Todd Nash R

Demands at least 8% of those who voted in the last election for a Governor to sign an IM petition. Demands at least 10% of those who voted in the last election for a Governor to sign a petition to amend the Constitution. Demands that the signatures must come from among all congressional districts. Takes effect only if the people …

This Act allows rural counties to rezone up to 50 acres for dense housing and provides grants for services. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8). Allows counties with a population density of less than 10 people per square mile to rezone up to 50 acres to be divided and developed for residential dwellings of at least five units per acre. Requires the …

Tells ODOE to study making some renewable energy projects in this state. Tells ODOE to give a report on the study. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.2). [Digest: Tells ODOE to study the costs and benefits of renewable energy projects in this state. Directs ODOE to give a report on its findings. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7).] Requires the State Department of Energy …

The Act creates a program to train people to provide certain home health services to their family members. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.3). Establishes the Family Home Health Aide Program in the Oregon Health Authority for the purpose of certifying family caregivers as family home health aides to provide qualified home health services to eligible relatives in the state medical assistance …

The Act requires the creation of a lumber grading training program. The Act requires DCBS to create a process for certain people to obtain lumber from those who have gone through the program. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.5). Requires the Director of the Oregon State University Extension Service to establish a lumber grading training pilot program. Establishes the requirements of the …

Removes a way in which EFSC may find that a proposed facility complies with statewide planning goals. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). Removes provisions that allow the Energy Facility Siting Council to find that an energy facility is in compliance with statewide planning goals even when the council determines that the facility does not comply with applicable substantive criteria from the …

The Act requires a parent to consent for an out-of-state minor to have an abortion in this state. Creates an exception for the life or health of the minor or rape or incest. (Flesch Readability Score: 75.1). Prohibits the provision of abortion services to a nonresident, unmarried person under 18 years of age without parental consent. Creates exceptions. Declares an …

The Act increases the maximum fees related to brands on livestock. The Act says that an agency may contract with others to perform brand inspections, and allows the agency to create a program for livestock owners to self-inspect their branded livestock. The Act directs LPRO to conduct a study about brands. The Act takes effect when it is signed. (Flesch …

The Act gives money to an agency for the brand inspection program. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.7). Appropriates moneys to the State Department of Agriculture out of the General Fund for purposes related to the brand inspection program. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

The Act gives money to a state agency for programs related to wolves. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.9). Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the State Department of Agriculture for deposit in the Wolf Management Compensation and Proactive Trust Fund. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.

The Act says a person might be allowed to check and see if cows are pregnant, even if the person is not a veterinarian. Allows the ODA to adopt rules to explain when this is okay. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.7). Allows an individual to verify whether cattle are pregnant without holding a valid license issued by the Oregon State Veterinary …

This Act expands the meaning of "area zoned for rural residential use" for land use planning. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). Allows development of certain accessory dwelling units, recreational vehicles or emergency shelters on farmland on which is sited certain nonfarm dwellings. Subjects such lands to other land use planning requirements.

The Act raises the age when a person may receive some gender-affirming treatments to 18 years of age. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.6). Prohibits physicians from performing irreversible gender reassignment surgery on a minor. Creates exceptions.

The Act creates a scholarship program for ag teachers. (Flesch Readability Score: 75.5). Establishes the Agriculture Education Scholarship Program to provide [free tuition and fees for qualifying agriculture education students in exchange for the student's commitment to work in a rural community after graduation] grants to qualified students for the equivalent of the cost of one full-time academic year in …

The Act includes certain subjects in the state's dual credit programs. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.9). Specifies that the statewide standards for dual credit programs include programs in agriculture, forestry and natural resources.

The Act tells DAS to look at whether the state can fund the salaries of deputy district attorneys and make a report. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.2). Requires the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to study the possibility of the state funding the salaries of deputy district attorneys. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative …

The Act increases the amount of grant funds a county may receive to fund a deflection program. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.1). Increases the minimum amount of grant funds that a county may receive to fund a behavioral health deflection program.

The Act says that if a credit union buys a bank, certain receipts remain subject to certain taxes. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.6). Provides that if a credit union acquires assets of a banking institution, receipts from the business portfolio acquired from the bank remain subject to the corporate excise tax and corporate activity tax.

