Provides that compensation for loss or injury to livestock or working dogs under the wolf depredation compensation and financial assistance grant program must be based on certain multipliers of fair market value. Caps compensation at $15,000 per animal. Removes provision authorizing compensation for missing livestock.
Repeals the corporate activity tax. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Expands the crime of murder in the second degree to include intentionally or knowingly engaging in unlawful conduct that causes the death of an unborn child.
Maddy summaryHB 2429 removes the ability of unemancipated minors under 18 to consent to most healthcare services without parental approval. It repeals existing laws (like ORS 109.640) that allowed minors to make certain medical decisions independently. The bill also updates school immunization requirements to require parental signatures on health forms, with exceptions only for minors who are legally emancipated. This change affects all minors under 18 in Oregon, requiring parental consent for routine medical care decisions.
Appropriates moneys to the Department of Education for distribution to the Oregon Coast Visitors Association for the purpose of promoting seafood in the public schools of this state. Appropriates moneys to the State Department of Agriculture for the purpose of implementing local food incentives and product development to provide seafood products in public schools. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
Maddy summaryHB 3205 allows non-school-bus vehicles (called "school activity vehicles") to transport students directly between home and school, which was previously restricted. It amends Oregon law to explicitly include "home to school" trips in the definition of authorized use for these vehicles, affecting schools and districts using such vehicles for student transportation. The bill clarifies that this applies to vehicles not classified as school buses, private cars used by families, or transit buses, without changing safety standards for these vehicles.
Provides that a camping site is not "established" until it has been continuously occupied for 72 hours for purposes of the rule requiring 72-hour notice before homeless individuals may be removed from the camping site. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Maddy summaryHB 3980 expands eligibility for state financial assistance to help fund levee projects, specifically adding cities and towns (municipalities) as qualifying recipients alongside existing groups like drainage districts and private entities. The bill requires that levee projects receiving assistance must substantially improve infrastructure and be essential for farm, industrial, or commercial land use in Oregon. It amends state law to include municipalities in the list of eligible applicants for loans or grants under the Oregon Infrastructure Finance Authority. The bill declares an emergency, making it effective immediately upon passage to address urgent flood protection needs.
Extends the permissible uses of net revenue from a new or increased local transient lodging tax to include public safety services and certain costs related to "community infrastructure." Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
