Bills in the 2025 Regular Session, Senate.
Mike McLane
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
Directs the field offices of the Department of Transportation located in rural counties to prioritize requests for drive tests when the request is from an applicant who lives in rural Oregon or within 50 miles of the field office.
Designates November 14 of each year as Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day.
Authorizes the Water Resources Department to approve applications by certain water districts within the Walla Walla basin to lease existing water rights for temporary conversion to in-stream water rights if certain conditions exist and the department makes certain determinations.
Directs the State Department of Agriculture to modify the methodology under which participating counties award grants for wolf depredation compensation.
Specifies that the statewide standards for dual credit programs include programs in agriculture, forestry and natural resources.
Allows a federally recognized Indian tribe located in this state to submit a request to the Governor for retrocession of Public Law 280 jurisdiction.
Requires cities and counties to allow lands where worship is allowed to be used for preschool.
Passed the Senate · 2
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.
Voids noncompetition agreements between a licensed health care provider and another person, with specified exceptions.
Out of committee · 3
Grants higher property tax exemptions for the property of veterans with disabilities.
Removes the annual limit of $1.53 million, adjusted for inflation, on allocations from the Administrative Services Economic Development Fund to the County Fair Account.
Directs the Oregon Department of Emergency Management to establish a program to issue grants to certain nonprofit organizations for security enhancements.
In committee · 9
Directs the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to decrease either the weight-mile tax or vehicle fuel taxes if the highway cost allocation study indicates that a vehicle class is paying more than its fair share for the use of the highways in the state and the Legislative Assembly does not enact a measure within 120 days of the Joint Committee on Transportation receiving a report on the study to correct the imbalance.
Creates an Oregon tax subtraction for interest received by financial institutions from loans made for the purchase or improvement of agricultural real estate, rural residences and coastal fishing boats.
Exempts receipts from the sale of prescription drugs by all licensed retail pharmacies from commercial activity subject to the corporate activity tax.
Establishes an income tax credit for volunteer firefighters.
Expands the exemption for receipts from the sale of prescription drugs from commercial activity subject to the corporate activity tax to include critical access pharmacies.
Creates income tax credit for taxpayers that provide apprenticeship opportunities.
Prohibits the Energy Facility Siting Council from exercising jurisdiction over an energy facility that is a renewable energy facility or transmission line, is sited wholly within federal lands and is subject to review under the National Environmental Policy Act.
Directs all state agencies, statewide elected officials and other entities to seek legislative changes only through legislative measures requested and introduced by members and committees of the Legislative Assembly.
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.