Governor Signed Bills - 2025 Regular Session
Senate Bills
SB 10
Governor Signed Transfers moneys between funds. |
SB 32
Governor Signed Requires the Housing and Community Services Department to post information about publicly supported housing on the department's webpage. |
SB 49
Governor Signed Adds two members to the Building Codes Structures Board and adds two professions that the board members must represent. |
SB 64
Governor Signed Requires the Department of Human Services to seek a waiver of federal requirements in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in order to allow recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance to receive advance installment payments of the tax credit for dependent care expenses. |
SB 69
Governor Signed Specifies that the Bureau of Labor and Industries is responsible for certain administrative and regulatory oversight regarding certain provisions under the laws governing paid family and medical leave that relate to retaliation and discrimination. |
SB 91
Governor Signed Prohibits fire departments from using firefighting foam containing perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). |
SB 102
Governor Signed Provides that a court may not stay or prohibit a Federal Home Loan Bank from exercising rights to collateral pledged by an insurer-member that is subject to a delinquency proceeding. |
SB 135
Governor Signed Requires the appointment of representatives of local CASA Volunteer Programs to specified review teams. |
SB 166
Governor Signed Changes the term "member" of the Oregon State Bar to the term "licensee" of the Oregon State Bar. |
SB 167
Governor Signed Amends portions of the Uniform Commercial Code to enable the code to govern the use of certain types of digital assets, electronic money, chattel paper, hybrid transactions, including bundles of goods and services, documents of title and payment systems. |
SB 168
Governor Signed Modifies evidence required to establish parentage in a probate proceeding. |
SB 277
Governor Signed Allows a law enforcement agency or public body to provide information, or enter into an agreement to provide information, as required to effect an international extradition and return of a person charged with or convicted of a crime in this state and for whom a warrant of arrest has been issued. |
SB 315
Governor Signed Directs the Department of Education to review, make recommendations and develop best practices related to the recording of student absences and how school districts respond to student absences and to develop a common coding system for school districts to use for student absences. |
SB 417
Governor Signed Modifies provisions related to relocating or reconstructing outdoor advertising signs. |
SB 465
Governor Signed Removes the annual cap on matching funds that an individual development account holder may accrue. |
SB 710
Governor Signed Modifies the enumerated authority of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to include the authority to establish continuing education requirements for state court judges. |
SB 735
Governor Signed Provides that abbreviated school day program requirements do not apply to students in public charter schools if certain conditions are met. |
SB 742
Governor Signed Allows a student's parent or foster parent to consent to attending an initial meeting regarding an abbreviated school day program placement by telephone or other electronic means. |
SB 745
Governor Signed Allows the parent or foster parent of a terminally ill student to consent to meeting once every year to review the student's abbreviated school day program. |
SB 784
Governor Signed Specifies that the statewide standards for dual credit programs include programs in agriculture, forestry and natural resources. |
SB 790
Governor Signed Renames the position of Administrator of the Oregon Advocacy Commissions Office to executive director of the Oregon Advocacy Commissions Office. |
SB 795
Governor Signed Modifies the meaning of terms used for purposes of the abandoned and derelict vessel laws. |
SB 797
Governor Signed Modifies laws regulating public accountancy professionals. |
SB 798
Governor Signed Provides out-of-state members of the Oregon National Guard with in-state tuition and other higher education benefits. |
SB 801
Governor Signed Increases from one to two the number of Assistant Adjutants General from the Air National Guard of Oregon that the Adjutant General may appoint. |
SB 802
Governor Signed Modifies the event to start calculating the 90-day period during which an applicant for a teaching license may be employed in a public school of this state pending evaluation of their application by the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission. |
SB 803
Governor Signed Requires the Adjutant General to allow efforts to make the state-sponsored life insurance program available to members of the Oregon National Guard. |
SB 806
Governor Signed Allows the Civil Air Patrol to use Oregon National Guard armories and facilities for official business at no cost. |
SB 808
Governor Signed Provides hiring and promotion preferences in public employment to members and former members of the Oregon National Guard. |
