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ORSB207N/A
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The Act tells the BOC to make rules to let a person who has a provisional certificate do supervised work. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.8). Directs the Board of Cosmetology to adopt rules to allow the holder of a provisional certificate to perform in...
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ORSB221N/A
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The Act tells an agency to study the salmon and trout enhancement program. The Act tells the agency to report on the study. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.4). Directs the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to study the salmon and trout enhancement ...
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ORSB364N/A
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This Act requires the DEQ to study and make a report on marine ecosystem data. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8). Requires the Department of Environmental Quality to study marine ecosystem data. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim...
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ORSB501N/A
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This Act limits the appeal of a land use dispute to nearby opponents of the project who went to a hearing. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.9). Limits standing in appeals of land use decisions or limited land use decisions to persons that reside or main...
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ORSB363N/A
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The Act extends a grant program for places that process and sell meat products. The Act ends the grant program on January 2, 2028. The Act gives money for the grant program. (Flesch Readability Score: 77.0). Appropriates moneys from the General Fund ...
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ORSB432N/A
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The Act concerns fires that start on federal lands. The Act tells the forester and certain entities to take actions to address this type of fire. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.5). Instructs the forester, or a forest protective association or agency t...
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ORSB350N/A
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The Act finds that barred owls prey on spotted owls. The Act tells an agency to take actions to reduce the numbers of barred owls. The Act gives money for one of the actions. (Flesch Readability Score: 90.8). Finds that barred owls are known to prey ...
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ORSB788N/A
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This Act allows some events on eastern Oregon farm land. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.7). Allows lands zoned for exclusive farm use to be used for weddings or events east of the summit of the Cascade Range.
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ORSB359N/A
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This Act says that any person can file a complaint for the DEQ to take action if homeless persons are putting waste into state waters. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.0). Authorizes any person to submit a complaint to the Department of Environmental Qu...
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ORSB351N/A
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The Act gives money for a program for taking certain fish. (Flesch Readability Score: 80.3). Appropriates moneys to the State Department of Fish and Wildlife for the purpose of funding programs that award $5 for each take of pikeminnow, if the take c...
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ORSB219N/A
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Changes the general powers of the PUC. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.7). Modifies the general powers of the Public Utility Commission by removing the commission's general power to balance the interests of the utility investor and the consumer in esta...
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ORSB345N/A
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The Act tells courts to award money for property damage caused by fires started in federal forests. The Act tells an agency to create a group for insuring small forestland against fire. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6). Requires a court to award dama...
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ORSB344N/A
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This Act tells the Attorney General to sue the U.S. government if some wildfires that cause bad air quality start on U.S. land. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7). Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to notify the Attorney General if the ai...
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ORSCR13N/A
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Designates the T-bone as the official state steak. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.8). Designates the T-bone as the official state steak.
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ORSB521N/A
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This Act makes more cities create urban reserves and allows building on them. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.5). Requires additional cities to develop urban reserves. Allows approval of certain types of development within urban reserves not designated...
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ORSB335N/A
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The Act tells an agency to study uses for animal processing waste products. The Act tells the agency to report on the study. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.7). Directs the State Department of Agriculture to study potential uses for animal processing w...
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ORSB375N/A
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The Act tells an agency to take actions under a certain agreement. The Act tells the agency not to take certain actions under the agreement. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.1). Establishes certain additional requirements concerning projects under the G...
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ORSB365N/A
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The Act tells the Attorney General to help someone whose wine grapes were hurt by wildfire smoke. (Flesch Readability Score: 70.1). Directs the Attorney General to assist a person in recovering damages from the federal government when smoke from a wi...
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ORSB489N/A
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The measure tells the LAC head to cause OLIS updates to let proposed changes and info about a bill be posted online whether or not the bill has a hearing. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7). Directs the Legislative Administrator to cause updates to the...
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ORSB498N/A
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This Act allows owners of newer historic houses to build an extra house. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4). Redefines "historic home" to include dwellings built before 1974 for the purpose of serving as an accessory dwelling unit to a home newly const...
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ORSB331N/A
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This Act tells ODFW to treat some hatchery and natural fish stocks as a single population. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6). Directs the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to manage hatchery produced and naturally produced salmon and steelhead in ...
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ORSB548N/A
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The Act increases the age a person must be to get married to 18. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.7). Increases the minimum legal marriageable age to 18 years of age.
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ORSB370N/A
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The Act tells LPRO to give interim committees a summary of rules from the past two years. (Flesch Readability Score: 75.1). Directs the Legislative Policy and Research Director to distribute to interim committees of Legislative Assembly a summary of ...
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ORSB519N/A
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Exempts from state income tax for a veteran all retirement pay or pension received for service in the Armed Forces. The Act applies to tax years that start on or after January 1, 2026. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). Exempts from state income tax f...
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ORSB216N/A
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Repeals the law that requires there to be a place for radioactive waste to be disposed of before a nuclear power plant may be sited in this state. Repeals the law that requires a proposed nuclear power plant first receive approval from the electors o...
