Rep. Darcey Edwards

Maddy summaryHB 4112 increases funding for Oregon's outdoor school program by $6 million, raising the biennial allocation from $48 million to $54 million for the 2025-2027 budget period. This funding supports outdoor education programs that provide hands-on environmental learning experiences for students, directly benefiting schools and educational organizations participating in the program. The bill also declares an emergency to allow immediate implementation upon passage, though the emergency declaration does not alter the funding amount or program structure.

Allows a person to title and register a Kei truck in Oregon. Amends and creates laws related to allowing Kei trucks to operate on highways in Oregon. Creates the offense of unlawfully operating a Kei truck on a highway. Punishes by a maximum fine of $1,000.

Appropriates moneys to the State Forestry Department to offset landowners' costs of fire protection provided by the department. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Allows an attending physician to provide ibogaine to a patient for the patient's consumption to treat certain disorders. Defines "attending physician" and "ibogaine." Exempts ibogaine, when obtained, provided and consumed as specified, from the definition of "controlled substance." Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Digest: The Act would change the tax credit for semiconductor research. The Act would set up and change some tax breaks for advanced manufacturing, enterprise zones and regionally significant industrial sites. The Act would direct certain state agencies to set up deadlines to process applications for permits and to make the deadlines public. The Act would make those agencies, no later than 60 days after the date on which the Act becomes law, publish a list of the permits that they issue. Modifies the tax credit allowed for semiconductor research. Creates and amends certain programs offering tax breaks related to advanced manufacturing, enterprise zones and regionally significant industrial sites. Directs certain state agencies to establish deadlines within which the agency intends to process applications for permits and make the deadlines available to the public. Directs certain state agencies to publish a catalog of permits issued by the agency within 60 days after the effective date of the Act. Adds rural reserves in Washington County to Metro to be used for high-technology and advanced manufacturing purposes. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

] Requires certain health insurers[ , the Oregon Educators Benefit Board and the Public Employees' Benefit Board ] to cover fertility services and treatments. Exempts certain insurers from specific coverage requirements. [ Directs the Oregon Health Authority and the Department of Consumer and Business Services to study access to fertility and reproductive endocrinology services and report findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health. ] [ Declares an emergency, effective on passage. ] Directs the Department of Consumer and Business Services to administer a program to provide reimbursement for the costs for treatments when not covered by exempted insurers. Establishes the Family Building Fund in the State Treasury.

Increases sentencing guidelines for felony fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

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. Allows specified persons to bring an action against a health care practitioner for violations. Allows the court to order that the identity or personally identifiable information of specified persons is protected from disclosure.

Creates Oregon corporate excise and income tax subtractions for amounts received in resolution of a civil action arising from wildfire. Creates Oregon corporate excise and income tax subtractions for wildfire-related legal fees paid by plaintiffs. Allows a taxpayer to amend a return to claim a refund for the earliest tax year in which a subtraction is allowed. Applies to declarations and executive orders issued on or after January 1, 2018, and before January 1, 2027, and to amounts received, losses incurred and legal fees paid in tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2018. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Maddy summaryHB 4109 repeals a provision (ORS 657.203) that allowed unemployment insurance benefits for workers unemployed due to a strike. This bill removes the exception that previously permitted benefits during strike-related unemployment, meaning workers involved in active strikes will no longer qualify for benefits during the strike period. The change directly affects employees whose job loss results from a labor dispute (strike) at their workplace. The bill does not alter other unemployment eligibility rules but specifically eliminates the strike-related benefit provision established by prior legislation.