Oregon legislature

This session in numbers

2026 Regular Session. Bills, not resolutions.

Introduced

286

Enacted

142

Vetoed

1

Laws taking effect in the next 90 days

New laws, January 1, 2027 (33) · New laws, July 1, 2027 (2)

33 laws take effect in the next 90 days. The 25 soonest are listed.

• Jan 1, 2027HB 4013Clarifies which federal rules apply to the scope of the rulemaking authority of the Bureau of Labor and Industries regarding rules that govern the hours a minor can work.
• Jan 1, 2027HB 4022Establishes the Oregon Imagination Library Program to provide a free book each month to eligible children, encourage children to develop a love of reading and learning and improve school readiness, third-grade reading proficiency and high school graduation rates.
• Jan 1, 2027HB 4034Revises the definition of "animal rescue entity."
• Jan 1, 2027HB 4043Authorizes the State Treasurer to issue Article XI-Q general obligation bonds to finance renovation or expansion of courthouses.
• Jan 1, 2027HB 4089Modifies the crime of theft of services to include partial payments.
• Jan 1, 2027HB 4092Prohibits a retailer from knowingly selling or offering for sale, and a retail platform operator from knowingly permitting a retailer to advertise or offer for sale, a child safety system that does not comply with federal standards or standards the Department of Transportation adopts by rule.
• Jan 1, 2027HB 4097Authorizes the Oregon Ocean Science Trust to create and maintain a nonprofit organization.
• Jan 1, 2027HB 4107Requires an urgent care center to make publicly available specified information about the urgent care center, offer specified services and, except in certain circumstances, have at least one licensed health care provider on site during the hours of operation.
• Jan 1, 2027HB 4108Allows the City of Eugene to annex noncontiguous land upon receipt of a petition from all owners of the land that satisfies four eligibility criteria.
• Jan 1, 2027HB 4120Allows residential landlords of multifamily housing to convert premises to nonsmoking for existing tenants upon 180 days' written notice.
• Jan 1, 2027HB 4121Creates authority to coordinate emergency management.
• Jan 1, 2027HB 4128Prohibits covered entities from purchasing, acquiring or offering to purchase or acquire a single-family residence unless the residence has been listed for sale to the general public for at least 90 days.
• Jan 1, 2027HB 4130Allows property tax special assessment for land under processing facilities.
• Jan 1, 2027HB 4137Provides that, in lieu of making a first appearance for a traffic violation citation, the person who is the previous owner of a vehicle may notify the court that the person has transferred interest in the vehicle and is not liable for the citation.
• Jan 1, 2027HB 4140Modifies the crime of criminal mischief in the first degree by expanding the types of telecommunications entities whose property may be subject to ORS 164.365.
• Jan 1, 2027HB 4144Requires producers of batteries or battery-containing products to join a battery producer responsibility organization and implement a battery producer responsibility program for the collection and recycling of batteries.
• Jan 1, 2027HB 4149Directs school districts to adopt policies that provide for the immediate enrollment, school placement and provision of services to homeless students.
• Jan 1, 2027HB 4151Increases the penalties for the crime of initiating a false report when a person intentionally causes an enhanced law enforcement response and recklessly causes serious physical injury or death as a result of the response.
• Jan 1, 2027HB 4152Modifies provisions regarding solemnization of marriage to permit deployed service members to be married remotely.
• Jan 1, 2027HB 4153Allows counties to approve farm stores as nonfarm use on lands zoned for farm use.
• Jan 1, 2027HB 4159Provides that at least one member who is appointed to the Oregon Government Ethics Commission must have local government experience.
• Jan 1, 2027HB 4162Repeals Ballot Measure 119 (2024) that requires certain licensees of the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission to enter into labor peace agreements with bona fide labor organizations representing the licensees' employees.
• Jan 1, 2027HB 4179Permits the Oregon Health and Science University to create and maintain a nonprofit corporation under the laws of this state so long as the university is a corporate member of the corporation.
• Jan 1, 2027SB 1504Allows for the provision of epinephrine in schools by methods other than injections.
• Jan 1, 2027SB 1512Expands the goals and purposes of the Prosperity 10,000 Program.

How each date is worked out: Effective dates.

Enacted in the last 60 days

No bill became law in the last 60 days.

Hearings in the coming week

• Fri, Nov 13, 1:00 p.m.

  Municipal Solid Waste in the Willamette Valley

  HR 50

• Mon, Nov 16, 10:00 a.m.

  Interstate 5 Bridge

  Virtual HR 50

When the calendar was last checked isn't recorded.

Earlier sessions

• 2025 1st Special SessionAug 29, 2025 – Oct 1, 2025 · 2 bills · 2 enacted
• 2025 Regular SessionJan 13, 2025 – Jun 27, 2025 · 3,304 bills · 633 enacted
• 2024 1st Special SessionDec 12, 2024 – Dec 12, 2024 · 1 bills · 1 enacted
• 2024 Regular SessionFeb 5, 2024 – Mar 7, 2024 · 266 bills · 115 enacted
• 2023 Regular SessionJan 9, 2023 – Jun 25, 2023 · 2,836 bills · 614 enacted