11 good, bad, unusual bills passed in 2025 Legislature

By In the news
In: Uncategorized
Monday August 4, 2025


By Taxpayers Association of Oregon
OregonWatchdog.com

The 2025 Legislature has ended.  Here are soem bills that passed that may have missed your attention.

 

LIST OF OREGON 2025 LEGISLATIVE BILLS: GOOD, BAD, UNUSUAL

 

  • Marriage age:SB 548 raises the minimum age a person can get married from 17 to 18 years old.
  • Rent protection for illegal migrants: SB 599 prohibits landlord from using immigration status to determine whether someone can rent a house.
  • Gun bill: SB 243 bans rapid-fire activator devices (bump stocks, Glock switches) and allows local governments to ban concealed handgun license holders from carrying firearms in public buildings.
  • Pay people to strike bill. SB 916 gives 10 weeks of unemployment benefits to workers who leave jobs to strike against their employers.
  • Punishes property owners if they are victims (yes, victims) of a theft crime. SB 426 helped make Oregon the first state in the nation to hold homeowners financially liable if they are cheated by a contractor who doesn’t properly pay his workers. That means when you pay a contractor $200,000 to build a house, if the contractor doesn’t pay his workers and leaves town, the property owner is responsible, in part, for paying the entire $200,000 again.
  • Free marijuana samples: SB 558 lets some marijuana licensees give away samples.
  • Lets unions sue their opponents. HB 3789 creates sweeping new powers for a union to sue its critics (like the Freedom Foundation).
  • Creating Oregon’s official steak. SCR 13 designated the T-Bone as the official favored steak cut for Oregon.
  • Dangerous dog bill: SB 733. The bill expands the definition of the term “potentially dangerous dog” for dog control purposes to include a dog that inflicts serious injury on or kills livestock.
  • School panic alarm bill:  HB 3083. This bill directs schools to consider the use of a panic alarm system as part of a school safety plan.

.

Was this helpful? Contribute online at OregonWatchdog.com (learn about a Charitable Tax Deduction or Political Tax Credit options to promote liberty).

 

 

Share