SB 809
Governor Signed Clarifies that the State Department of Agriculture may inspect poultry products under the state meat inspection program. |
SB 812
Governor Signed Repeals a sunset to make the landowner preference program permanent. |
SB 814
Governor Signed Modifies eligibility criteria for the long-term rental assistance program for certain individuals under 25 years of age. |
SB 825
Governor Signed Requires the program for state agency facility energy design to minimize costs of reports to state agencies and minimize duplication of reporting requirements under the energy performance program for covered commercial buildings. |
SB 833
Governor Signed Makes certain changes related to label requirements for soil-enhancing products. |
SB 839
Governor Signed Modifies laws that regulate the operation of commercial vehicles. |
SB 849
Governor Signed Changes the application of moneys in the School Districts Unfunded Liability Fund. |
SB 851
Governor Signed Modifies provisions relating to the Public Employees Retirement System. |
SB 852
Governor Signed Modifies certain post-retirement death benefits under the Public Employees Retirement System. |
SB 854
Governor Signed Authorizes the Oregon Racing Commission to impose civil penalties for certain violations of animal racing law. |
SB 855
Governor Signed Requires the Oregon Racing Commission to adopt rules establishing civil penalties for violation of laws, rules or directives relating to race meets. |
SB 856
Governor Signed Authorizes officers and employees of the Oregon Racing Commission to place bets or wagers on certain race meets in the course of official auditing duties. |
SB 858
Governor Signed Makes technical changes to statutory provisions concerning the administration of the family and medical leave insurance program. |
SB 859
Governor Signed Authorizes the Director of the Employment Department to compromise or adjust certain debts and overpayments relating to the paid family and medical leave program. |
SB 867
Governor Signed Prescribes sanctions that the Department of Education may impose when an elementary or secondary school or program is found to be in noncompliance with a discrimination prohibition. |
SB 868
Governor Signed Directs the Department of Education to develop a formula and to submit a report related to the calculation of the cost of operating and administering a local, county or regional program of special education. |
SB 959
Governor Signed Adds signal jammers that interfere with alarm system signals and communication to the definition of "burglary tool or theft device," possession of which with intent to commit or facilitate a forcible entry into premises or a physical taking constitutes the crime of possession of a burglary tool or theft device. |
SB 967
Governor Signed Authorizes local governments to enter into agreements governing local improvements proposed for unincorporated areas within an urban growth boundary. |
SB 973
Governor Signed Requires a landlord of publicly supported housing to provide all applicants and new tenants notice of when the affordability restrictions may be terminated. |
SB 993
Governor Signed Authorizes law enforcement agencies to release booking photos to licensed private investigators. |
SB 1011
Governor Signed Allows a federally recognized Indian tribe located in this state to submit a request to the Governor for retrocession of Public Law 280 jurisdiction. |
SB 1016
Governor Signed Directs the Department of Human Services to maintain an inventory of appropriate carriers for the transportation of a foster child's personal belongings. |
SB 1123
Governor Signed Grants court visitors immunity from liability when acting in good faith and within the scope of the visitor's duties. |
SB 1175
Governor Signed Establishes the Task Force on Removing Barriers to Jury Service. |
SB 1176
Governor Signed Requires the Bureau of Labor and Industries to conduct an effort to publicize and explain the obligation to accept cash as payment for goods and services to places of public accommodation and residents of this state. |
SB 1189
Governor Signed Creates a limited exception to water quality permitting requirements for a treatment works located within the North Santiam Basin. |
SB 5550
Governor Signed Modifies certain appropriations from the General Fund to specified state agencies and the Emergency Board for the biennium ending June 30, 2025. |
House Bills
HB 2007
Governor Signed Modifies requirements for the summer learning program. |
HB 2010
Governor Signed Extends the assessment on earnings from health plan premiums, the assessment on payments by the Oregon Health Authority to managed care organizations, the assessment on hospitals and the Oregon Reinsurance Program. |
HB 2019
Governor Signed Designates August 25 of each year as Oregon Adoption Day. |
HB 2073
Governor Signed Makes technical changes in Oregon tax statutes. |
HB 2127
Governor Signed Makes various changes to the laws that govern franchise agreements between motor vehicle dealers and manufacturers, distributors and importers. |
HB 2128
Governor Signed Updates and standardizes state laws that govern soliciting, offering, negotiating and selling travel insurance and products and services that include or are related to travel insurance. |
