Explore Oregon state bills from the 2026 legislative session, with plain-language summaries, nonpartisan impact analysis, current status, and official sources.
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Explore 62 Oregon state bills from the 2026 legislative session, with plain-language summaries, nonpartisan impact analysis, current status, and official sources.
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This law allows state government offices to increase the fees they charge for certain services. These price hikes start immediately once the law is signed.
Establishes and modifies certain biennial appropriations made from the General Fund to specified state agencies and the Emergency Board. Establishes and modifies limitations on expenditures for certain biennial expenses for specified state agencies. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
This law updates how state agencies spend money on building projects. It gives them more time to finish construction projects that were about to expire. Because this is considered an emergency, the changes take effect immediately.
] [ Establishes biennial appropriations and expenditure limitations for for the biennium ending June 30, 2027. ] Modifies amounts allocated from the Administrative Services Economic Development Fund, Veterans' Services Fund, Criminal Fine Account, Oregon Marijuana Account and Fund for Student Success. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Here is a simple summary: This law makes it easier for small towns to get state money for big projects like building roads, fixing pipes, or making other improvements. It limits how much of their own money small towns have to chip in to get those state grants. The new rule starts about three months after the current legislative session ends.
] [ Reduces taxes imposed under various tax programs, operative conditioned upon imposition of a statewide retail sales tax dedicated to specified purposes. Directs the Department of Revenue to estimate the revenue lost to tax reductions and to direct an equal amount of revenue to various purposes. ] Updates the connection date to the federal Internal Revenue Code and other provisions of federal tax law. Increases the amount of the earned income tax credit allowed as a percentage of the federal earned income tax credit. Disconnects from, and requires addback of amounts for, federal provisions allowing deductions of personal auto loan interest and bonus depreciation and allowing exclusion of gain from small business stock. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026. Creates a personal income or corporate excise tax credit for a taxpayer creating new jobs in the tax year. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, and before January 1, 2032. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Adds new requirements for obtaining an initial license to operate and maintain a hospice program. [ Requires a hospice program to apply for a new initial license after a change in ownership. ] Prohibits individuals who have been excluded from participation in Medicare or Medicaid or have been found liable for fraud or abuse from holding an ownership interest in a hospice program. Requires the Oregon Health Authority to complete rulemaking within 24 months. Subject to exceptions, prohibits the authority from issuing new hospice licenses until rulemaking is complete. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
] Amends an incorrect internal reference in a law relating to judicial compensation. Extends the deadline for sex offender classification. Modifies reporting requirements relating to summer learning grants. Eliminates references to monthly pay for certain state officials. Authorizes the use of certain funding for PCB testing. Transfers specified moneys to the General Fund for general governmental purposes. Transfers certain moneys and redirects certain revenues for Department of Transportation operations and maintenance. Removes the cap on transfers of lottery moneys to the County Fair Account. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
] Modifies amounts authorized for issuance of debt instruments for the biennium. Authorizes issuance of bonds and certificates of participation for Moda Center capital improvement in the current biennium and subsequent biennium, subject to certain conditions. Modifies previously approved lottery bonding provisions. Authorizes issuance of various lottery bonds. Provides that the Oregon State University Cascades Student Health and Recreation Center project is subject to certain requirements related to apprenticeship, outreach and benefits. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
] 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. Specifies certain types of claims that may not be waived. Provides that in a claim for damages for injuries sustained while a participant is engaged in a sport, fitness or recreational activity, whether a risk is inherent to the activity is a question of law. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Modifies provisions relating to petitions for compensation for wrongful conviction. Creates a new post-conviction relief petition process when a person has a conviction that is based on scientific expert testimony, scientific expert evidence or scientific expert opinion derived from specified discredited forensic science disciplines. Sunsets the new petition process on January 2, 2031. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
