Bills in the 2025 Regular Session, Senate.
Bruce Starr
Sponsored
Became law1
Requires cities and counties to allow lands where worship is allowed to be used for preschool.
In committee3
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.
Allows battery-charged fences on properties not used as residences.
Requires the Department of Transportation to study the feasibility and utility of constructing bridges across the Columbia River west of the Interstate 5 bridges.
Carried from the House
Became law1
Eliminates gallonage requirements for eligibility for nonretail cardlock dispensing of motor vehicle fuel.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
Requires the Department of the State Fire Marshal to establish an advisory committee to advise the department on funding for rural fire protection districts.
Specifies that the statewide standards for dual credit programs include programs in agriculture, forestry and natural resources.
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.
Requires the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services to assist and provide support to the Oregon Building Officials Association to develop a proposal for establishing an apprenticeship program for building inspectors.
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.
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 · 7
Grants higher property tax exemptions for the property of veterans with disabilities.
Creates Oregon corporate excise and income tax subtractions for amounts received in resolution of a civil action arising from wildfire.
Requires the Oregon Health Authority and coordinated care organizations to develop and implement a whole-person maternal health model for medical assistance recipients.
Directs the Oregon Department of Emergency Management to establish a program to issue grants to certain nonprofit organizations for security enhancements.
Modifies provisions relating to petitions for compensation for wrongful conviction.
Appropriates moneys to the Department of Justice out of the General Fund for distribution to the Liberty House to provide children's advocacy center services.
Directs the State Department of Agriculture to impose certain fees for licenses and license renewals for animal rescue entities.
In committee · 14
Repeals the requirement that there be a licensed repository for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste before a site certificate for a nuclear-fueled thermal power plant may be issued.
Repeals the requirement that there be a licensed repository for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste before a site certificate for a nuclear-fueled thermal power plant may be issued.
Provides for an additional exemption against Oregon estate tax.
Increases the exempt amount and the filing threshold for purposes of the corporate activity tax.
Increases the exempt amount and the filing threshold for purposes of the corporate activity tax as applicable to homebuilding contracts.
Creates a refundable income tax credit for certain child care workers.
Establishes an income tax credit for volunteer firefighters.
Directs Oregon State University to conduct a feasibility study on nuclear energy generation in this state.
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.
Requires the Legislative Revenue Officer to study means for raising dedicated revenue to support recreation activities in Oregon.
Designates March of each year as Plastics Appreciation Month.