Bills in the 2026 Regular Session, Senate.
Mark Meek
Sponsored
Out of committee1
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 committee1
Provides that any elector may vote in a primary election.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 6
Authorizes the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to enter into agreements to own and oversee the operations of the Moda Center in the City of Portland.
Authorizes the Housing and Community Services Department to fund mixed income housing.
Adds new requirements for obtaining an initial license to operate and maintain a hospice program.
Sets maximum matching fund requirements for state grants to small incorporated cities for certain capital construction and municipal infrastructure and improvements.
Prohibits public bodies from disclosing personally identifiable information to a data broker unless the data broker attests that the information will not be sold or transferred to any entity that will use it to enforce federal immigration law.
Requires the Department of Justice to consult with the Office of Immigrant and Refugee Advancement when the department develops, reviews or updates model policies intended to limit immigration enforcement at public facilities.
Out of committee · 2
Directs specified investigators of deaths of decedents, prior to making any findings as to the cause or manner of death where the decedent is suspected to have died from suicide, accident or other undetermined cause, to review documented evidence of abuse and interview family members of the decedent if the decedent has a history as a victim of domestic violence or child abuse and certain conditions exist.
Requires school districts to offer lunch and breakfast to students at no charge, regardless of income.
In committee · 4
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.