Bills in the 2026 Regular Session, Senate.
Dick Anderson
Sponsored
Became law1
Allows the Early Learning Council to modify the priority given to families receiving temporary assistance for needy families for participation in the Employment Related Day Care subsidy program.
In committee1
Exempts certain projects for public works, primarily related to affordable housing, from the requirement to pay a prevailing rate of wage.
Carried from the House
Became law2
Exempts sales to purchasers with facilities totaling more than one million square feet from a prohibition on sales of certain fluorescent lamps until January 1, 2030.
Authorizes the Oregon Ocean Science Trust to create and maintain a nonprofit organization.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
Authorizes the Housing and Community Services Department to fund mixed income housing.
Establishes coverage levels for doula services in the state medical assistance program and for health benefit plans that provide coverage for pregnancy and childbirth expenses.
Sets maximum matching fund requirements for state grants to small incorporated cities for certain capital construction and municipal infrastructure and improvements.
Out of committee · 1
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.
In committee · 5
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.
Prohibits a syringe service program from operating a mobile or temporary location within 2,000 feet of a school or licensed child care facility.
Establishes the Behavioral Health and Deflection Committee within the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission.
Directs the Department of State Lands, in consultation with the State Department of Fish and Wildlife, to develop a salmon credit pilot program to encourage the voluntary restoration of salmonid habitat in the Coquille and Coos watershed basins.
Modifies the tax credit allowed for semiconductor research.