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Votes at a glance: Senate adopts budget and policy bills including multiple agency budgets, water and tribal measures

June 19, 2025 | Legislative, Oregon


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Votes at a glance: Senate adopts budget and policy bills including multiple agency budgets, water and tribal measures
The Oregon State Senate on June 19 took final action on a series of budget and policy bills. Several budget bills for state agencies and multiple policy measures were read and declared passed during the floor session.

Key items recorded on the floor (passage declared unless otherwise noted):

- House Bill 5,002 (Department of Administrative Services budget): the chamber approved the DAS budget, which the sponsor said totals about $1.9 billion and includes funding for wrongful conviction compensation, CASA, county fair lottery funding and workday/pay system stabilization. The journal shows the measure declared passed on final reading.

- House Bill 5,004 (Department of Corrections budget): the Senate approved the DOC budget (roughly $2.6 billion total funds) with investments for county reimbursements, health-care compensation for physicians and dentists, IT modernization and preparatory work concerning the Oregon State Penitentiary replacement plan.

- House Bill 5,005 (Oregon Criminal Justice Commission budget): approved; included carryover provisions and assumes passage of related grant-reform legislation.

- House Bill 5,007 (Employment Department budget): approved; includes IT modernization for unemployment and paid-leave systems and funding to process claim determinations and improve service.

- House Bill 5,009 (Fish and Wildlife budget): approved; funding supports fisheries work in the Klamath Basin, aquatic invasive species, chronic wasting disease surveillance and other programs; committee noted other-fund reductions to limit fee impacts.

- House Bill 5,010 (Department of Geology and Mineral Industries/DOGAMI budget): approved; funds include carbon sequestration research, a paperless e-permitting rollout, and steps to address permit backlogs.

- House Bill 5,014 (Department of Justice budget): approved; includes investments for IT, wildfire and antitrust litigation support, child advocacy and victim services.

- House Bill 5,020 (Long Term Care Ombudsman budget): approved; made five previously limited-duration Oregon Public Guardian positions permanent to support hospital discharge populations.

- House Bill 5,024 (Business Oregon budget): approved; funds broadband federal-program deployment, trade and film/video programs, Brownfields and other economic development investments.

- House Bill 5,026 (Parks and Recreation budget): approved; includes reserve for park reservation system upgrades and ongoing grant delivery.

- House Bill 5,038 (Department of Veterans' Affairs budget): approved; funds veteran resource centers, education-bridge grants, emergency financial assistance and related programs.

- House Bill 5,039 and 5,040 (Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board budgets and lottery trust spending): both approved; one provides multi-year expenditure limitation for ballot-measure-dedicated lottery funds.

Policy and targeted bills that passed on the floor:

- House Bill 20 69 (Task force on tribal consultation): creates a 17-member task force with a one-time $70,000 appropriation to the governor's office and a sunset at the end of 2026.

- House Bill 21 69 (water reuse): directs DEQ to stand up an interagency water reuse team and report to the Legislature on progress; the measure carried a small general-fund appropriation for DEQ to implement initial tasks.

- House Bill 29 47 (study of PFAS in biosolids applied to land): approved; funds a study led by Oregon State University on PFAS in biosolids, with a one-time appropriation noted on the floor for lab and coordination costs.

- House Bill 34 74 (study of changes at USPS that affect vote-by-mail): directs the Secretary of State to study USPS changes that may affect Oregon's vote-by-mail system and report with recommendations.

- House Bill 28 15 (tribal early learning services/local control for tribal education needs): approved; sponsors described it as a step toward local educational control for federally recognized tribes.

- House Bill 38 06 (Deschutes River water bank pilot): authorizes a Deschutes River Water Bank pilot under the Water Resources Commission, with the Deschutes River Conservancy named as the manager and a sunset provision for the pilot.

These measures were presented to the Senate under standard third-reading procedure; committee reports and sponsor explanatory remarks were recorded in the floor transcript. Where the transcript includes line-item or funding totals, those figures are stated above as presented by sponsors or committee summaries on the floor. The transcript records the Senate declaring each bill passed; the journal will record final tallies and subsequent transmittal to the governor.

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