
Appropriates moneys to the Department of Justicefor purposes related to federal Victims of Crime Act grants.
Directs the Oregon Business Development Department to develop a roadmap for the purpose of promoting voluntary industrial symbiosis activities in Oregon.
Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board for deposit in the Community Drinking Water Enhancement and Protection Fund.
Phases in the requirement that school districts offer lunch and breakfast to students at no charge, regardless of household income.
Directs the State Department of Energy to develop an energy storage transition plan for the critical energy infrastructure hub.
Establishes the Public Drinking Water, Stormwater and Sewer Ratepayer Assistance Fund.
In committee · 31
Limits to 25 the number of legislative measures that a member of the Legislative Assembly may ask the Legislative Counsel to prepare for a regular session of the Legislative Assembly that begins in an odd-numbered year.
Requires the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to develop a plan for enabling community colleges to offer an associate's degree completed in coordination with credits earned in an apprenticeship or training program.
Expands the rural health care income tax credit to include pharmacist services performed in rural communities.
Allows a person to continue to qualify for the Oregon Promise program if, after being awarded a grant, the person enters into service with any career and technical student organization approved by the Department of Education before attending community college.
Prohibits a person from raising octopus for the purpose of human consumption or participating in the sale or offer for sale of octopus that was raised for human consumption.
Directs the Department of Human Services to establish an Exceptional Home Care Worker Certification program.
Requires the Employment Relations Board to establish and maintain a registry system for persons to register as union representatives.
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.
Directs a health care facility to establish and maintain procedures that a staff member may use to submit to the health care facility a complaint regarding a medical supply or equipment that the staff member believes in good faith is faulty or dangerous.
Creates statewide preparedness offices in the Oregon Department of Administrative Services and the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training.
Establishes an air ambulance readiness program in the Oregon Department of Emergency Management to provide subsidies to qualified air ambulance bases to offset the costs of operating air ambulances and air ambulance services.
Requires health insurance coverage of specified fertility services and treatments with exemption for certain insurers.
Establishes certain requirements concerning aquaculture.
Requires the Department of Human Services to update its 2022 estimate of costs to implement youth experiencing homelessness programs.
Prohibits the Department of Environmental Quality from implementing or enforcing the Advanced Clean Trucks regulations before January 1, 2027.
Increases the percentage of federal earned income credit allowable as a credit against Oregon personal income tax.
Prohibits a public utility from increasing the public utility's rates or schedules of rates if the public utility has, for a period of three or more years, outstanding or contingent liabilities arising out of wildfire-related litigation.
Transfers moneys from amounts retained in the Fund for Student Success to the School Stabilization Subaccount for Wildfire-impacted School Districts and increases the expenditure limitation for payment of grants-in-aid, program costs and purchased services for the Department of Education for the 2023-2025 biennium for the purpose of awarding grants to school districts impacted by wildfires.
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.
Requires that public university foundations are subject to the public records laws of this state.
Voids noncompetition agreements, nondisclosure agreements nondisparagement agreements and nonsolicitation agreements between certain business entities and medical professionals, with specified exceptions, and prohibits the business entities from retaliating against the medical professional for violating the void agreements.
Limits the applicability of certain administrative rules relating to the siting, permitting or location of agricultural labor housing in connection with a livestock operation.
Establishes a cause of action for a buyer in a real estate transaction if the seller fails to provide the results of required well tests.
Directs the Executive Officer of the Commission on Indian Services to provide training on tribes and tribal relations at least once per calendar quarter.
Directs the Commission on Indian Services to employ a natural resources management tribal liaison officer to facilitate opportunities for integrated natural resources management between Indian tribes and state agencies with natural resources management duties.
Lowers the thresholds above which, in applicable circumstances, controllers are subject to regulation in processing consumers' personal data.
Allows an exclusion from the Oregon taxable estate of a surviving spouse for the unused portion of exclusion that applied to the prior deceased spouse of the decedent.
Creates the crime of initiating a false report in the first degree.
Creates the crime of initiating a false report in the first degree.
Limits the applicant screening charge a residential landlord may collect to $20.
Makes municipalities eligible for financial assistance for certain levee projects.