HB 2130
Governor Signed Makes various changes to the responsibilities of the Oregon Insurance Guaranty Association with respect to providing coverage for the obligations of member insurers. |
HB 2134
Governor Signed Allows tenant to terminate a tenancy during the fixed term without penalty upon 30 days' notice if the landlord delivers certain notices terminating the tenancy in 90 days or more. |
HB 2154
Governor Signed Makes permanent the county safety corridor program. |
HB 2163
Governor Signed Classifies a person with a documented intellectual or developmental disability as a person with a disability for purposes of wildlife laws that pertain to angling and harvesting shellfish. |
HB 2170
Governor Signed Authorizes the State Department of Fish and Wildlife, the State Marine Board or the State Department of Agriculture to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with a tribal government, local government or a local service district to perform aquatic invasive species inspections at check stations. |
HB 2183
Governor Signed Directs the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training to adopt rules establishing a procedure for recognition of prior law enforcement experience toward completion of required training for certification as a private security professional. |
HB 2232
Governor Signed Directs the State Parks and Recreation Department to adopt certain equipment standards for off-road vehicles instead of the other agencies. |
HB 2248
Governor Signed Establishes the Employer Assistance Division within the Bureau of Labor and Industries. |
HB 2256
Governor Signed Exempts the seller and a nonprofit, public body or tribe that purchases property for conservation purposes from civil or criminal liability for selling certain units of land not lawfully established. |
HB 2299
Governor Signed Modifies the crime of unlawful dissemination of an intimate image to include the disclosure of digitally created, manipulated or altered images. |
HB 2332
Governor Signed Prohibits the Department of Environmental Quality from requiring a Title V operating permit for certain air curtain incinerators. |
HB 2336
Governor Signed Modifies the timing of internal audits performed by state agencies and reporting on internal audits by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services. |
HB 2341
Governor Signed Adds a uniformed service member's or veteran's e-mail address to the information that the Director of Human Services, Early Learning System Director, Director of Transportation and Director of the Oregon Health Authority are required to provide to the Director of Veterans' Affairs. |
HB 2347
Governor Signed Authorizes the Department of Land Conservation and Development to provide planning assistance for housing production to federally recognized Indian tribes. |
HB 2373
Governor Signed Prohibits selling or offering for sale a timeshare without a license. |
HB 2375
Governor Signed Requires a person who is developing or repowering a wind energy facility to apply to the Federal Aviation Administration and, if applicable, the Federal Communications Commission, for approval for the installation and use of light-mitigating technology systems and, if approved, install the systems within 24 months or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter. |
HB 2380
Governor Signed Directs the Board of Cosmetology to adopt rules to allow the holder of a provisional certificate to perform in a cosmetology field of practice under the supervision of a practitioner in the same field of practice under certain circumstances. |
HB 2386
Governor Signed Provides the Department of Veterans' Affairs with authority to adopt rules to implement the laws concerning the unclaimed remains of veterans, veterans' spouses and dependents and survivors of veterans. |
HB 2387
Governor Signed Allows licensees of certain health professional regulatory boards to provide psilocybin services as licensed psilocybin service facilitators while providing the health care or behavioral health care services the provider is authorized to provide. |
HB 2415
Governor Signed Replaces the dollar cap on grants awarded to ports from the Port Planning and Marketing Fund with a maximum amount adopted by the Oregon Business Development Department by rule. |
HB 2421
Governor Signed Includes certain private post-secondary institutions in the direct admissions program established by the Higher Education Coordinating Commission. |
HB 2461
Governor Signed Changes notice requirements and requirements related to facilities and technology for motions to allow remote location testimony. |
HB 2464
Governor Signed Makes nonsubstantive and technical changes in Oregon law. |
HB 2465
Governor Signed Provides that the unlawful departure of a person from the custody of a parole and probation officer constitutes the crime of escape. |
HB 2471
Governor Signed Modifies when a person is guilty except for insanity. |
HB 2511
Governor Signed Directs the Department of Education to collect workforce data on all individuals who are employed by a school district or by an education service district. |
HB 2540
