Provides that a commission formed by local governments to replace a bridge crossing the Columbia River is a public body for purposes of the Oregon Tort Claims Act.
Maddy summaryHB 3579 requires Oregon voters to approve any new tolls proposed by the Oregon Transportation Commission before implementation. The bill amends state law to mandate that tolls can only be assessed after a majority of voters approve them in a referendum. This directly affects the Transportation Commission (which must seek voter approval) and Oregon residents (who gain a direct vote on tolls). The key provision replaces the Commission's authority to implement tolls with a voter approval requirement, applying to all new tolling proposals across the state.
Enacts the interstate Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact. Permits the Oregon Board of Dentistry to disclose specified information to the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact Commission. Exempts individuals authorized by compact privilege from requirement to obtain licensure from the board to practice as a dentist or dental hygienist. Allows the board to use moneys to meet financial obligations imposed on the State of Oregon as a result of participation in the compact. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Allows the Energy Facility Siting Council to issue a site certificate for a small modular reactor energy facility demonstration project in Umatilla County. Requires the demonstration project to use microgrid enabling technologies such that the project can be isolated from the electric grid and support community energy resilience. Requires the council to consult with each interested federally recognized Indian tribe with tribal lands located in Umatilla County on an application for a site certificate for a demonstration project. Directs the State Department of Energy , in cooperation with certain state agencies, to prepare a report on statutes, rules, requirements or orders that may be applicable to a small modular reactor energy facility demonstration project, and statutes and rules that may need to be adopted or modified to enable the Energy Facility Siting Council to provide oversight of a demonstration project. Directs the department to submit the report to the interim committees or committees of the Legislative Assembly related to energy not later than [ one year after the Act takes effect ] December 15, 2026 . Establishes the Umatilla County SMR Demonstration Project Report Fund. Refers the Act to the people of Umatilla County for their approval or rejection at the next regular general election.
Allows an exclusion from the Oregon taxable estate of a surviving spouse for the unused portion of exclusion that applied to the prior deceased spouse of the decedent. Applies to estates of decedents who die on or after January 1, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Repeals provisions related to building code standards for wildfire hazard mitigation, defensible space requirements, fire protection for lands outside forest protection districts and the wildfire hazard map. Makes changes related to defensible space. Makes changes related to the wildland-urban interface. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Maddy summarySB 1101 requires Oregon county clerks to cancel voter registrations under four specific, federally mandated circumstances: at a voter's request, upon the voter's death, when a voter provides proof of registering in another state, or if a voter doesn't respond to a notice and hasn't voted or updated their registration for two election cycles. This bill aligns Oregon's voter registration cancellation process with the federal National Voter Registration Act of 1993. Voters whose registrations are canceled must re-register to vote in future elections. The bill does not create new voter requirements but ensures Oregon complies with existing federal law.
] Directs the Health Licensing Office to issue a nutritionist license [ to engage in the practice of nutrition ] to a qualified applicant. Changes the requirements to qualify for a dietitian license [ to engage in the practice of dietetics ]. Defines "medical nutrition therapy," the "practice of dietetics" and the "practice of nutrition." Changes the name of the Board of Licensed Dietitians to the Board of Licensed Dietitians and Nutritionists. Allows a licensed dietitian and a licensed nutritionist to provide services via telehealth. Prohibits a person from [ engaging in the practice of dietetics or the practice of nutrition ] providing medical nutrition therapy , or from using specified titles and abbreviations, without a license. Makes exceptions to the licensure requirement. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
] [ Requires public bodies that procure electric vehicles and solar photovoltaic energy systems to receive before entering a contract for the electric vehicle or solar photovoltaic energy system a certification from the manufacturer, distributor, vendor or supplier that the production, assembly, transportation or sale of the electric vehicle or solar photovoltaic energy system did not use or involve forced labor or oppressive child labor. Requires probative evidence to accompany the certification. ] [ Provides that a person that supplies a certification that is false, materially misleading, illegitimate, untruthful, forged or substantially inaccurate is liable for a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 or half of the price the public body paid for the electric vehicle or solar photovoltaic energy system. Subjects the public body to similar penalties for knowingly or intentionally accepting a certification that the public body knows is false, materially misleading, illegitimate, untruthful, forged or substantially inaccurate. ] [ Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. ] Establishes the Task Force on Ethical Procurement with 11 members appointed by the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Governor. Requires the task force to devise methods for verifying the identities of manufacturers, distributors, vendors or suppliers of products that public bodies procure in this state and ensuring that the public bodies do not procure products for which production, assembly, transportation or sale used or involved forced labor or oppressive child labor. Specifies methods by which the task force may carry out the task force's purpose. Sunsets on December 31, 2026. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Requires the Department of Consumer and Business Services to study funding to improve access to health care. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health care no later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
