Relating to veterans; and prescribing an effective date.
In plain English Requires the Veterans' Affairs director to be a veteran, adds department positions including an employment coordinator, and increases funding and grant caps for veteran services.
Official synopsis: Makes changes to veteran laws. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.4). [Declares that it is the goal of the Legislative Assembly to fund the Department of Veterans' Affairs in an amount that is not less than $10,000,000, from the General Fund, in 2015 dollars, adjusted for inflation.]…
Became lawChapter 117, (2026 Laws): Effective date July 1, 2026. · 2026-04-13
Relating to farm use.
In plain English Allows property tax breaks for land under farm product processing facilities and clarifies what "preparing" farm products means for tax purposes.
Official synopsis: The Act would grant the tax break for land that is in "farm use" to land under a processing facility. The Act would clarify what "preparing" farmland products and by-products means in the context of the tax break. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.5). [Digest: The Act…
Became lawChapter 115, (2026 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2027. · 2026-04-13
Relating to batteries.
In plain English Requires battery makers to join an organization and operate a program to collect and recycle batteries.
Official synopsis: This Act says that makers of batteries must carry out a plan to collect and recycle batteries. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). 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…
Became lawChapter 119, (2026 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2027. · 2026-04-13
Relating to mobile pharmacies; and prescribing an effective date.
In plain English Requires the State Board of Pharmacy to license qualified applicants to operate mobile pharmacies and establishes requirements for them.
Official synopsis: The Act says the BOP has to give a license to run a mobile pharmacy to someone who meets the requirements. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.6). Directs the State Board of Pharmacy to issue a license to operate a mobile pharmacy to a qualified applicant. Establishes…
Became lawChapter 116, (2026 Laws): Effective date June 5, 2026. · 2026-04-13
Relating to access to health services; and declaring an emergency.
In plain English Requires certain health benefit plans to cover preventive services and vaccines recommended by the Public Health Officer, and allows the Public Health Officer to issue standing orders for prescriptions.
Official synopsis: Updates the preventive health services that must be covered by some health benefit plans. Gives the Public Health Officer the power to make some health benefit plans provide coverage for vaccines. Gives the Public Health Officer the power to issue a standing order for a…
Became lawEffective date, March 31, 2026. · 2026-04-06
Relating to the Bureau of Labor and Industries; and prescribing an effective date.
In plain English Requires setting a new assessment rate to fund the Bureau of Labor and Industries commissioner's duties and maintain a 12-month reserve, raises the prevailing wage fee cap for public agencies, and requires biennial reporting on fee adequacy.
Official synopsis: The Act would have DCBS set a rate to put at least a minimum amount in a new fund to pay for the duties of the head of BOLI and the related costs of the head of DCBS. The Act would also have the rate…
Became lawChapter 30, (2026 Laws): Effective date June 5, 2026. · 2026-04-06
Relating to immigration-related practices; and prescribing an effective date.
In plain English Bars immigration status evidence in civil cases, protects employees updating work authorization documents, and expands profiling definition to include immigration status.
Official synopsis: The Act says that data about a party's or a witness's immigration status may not be used in a civil case. The Act makes some exceptions. The Act makes it unlawful for employers to punish employees for taking certain actions after a lawful change in…
Became lawChapter 57, (2026 Laws): Effective date June 5, 2026. · 2026-04-06
Relating to health care providers; and prescribing an effective date.
In plain English Requires criminal background checks on certain caregivers to last three years, makes checks portable between care settings, and requires coordinated care organizations to reimburse behavioral health providers retroactively to enrollment.
Official synopsis: The Act makes changes to how often DHS and OHA may require caregivers to get a new background check. The Act requires a CCO to pay certain providers back to the date that the provider enrolled in the state Medicaid program. The Act makes other…
Became lawChapter 59, (2026 Laws): Effective date June 5, 2026. · 2026-04-06
Relating to the transfer of interest in motor vehicles.
In plain English Allows a previous vehicle owner to notify the court they transferred the car and are not liable for traffic citations issued after the sale.
Official synopsis: If a traffic ticket is sent to a person who sold a car before the traffic offense happened, the old owner may let the court know that they are not required to pay the ticket. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.5). Provides that, in lieu of making…
Became lawChapter 65, (2026 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2027. · 2026-04-06
Relating to homeless students.
In plain English Requires school districts to immediately enroll homeless students and provide services, and directs the state education department to designate a homeless student coordinator.
Official synopsis: Requires school districts and ODE to help homeless students. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.1). Directs school districts to adopt policies that provide for the immediate enrollment, school placement and provision of services to homeless students. Directs the Department of Education to designate a state coordinator for…
Became lawChapter 68, (2026 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2027. · 2026-04-06
Relating to HPV Awareness Day; and declaring an emergency.
Makes March 4th of each year HPV Awareness Day. (Flesch Readability Score: 84.9). Designates March 4th of each year as HPV Awareness Day. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Became lawChapter 4, (2026 Laws): Effective date March 4, 2026. · 2026-03-17
Relating to child safety systems.
Says that a person may not sell or offer for sale a child safety system unless the system meets certain standards. Says that the person must disclose whether the system meets the standards. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.5). Prohibits a retailer from knowingly selling or offering…
Became lawChapter 17, (2026 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2027. · 2026-03-17
Relating to nuclear energy; declaring an emergency.
Tells ODOE to study nuclear energy and make a report on its findings. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4). Directs the State Department of Energy, subject to the availability of funding, to conduct a study on nuclear energy, including advanced nuclear reactors. Directs the department to engage…
FailedIn committee upon adjournment. · 2026-03-06
Relating to school meals; prescribing an effective date.
Makes school meals available at no cost. (Flesch Readability Score: 78.8). 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…
FailedIn committee upon adjournment. · 2026-03-06
Relating to Kei trucks.
The Act makes laws about Kei trucks. (Flesch Readability Score: 100.0). Allows a person to title and register a Kei truck in Oregon. Amends and creates laws related to allowing Kei trucks to operate on highways in Oregon. Creates the offense of unlawfully operating a…
FailedIn committee upon adjournment. · 2026-03-06
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