OR Legislation | 2024 | Regular Session | Senate | Bills

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
SB5701	Pass	The Act makes budget changes for the current biennium. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.1). Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to specified state agencies for biennial expenses. Modifies certain biennial appropriations made from the General Fund ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Effective date, April 17, 2024.
SB5702	Pass	The Act approves certain fees charged by state agencies. (Flesch Readability Score: 75.5). Approves certain new or increased fees adopted by state agencies. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Effective date, April 17, 2024.
SB1529	Pass	The Act makes changes to the OHA air conditioner and filter program and to the OHCS landlord guarantee program. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.7). [Digest: Makes OHCS study and report on housing. (F... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Effective date, April 17, 2024.
SB1578	Pass	The Act directs the OHA to set up a health care interpreter management system. The Act requires the OHA to contract with a nonprofit entity to establish a recruitment and retention program. The Act sets out certain requirements for the nonprofit. The... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Effective date, June 6, 2024.
SB1575	Pass	The Act says that public bodies may not have certain terms in some types of construction contracts. (Flesch Readability Score: 75.1). [Provides that a public body may not include certain provisions relating to payment of defense costs] Limits a publi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Effective date, January 1, 2025.
SB1530	Pass	Gives money to OHCS, OHA, DHS, DOE, OBDD, ODOT, WRD and DAS for programs. Goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 80.3). [Digest: Gives money to OHCS, OHA, DHS, DOE and DAS for programs. Goes into effect when the Gover... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Effective date, April 17, 2024.
SB1501	Pass	The Act changes the things that certain housing moneys can be spent on. The Act creates a new fund to hold deposits from private security companies. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.9). Modifies permissible purposes for amounts held in the Long-Term Ren... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Effective date, April 17, 2024.
SB1537	Pass	The Act establishes a housing office to support and enforce housing laws; lets home builders use updated local rules; awards lawyer fees for more housing appeals; assists with infrastructure for housing; creates a fund for grants to developers of aff... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Effective date, June 6, 2024.
SB1564	Pass	The Act makes LCDC adopt model rules for housing for cities of different sizes. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.2). Requires the Land Conservation and Development Commission to adopt model ordinances... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Effective date, April 17, 2024.
SB1503	Pass	The Act makes a task force on community safety and suicide prevention. The Act provides money for research on those topics. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.2). Establishes the Task Force on Community Safety and Firearm Suicide Prevention and requires t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-11 Effective date, June 6, 2024.
SB1545	Pass	The Act would grant a property tax break to destroyed homes that were rebuilt after the 2020 wildfires. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.6). Authorizes a county to allow a homestead rebuilt by the same owner on the same lot to replace the homestead dest... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-11 Effective date, June 6, 2024.
SB1562	Pass	The Act raises the maximum amount of money that can be held in a reserve fund. (Flesch Readability Score: 74.2). [Digest: The Act raises the amount of money that is put in a reserve fund every two years. It raises the maximum amount of money that can... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-11 Effective date, January 1, 2025.
SB1521	Pass	The Act requires DHS to contract with at least one organization to provide a new type of service to people who hire personal support workers. The Act makes changes to the statutes about agency with choice service providers. The Act requires DHS to co... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-11 Effective date, April 4, 2024.
SB1557	Pass	The Act requires the OHA to take certain steps to make sure that certain people who are under 21 years of age receive the services and supports that they qualify for. The Act requires the OHA and DHS to make sure that children and youth who are serve... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-11 Effective date, April 4, 2024.
SB1585	Pass	The Act requires DHS to set up a task force and come up with a plan for a program that allows people who receive SNAP aid to be able to use the aid to buy hot foods and hot foods that are ready to eat. The Act says who must be on the task force. The ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-11 Effective date, June 6, 2024.
SB1532	Pass	Directs ODE to make a plan for the education of students who are immigrants. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7). Directs the Department of Education to develop and implement a statewide education plan for students who are asylum seekers, refugees or an... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-11 Effective date, January 1, 2025.
