Bills in the 2025 Regular Session, Senate.
Daniel Bonham
Sponsored
Became law2
Directs the Oregon State University Extension Service to oversee a project to accelerate the promotion of behavioral health in Oregon.
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.
Out of committee2
Expands tuition benefits available to disabled veterans to permit veterans who are Oregon residents and are 80 percent or more disabled, and the spouse and child of disabled veterans, to have tuition waived for enrollment in a vocational program or an associate degree, baccalaureate degree or master's degree program at community colleges, public universities and the Oregon Health and Science University.
Modifies the definition of "farmworker camp" so that the relevant statutes apply to farmworker camps specifically in connection with workers who work on a seasonal or temporary basis.
In committee86
Directs the Department of Corrections to establish and update a list of each undocumented individual who has been charged with or convicted of a crime in this state and each crime for which an undocumented individual has been charged or convicted.
Modifies pay equity requirements for employers.
Allows an operator offering or providing facilities for an inherently dangerous sporting activity to require a patron to provide an anticipatory release from certain claims for liability, including claims arising out of the negligence of the operator and claims for unreasonable conditions created by the operator.
Establishes a procedure for charging an aggravated version of certain assault and attempted murder offenses when the defendant causes permanent physical injury to the victim during the commission of the crime.
Prohibits a local government from conditioning the development or use of property for needed housing based on the retention of trees.
Provides that an admission or a finding that a crime constitutes domestic violence is not an element of the crime for merger purposes.
Requires school districts to designate athletic competitions and extracurricular sports according to biological sex.
Requires that all executive clemency actions by the Governor be initiated by application and follow specified procedures.
Requires the Attorney General to report annually to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the judiciary on settlement agreements entered into by the Department of Justice that require the state to pay over $4 million.
Provides that new or increased fees adopted by state agencies do not become effective unless approved by the Legislative Assembly by law.
Exempts employers of noncitizens in agricultural labor who are not eligible for unemployment insurance benefits from liability for contributions related to that labor.
Increases sentencing guidelines for felony attempting to elude a police officer.
Requires certain recipients of grant or loan moneys distributed by state agencies to submit annual reports to committees of the Legislative Assembly.
Repeals provisions requiring employers to pay overtime to agricultural workers who work in excess of the maximum allowable hours.
Expands the crimes of encouraging child sexual abuse in the first degree, second degree and third degree to include visual depictions of child abuse that are computer-generated.
Provides that vehicle registration for most vehicles will be ownership registration and owners must pay a one-time fee instead of a biennial fee.
Requires a physician or physician associate to attempt to obtain a patient's informed consent for dismissal to seek emergency medical treatment or for transfer of care to another physician or physician associate.
Requires the Oregon Medical Board to consider a reasonable person standard in determining what constitutes unprofessional conduct.
Establishes the Educational Scholarship Program for the purpose of assisting eligible students to pay for costs of attendance at certain nonpublic schools.
Directs each school district board to adopt a child sexual abuse prevention instructional program that addresses sex trafficking of children.
Allows virtual public charter schools to be eligible for grants distributed from the Student Investment Account.
Removes the requirement that a student must receive approval from the student's resident school district before enrolling in a virtual public charter school that is not sponsored by the school district if a specified percentage of students in the school district already are enrolled in virtual public charter schools that are not sponsored by the school district.
Specifies that electricity generated by a hydroelectric facility or other equipment that generates electricity through use of hydroelectric energy may be used to comply with a renewable portfolio standard.
Directs Oregon State University to conduct a feasibility study on nuclear energy generation in this state.
Requires the Department of Transportation to study the creation of a road usage charge to ensure that electric and hybrid motor vehicles pay their equitable share for the wear they cause to the highways in Oregon.
Requires state agencies that administer programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the combustion of motor vehicle fuel to deposit fees, assessments or other charges imposed pursuant to the program in the State Highway Fund.
Provides that a small forestland owner that planted trees under reforestation requirements may harvest the trees.
