Bills in the 2025 Regular Session, Senate.
Lew Frederick
Sponsored
Became law6
Establishes the dates by which a candidate or the candidate's agent must file a portrait and statement for purposes of being included in a county voters' pamphlet.
Requires filing officers in each county and city to make publicly available on the county or city website certain election documents that are filed with the filing officer within a specified period.
Prohibits discrimination when selecting or retaining school library materials, textbooks or instructional materials or when developing and implementing a curriculum.
Makes blood donation that is made in connection with a voluntary program that is approved or accredited by the American Association of Blood Banks or the American Red Cross a permissible use of sick time.
Requires specified boards of educational institutions to video record their governing meetings.
Allows the Department of Transportation to lease or sell surplus real property of the Interstate 5 Rose Quarter Project to Albina Vision Trust, Inc.
Passed the Senate1
Requires an electric utility to recover costs for storing the waste produced by an energy facility in generating electricity.
Out of committee6
Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the State Department of Agriculture for the purpose of eradicating Japanese beetle grubs.
Appropriates moneys to the State Fire Marshal for distribution to Central Douglas Fire and Rescue for certain purposes.
Creates the psychology provider incentive program within the Oregon Health Authority to provide financial incentives to students enrolled in approved doctoral programs in psychology who complete courses that provide cultural competency training.
Authorizes district school boards to provide for play-based learning during the instructional time of each regular school day for all students who are enrolled in prekindergarten through grade five in the school district.
Directs the Housing and Community Services Department to disburse moneys to Self Enhancement, Inc., to develop affordable housing.
Authorizes the issuance of lottery bonds with the proceeds distributed to Williams & Russell CDC for the purpose of developing a business hub to support small businesses, professional development, workforce training and economic growth in Portland's Albina neighborhood.
In committee13
Creates a process for challenging a charge, finding of guilt, conviction or sentence, by filing a motion in the trial court or a petition for post-conviction relief, based on evidence that the conviction or sentence was sought, obtained or imposed based on race, ethnicity or national origin.
Discontinues the return of surplus revenue refunds to taxpayers.
Removes statutory provisions relating to the death penalty.
Replaces the phrase "men and women" with gender-neutral terms in certain statutes.
Prohibits a police officer involved in a use of deadly physical force incident from reviewing body camera recordings before participating in an interview about the incident.
Establishes the State Public Bank Task Force.
Requires producers of inhalant delivery systems to join an inhalant delivery system producer responsibility organization and implement an inhalant delivery system producer responsibility program for the collection and disposal of inhalant delivery systems.
Prohibits a continuing care retirement community from eliminating or reducing a resident's services or programs that were included in the resident's initial residency agreement without the consent of the resident.
Modifies the special registration plate program.
Changes the term "marijuana" to "cannabis" in Oregon law.
Appropriates moneys to the State Fire Marshal out of the General Fund for distribution to the Central Douglas Fire & Rescue for an apprenticeship program.
Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Legislative Assembly to support a year-round legislative assistant position for each member of the Legislative Assembly.
Appropriates moneys for distribution to Soul District Business Association for the acquisition and redevelopment of property as the AfroEats Community Cultural Hub in Portland.
Carried from the House
Became law1
Designates October 9 of each year as Oregon Youth Suicide Awareness Day.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 15
Prohibits the Secretary of State from publishing the residence address of certain individuals who are affiliated with a political committee on the electronic filing system maintained by the secretary.
Designates November 14 of each year as Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day.
Requires the Department of the State Fire Marshal to establish an advisory committee to advise the department on funding for rural fire protection districts.
Requires the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to submit by January 31 of each even-numbered year a report to the Legislative Assembly concerning the soundness of the state's Insurance Fund.
Requires professional licensing boards to provide culturally responsive training to specified staff members and publish guidance on pathways to professional authorization for internationally educated individuals.
Creates workplace violence prevention requirements for certain health care entities.
Increases the minimum legal marriageable age to 18 years of age.
Designates February of each year as Oregon Truffle Month.
Prohibits landlords from inquiring about or discriminating on the basis of a tenant's or applicant's immigration or citizenship status, rejecting an applicant based on the type of identifying documentation or disclosing or threatening disclosure of an applicant's or a tenant's immigration or citizenship status for improper purposes.
Prohibits medical service providers from reporting the amount or existence of medical debt to a consumer reporting agency.
Amends the definition of "residential housing" to include certain mixed income housing.
Modifies the enumerated authority of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to include the authority to establish continuing education requirements for state court judges.
Requires the Secretary of State to allow to be included in the translated version of each state voters' pamphlet that is made available on the website of the secretary or of a county the translations of a party's statement of arguments for the success of its principles and election of its candidates.
