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Governor Signed Bills - 2026 Regular Session

SB 1501 Governor Signed Authorizes the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to enter into agreements to own and oversee the operations of the Moda Center in the City of Portland.
SB 1502 Governor Signed Directs the Secretary of State to presession file a proposed legislative measure for consideration during the 2027 regular session of the Legislative Assembly that sets forth the recommendations of the secretary for changes to campaign finance limitations presently being implemented in this state.
SB 1504 Governor Signed Allows for the provision of epinephrine in schools by methods other than injections.
SB 1507 Governor Signed Updates the connection date to the federal Internal Revenue Code and other provisions of federal tax law.
SB 1509 Governor Signed Establishes the qualifications of an elector of President and Vice President of the United States.
SB 1510 Governor Signed Updates the terminology used to describe certain income earned by multinational corporations to reflect a change in the term used in federal law.
SB 1512 Governor Signed Expands the goals and purposes of the Prosperity 10,000 Program.
SB 1513 Governor Signed Delays until July 1, 2027, the requirement that a real estate team change the terms used in the team name.
SB 1515 Governor Signed Modifies provisions relating to petitions for compensation for wrongful conviction.
SB 1516 Governor Signed Provides that standing pretrial release orders do not affect the authority of a magistrate to consider the primary and secondary release criteria when making a release decision.
SB 1517 Governor Signed Provides that an operator may require a participant in a sport, fitness or recreational activity to release the operator for claims for ordinary negligence under certain circumstances.
SB 1518 Governor Signed Clarifies the meaning of "companionship services" for purposes of minimum wage and overtime requirements for certain individuals performing such services.
SB 1519 Governor Signed Changes the formula for determining permanent and temporary total disability compensation.
SB 1520 Governor Signed Authorizes the Director of the Employment Department to adopt rules establishing an accounting system for handling moneys in the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund.
SB 1521 Governor Signed Prohibits cities and counties within the Portland MSA from enforcing requirements that developers provide affordable units in multiunit dwellings unless the city or county first calculates the developers' average expected losses due to providing affordable housing and the city or county offsets those losses.
SB 1523 Governor Signed Defines "tenant portal" for the purposes of residential tenancies.
SB 1525 Governor Signed Establishes the Blue Economy Task Force.
SB 1527 Governor Signed Prohibits cost-sharing on certain health insurance, Oregon Educators Benefit Board and Public Employees' Benefit Board coverage of cervical cancer screenings and follow-up examinations.
SB 1532 Governor Signed Adds requirements for imposing a condition on the license of a residential care facility or long term care facility in response to a preliminary finding or substantiated finding of immediate jeopardy.
SB 1533 Governor Signed Modifies the Oregon Foster Children's Bill of Rights and the Oregon Foster Children's Sibling Bill of Rights.
SB 1535 Governor Signed Allows the Early Learning Council to modify the priority given to families receiving temporary assistance for needy families for participation in the Employment Related Day Care subsidy program.
SB 1538 Governor Signed Requires district school boards to admit all students to all schools and instructional programs of the school district.
SB 1539 Governor Signed Allows an individual to verify whether cattle are pregnant without holding a valid license issued by the Oregon State Veterinary Medical Examining Board under certain circumstances.
SB 1544 Governor Signed Makes changes to laws regulating dismantlers.
SB 1546 Governor Signed Requires operators of artificial intelligence companions and artificial intelligence companion platforms to provide notice to users that the users are interacting with artificial output if a reasonable person that interacts with the artificial intelligence companion or artificial intelligence companion platform would believe that the person was interacting with a natural person.
SB 1547 Governor Signed Authorizes the Oregon Board of Psychology to issue a license to practice behavioral health promotion, prevention and brief intervention to a qualified applicant.
SB 1551 Governor Signed Invalidates deed restrictions and planned community governing documents prohibiting the replacement of nonfire-hardened building materials or installation of fire-hardened building materials on residential properties.
SB 1556 Governor Signed Consolidates statutes governing the representation of parties before the magistrate division of the Oregon Tax Court.
SB 1557 Governor Signed Modifies provisions relating to contempt proceedings.
SB 1561 Governor Signed Requires local governments to approve restoration or replacement of dwellings rendered uninhabitable under an alternative process that is not a land use decision.
SB 1565 Governor Signed Increases snowmobile registration fees.
SB 1567 Governor Signed Authorizes the Housing and Community Services Department to fund mixed income housing.
