Directs the Environmental Quality Commission to establish by rule a program for providing rebate vouchers to qualifying individuals who purchase electric assisted bicycles. Establishes the Electric Bicycle Incentive Fund. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Provides funding to the Employment Department for staffing workforce reentry programs for adults in custody. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Maddy summaryHB 2449 requires Oregon's approved recovery schools to provide peer group support programs for students. These programs must include social activities, counseling, and case management services, and be community-based, family-centered, and professionally staffed. The bill applies to schools serving students in grades 9-12 who are recovering from substance use disorders. This requirement is mandated by Section 4(4)(a)(I) of the amended statute (ORS 336.680).
Provides for calculation of the minimum wage rate beginning July 1, 2026. Directs the Bureau of Labor and Industries to establish a formula by rule for setting the minimum wage rate. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Allows a worker to receive permanent disability payments and complete the appeal of a notice of closure while engaged in training. Allows the redetermination of a worker's permanent total disability compensation after ceasing to engage in training. Allows a worker to postpone the selection of a training program and engagement in the program until after claim closure becomes final.
Requires the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to study opportunities to modernize the background check process and criminal history standards that apply to people seeking employment in public schools. Directs the commission to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to education no later than September 15, 2026.
Establishes the Landowners Living with Beavers Grant Program Subaccount in the Oregon Conservation and Recreation Fund. Authorizes the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to award block grants from the subaccount under the Landowners Living with Beavers Grant Program, on recommendations from the Oregon Conservation and Recreation Advisory Committee. Directs the department and the committee to jointly report on the grant program to committees or interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the environment on or before September 15, 2027. Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the department for deposit in the subaccount for purposes related to the grant program. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Directs the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to establish a Wildlife Stewardship Program. Directs the department to administer a grant program to support licensed wildlife rehabilitation centers. Appropriates moneys to the department, out of the General Fund, for purposes of the grant program.
Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for purposes of deposit in the Universal Representation Fund. Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Judicial Department for purposes of transfer to the Oregon State Bar for purposes of use by the Legal Services Program to provide legal services to individuals on immigration matters. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Expands the requirement to discuss class size and caseload as mandatory subjects of bargaining for purposes of school district collective bargaining. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
