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HR 3 Honoring Black drag in Oregon

Posted on June 10, 2025 by Donna | 6 Comments

SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS ON 6/18 FOR HOUSE VOTE Amended to include recognition of Juneteenth Day and LGBTQ communities. Recognizes and honors the history of Black drag in Oregon. This bill exposes Portland’s shadow that is behind a lot of Portland’s issues and has no place in state governance. “Whereas Portland’s Black drag community is deeply rooted in an illustrious…

SB 916A Unemployment benefits paid for striking

Posted on June 10, 2025 by Donna | 0 Comments

Pays unemployment to strike. The Act would repeal the law that denies benefits to a person who is unemployed due to an active labor dispute. Provides that an individual otherwise eligible for unemployment insurance benefits is not disqualified for any week that the individual’s unemployment is due to a labor dispute in active progress at the individual’s place of employment….

HB 2081A PERS investments take account for climate risks

Posted on June 1, 2025 by Donna | 2 Comments

Requires OIC and the State Treasurer to take actions to manage climate risks in the PERS fund. Directs the Oregon Investment Council and the State Treasurer to take certain actions to manage the risks of climate change to the Public Employees Retirement Fund. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. Amendment requires the pursuit of a goal…

SB 602 Nonprofit centralized database to manage certain grants

Posted on June 1, 2025 by Donna | 2 Comments

Establishes the Nonprofit Organization Advisory Council within the Oregon Department of Administrative Services. Specifies the membership of the council and requires the council to review the state’s granting and procurement processes as applied to nonprofit organizations and report to the Legislative Assembly. Establishes the Nonprofit Organization Partnership Fund to fund the council. Specifies requirements for grant agreements and public contracts…

HB 2006 Limits the number of bills that can be introduced

Posted on May 28, 2025 by Donna | 1 Comments

This bill is unconstitutional, NEEDS TESTIMONY. Limits to 25 the number of legislative measures that a member of the Legislative Assembly may ask the Legislative Counsel to prepare for a regular session of the Legislative Assembly that begins in an odd-numbered year. Limits to 15 the number of legislative measures that a committee of the Legislative Assembly may ask the…

HB 3768 makes March 21 Nowruz Day

Posted on May 15, 2025 by Donna | 0 Comments

SUBMIT TESTIMONY, it has passed the House. The Act makes March 21 of each year Nowruz Day in Oregon. Declares an emergency, effective on passage – an emergency to prepare for 10 months? Nowruz, the Persian New Year, is rooted in the ancient religion of Zoroastrianism that emphasizes broad concepts such as the work of good and evil in the…

HB 2454 Adds Executive Branch Auditor

Posted on May 14, 2025 by Donna | 0 Comments

Executive branch can’t be trusted so it needs its own fulltime audit office. Authorizes the Joint Legislative Audit Committee to appoint a Legislative Audit Officer and to direct the officer to perform specified duties, including investigating, reviewing activities of and oversight of executive branch agencies, taking in and investigating complaints of members of the public concerning executive branch agency programs,…

SB 599A Landlords prohibited from asking immigration status

Posted on May 14, 2025 by Donna | 0 Comments

Prohibits landlords from inquiring about, disclosing information about, or rejecting an application due to a tenant’s immigration status. Prohibits landlords from inquiring about or discriminating on the basis of a tenant’s or applicant’s immigration or citizenship status rejecting an applicant based on the type of identifying documentation or disclosing or threatening disclosure of an applicant’s or a tenant’s immigration or…

SB 686 Regulates digital media

Posted on April 27, 2025 by Donna | 0 Comments

Makes online platforms choose to pay online news providers or donate to a group for civic information. Creates a group for civic information to give grants. Requires online platforms to pay digital journalism providers or donate to the Oregon Civic Information Consortium. Allows an online platform to use an arbitration process to determine the percentage of an online platform’s advertising…

SB 851 PERS full retirement benefits for part-time work

Posted on April 26, 2025 by Donna | 0 Comments

PASSED BOTH HOUSES Modifies provisions relating to the Public Employees Retirement System. One of these modifications is to count a whole month for retirement calculations when more than half the month is worked. It eliminates the partial calculations. That means a part-time employee that works 12 days a month receives full-time benefits for retirement. The PERS system is not in…

HB 2426A Prohibit products that involve forced labor

Posted on April 19, 2025 by Donna | 0 Comments

As Amended: Sets up a task force to look at who is supplying the goods and services that public bodies in this state buy and to make sure that the products don’t involve forced labor or child labor. Establishes the Task Force on Ethical Procurement with 11 members appointed by the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House…

SB 1006 Upholds separation of powers in legislation

Posted on April 15, 2025 by Donna | 1 Comments

EMAIL COMMITTEE TO MOVE ON THIS BILL The Act states that measures must be asked for by members or committees of the House and the Senate and cannot be asked for by state agencies or officials. Directs all state agencies, statewide elected officials and other entities to seek legislative changes only through legislative measures requested and introduced by members and…

HB 2461 New rules for remote testimony

Posted on April 10, 2025 by Donna | 1 Comments

The Act makes some new rules for remote location testimony. Changes notice requirements and requirements related to facilities and technology for motions to allow remote location testimony. Since the statute already allows for remote testimony, which is questionable under the Sixth Amendment, it might strengthen it’s compliance with the Sixth Amendment if it defined what a “reliable facility” would be…

HB 3789A Falsely representing a union

Posted on April 7, 2025 by Donna | 0 Comments

The Act makes it unlawful for a person to falsely impersonate a union representative. The Act says that the union has the sole right to decide its own representatives based on its own rules. The Act allows a union to file a lawsuit against a person who breaks the law for $6,250 per incident. (c) “Falsely impersonate a union representative”…