SB 1568 Governor Signed Establishes coverage levels for doula services in the state medical assistance program and for health benefit plans that provide coverage for pregnancy and childbirth expenses.
SB 1570 Governor Signed Requires hospitals to have policies and procedures in place that address how the hospital will respond if a law enforcement authority arrives at the hospital and to designate which areas of the hospital are not open to the public.
SB 1571 Governor Signed Adds a definition of "nicotine" and expands the definition of "tobacco products."
SB 1575 Governor Signed Adds new requirements for obtaining an initial license to operate and maintain a hospice program.
SB 1576 Governor Signed Requires the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services to adopt rules to conform the state building code to accessibility requirements under the Fair Housing Act.
SB 1585 Governor Signed Sets maximum matching fund requirements for state grants to small incorporated cities for certain capital construction and municipal infrastructure and improvements.
SB 1587 Governor Signed Prohibits public bodies from disclosing personally identifiable information to a data broker unless the data broker attests that the information will not be sold or transferred to any entity that will use it to enforce federal immigration law.
SB 1590 Governor Signed Prohibits public bodies from assisting the federal government with privatization of certain federally owned lands.
SB 1594 Governor Signed Requires the Department of Justice to consult with the Office of Immigrant and Refugee Advancement when the department develops, reviews or updates model policies intended to limit immigration enforcement at public facilities.
SB 1595 Governor Signed Requires a professional licensing board to publish specified guidance regarding licensure and ensure certain staff receive culturally responsive training not later than January 1, 2028.
SB 1596 Governor Signed Directs the State Board of Education to allow play-based learning to be considered instructional time for students in kindergarten through grade five.
SB 1598 Governor Signed Requires certain health benefit plans to provide coverage for preventive health services in accordance with federal rules in effect on June 30, 2025, and immunizations recommended by the Public Health Officer in the future.
SB 1599 Governor Signed Moves the election date for the parts of chapter 1, Oregon Laws 2025 (special session), referred to the people by Referendum Petition 2026-302, to the primary election held on May 19, 2026.
SB 1601 Governor Signed Amends an incorrect internal reference in a law relating to judicial compensation.
SB 5701 Governor Signed Modifies amounts authorized for issuance of debt instruments for the biennium.
SB 5702 Governor Signed Establishes and modifies limits on payment of expenses from specified funds by certain state agencies for capital construction.
SB 5703 Governor Signed Modifies amounts allocated from the Administrative Services Economic Development Fund, Veterans' Services Fund, Criminal Fine Account, Oregon Marijuana Account and Fund for Student Success.

HB 4004 Governor Signed Provides that additional taxes otherwise imposed upon disqualification of land from certain forestland special assessment programs may not be collected if the disqualification is due to the suspension of reforestation requirements as a result of insects or disease.
HB 4005 Governor Signed Designates the first Saturday of October of each year through the end of the Sunday of the following weekend as Water Professionals Appreciation Week.
HB 4007 Governor Signed Defines "powered micromobility device" for the vehicle code.
HB 4012 Governor Signed Directs the Construction Contractors Board to consult and collaborate with the Bureau of Labor and Industries to carry out a targeted assessment initiative to observe and collect information regarding the use of services of unlicensed labor contractors and unlicensed construction labor contractors at construction job sites.
HB 4013 Governor Signed Clarifies which federal rules apply to the scope of the rulemaking authority of the Bureau of Labor and Industries regarding rules that govern the hours a minor can work.
HB 4016 Governor Signed Requires public contractors to demonstrate and maintain tax compliance, through a certification process, as a condition of the execution of a public contract.
HB 4017 Governor Signed Provides that amounts received as contributions by a candidate, principal campaign committee of a candidate and principal campaign committee of a holder of public office may be used for specified security-related expenses.
HB 4018 Governor Signed Modifies the timelines for the enactment of certain campaign finance regulations.
HB 4020 Governor Signed Requires certain agencies to specify the authority justifying the denial of a permit application and provide the applicant a guide on how to contest the denial.
HB 4021 Governor Signed Modifies effective date and notice requirements for certain permanent rules adopted, amended or repealed by certain agencies.
HB 4022 Governor Signed Establishes the Oregon Imagination Library Program to provide a free book each month to eligible children, encourage children to develop a love of reading and learning and improve school readiness, third-grade reading proficiency and high school graduation rates.