Requires the State Forester to actively manage state forestlands to achieve and maintain low forest fuel load levels.
Modifies the types of familial relationships involved in a manner of committing rape in the first degree and sodomy in the first degree.
Prohibits China or entities under the jurisdiction of China from buying or leasing farmlands.
Appropriates moneys to the Department of State Police for the purpose of reducing the backlog of untested sexual assault forensic evidence kits.
Allows landlords to terminate month-to-month residential tenancies without cause.
Establishes the Oregon Food Bank Audit Committee as a joint committee of the Legislative Assembly.
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.
Allows a student who is a resident of this state to attend any public school of this state.
Increases to five percent the cap on the percentage of students from school districts who may attend certain virtual public charter schools without the approval of the school district.
Provides that, for the estates of decedents dying on or after January 1, 2026, Oregon estate tax is not due unless the value of the Oregon taxable estate exceeds $13.61 million.
Provides that the Oregon estate tax is imposed only on the estates of decedents dying on or before January 1, 2025.
Provides, for purposes of ad valorem property taxation, a specially assessed value for the owner-occupied primary residences of individuals who are at least 65 years of age.
Requires the Secretary of State to study methods for reducing the paperwork filing burden on businesses in this state.
Allows a school district, an education service district or a public charter school to employ a person who is not licensed or registered with the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to teach reading to students.
Establishes the Task Force to Abolish the Department of Education.
Authorizes district school boards to establish a policy to encourage students to develop vocational skills by performing maintenance tasks for school districts.
Creates an income tax credit for energy production in Oregon.
Requires school district boards to ensure that a specified percentage of expenditures of the school district are paid as compensation to teachers of core academic subjects or manual skills.
Prohibits the amount of tuition that is waived for qualified students from being reduced by the amount of specified student aid received by the qualified students.
Requires each school district, education service district and public charter school to ensure that state moneys received by the district or school are used to educate the student for which the moneys are received.
Repeals the directive to the State Board of Education to review social studies standards.
Increases the maximum allowable amount of political contribution personal income tax credit.
Prohibits state agencies from charging fees.
Provides that mines solely using gravity separation shall be deemed gravity separation mines.
Requires public bodies to transfer moneys deriving from certain fines and civil penalties to the General Fund for general governmental purposes.
Prohibits an abortion unless a health care provider first determines the probable gestational age of the unborn child, except in the case of a medical emergency.
Requires a school district that is making reductions in educator staff positions to prioritize seniority when determining which teachers to retain.
Restores, for possession of a controlled substance crimes, the offense level each crime had prior to the enactment of the Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act of 2020 (Ballot Measure 110 (2020)).
Dissolves the Oregon Government Ethics Commission as of July 2, 2027.
Prohibits the Department of Corrections, Oregon Youth Authority or Oregon Health Authority from paying for or providing, directly or indirectly, gender-affirming care to individuals in the custody of a correctional facility in this state.
Instructs the Water Resources Commission to allow the appropriation of water from the mainstem of the Columbia River for use in eastern Oregon.
Instructs the Water Resources Commission to allow the appropriation of water from the mainstem of the Columbia River at a total rate and duty of two percent of average annual flow.
Lowers the interest rate imposed on unpaid property taxes to one-half of one percent per month.
Limits the interest rate to no more than the prime rate plus one percent for loans advanced under the veterans' home and farm loan program.
Removes the requirement that menstrual products be provided in public charter schools and in bathrooms designated for males.
Undoes wildfire protection provisions adopted in Senate Bill 762 (2021).
Limits pretrial release of defendants charged with a felony or Class A misdemeanor to security release.
Requires an agency, upon the written request of 10 members of the Legislative Assembly objecting to a rule, to appear before an appropriate committee or interim committee of the Legislative Assembly for a hearing on the rule.
Requires a marijuana retailer and a medical marijuana dispensary to post warning signs regarding the consumption or use of marijuana during pregnancy.
