Bills in the 2025 Regular Session, House.
Dwayne Yunker
Sponsored
In committee21
Provides that courts may not defer to an agency's interpretation of a statute or rule.
Modifies provisions authorizing unemancipated minors to consent to health care services without parental consent.
Repeals the transfer of certain electronic records from the Oregon Health Authority to the Secretary of State for purposes of voter registration.
Repeals the statute enacted by House Bill 3115 (2021) that established objective reasonableness as a statewide standard for city and county laws regulating the use of public property with respect to persons experiencing homelessness, as the basis for a cause of action for injunctive and declaratory relief to challenge such laws and as an affirmative defense in the prosecution of violations of such laws.
Provides that a public body may not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education or public contracting.
Requires the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to conduct a study on voter registration in this state.
Requires the Secretary of State to publish a monthly statistical report on voter registrations for each county in this state.
Provides that an official or agency of state government may not discriminate or grant preferential treatment to any individual on the basis of gender identity, race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in the application, selection or appointment of individuals to boards and commissions.
Requires a taxpayer to list information about persons to whom the taxpayer has paid compensation that is claimed as a business deduction on the taxpayer's federal income tax return.
Prohibits a person from denying a real estate licensee access to the multiple listing service because the licensee is not a member of a professional real estate association or organization.
Removes "gender identity" from certain statutes.
Requires law enforcement to investigate and remove unlawful occupants upon declaration and payment of a fee by a property owner.
Prohibits the amount of tuition that is waived for qualified students from being reduced by the amount of specified student aid received by the qualified students.
Requires evidence of citizenship for persons registering to vote for the first time in this state.
Requires a county clerk to cancel the registration of an elector if the elector registers to vote in another county, surrenders the elector's driver license upon being issued a license in another state or is excused from jury duty for not being a United States citizen.
Requires evidence of citizenship for persons registering to vote in this state.
Repeals the changes made by House Bill 3124 (2021) to the statutes governing local removal of homeless individuals from established camping sites.
Prohibits a massage facility from being located within 1,000 feet of a school or similar building.
Requires school districts to comply with statewide summative assessment participation requirements and to demonstrate improved student achievement on statewide summative assessments to be eligible for state funding related to the High School Graduation and College and Career Readiness Act.
Requires state agencies to waive fees for public records requests when the request is made by a member of the Legislative Assembly.
Removes the Department of State Police as the designated state point of contact for purposes of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 6
Designates August 25 of each year as Oregon Adoption Day.
Directs the State Parks and Recreation Department to adopt certain equipment standards for off-road vehicles instead of the other agencies.
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.
Allows an owner or landlord to evict a squatter.
Modifies provisions relating to demands for correction or retraction of a defamatory statement published in an electronic newspaper, magazine or other periodical.
Prohibits advertising, packaging and labeling of marijuana items in a manner likely to cause minors to unlawfully possess or consume marijuana items.
Passed the House · 1
Modifies the safe haven law to allow a parent to anonymously leave an infant in a newborn safety device.
Out of committee · 14
Requires the State Department of Energy to study nuclear energy, including legal pathways for the disposal of nuclear waste produced from nuclear energy.
Exempts from state income tax all federal retirement pay or pension received for service in the Armed Forces of the United States for a taxpayer who is a disabled veteran or member of a reserve component or the National Guard.
Clarifies that a liquor store's amount of annual sales of alcoholic beverages used to determine liquor store class is not adjusted.
Providesthat the tax collector for a camping site on a county fairgrounds that has not more than 50 camping sites with both direct electrical hookups and individual sewer hookups and that caters to tourists may withhold the state transient lodging tax collected for the camping site provided the tax moneys are used for the operation or promotion of the camping site.
Removes the requirement that the amount of net proceeds from the Oregon State Lottery allocated to the County Fair Account not exceed $1.53 million annually and adjusts the percentage of net lottery proceeds allocated to the County Fair Account.
Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for distribution to Eastern Oregon University to provide university degrees to adults in custody at some correctional facilities in eastern Oregon.
Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to the Union County Fair Association for the purpose of water and sewer improvements to the Union County Fairgrounds.
Requires the Department of Corrections to provide adults in custody at certain department institutions access to specific online educational programs.
Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Department of Corrections for purpose of funding the advanced esthetics program at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility.
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.
Provides for a waiver of tuition, fees and the cost of textbooks for veterans and the children of veterans from eligible post-secondary institutions.
Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for distribution to Southwestern Oregon Community College to repair elevators in Tioga Hall.
Establishes the Disabled Veterans Assistance Fund.
Extends the temporary Oregon Business Development Department residential infrastructure grant program by two years.
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Amends the allowable uses of moneys appropriated to the Oregon Business Development Department for distribution to the City of Madras.
Requires a commercial entity that engages in the business of publishing or distributing sexual material harmful to minors to verify the ages of individuals to whom the commercial entity distributes or makes available the sexual material harmful to minors.
