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2025 Legislative Session | Bill Tracker
This page was last updated on July 9, 2025. The following is a list of four new bills that will enhance tenant rights in the state. Senate Bill 690 One of two so-called “Momnibus” bills that passed during the session, Senate Bill 690 aimed to enhance maternity health care by keeping infants and their families…
Photo, narrative and poetry book created by incarcerated Portland State students
On Jan. 26, family members, friends and members of the public celebrated the photo exhibit and release of “Memory and Place in Black Portland,” a book of photos with essays, personal narratives and poetry by incarcerated students earning college credits in Black Studies from Portland State University, or PSU. Large copies of pages from the…
Oregon Republicans talk affordable housing with few legislative proposals
Karen Lee Batts, David Guyot and Mark Elliot Johnson are three of the people who have died of hypothermia while living unsheltered on the streets of Portland. Enough, Oregon House Republican leaders said in a press conference Feb. 6. “Housing 3,000 over the course of three years is not good enough,” House Minority Leader Christine…
Metro Chamber privately discussed Zenith with Wilson admin staff before sending letter supporting LUCS
“Get in there and get me a sazerac!” That’s the opening salvo from Donnie Oliveira, deputy city administrator, in a text message to Jon Isaacs, Portland Metro Chamber executive vice president of public affairs, just before the two met and talked about Zenith Energy on Jan. 22. The meeting took place at Paddy’s Bar the…
Bill highlights conflict between Oregon farmers, immigrant workers
Oregon’s immigrant farmworkers on contract with H-2A visas cannot quit, go on strike or take other jobs without risking immediate deportation. They must work for a specific farmer for a specific amount of time. When that time runs out, they can work on another contract with another farmer — in the unlikely event anyone is…
Housing
Oregon Republicans talk affordable housing with few legislative proposals
Karen Lee Batts, David Guyot and Mark Elliot Johnson are three of the people who have died of hypothermia while living unsheltered on the streets of Portland. Enough, Oregon House Republican leaders said in a press conference Feb. 6. “Housing 3,000 over the course of three years is not good enough,” House Minority Leader Christine…