SB1552	Pass	Makes many changes to the education laws of this state. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.7). Establishes a youth advisory group. Prescribes the membership and duties of the group. Directs the Department of Education to establish a work group to develop ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-11 Effective date, April 4, 2024.
SB1561	Pass	This Act creates a council and funds to distribute and invest money from a legal settlement. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6). Establishes the Environmental Restoration Council. Directs the council to establish programs to distribute moneys from the ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-11 Effective date, April 4, 2024.
SB1595	Pass	The Act increases some amounts that are protected from debt collectors. The Act changes some laws about bad debt collection methods. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.2). Increases certain exemptions from garnishment and execution. Modifies provisions re... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-11 Effective date, April 4, 2024.
SB1581	Pass	The Act makes an electric company report each year on the steps taken or being taken to be part of an energy market. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.1). Requires an investor-owned utility that sells more than two million megawatt hours of electricity i... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-28 Effective date, January 1, 2025.
SB1517	Pass	The Act would let the urban flood safety and water quality district impose an annual charge on lands that are benefited by district works. The Act would let the district impose a fee on cities and counties for district costs not covered by the annual... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-28 Effective date, June 6, 2024.
SB1502	Pass	Requires most public schools and college boards to video record their meetings and post the meeting recordings on their websites and social media sites. This does not apply if a meeting is private or if a school district is very small. (Flesch Readab... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-28 Effective date, January 1, 2025.
SB1566	Pass	Allows a county to charge a permit fee to build, move or change a line, fixture or facility that is in the right of way of a county public road. There are exceptions. Sunsets on January 2, 2031. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.5). [Digest: Allows a cou... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-28 Effective date, March 27, 2024.
SB1541	Pass	The Act adds new circuit court judges. Two of the judges start on July 1, 2024, and one judge starts on July 1, 2025. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.7). Creates new circuit court judge positions in certain judicial districts. Takes effect July 1, 2024... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-28 Effective date, July 1, 2024.
SB1527	Pass	Changes accounts for first-time home buyers, for accounts starting in 2025. Requires taxpayer to keep records. Changes rules for banks. Becomes law 91 days from sine die. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.1). Modifies provisions governing first-time home... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-28 Effective date, June 6, 2024.
SB1571	Pass	The Act would require a disclosure of the use of AI or other similar technology in campaign ads. The Act would create a way to enforce the requirement and to impose a fine for violations. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7). Requires a disclosure of the... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-28 Effective date, March 27, 2024.
SB1579	Pass	The Act creates a new fund for a current grant program that provides moneys for child abuse response programs. The Act directs DOJ to create a one-time grant program to expand access to services and supports from CACs. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.5... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-28 Effective date, March 27, 2024.
SB1553	Pass	The Act changes the crime of interfering with public transportation. The Act makes using drugs on public transit a new way of committing the crime. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.5). Modifies the crime of interfering with public transportation to incl... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-28 Effective date, January 1, 2025.
SB1533	Pass	Tells the SOS to translate the voters' pamphlet into the 10 most common languages used in each county. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.6). Increases, from 5 to 10, the number of the most commonly spoken languages in each county, other than English, tha... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-28 Effective date, January 1, 2025.
SB1568	Pass	Makes pay for electricians equal to the pay in a union contract in parts of the state where there is a union contract and the union is the only one that speaks for electricians. Takes effect 91 days after session ends (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6)... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-28 Effective date, June 6, 2024.
SB1580	Pass	The Act would make it a crime for an employer to file a false payroll report to lower its workers' comp premium. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.1). [Digest: The Act would make it a crime for an employer to report false data in order to lower its worke... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-28 Effective date, March 27, 2024.
SB1558	Pass	Does not apply the shortened school day law to certain class periods or types of instruction. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.9). Makes an exception to abbreviated school day requirements for when a student voluntarily does not schedule a class for one... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-28 Effective date, March 27, 2024.
SB1576	Pass	The Act changes the law about when the AG can share some materials about consumer data. The Act makes some court records of when a minor settles a claim secret. The Act changes the law making some owners immune from liability when they allow recreati... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-28 Effective date, March 27, 2024.
