Provides that the governing body of a county shall be a nonpartisan board of five commissioners elected by the people of the county unless county voters choose not to do so. Requires a county to provide by ordinance or resolution for the structure of the board, the board districts, if any, the election procedures and compensation for the commissioners if the county voters have not chosen to exempt the county from the provisions. Becomes operative on January 1, 2027.
Prohibits a local government, local contracting agency or local contract review board from enacting, adopting or enforcing an ordinance, resolution, rule or other law that prohibits, restricts or limits the evaluation, comparison or use of pipe or piping materials for a water project if the pipe or piping materials meet current standards or performance specifications of specified organizations and if moneys appropriated from the State Treasury directly or indirectly provided funding for the water project. Becomes operative on January 1, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires the Secretary of State to verify information provided to the secretary by the Department of Transportation and the Oregon Health Authority regarding voter registration. Prohibits the secretary from providing voter registration information the secretary receives from the Department of Transportation and the Oregon Health Authority to a county clerk until and unless the secretary verifies that the voter is a United States citizen.
Creates an income tax credit for the unreimbursed expenses of certain public school teachers and adjunct instructors. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, and before January 1, 2031. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Delays, until July 1, 2026, the requirement that a producer responsibility organization transfer materials to responsible end markets. Prohibits, before July 1, 2026, the Department of Environmental Quality from requiring that a recycling processing facility take certain actions with respect to responsible end markets. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Adds additional purposes for which moneys in the Seismic Risk Mitigation Fund may be expended. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires nonprofit corporations that meet certain requirements, including a receipt of public funds, to comply with open meetings law and public records law, to post a copy of the corporation's proposed annual budget to the corporation's public website and to submit to and cooperate with an audit. Subjects members of a corporation's board of directors and officers and employees of a corporation to government ethics standards. Applies the provisions of the Act to corporations over a 15-year period, with required compliance during the period depending on the proportion of the budget or revenues of the corporation that comes from public funds. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
HB 3138 requires Oregon's Director of Agriculture to hire an organic policy special assistant. This new position would track national organic trends, support marketing and trade of organic products, address data gaps, and improve infrastructure for handling organic goods. The bill directly affects Oregon's agricultural department and organic producers by adding this role to coordinate existing organic-related efforts. It amends existing law to create this specific position without changing current agricultural policies or regulations.
HB 2156 requires Oregon's Department of Transportation to study whether uniform standards for speed bump height and markings should be developed. The study must be completed and reported to legislative transportation committees by September 15, 2026, with the bill expiring on January 2, 2027. This bill directly affects the Department of Transportation and future local government implementation of speed bumps, but does not create new regulations itself.
Directs the Oregon Health Authority and coordinated care organizations, to the extent permitted by federal law, to establish reimbursement rates for labor and delivery services provided by hospitals to medical assistance recipients that are no less than the costs to provide the services.
Directs the Department of State Police to study locations where controlled substances can be incinerated. Requires the department to provide the results of the study to the appropriate interim committees of the Legislative Assembly no later than September 1, 2026. Sunsets January 2, 2027. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution to require petitions for proposed initiative laws to be signed by qualified voters in each county in this state in numbers that equal six percent of the total votes cast in the county for all candidates for Governor at the preceding gubernatorial election. Requires petitions for proposed initiative amendments to the Oregon Constitution to be signed by qualified voters in each county in numbers that equal eight percent of the total votes cast in the county for all candidates for Governor at the preceding gubernatorial election. Prohibits persons who are not qualified voters from making contributions in connection with initiatives or to influence elections on initiatives to the extent limitations on contributions are permitted under the Constitution of the United States. Refers the proposed amendment to the people for their approval or rejection at the next regular general election.