Governor Signed Requires certain health insurers to credit any amount an enrollee pays directly to a provider toward out-of-pocket costs and deductibles in certain circumstances. |
HB 2541
Governor Signed Provides certain agricultural workers with rights to express breast milk in the workplace. |
HB 2551
Governor Signed Directs the governing board of a public university to ensure that background information about special campus security officers is requested from the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training and reviewed before commissioning the officer. |
HB 2564
Governor Signed Revises the insurance rate review process. |
HB 2565
Governor Signed Exempts contracts with certain federally funded research and development centers from the provisions of the Public Contracting Code. |
HB 2567
Governor Signed Requires an eligible entity that receives a grant under the Heat Pump Deployment Program to agree to use best practices to maintain the security and confidentiality of personal information of individuals who apply for or receive financial assistance under the program from the eligible entity. |
HB 2581
Governor Signed Expands the duties of the State Resilience Officer. |
HB 2582
Governor Signed Removes references to the National CASA Association. |
HB 2613
Governor Signed Prescribes the factors that the court must consider when determining whether a child is in immediate danger for the purpose of granting a request for a temporary order providing for the custody of, or parenting time with, the child. |
HB 2660
Governor Signed Allows vehicle dealers to issue a recreational vehicle trip permit that is valid for 30 consecutive days if the vehicle is bought by a person who does not reside in Oregon and does not intend to title the vehicle in Oregon. |
HB 2682
Governor Signed Directs the Department of Education to establish an advisory committee to study and develop recommendations to modernize the adequate service levels for early intervention and early childhood special education in this state. |
HB 2800
Governor Signed Changes the term "worker leasing company" to "professional employer organization" in statute to reflect the use of agreements under which professional employer organizations and client employers allocate employer responsibilities for some or all of the client employer's workers. |
HB 2801
Governor Signed Allows the Water Resources Department to approve leases or temporary transfers of certain water rights in the Upper Klamath Basin until a court issues a final water rights decree. |
HB 2802
Governor Signed Establishes the circumstances in which an insurer is required to make a lump sum payment of a permanent partial disability award. |
HB 2804
Governor Signed Repeals provisions related to the juvenile panel of the Psychiatric Security Review Board. |
HB 2807
Governor Signed Provides that the Psychiatric Security Review Board is immune from liability for the performance of certain functions of the board. |
HB 2812
Governor Signed Exempts individually identifiable health information in the possession of the Psychiatric Security Review Board from disclosure under public records laws and allows for disclosure in certain circumstances. |
HB 2817
Governor Signed Eliminates the closure of forestland, due to fire danger, by permit closure. |
HB 2915
Governor Signed Allows disclosure without authorization of written accounts containing individually identifiable health information to the Psychiatric Security Review Board for an individual who is under the jurisdiction of the board and conditionally released to the Department of Corrections. |
HB 2922
Governor Signed Provides that State Parks and Recreation Department employees whose job classification is a park manager or a park ranger are eligible to request that records kept by the Department of Transportation contain the employer's address instead of the employee's home address. |
HB 2924
Governor Signed Modifies the number and description of members on the System of Care Advisory Council. |
HB 2933
Governor Signed Approves modifications to the rules of the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission related to the sentencing guidelines. |
HB 2935
Governor Signed Directs the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to study pretrial release and include certain data in the study. |
HB 2971
Governor Signed Modifies the allowable investments for certain financial institutions. |
HB 2978
Governor Signed Makes certain changes concerning a program to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions. |
HB 3003
Governor Signed Modifies the list of data that the Department of Human Services must include in its annual child welfare report. |
HB 3020
Governor Signed Prohibits wagering on dog races. |
HB 3021
Governor Signed Makes changes to statutes related to unemployment insurance law and paid family and medical leave insurance law. |
HB 3022
Governor Signed Authorizes the Department of Revenue to disclose information to the Employment Department for purposes of administering the paid family and medical leave insurance program. |
HB 3034
Governor Signed Modifies the role of the Oregon Housing Stability Council in designing policy for Emergency Housing Account programs. |