SB1509	Pass	The Act stops the lottery for Columbia River gillnet fishing permits. The Act directs an agency to start a work group to make suggestions on creating a program for buying the permits from willing sellers. The Act directs the agency to report on the s... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-28 Effective date, March 27, 2024.
SB1526	Pass	The Act makes changes to certain Oregon tax laws. It takes effect on the 91st day after session ends. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.9). Makes technical, policy and administrative changes to certain Oregon tax laws. Takes effect on the 91st day follow... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-28 Effective date, June 6, 2024.
SB1531	Pass	The Act would create a body to plan for America's 250th birthday. The Act would require the views of Indian tribes to feature in the birthday planning and activities. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.8). [Digest: The Act would create a body to plan for ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-28 Effective date, March 27, 2024.
SB1587	Pass	The Act protects a children's advocacy center from legal action for looking into the abuse of a child if a nationwide group says that the center meets certain standards. The Act protects the center's employees, too. The Act does not protect a center ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-28 Effective date, March 27, 2024.
SB1520	Pass	Exempts awards from and legal fees paid in wildfire suits from income tax. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.5). Digest: Exempts award from wildfire suit from income tax. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.8).] Creates Oregon tax subtraction for amounts recei... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-28 Effective date, June 6, 2024.
SB1574	Pass	The Act defines abuse of a corpse in the first degree in some circumstances as a sex crime. The Act allows DOT to share data with humane special agents. The Act also changes some definitions for police oversight laws and exempts some hearings from th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-28 Effective date, March 27, 2024.
SB1596	Pass	Requires someone that makes electronic items for consumers to give on fair terms to those who look at, maintain or fix the items what they need to maintain or fix the items. Fair terms means, in part, giving independent people what they need on the s... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-28 Effective date, January 1, 2025.
SB1525	Pass	This Act amends and creates laws related to the State Department of Energy. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4). [Digest: This Act extends dates for a state agency to submit certain reports. The Act extends dates for the agency and others to develop goa... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-28 Effective date, March 27, 2024.
SB1538	Pass	The Act makes many changes to election laws. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.8). Permits an agent of a candidate to file a translation of a candidate statement with the Secretary of State. Permits candidate statements, certain arguments regarding measu... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-28 Effective date, March 27, 2024.
SB1515	Pass	Makes changes to laws related to paid and unpaid family and medical leave. The Act takes effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.7). Directs the Employment Department to collaborate with the Bureau of Labor and Industries to ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Effective date, March 20, 2024.
SB1567	Pass	The Act tells an agency to take actions on water in the Walla Walla River Basin. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6). Directs the Water Resources Department to take certain actions related to the Walla Walla Water 2050 Strategic Plan. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Effective date, January 1, 2025.
SB1514	Pass	The Act would require the Director of OED to conduct periodic assessments of the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund. The Act would allow the director to take actions if the director found the fund to be insolvent. The Act would take effect ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Effective date, March 20, 2024.
SB1506	Pass	The Act temporarily lets pharmacists test a person for a virus and treat the person for the virus. The Act also tells some health insurers to pay the pharmacist who tests and treats the person. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7). [Digest: The Act tells... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Effective date, June 6, 2024.
SB1508	Pass	The Act forbids the HERC from using quality of life to measure the weight to give to a service that may be covered by the state Medicaid program. The Act caps the amount a person must pay for insulin under a health benefit plan to $35. (Flesch Readab... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Effective date, January 1, 2025.
SB1523	Pass	The Act allows an adult who applies to a state agency to access a sealed original birth record to ask the state agency to add or change the name of a biological parent. Takes effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). Allows... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Effective date, March 20, 2024.
SB1510	Pass	The Act allows the agency of the State Fire Marshal to require fingerprints for criminal background checks on certain persons. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8). Authorizes the Department of the Sta... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-19 Effective date, March 12, 2024.
SB1593	Fail	The Act would impose a new tax on the gross proceeds from the sale of unprocessed timber cut on private land larger than 500 acres held in common ownership. The Act would provide funding to counties and to protect homes, neighborhoods and water suppl... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-07 In committee upon adjournment.