Directs the State Chief Information Officer to adopt a policy and procedure for state agencies to follow in requesting funding for information technology budgets and projects.
Requires the Bureau of Labor and Industries to conduct an effort to publicize and explain the obligation to accept cash as payment for goods and services to places of public accommodation and residents of this state.
Passed the Senate · 1
Exempts from state income tax up to $17,500 in federal retirement pay or pension received for service in the Armed Forces of the United States for a taxpayer who is receiving federal retirement pay or pension for service in the Armed Forces of the United States and who hasattained 63 years of age before the close of the taxable year.
Out of committee · 14
Requires the Department of Human Services to contract with eligible entities to provide support services to refugees residing in this state, for up to 24 months, and immigration assistance and referrals to individuals who are seeking a refugee status.
Directs the Oregon Business Development Department to create and distribute memorial plaques to schools in honor of Senator Peter Courtney's contributions in supporting seismic rehabilitation funding.
Directs the Housing and Community Services Department to distribute funds to Bridge Meadows for specified purposes.
Requires the Department of Transportation to conduct a review of a specific portion of U.S. Highway 30 and present a report to the Joint Committee on Transportation no later than September 15, 2026.
Directs the Oregon Health Authority toaward grants to local workforce development boards to partner with certain entities toestablish and implement behavioral health education and training programs for high school students.
Requires the Department of Human Services to pay parents to provide attendant care services for children with developmental disabilities who have very high behavioral health or medical needs.
Provides that a veteran with a disability is eligible for a veterans' recognition registration plate and may request a waiver of the surcharge imposed for the plate.
Establishes the Food for All Oregonians Program in the Department of Human Services to provide nutrition assistance to children residing in this state who are six years of age or under and who would qualify for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program but for their immigration status.
Prohibits a person from publishing or causing to be published an environmental marketing claim, net zero claim or reputational advertising that is materially false, misleading, deceptive or fraudulent.
Prohibits a covered platform from accessing for an Oregon audience the online content of a digital journalism provider without an agreement.
Prohibits distributing, selling, attempting to sell or offering to sell flavored inhalant delivery system products or flavored tobacco products in this state, except from premises established as a store by the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission and licensed by the Department of Revenue or authorized by a local government.
Directs the Department of Human Services to provide grants to nonprofit service providers to assist individuals who are noncitizens to change their immigration status or obtain lawful permanent resident status.
Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to the Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center to construct and operate the Sunrise Campus Cultural Workforce Center.
Instructs the Director of Agriculture to employ an organic policy special assistant to the director.
In committee · 19
Prohibits a merchant from charging or collecting a fee for a person's use of a credit card or debit card in payment for goods or services if the merchant does not accept payment for the goods or services in cash.
Prohibits a gun dealer from transferring a firearm or unfinished frame or receiver until 72 hours have elapsed from the time the gun dealer requested a criminal background check, and the gun dealer has received the background check approval number from the Department of State Police.
Instructs the forester, or a forest protective association or agency that is under contract or agreement with the State Board of Forestry for the protection of forestland against fire, and whose protection area is or may be affected by a fire on nearby federal lands, to take certain actions to address the fire.
Requires the Oregon Business Development Department to establish an education course for land use planners for local governments, special districts and state agencies.
Creates a refundable income tax credit for certain child care workers.
Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission for the Justice Reinvestment Equity Program.
Revises the duties of boards of education of community college districts.
Establishes an income tax credit for volunteer firefighters.
Prohibits landlords from terminating a tenancy based on certain causes unrelated to the tenant's fault during a school year if the tenant is a grade school student or teacher.
Prohibits the State Treasurer from renewing investments in or making new investments in a private market fund if the managers of the fund have stated an intention to invest in fossil fuels, subject to fiduciary duties.
Establishes the Climate Superfund Cost Recovery Program within the Department of Environmental Quality.
Creates the Oregon Rail Department.
Creates the Cascadia High Speed Rail Task Force.
Modifies the definition of "vulnerable person" for purposes of civil action for abuse of a vulnerable person to include individuals under 18 years of age.
Prohibits the use of certain mechanical restraints on youth, adjudicated youth or young persons in detention facilities or youth correction facilities.
Requires persons with ownership interests in at least 200 acres of irrigated land used for agriculture to annually report information about fertilizer application to the State Department of Agriculture.
Requires contracting agencies to purchase common off-the-shelf software or other information technology products or services that do not require customization through an information technology marketplace portal.
Requires contracting agencies to purchase common off-the-shelf software or other information technology products or services that do not require customization through an information technology marketplace portal.
Establishes the Climate Superfund Cost Recovery Program as an interagency response to the effects of climate change.