HB 4024 Governor Signed Prohibits a reseller or person affiliated with a reseller from offering for resale or engaging in a resale of an admission ticket unless the reseller or person affiliated with the reseller has actual or constructive possession of the admission ticket or explicit authorization in a written contract to obtain the admission ticket from an operator, a ticket seller or a person the operator or ticket seller authorized to purchase the admission ticket in an initial sale.
HB 4025 Governor Signed Allows an increase in the residential rates of a public utility to take effect from November 1 to March 31 for public utilities other than public utilities that provide electricity or natural gas services.
HB 4027 Governor Signed Amends the Workers' Benefit Fund assessment statute to direct the Department of Consumer and Business Services to set an additional assessment rate in order to deposit in a new BOLI Expenses Fund at least the greater of a minimum dollar amount or 12 months of projected expenses to fund the duties of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries, subject to a cap on the costs of new positions, to reimburse certain related expenses of the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services and to create and maintain a 12-month reserve in the new fund.
HB 4029 Governor Signed Requires a solar energy contractor or person that installs a solar energy system to have a license appropriate for the scope of work the solar energy contractor or person will perform.
HB 4031 Governor Signed Exempts an energy facility from needing a site certificate from the Energy Facility Siting Council if the energy facility produces power from a renewable energy source, qualifies for certain federal renewable energy tax credits and is placed in service on or before December 31, 2030, or a date allowed by exception and a local land use application for the facility is submitted on or before December 31, 2028.
HB 4033 Governor Signed Transfers responsibility for the volunteer database known as ORVID from the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to the Oregon Department of Emergency Management.
HB 4034 Governor Signed Revises the definition of "animal rescue entity."
HB 4035 Governor Signed Expands eligibility for cities and Metro to amend their urban growth boundaries under a temporary program.
HB 4036 Governor Signed Establishes the Housing Opportunity, Longevity and Durability Fund to deposit Article XI-Q bonds to be used by the Housing and Community Services Department to preserve affordable housing at risk of loss.
HB 4037 Governor Signed Adjusts certain terms of the revolving loan program for cities and counties to fund affordable housing projects.
HB 4039 Governor Signed Requires the Oregon Health Authority to develop a transparent and data-driven process for developing capitation rates for coordinated care organizations.
HB 4040 Governor Signed Modifies the requirements for screening a hospital patient for presumptive eligibility for financial assistance.
HB 4041 Governor Signed Reduces penalties for driving while suspended if the suspension is due to a conviction for criminal mischief resulting from the operation of a motor vehicle or reckless driving.
HB 4043 Governor Signed Authorizes the State Treasurer to issue Article XI-Q general obligation bonds to finance renovation or expansion of courthouses.
HB 4045 Governor Signed Requires a social media platform to respond to a search warrant within 72 hours of service, and all other communications providers to respond within five business days of service, when the warrant pertains to an investigation of stalking or a crime constituting domestic violence.
HB 4047 Governor Signed Requires the Oregon Health Authority to adopt rules and procedures to allow a hospital to apply for a license as a rural emergency hospital.
HB 4052 Governor Signed Creates a corporate excise tax credit for each of the first three years that a bank does business in this state.
HB 4053 Governor Signed Establishes the Emergency Medical Services Program Fund.
HB 4057 Governor Signed Directs the Department of Early Learning and Care to provide standardized information on all publicly funded early learning and care programs and resources available in this state to people who apply for or are placed on the waitlist for the Employment Related Day Care subsidy program.
HB 4060 Governor Signed Exempts sales to purchasers with facilities totaling more than one million square feet from a prohibition on sales of certain fluorescent lamps until January 1, 2030.
HB 4061 Governor Signed Directs the Oregon Business Development Department to set up a program for micro-enterprise tariff adjustment grants to small businesses for costs increased by federal tariffs.
HB 4062 Governor Signed Requires the Director of the Oregon Business Development Department to evaluate the programs administered by the department and provide recommendations for streamlining them.
HB 4065 Governor Signed Modifies provisions relating to late payment of seed production contracts and seed purchase contracts for agricultural seed and other seed.
HB 4066 Governor Signed Prohibits the student member of the Oregon Health and Science University Board of Directors from participating in any discussions or action by the board or attending any executive session of the board involving collective bargaining issues that affect students.
HB 4068 Governor Signed Modifies the definition of "transition aged youth residential treatment home" to include young adults between the ages of 17 and 25.