The Act concerns a limit on moneys put in the County Fair Account. The Act removes the limit. (Flesch Readability Score: 80.2). Removes the annual limit of $1.53 million, adjusted for inflation, on allocations from the Administrative Services Economic Development Fund to the County Fair Account.

The Act tells OHA to make changes to the rates for reimbursing air ambulance services. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.5). Requires the Oregon Health Authority and coordinated care organizations to provide reimbursement for air ambulance services provided to medical assistance recipients at rates in accordance with the national Ambulance Inflation Factor.

The Act says that data about ground water that some state agencies use has to be peer reviewed. (Flesch Readability Score: 75.7). Requires that ground water data generated or used for specified purposes by the Department of Environmental Quality, State Department of Agriculture, Water Resources Commission or Water Resources Department be peer reviewed.

The Act adds to the times when law enforcement can release a person's booking photo. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.5). Authorizes a law enforcement agency to release a booking photo upon the second or subsequent arrest of the person depicted in the photo within a 12-month period, or when the person depicted in the photo is a missing person.

The Act changes laws concerning certain crimes. The Act tells courts to impose a minimum prison term for inmates who cause physical injury to certain public safety officers. The Act tells courts to impose a minimum term of 48 months. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.0). Establishes a mandatory minimum sentence of 48 months' imprisonment for assault committed by a correctional facility …

The Act creates a scholarship program for Indian health students. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). Establishes the Indian Health Scholarship Program to provide free tuition and fees for qualifying Indian health profession students in exchange for the student's commitment to work at a tribal service site after graduation. Appropriates moneys for the 2025-2027 biennium to the Oregon Health and Science University …

The Act would set up a grant program for capital repairs at small-town rodeos. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7). Directs the Oregon Business Development Department to develop and administer a program for awarding grants to rodeo organizations based in communities with a population of 12,000 or less to fund certain capital projects on existing rodeo property.

The Act makes it lawful to use dogs to hunt cougars in a county if county voters approve. The Act tells the county to notify an agency. (Flesch Readability Score: 74.0). Provides that a county is exempt from the applicability of a statute banning the use of dogs to hunt or pursue cougars if voters approve a county measure proposed …

The Act tells the state to match each donation that is at least $10,000 to the OSU Foundation for ag research. The Act requires the match to be 50% of each specified donation if money allows for it. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6). Requires the State of Oregon to contribute a 50 percent match for every donation of $10,000 or more …

The Act puts a cap on the amount that the minimum wage rate may be adjusted for inflation. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.0). Imposes a cap on the percentage increase that the minimum wage rate may be adjusted for inflation.

The Act allows the use of meat from certain nuisance game mammals. The Act allows a person to keep the meat or give it away, among other possible options. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.5). Allows a person taking certain nuisance game mammals to offer the meat to a charitable organization, retain the meat or make any disposition authorized by rule.

The Act makes an interest in a family-owned business not taxed by the estate tax. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8). Allows an exclusion from a taxable estate for the value of the interest in a family-owned business. Applies to estates of decedents who die on or after January 1, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

The Act creates a new crime if a health care provider makes an unlawful disclosure about certain crime victims. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8). Creates the crime of unlawful disclosure of information about a victim of sexual assault or sex trafficking. Punishes the first offense by a maximum of 364 days' imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both. Punishes the second or subsequent …

The Act allows WRD to say yes to a temporary lease of existing water rights to become in-stream water rights, if WRD finds certain facts and conditions. The Act sunsets on Jan. 1, 2030. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). [Digest: The Act gives money to WRD for projects in the Walla Walla basin. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.5).] [Appropriates moneys from the …

The Act says that the DMV should prioritize drive tests offered in rural Oregon to folks who live in rural Oregon. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6). Directs the field offices of the Department of Transportation located in rural counties to prioritize requests for drive tests when the request is from an applicant who lives in rural Oregon or within 50 miles …

This Act allows rural counties to zone up to 50 acres for homes and allows more rural ADUs. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.3). Allows counties with a population density of less than 30 people per square mile to rezone up to 50 acres to be divided and developed for residential dwellings of at least five units per acre. Sunsets January 2, …

The Act says that foods made with plant-based, insect-based or lab-grown proteins are misbranded if their labels imply that they are made of meat or eggs. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.5). Provides that a manufactured-protein food product that bears a label suggesting that the food product is made from meat is misbranded unless the food product label contains text disclosing that …