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ORSCR3N/A
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The measure creates a rule for the Senate and the House that requires a written okay from the sponsor before an Act can start when the Act is signed. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.3). Requires written authorization from the chief sponsor of a bill be...
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ORSB517N/A
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This Act lets counties keep proceeds of their land sales. (Flesch Readability Score: 95.1). Distributes the balance of the proceeds from county sales of real property to the county general fund.
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ORSB212N/A
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The Act would set up a ratings system for library materials based on the age of young library patrons and restrict access as guided by the ratings. The Act would require the State Librarian to keep a public list of the ratings. (Flesch Readability Sc...
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ORSJR13N/A
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The Resolution proposes a constitutional change. The change would declare a right to fish, hunt or gather wild foods. The Resolution refers the change to voters. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution to de...
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ORSB332N/A
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The Act tells an agency to create a project to use game fish carcasses. (Flesch Readability Score: 77.8). Directs the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to develop a game fish carcass recovery project.
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ORSB518N/A
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The Act would have a county at high risk of financial distress hold back three percent of property taxes to be used to fund the work of the county assessor. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7). Authorizes a county tax collector to withhold from property...
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ORSB362N/A
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The Act tells an agency to study rules about water. The Act tells the agency to report on the study. (Flesch Readability Score: 74.0). Directs the Water Resources Department to study rules related to water. Directs the department to submit a report t...
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ORSB358N/A
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The Act would use some moneys raised by an existing tax to support state recreation areas on the Oregon coast. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.8). Establishes the Ocean Beach Fund. Directs that the moneys received from the state transient lodging tax i...
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ORSB215N/A
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Repeals the law that requires there to be a place for radioactive waste to be disposed of before a nuclear power plant may be sited in this state. Repeals the law that requires a proposed nuclear power plant first receive approval from the electors o...
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ORSB218N/A
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This Act requires the DEQ to study the impacts of waste from solar or wind energy facilities. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). Requires the Department of Environmental Quality to study the impacts of waste from solar or wind renewable energy facilit...
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ORSB494N/A
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The Act tells DAS to look at forestry and fire jobs and make a report. (Flesch Readability Score: 90.0). Requires the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to study classification and compensation for forestry and wildland fire positions in st...
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ORSB515N/A
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This Act gives money to the DAS to give to the Umpqua Fishery Enhancement Derby for projects on the Rogue River. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6). Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distr...
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ORSB357N/A
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The Act allows ports to charge for the costs of removing sediment. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.9). Authorizes ports to assess public bodies for a portion of the costs of removing sediment from port waters.
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ORSB482N/A
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The Act says that an agency may not make rules without statutory authority to make the rules. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). Provides that a state agency may not adopt rules without statutory authority.
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ORSB509N/A
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This Act stops the EQC from adopting, and stops the DEQ from enforcing, California rules that require some trucks sold in the state to have no emissions. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.3). Prohibits the Environmental Quality Commission from adopting m...
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ORSB368N/A
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Limits how long a state of emergency may last. Allows for 30-day periods to be added to extend the state of emergency. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.7). Limits a declaration of a state of emergency to 30 days' duration, unless extended by the Legisla...
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ORSB209N/A
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The Act makes a new tax credit for youth employment programs. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). Creates an income or corporate excise tax credit for a taxpayer that employs youth through the Oregon Youth Employment Program. Applies to tax years begin...
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ORSB211N/A
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The Act tells DOE to study issues about certain services for students. The Act tells DOE to submit a report by September 15 of next year. (Flesch Readability Score: 73.2). Requires the Department of Education to study issues related to wrap-around su...
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ORSB511N/A
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This Act tells the DSL to make a pilot program for owners of land to restore salmon habitat. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.0). Directs the Department of State Lands, in consultation with the State Department of Fish and Wildlife, to develop a salmon ...
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ORSB333N/A
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The Act would let owners of land form a district in order to pay the costs to the county of staving off damage to their land caused by predators, by both nonlethal and lethal means. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). Authorizes landowners who meet cer...
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ORSB492N/A
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The Act makes a division in OSP to deal with marijuana grows that are illegal. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.5). Establishes a division in the Department of State Police to enforce laws related to illegal marijuana cultivation.
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ORSB500N/A
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The Act makes a new tax credit for building affordable houses. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.9). Allows a new income or corporate excise tax credit for a portion of the eligible costs of a newly constructed single-family dwelling that sells for a pri...
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ORSB499N/A
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This Act provides money to replace old mobile homes in SW Oregon. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.7). Appropriates moneys to the Housing and Community Services Department to replace manufactured dwellings in specified counties.
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ORSB493N/A
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The Act says an EMR and an EMT can draw up and give doses of a drug to stop an opioid overdose. (Flesch Readability Score: 80.7). Allows an emergency medical responder and an emergency medical technician to draw up and administer one or more doses of...
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ORSB491N/A
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The Act makes police notify ICE if a person is arrested for some drug crimes. The Act also limits pretrial release for those persons. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.7). Directs an arresting officer to notify federal immigration authorities when a pers...
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