HB 4069 Governor Signed Requires a behavioral health employer to implement a written safety policy or plan for the physical safety of individuals working for the behavioral health employer.
HB 4070 Governor Signed Requires the Oregon Health Authority and coordinated care organizations to ensure that access to behavioral health treatment in the medical assistance program is comparable to access to medical and surgical treatment and that limitations are applied to behavioral health treatment no more stringently than to medical and surgical treatment.
HB 4072 Governor Signed Excludes specified periods of time from the time period within which a person released from custody must be arraigned.
HB 4075 Governor Signed Requires the State Treasurer to use up to $44 million from the Unclaimed Property and Estates Fund to guarantee a loan made to a rural hospital for financial stabilization.
HB 4076 Governor Signed Requires the Energy Facility Siting Council to find that reasons justify why the state policy in applicable statewide planning goals should not apply to a proposed energy facility if the council finds that the proposed energy facility will deliver electricity to the electric grid using an existing energy facility's surplus interconnection and does not require associated transmission lines more than two miles from the existing energy facility.
HB 4077 Governor Signed Authorizes a public utility, upon approval by the Public Utility Commission, to issue bonds and securitize debt for costs and expenses incurred or to be incurred by the public utility associated with a self-insurance or captive insurance program.
HB 4079 Governor Signed Directs school district boards and governing bodies of institutions of higher education to adopt policies that address how the school district or the institution of higher education will respond when a federal immigration authority enters school property or a campus.
HB 4082 Governor Signed Adds to a temporary UGB addition program an option for each city or Metro to also add to its urban growth boundary a site for manufactured dwellings, prefabricated structures or manufactured dwelling parks, or for housing that is predominantly for older persons and affordable for households with incomes not more than 120 percent of area median income.
HB 4083 Governor Signed Requires the Oregon Health Authority to, no later than June 30, 2027, adopt a uniform process for credentialing behavioral health providers and select an existing electronic credentialing system.
HB 4084 Governor Signed Establishes the Joint Permitting Council.
HB 4086 Governor Signed Directs the Oregon Business Development Department to develop a roadmap for the purpose of promoting industrial symbiosis activities in Oregon.
HB 4088 Governor Signed Declares this state's policy to protect engagement in certain activities relating to reproductive health care and gender-affirming treatment.
HB 4089 Governor Signed Modifies the crime of theft of services to include partial payments.
HB 4092 Governor Signed Prohibits a retailer from knowingly selling or offering for sale, and a retail platform operator from knowingly permitting a retailer to advertise or offer for sale, a child safety system that does not comply with federal standards or standards the Department of Transportation adopts by rule.
HB 4097 Governor Signed Authorizes the Oregon Ocean Science Trust to create and maintain a nonprofit organization.
HB 4099 Governor Signed Establishes the Task Force on Responding to Veterans in Crisis and directs the task force to submit a report to the interim committee of the Legislative Assembly related to emergency management and veterans no later than September 15, 2026.
HB 4100 Governor Signed Requires owners or operators of bulk oils or liquid fuels terminals to obtain a certificate of financial responsibility from the Department of Environmental Quality.
HB 4102 Governor Signed Modifies the authority of the Department of Environmental Quality to enter into agreements with regulated entities to expedite or enhance a regulatory process.
HB 4107 Governor Signed Requires an urgent care center to make publicly available specified information about the urgent care center, offer specified services and, except in certain circumstances, have at least one licensed health care provider on site during the hours of operation.
HB 4108 Governor Signed Allows the City of Eugene to annex noncontiguous land upon receipt of a petition from all owners of the land that satisfies four eligibility criteria.
HB 4111 Governor Signed Provides that evidence of a party's or a witness's immigration status is not admissible as evidence in a civil proceeding.
HB 4114 Governor Signed Creates a civil cause of action against certain individuals who under color of law enter certain property without a warrant or an exception to the warrant requirement.
HB 4115 Governor Signed Provides that a criminal records check on certain caregivers shall last for three years, subject to exceptions.
HB 4116 Governor Signed Declares that this state does not want the amendments set forth in section 521 of the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980 to apply to consumer finance loans made in this state.
HB 4120 Governor Signed Allows residential landlords of multifamily housing to convert premises to nonsmoking for existing tenants upon 180 days' written notice.
HB 4121 Governor Signed Creates authority to coordinate emergency management.