Requires course instruction provided as part of a health education curriculum to include information about human development from conception to birth.
Requires a student to demonstrate proficiency in specified Essential Learning Skills prior to the student being awarded a high school diploma or a modified diploma.
Requires the Department of State Police to study ways to expedite forensic testing of controlled substances.
Prohibits the Oregon Transportation Commission from establishing a toll on Interstate 205.
Defines "postal indicator" as an official mark stamped on an envelope by the United States Postal Service for purposes of determining the date or time at which a ballot was mailed.
Prohibits an individual from collecting and returning a ballot of another individual, subject to specified exceptions.
Removes authority to appoint the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality from the Environmental Quality Commission and provides appointment authority to the Governor.
Limits pretrial release of defendants charged with unlawful delivery of a controlled substance involving a substantial quantity to security release.
Directs an arresting officer to notify federal immigration authorities when the officer arrests a person for delivery or manufacture of fentanyl.
Repeals the prohibition on police officers initiating traffic stops based solely on specified traffic violations related to vehicle lighting requirements.
Modifies the crime of interfering with a peace officer or parole and probation officer.
Clarifies for purposes of state wage and hour laws that "work time" does not include meal periods.
Directs the Director of the Employment Department to reimburse a worker leasing company for any employer contribution payments made by the worker leasing company if the Department of Revenue determines pursuant to an amended combined quarterly report that a refund is due.
Requires each county clerk to permit authorized persons to observe the receiving and counting of votes.
Requires each county clerk in this state to provide a live video feed to be made available to the public through the Internet of rooms in which ballots are tallied and official ballot drop sites.
Increases the standard of proof necessary to retain a child in protective custody after removal from the child's parent or guardian.
Directs the child support administrator to adopt rules requiring that child support awards be distributed to a debit card and that the spending of child support payments be limited and monitored by the obligor and obligee for compliance.
Requires the court in a parenting time proceeding to order that the child who is the subject of the proceeding receive mental health therapy if the child is at least 5 years old but less than 18 years old.
Creates a rebuttable presumption that equal parenting time is in the best interests of the child.
Requires the Department of Transportation to forgive certain indebtedness.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
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.
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.
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 · 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 · 4
Removes the sunset on the exemption for receipts from the sale of prescription drugs by certain pharmacies.
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.
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 Health Licensing Office to issue a nutritionist license to a qualified applicant.
In committee · 17
Requires a professional licensing board to consider experience in lieu of a high school diploma or an equivalent for licensure, certification or other authorization to provide certain occupational or professional services.
Exempts from commercial activity subject to corporate activity tax reimbursements for certain health care services, including care provided to medical assistance recipients and to Medicare recipients.
Directs the State Parks and Recreation Commission to adopt rules authorizing persons 65 years or older who reside in Oregon to use any state park, individual campsite or day use fee area without charge.
Provides for an additional exemption against Oregon estate tax.
Increases the exempt amount and the filing threshold for purposes of the corporate activity tax.
Exempts receipts from the sale of prescription drugs by all licensed retail pharmacies from commercial activity subject to the corporate activity tax.
Requires health care practitioners to exercise the proper degree of care to preserve the health and life of a child born alive after an abortion or attempted abortion.
Creates the crime of patronizing a trafficked child.
Requires the Oregon Health Policy Board to produce and provide to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health by December 31, 2026, a comprehensive report regarding the success in achieving the aims of the Oregon Integrated and Coordinated Health Care Delivery System.
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.
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.
Directs the Department of Justice to report annually to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means and the committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the judiciary on the use of outside counsel to defend state agencies in lawsuits.
Repeals the corporate activity tax.
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 county clerk to cancel a voter registration in accordance with the requirements of the federal National Voter Registration Act of 1993.
Requires the Legislative Revenue Officer to study means for raising dedicated revenue to support recreation activities in Oregon.
Requires the Department of Consumer and Business Services to study funding to improve access to health care.