Bills in the 2025 Regular Session, Senate.
Mark Meek
Sponsored
Became law4
Authorizes the Department of Transportation to issue qualifying owners veterans' recognition registration plates for use on mopeds and motorcycles.
Modifies the definition of "private security entity" for purposes of private security requirements.
Allows a landlord to pay a tenant one month's rent to reduce from 90 to 60 days the termination notice period that a landlord must give the tenant when selling the dwelling unit to buyers who intend to reside in the unit.
Requires the Public Employees Retirement Board to refer a contested case for a hearing requested by a police officer or firefighter who is denied disability benefits within a certain period of time.
Out of committee2
Permits the Electrical and Elevator Board to enter into agreements with municipalities to share responsibility for enforcing the Electrical Safety Law.
Creates Oregon corporate excise and income tax subtractions for amounts received in resolution of a civil action arising from wildfire.
In committee23
Provides clarification regarding multiemployer exceptions from state laws governing sick leave.
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.
Allows a landlord and a tenant to agree to a recurring charge in lieu of a security deposit.
Repeals the state payroll tax on wages imposed to finance transportation investments and improvements and maintain existing public transportation services.
Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Department of Transportation for right of way health and safety.
Requires the Legislative Revenue Officer to study tax incentives for energy development, storage and transmission in Oregon.
Directs the Department of Transportation to create a corridor plan to reduce traffic on Interstate 5 and Interstate 205 between Portland and Vancouver, Washington.
Requires the State Marine Board to study issues related to the safe operation of motorboats.
Prohibits the Department of Environmental Quality from determining, for purposes of issuing a sewage disposal construction permit, that a community or area-wide sewerage system is available unless the sewerage system is within 200 feet of the property to be served.
Requires the Department of Consumer and Business Services to study contract terms for point of sale systems.
Requires a license to provide earned income access services in this state.
Requires the Public Employees Retirement Board to study retirement.
Requires the Department of Human Services to study adult foster homes.
Requires the Department of Human Services to study long term care.
Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study the long term care facility assessment.
Requires the Department of Land Conservation and Development to study the formation of a new city in the Stafford triangle area in Clackamas County and submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to land use no later than September 15, 2026.
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.
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.
Requires the Department of Land Conservation and Development to study the supply of land to build homes and grow businesses and submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to land use no later than September 15, 2026.
Authorizes the payment out of the Workers' Benefit Fund of the expenses of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries in carrying out the commissioner's statutory duties.
Directs the Division of Audits to conduct a performance audit of the Department of Transportation.
Prohibits the Oregon Transportation Commission from establishing a toll on Interstate 205 or Interstate 5.
Requires the Legislative Revenue Officer to study means for raising dedicated revenue to support recreation activities in Oregon.
Carried from the House
Became law2
Removes a requirement that a maximum of two real estate professionals may serve on a city or county planning commission for commissions with more than five members.
Modifies laws related to regulation of real estate professionals.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 25
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.
Makes an owner and a direct contractor jointly and severally liable in a civil action for any unpaid wages owed to the unrepresented employees of the direct contractor and subcontractors at any tier.
Modifies the exemption from taxable estate for the value of natural resource property as applicable to forestland.
Creates workplace violence prevention requirements for certain health care entities.
Designates the month of April of each year as Oregon Native Plant Appreciation Month.
Increases the minimum legal marriageable age to 18 years of age.
Requires the Oregon Health Authority or a coordinated care organization to make a determination on a request for prior authorization for medical assistance coverage for the cost to repair complex rehabilitation technology within 72 hours after receiving the request.
Adds electric wheelchairs and complex rehabilitation technology to the type of consumer equipment for which an original equipment manufacturer must make available to an owner or independent repair provider a tool, part or other device or implement that the original equipment manufacturer makes available to an authorized service provider for the purpose of diagnosing, maintaining, repairing or updating consumer equipment.
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.
Amends the definition of "residential housing" to include certain mixed income housing.
Allows the Public Utility Commission to adopt a framework for carrying out performance-based regulation of electric companies and use incentives and penalties to induce electric companies to bring electric utility operations in line with the public interest and certain objectives.
Directs the State Department of Agriculture to modify the methodology under which participating counties award grants for wolf depredation compensation.
Provides that an individual otherwise eligible for unemployment insurance benefits is not disqualified for any week that the individual's unemployment is due to a labor dispute in active progress at the individual's place of employment.
Prohibits a management services organization or a shareholder, director, officer or employee of a management services organization from owning or controlling shares in, serving as a director or officer of, being an employee of, working as an independent contractor with or otherwise managing, directing the management of or participating in managing a professional medical entity with which the management services organization has a contract for management services.
Provides conditions and procedures under which a public employer may deduct amounts of erroneous overpayments from a public employee's wages.
Requires a landlord of publicly supported housing to provide all applicants and new tenants notice of when the affordability restrictions may be terminated.
Requires local governments or special districts to complete final review of final engineering plans for residential development within 120 days of submission.
Provides that when offering a service with age restrictions, a private entity is allowed to swipe a driver license or identification card to verify a person's age, regardless of how old the person looks.
Allows a federally recognized Indian tribe located in this state to submit a request to the Governor for retrocession of Public Law 280 jurisdiction.
Prohibits the retail sale of an aerosol duster that contains 1,1-Difluoroethane to an individual under 18 years of age.
Prohibits discrimination when selecting or retaining school library materials, textbooks or instructional materials or when developing and implementing a curriculum.
Requires cities and counties to allow lands where worship is allowed to be used for preschool.
Requires health benefit plans to cover autologous breast reconstruction procedures and related services with specific requirements related to out-of-pocket costs, cost-sharing, utilization review, reimbursement rates and network adequacy.
Prohibits per-visit compensation for home health care and home hospice care staff.
Vetoed · 1
Requires Curry County and the Water Resources Department to expedite review of applications for use on specified lands.
Passed the Senate · 5
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.
Prohibits the recovery from customers of certain costs and expenses that an electric company incurs if a court or jury finds that a wildfire resulted from the negligence or a higher degree of fault on the part of the electric company.
Modifies terminology by changing statutory references to "militia" to "National Guard."
Maintains current time standards in Oregon unless certain conditions are met.
Makes it unlawful to distribute, sell or allow to be sold an inhalant delivery system that is packaged inconsistent with rules adopted by the Oregon Health Authority that are tailored judiciously to the specific purpose of protecting minors from the negative health effects of unlawfully using inhalant delivery systems.
Out of committee · 7
Requires the Department of Human Services to administer a program to provide medical assistance to employed individuals with disabilities without regard to the individuals' income or resources.
Directs the Housing and Community Services Department to distribute funds to Bridge Meadows for specified purposes.
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 Nonprofit Advisory Council.
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.
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.
Creates an income or corporate excise tax credit for the amount paid by an owner of an eligible generation facility for transmission services.
In committee · 11
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.
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.
Revises the duties of boards of education of community college districts.
Establishes the Climate Superfund Cost Recovery Program within the Department of Environmental Quality.
Directs the Governor to appoint a new head of certain agencies within three months after the Senate fails to confirm the reappointment of the head of the agency.
Expands the radius for giving notices of proposed middle housing land division and requires additional content in the notices.
Requires the Oregon Business Development Department to study the use of a loan loss reserve fund to support infrastructure improvement projects by underserved communities in Oregon and submit a report to the legislature by September 15, 2026.
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.
Establishes the Climate Superfund Cost Recovery Program as an interagency response to the effects of climate change.