HB 2200 State investing in carbon free funds

Posted on April 5, 2025 by Donna | 0 Comments

Pushes for a “carbon-free” investment fund by 2050. Directs the Oregon Investment Council and the State Treasurer to take certain actions to reduce the carbon intensity of state investments and address certain investment risks relating to climate change. Directs the State Treasurer to report on the carbon intensity of certain investments. Allocates $XX to do added investigations on investments Prioritizes…

SB 416 Digital drivers license

Posted on March 28, 2025 by Donna | 0 Comments

The Act directs ODOT to issue mobile driver licenses to those who want them and pay a fee. Directs the Department of Transportation to provide optional mobile driver licenses, driver permits and identification cards. Provides that the department may contract with private entities to provide mobile credentials and establish fees. One concern about this bill is the loss or stolen…

SB 681 Limits on fossil fuel investments

Posted on March 12, 2025 by Donna | 0 Comments

The Act says that for five years, the State Treasurer can’t invest in private funds that deal heavily in fossil fuels. Prohibits the State Treasurer from renewing investments in or making new investments in a private market fund if the managers of the fund have stated an intention to invest in fossil fuels, subject to fiduciary duties. Sunsets on January…

SJR 7 takes 2/3 vote to include an emergency clause

Posted on March 10, 2025 by Donna | 0 Comments

Requires a two-thirds majority of the members of the House and the Senate to pass bills that take effect early. Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution to require a two-thirds majority vote in favor in each chamber of the Legislative Assembly to pass bills declaring an emergency. Refers the proposed amendment to the people for their approval or rejection…

HB 3302 Creates public bank for cash transactions

Posted on February 24, 2025 by Donna | 0 Comments

Establishes the Oregon Cash Depository Corporation as an independent public company to take and securely hold cash from people who do business in cash. Tells the company what its powers and functions are. Creates the Oregon Cash Depository Corporation Fund the public company can use to carry out its functions. Tells the Secretary of State to audit the public company…

HB 3196 Backfills lose of Federal funds for VOCA Grants

Posted on February 15, 2025 by Donna | 0 Comments

Digest: The Act gives money to DOJ to backfill reductions in VOCA grants. Appropriates moneys to the Department of Justice to backfill reductions in federal Victims of Crime Act grants. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. Sponsored by 18 legislators that must not have talked with the Department of Justice. There is a 27% reductions in federal Victims of Crime…

HB 2692 Adds accountability to rule making

Posted on February 14, 2025 by Donna | 0 Comments

The Act changes some laws about agency actions. Before an agency gives notice of intent to adopt a permanent rule that will result in new requirements, changes to compliance obligations or increased costs for persons regulated by the agency, the agency shall appoint an advisory committee as described in this section. Before an agency gives notice of intent to adopt…

HB 2727 Prohibits former legislators from lobbying for pay for one year

Posted on February 9, 2025 by Donna | 0 Comments

The Act does not allow former legislators to be hired by certain groups to support policies. The Act applies to former legislators for one year after they leave office. Expands restrictions on post-legislative service activities to prohibit receiving money or other consideration for advocacy on behalf of a public or private entity for changes in policy or funding for public…

HB 2995 reparations for past acts of racism to African-American people

Posted on February 4, 2025 by Donna | 0 Comments

Sets up a task force to look at ways in which the state can give reparations for past acts of racism to African-American people who live in the state. Directs the task force to study and develop proposals for financial and nonfinancial reparations for Oregonians of African-American descent, develop appropriate methods for educating the public about the task force’s findings…

HB 2192 Requires public agencies to collect citizenship info

Posted on February 1, 2025 by Donna | 0 Comments

Makes a public body that gets and keeps a person’s data to get and keep the person’s status as an immigrant or citizen. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. Requires each public body that collects and maintains personal information about individuals to collect and maintain information on each individual’s immigration or citizenship status when applying for benefits. Directs the State…

HB 2571 The Public Pension Protection Act

Posted on January 24, 2025 by Donna | 0 Comments

The Public Pension Protection Act ensures that Oregon’s public pension plans always act in the fiduciary best interests of taxpayers and pensioners. This is a basic, common-sense standard—one that aligns with the expectations Oregonians already have for their personal retirement plans whether it’s PERS or an employee public plan. It reverses or at least slows down the troubling trend of…

SB 566 Standard time year round

Posted on January 23, 2025 by Donna | 0 Comments

For the part of the state located in the Pacific Time Zone, abolishes the annual one-hour change in time from standard time to daylight saving time and maintains the Pacific Time Zone portion of Oregon on standard time for all 12 months of the calendar year, if California and Washington make the same change within the next 10 years. Restores…

HB 2543 Uses $15M to defend illegal criminals

Posted on January 22, 2025 by Donna | 2 Comments

Appropriates $15 million from the General Fund to the for purposes of deposit in the Universal Representation Fund. Appropriation includes $10.5 million to Oregon Department of Administrative Services to disbursement to Oregon Worker Relief as the fiscal agent under ORS 9.85. Appropriates $4.5 million to the Judicial Department for purposes of transfer to the Oregon State Bar for purposes of…

SJR 21 Citizens Redistricting Commission

Posted on January 17, 2025 by Donna | 0 Comments

Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution establishing a Citizens Redistricting Commission to adopt redistricting maps for the Senate, House of Representatives and United States House of Representatives. Refers the proposed amendment to the people for their approval or rejection at the next regular general election. Current law allows politicians to draw districts to serve their own interests, and districts…