Sen. James Manning

Directs the Bureau of Labor and Industries to create certain guidance and informational materials to assist employers and employees. Prohibits employers from denying an employee's request to have [ an authorized representative ] a support person accompany the employee in discussions concerning reasonable accommodation subject to specific conditions . Extends prohibition against discrimination in government services, programs and activities to local governments. Prohibits employers from using minimum physical requirements [ to screen out persons with disabilities ] in a job posting without connecting the physical requirements to the essential functions of the job .

Requires school districts to offer lunch and breakfast to students at no charge, regardless of income. Provides exceptions. Requires school districts that make breakfast accessible at a school site to make breakfast accessible at the school site after the beginning of the day. [ Prescribes nutrition standards for reimbursable meals that are paid for by state sources. ] Takes effect on July 1, 2026.

Disallows, for purposes of personal income taxation, a mortgage interest deduction for a residence other than the taxpayer's principal residence, unless the taxpayer sells the residence or actively markets the residence for sale. Establishes the Oregon Homeownership Opportunity Account. Transfers an amount equal to the estimated increase in revenue attributable to restrictions on the deduction of mortgage interest to the account, for the purpose of making down payment assistance payments. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

[ Requires employers who provide paid vacation time to compensate employees for all earned or accrued but unused paid vacation time when employment terminates. ] Requires employers that provide, by written policy or employment contract, for the payment of earned or accrued but unused paid time off upon termination to make such payments in accordance with statutory requirements governing final wages. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Requires each electric company to develop an inclusive utility investment program to provide financing for customers' energy efficiency upgrades or renewable energy projects. Requires an inclusive utility investment program to provide savings reflected in the reduction in a customer's electricity or energy utility costs. Allows the Public Utility Commission to establish minimum financial savings standards and adopt and provide electric companies with performance incentives.

Prohibits an online news aggregating platform from accessing for an Oregon audience the online content of a digital journalism provider without an agreement. Specifies requirements that an agreement must meet. Creates a private cause of action that a digital journalism provider may bring against a platform if the platform accesses for an Oregon audience the online content of the digital journalism provider without an agreement or fails to comply with an agreement. Allows for the recovery of the greater of statutory or actual damages, and for punitive damages. Bars a cause of action if the platform is participating in arbitration or in compliance with a final arbitration order, judgment or settlement agreement. Bars a cause of action for access that occurs between January 1, 2027, and December 31, 2028, if the platform elects to pay a certain sum amount. Allows a platform or group of digital journalism providers to initiate an arbitration process to determine a percentage of the platform's advertising revenue to be remitted to the digital journalism providers. Requires platforms to report annually certain information about compensation paid to digital journalism providers. Establishes the Oregon Civic Information Consortium. Directs the consortium to award grants for applicants that seek to improve civic information.

] Requires an electric utility to disclose to its customers the costs of storing [ the ] nuclear waste produced by an energy facility in generating electricity. Requires a person who develops an energy facility to disclose to the electric utility and the public the costs of storing [ the ] any nuclear waste produced by the energy facility in generating electricity. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution to require a portion of surplus revenue that would otherwise be returned to personal income taxpayers to be used for funding public kindergarten through grade 12 education, community colleges and wildfire prevention and suppression, if surplus revenue exceeds a certain threshold. Refers the proposed amendment to the people for their approval or rejection at the next regular general election.

] Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution [ providing that law enforcement officers may not be masked and must wear certain identifying information except in specified circumstances ] establishing a right to be free from enforcement of the law by secret police . Refers the proposed amendment to the people for their approval or rejection at the next regular general election.

Requires lobbyists to provide a notice to the Oregon Government Ethics Commission regarding certain information about the lobbyist's representation of certain clients, the lobbyist's compensation and the lobbyist's new or different position on legislative action or administrative action. Provides for the contents of the notice. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.