HB 3041
Governor Signed Modifies the source of law that establishes the Educator Advancement Council from intergovernmental agreement to state statute. |
HB 3044
Governor Signed Defines "Advanced Practice Registered Nurse," "diagnosing" and "medication aide. |
HB 3063
Governor Signed Provides that a student who is in a hospital educational program shall continue to remain enrolled in the school district in which the student had been a resident prior to being in the hospital educational program only for the purpose of maintaining access to classroom curricula and associated technology. |
HB 3115
Governor Signed Prohibits the transfer, for consideration, of winning Oregon State Lottery tickets or shares above a certain value. |
HB 3141
Governor Signed Designates the third Tuesday of March of each year as Oregon Farmer and Rancher Day. |
HB 3156
Governor Signed Requires each public utility to include with each utility bill the phone numbers for the Public Utility Commission's consumer services and website address for the commission's online consumer complaint form. |
HB 3175
Governor Signed Removes the cap on fees a county may charge to fund the county's activities related to public land survey corners. |
HB 3178
Governor Signed Requires a seller in a motor vehicle transaction that involves a retail installment contract or lease agreement to make a good faith effort to sell the retail installment contract or lease agreement to a lender on the exact terms that the seller and buyer negotiated. |
HB 3187
Governor Signed Makes it an unlawful employment practice for an employer to require or request disclosure of certain information regarding age and attendance or graduation dates. |
HB 3195
Governor Signed Modifies eligibility requirements for distributions from the Children's Advocacy Center One-Time Grant Fund. |
HB 3233
Governor Signed Expands requirements for the passenger rail plan. |
HB 3242
Governor Signed Requires health insurers to pay providers who are joining an in-network practice the same as in-network providers during the credentialing period. |
HB 3328
Governor Signed Adds Grant County to the list of counties that may use road fund moneys from federal forest reserves payments for patrolling on the county's roads. |
HB 3348
Governor Signed Modifies provisions of law regarding child support program administration. |
HB 3364
Governor Signed Makes changes related to a water supply grant program. |
HB 3370
Governor Signed Modifies the time frame in which state agencies may submit information to financial institutions related to deceased members or depositors. |
HB 3378
Governor Signed Requires residential landlords to offer a method of accessing the dwelling unit other than software on tenant-owned phones or other electronic devices for the dwelling to be considered habitable. |
HB 3385
Governor Signed Modifies the statute that governs the fee schedule for public records filed with a county clerk. |
HB 3386
Governor Signed Authorizes a deputy of a county clerk to solemnize marriages. |
HB 3447
Governor Signed Requires a business that makes retail sales of certain nitrous oxide canisters to verify the recipient is at least 18 years of age. |
HB 3487
Governor Signed Authorizes counties that receive moneys from the State Department of Agriculture under a past appropriation to use up to eight percent of the moneys to pay expenses incurred in administering grasshopper suppression efforts. |
HB 3505
Governor Signed Provides that a local government may not impose or increase a system development charge for the installation of a National Fire Protection Association 13D residential fire sprinkler system or for the increase in capacity of the system's water meter over the capacity of the water meter that would otherwise be required. |
HB 3724
Governor Signed Prohibits advertising, packaging and labeling of marijuana items in a manner likely to cause minors to unlawfully possess or consume marijuana items. |
HB 3814
Governor Signed Authorizes the Environmental Quality Commission and the Department of Environmental Quality to allow for a mixing zone to meet bacteria water quality criteria in a permit applicable to a seafood processing facility. |
HB 3863
Governor Signed Requires the Public Utility Commission to establish an eligibility cap at no less than 10 megawatts for the use of standard avoided costs rates and contracts for the purchase of energy or energy and capacity from qualifying facilities under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978. |
HB 3920
Governor Signed Increases the age limit for tuition waivers for qualified students. |
HB 5047
Governor Signed Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Department of Education and limits expenditures from the Summer Learning Grant Program Fund. |
HB 5049
Governor Signed Modifies amounts of lottery moneys allocated from the Administrative Services Economic Development Fund. |
HB 5050
Governor Signed Modifies the amounts authorized for issuance of general obligation bonds in the 2023-2025 biennium. |
HB 5051
Governor Signed Modifies the amounts authorized for certain capital construction costs. |