Increases boating fees and deposits moneys into the Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention Fund. Provides that a waterway access permit is required while operating a nonmotorized boat of any length. Creates exceptions.
Requires that a school integrated pest management plan be reviewed at least once every five years . [ and made available to the public on a website. Provides that a low-impact pesticide list shall be included in an integrated pest management plan. ] Requires that the school integrated pest management plan and the list of low-impact pesticides be made available to the public on a website.
Maddy summarySB 1168 prohibits home health care and home hospice care entities from paying staff based on per-visit compensation. This directly affects home health and hospice providers, who will no longer be able to structure staff pay around individual patient visits. The bill clarifies definitions of "home health services" and "home hospice services" under Oregon law to align with this compensation change. It takes effect January 1, 2026, after being signed by the governor and becoming Chapter 546 of the 2025 Laws.
[ Instructs the State Fish and Wildlife Commission to adopt rules that prohibit ] Prohibits a person from taking a beaver on waters or watersheds that are classified in a certain manner or on public land that is within the watersheds or within 200 feet of the ordinary high water mark of the waters. [ Creates an ] Provides exceptions, including an exception for employees of federal and state land management agencies.
[ Reduces ] Fixes at six percent maximum rent increases for rental spaces in a larger facility [ to match changes to the consumer price index. Limits to 10 percent the maximum increase in rent paid by the purchaser of a dwelling or home in a facility. ] beginning in 2026. Creates an exception for certain infrastructure upgrades approved by a vote of the tenants. Prohibits a landlord from requiring aesthetic improvements or internal inspections as conditions of sale of a dwelling or home in a facility. [ Requires the Housing and Community Services Department to study water, sewer and septic systems of facilities and to report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to housing by September 15, 2026. ] Declares an emergency, effective September 1, 2025.
Directs the Public Utility Commission to provide for a classification of service for large energy use facilities. Requires any tariff schedule adopted for the class to allocate the costs of serving large energy use facilities to the facilities and mitigate the risks to other classes of retail electricity consumers. Defines "large energy use facility." Directs the commission to require an electric company to use a contract when providing electricity service to a large energy use facility. Requires the contract to meet certain requirements and conditions. Directs the commission to report each even-numbered year to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to energy on trends in load requirements and other implications from large energy use facilities. Sunsets January 2, 2035. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Provides that an individual otherwise eligible for unemployment insurance benefits is not disqualified for any week that the individual's unemployment is due to a labor dispute in active progress at the individual's place of employment. Provides that individuals unemployed due to a strike are disqualified for benefits for one week before eligibility begins, with the usual unpaid waiting week, subject to a [ possible ] limit based on the tax schedule in effect at the time. Provides for the collection of benefits overpaid during a strike due to the later receipt of back pay. Requires a school district to deduct from an employee's future wages benefits charged for weeks during a labor dispute.
] Allows the Department of Transportation to [ gift, ] lease or sell surplus real property of the Interstate 5 Rose Quarter Project to Albina Vision Trust, Inc. Sunsets on January 2, [ 2030 ] 2040 .
Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to the Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center to construct and operate the Sunrise Campus Cultural Workforce Center. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
Prohibits the use of certain mechanical restraints on youth, adjudicated youth or young persons in detention facilities or youth correction facilities. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