Repeals the corporate activity tax.
Removes statutory provisions related to religion in public charter schools.
Provides that the Oregon estate tax is imposed only on the estates of decedents dying on or before January 1, 2025.
Requires each athletic association, conference or organization with authority over intercollegiate sports, post-secondary institution of education and school district to designate athletic competitions and extracurricular sports according to biological sex.
Increases the exempt amount and the filing threshold for purposes of the corporate activity tax.
Requires courts to order the removal of trespassers from a residence upon a sworn declaration from an owner or their agent.
Provides that, for the estates of decedents dying on or after January 1, 2026, Oregon estate tax is not due unless the value of the Oregon taxable estate exceeds $13.99 million.
Removes notification and certain examination requirements that apply to children who are taught by a private teacher, parent or legal guardian.
Repeals the prohibition on the use of public resources to assist federal immigration enforcement.
Creates an Oregon personal income tax subtraction for overtime pay received by a taxpayer during the tax year.
Limits pretrial release of defendants charged with a felony or Class A misdemeanor to security release.
Allows an additional estate tax exclusion of $7 million.
Directs the courts to declare a rule invalid if the rule requires a public body to fail to comply with federal laws or regulations.
Allows a landlord to terminate residential tenancy upon third material violation or late payment upon 30 days' notice with no right to cure.
Authorizes the involuntary civil commitment of a person with a substance use disorder who meets the criteria for involuntary civil commitment of a person with a mental disorder.
Lowers the disability threshold for property tax exemption for the homestead or personal property of veterans to 10 percent.
Directs district school boards to ensure that the curriculum of each course of study offered by a school district is made available to the public on the school district's website.
Requires the Department of Education to conduct a study to identify effective methods for teaching students with dyslexia.
Directs school districts to give parents, guardians and district residents equitable access to instructional materials for the purpose of examining the materials.
Requires the Department of Veterans' Affairs to distribute moneys for county veterans' service officers to counties that have a population of less than 30,000 and are or will be unable to maintain operations of county veterans' service officers due to budget decreases.
Directs the Department of Justice to review state statutes and administrative rules and determine whether each statute or rule is likely to be found unconstitutional under the reasoning and interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution set forth in the Students for Fair Admissions case decided by the United States Supreme Court.
Provides that a public body may not collect certain information about a person's views, associations or activities without consent.
Increases the additional amount paid for electric vehicle registration.
Establishes standards for fiduciary of pension benefit plan offered by public body.
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.
Permits a person to operate Class I, Class III and Class IV all-terrain vehicles on highways that are not interstate highways if the all-terrain vehicle meets vehicle equipment standards and the all-terrain vehicle is registered.
Requires an electric company to first acquire a replacement resource of reliable or dispatchable electricity prior to retiring an electric power generating facility that provides reliable or dispatchable electricity.
Prohibits an abortion unless a health care provider first determines the probable gestational age of the unborn child, except in the case of a medical emergency.
Provides protections for a person who refuses to participate in a procedure related to abortion, physician-assisted suicide or gender-affirming treatment if the refusal is based on a person's ethical, moral or religious convictions.
Directs the Health Evidence Review Commission to evaluate gender-affirming treatment.
Directs school districts to teach about human biology related to pregnancy and human development inside the womb and to show related videos.
Prohibits a county clerk from using certain information provided by the Department of Transportation or the Oregon Health Authority to update any registration information for an elector who is already registered to vote.
Requires the Secretary of State to verify information provided to the secretary by the Department of Transportation and the Oregon Health Authority regarding voter registration.
Removes the limits on the duration of medical services, the number of visits and the areas of practice for chiropractic physicians serving as attending physicians in workers' compensation claims.
Repeals the requirement that there be a licensed repository for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste before a site certificate for a nuclear-fueled thermal power plant may be issued.
Requires public bodies and law enforcement agencies to enforce federal immigration laws with respect to any individual who is convicted of a violent felony or Class A misdemeanor or felony sexual offense.
Prohibits an individual from collecting and returning a ballot of another individual, subject to specified exceptions.
Allows landlords to terminate month-to-month residential tenancies without cause.
Repeals the automatic transfer of voter registration information from the Department of Transportation and the Oregon Health Authority to the Secretary of State.
Requires school districts and certain private schools to designate athletic competitions and extracurricular sports according to biological sex.
Increases the Oregon standard deduction allowed for personal income taxpayers.
Makes in-person voting on the date of an election the standard method for conducting an election.
Creates an Oregon personal income tax subtraction for tips received by the taxpayer during the tax year.
Directs a state agency to establish deadlines within which the agency intends to process applications for permits and make the deadlines available to the public.
Increases the penalty for operating an unmanned aircraft system over a critical infrastructure facility that is a correctional facility or youth correction facility.
Prohibits strikes by public employees.