HB 4123 Governor Signed Limits the circumstances under which a landlord may disclose confidential information.
HB 4124 Governor Signed Directs the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to conduct a study of the condition of Oregon's post-secondary education system and to develop detailed recommendations for the design, implementation and operation of a viable and superior institutional framework.
HB 4127 Governor Signed Requires the Oregon Health Authority to adopt a payment mechanism to pay certain nonprofit reproductive health care providers that are not eligible to receive federal Medicaid funds for services provided to medical assistance recipients.
HB 4128 Governor Signed Prohibits covered entities from purchasing, acquiring or offering to purchase or acquire a single-family residence unless the residence has been listed for sale to the general public for at least 90 days.
HB 4130 Governor Signed Allows property tax special assessment for land under processing facilities.
HB 4131 Governor Signed Directs the State Board of Pharmacy to issue a license to operate a mobile pharmacy to a qualified applicant.
HB 4132 Governor Signed Requires the director to be a veteran who has received a discharge or release under other than dishonorable conditions.
HB 4134 Governor Signed Increases the state transient lodging tax.
HB 4135 Governor Signed Designates March 4th of each year as HPV Awareness Day.
HB 4137 Governor Signed Provides that, in lieu of making a first appearance for a traffic violation citation, the person who is the previous owner of a vehicle may notify the court that the person has transferred interest in the vehicle and is not liable for the citation.
HB 4138 Governor Signed Requires law enforcement agencies to require officers to wear uniforms with specified identifying information.
HB 4140 Governor Signed Modifies the crime of criminal mischief in the first degree by expanding the types of telecommunications entities whose property may be subject to ORS 164.365.
HB 4142 Governor Signed Expands the definition of "debilitating medical condition" for the medical use of marijuana.
HB 4144 Governor Signed Requires producers of batteries or battery-containing products to join a battery producer responsibility organization and implement a battery producer responsibility program for the collection and recycling of batteries.
HB 4145 Governor Signed Provides that the provisions of Ballot Measure 114 (2022) apply to firearm transfers conducted, and large-capacity magazine manufacture, importation, possession, use, purchase, sale or transfer occurring, on or after January 1, 2028.
HB 4148 Governor Signed Allows net local transient lodging tax revenue to be used for resiliency grants for small businesses in the restaurant and lodging industry.
HB 4149 Governor Signed Directs school districts to adopt policies that provide for the immediate enrollment, school placement and provision of services to homeless students.
HB 4151 Governor Signed Increases the penalties for the crime of initiating a false report when a person intentionally causes an enhanced law enforcement response and recklessly causes serious physical injury or death as a result of the response.
HB 4152 Governor Signed Modifies provisions regarding solemnization of marriage to permit deployed service members to be married remotely.
HB 4153 Governor Signed Allows counties to approve farm stores as nonfarm use on lands zoned for farm use.
HB 4154 Governor Signed Requires the compilation of data about students who are regular attenders or who are chronically absent.
HB 4156 Governor Signed Modifies the requirements for Medicaid supplemental reimbursements paid to emergency medical services providers.
HB 4157 Governor Signed Provides that certain hearsay statements related to certain sex crimes are not inadmissible in evidence, even though the declarant is available as a witness.
HB 4159 Governor Signed Provides that at least one member who is appointed to the Oregon Government Ethics Commission must have local government experience.
HB 4160 Governor Signed Directs schools to have a cardiac emergency response plan as part of the procedures for responding to medical emergencies.
HB 4161 Governor Signed Provides exceptions to the prohibited use by a public official of official position or office to obtain financial gain or avoid financial detriment that permit a public body to give public officials food, beverages and merchandise.
HB 4162 Governor Signed Repeals Ballot Measure 119 (2024) that requires certain licensees of the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission to enter into labor peace agreements with bona fide labor organizations representing the licensees' employees.
HB 4178 Governor Signed Allows some places of public accommodation offering goods or services to adopt a rounding policy under which the final digit of the total amount due or remaining amount due in certain in-person transactions will be rounded to the nearest five-cent increment.
HB 4179 Governor Signed Permits the Oregon Health and Science University to create and maintain a nonprofit corporation under the laws of this state so long as the university is a corporate member of the corporation.
HB 5203 Governor Signed Approves certain new or increased fees adopted by state agencies.
HB 5204 Governor Signed Establishes and modifies certain biennial appropriations made from the General Fund to specified state agencies and the Emergency Board.

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