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Thoughtful Expansion – Oregon Issues First Psilocybin Edibles Endorsement to Licensed Manufacturer

The OPS simultaneously issued licenses to other essential participants in the state’s licensed psilocybin market, including manufacturers, facilitators (individuals who support clients through psilocybin services) and testing...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Overview of the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act

The key provisions of the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act (the OCPA) will take effect on July 1, 2024. The OCPA provides Oregonians with a number of important privacy rights with regard to their data, and sets forth specific...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Oregon Prescription Drug Price Transparency Act in Limbo

On February 16, the U. S. District Court for the District of Oregon struck down the state’s drug price transparency law—The Prescription Drug Price Transparency Act (the “Act”)—ruling that the Act’s annual price increase...more

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Oregon Legislature Changes OFLA and Paid Leave Oregon Rules, Yet Again

In what many employers will regard as a welcome change, on February 27, 2024, the Oregon Legislature passed Senate Bill 1515 (which Governor Tina Kotek is expected to sign into law right away) to eliminate many of the...more

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Shining Light on Oregon’s Solar Future: Governor Signs Bills Affecting Solar Facility Rules

In the latest legislative session, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed two new bills directly impacting the siting and development of photovoltaic solar power generation facilities. Oregon House Bill (HB) 3179, which expands...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Hawaii and California, Seeking to Shed Their Dreary Public Images, Liberalize Psychedelics

As we’ve discussed, the federal government seems to be getting on board with the legal use of psychedelics. So are many states. While states across the country are moving towards expanding legal (or at least decriminalized)...more

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Oregon Becomes Twelfth State to Enact a Comprehensive Consumer Privacy Law

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Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed into law the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act (OCPA) (Senate Bill 619) on July 18, making Oregon the twelfth state to enact comprehensive data privacy legislation. The OCPA is primarily based on...more

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The Beaver State Joins Growing List of States To Pass Comprehensive Consumer Privacy Law: The Oregon Consumer Privacy Act

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Governor Tina Kotek signed the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act (OCPA or the Act) into law on July 18, 2023. The OCPA goes into effect on July 1, 2024. Oregon follows 11 other states that have enacted consumer privacy protections,...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

State Comprehensive Privacy Laws – Beaver State Makes a Dozen

Oregon’s governor has now signed into law the state’s comprehensive privacy law. Meaning, there are now 12 states with these laws, six of which were passed just this year (others passed in 2023 were Iowa, Indiana, Tennessee,...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Oregon Consumer Privacy Act Signed Into Law

Oregon becomes the 12th state with a comprehensive consumer data privacy law - The Oregon Consumer Privacy Act (OCPA) became law on July 18, 2023. Oregon is the twelfth state to enact a comprehensive consumer data privacy...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Oregon’s New Estate Tax Exemption for Family Businesses engaged in Farming, Forestry, ‎or Fishing Businesses

On July 13, 2023, Governor Tina Kotek signed into law SB 498, which provides a new Oregon estate tax exemption for up to $15 million (the NR Exemption) of natural resource property that is used in a decedent’s farming,...more

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New Drought Exemption Protects Oregon Water Rights from Forfeiture

July 17, 2023 Of Counsel On June 7, 2023, Governor Tina Kotek signed into law SB 718, which provides an additional layer of protection for Oregon water right holders in drought-stricken counties. The new law goes into effect...more

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Psilocybin: Updates in Oregon and Around the Country

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Oregon is the first state in the country to offer controlled use of psilocybin to the public. As we detailed in a prior Update, the state had finalized regulations. Now, the state has licensed its first psilocybin service...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Pressure is Rising: Continued Moves to Ban or Limit Natural Gas Appliances

We continue to track litigation and legislations involving proposed or enacted bans or limitations on natural gas appliances. As anticipated, this area continues to evolve, and we are finding increased litigation regarding...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Oregon Joins the Consumer Privacy Trend

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Add Oregon to the list of states passing consumer privacy laws this year. On June 22, 2023, the Oregon House of Representatives passed SB 619, the proposed Oregon Consumer Privacy Act (OCPA), following the Senate’s passage on...more

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Oregon Legislature Enacts Changes to Better Coordinate the Oregon Family Leave Act and Paid Leave Oregon

The ink is not yet dry on Senate Bill 999, drafted to attempt coordination of the Oregon Family Leave Act (OFLA) and the Oregon Paid Family and Medical Leave Act also called “Paid Leave Oregon” (PLO). On June 7, Senate Bill...more

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Oregon Finalizes New Regulations To Implement Psilocybin Services Act

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Oregon became the first state to offer controlled use of psilocybin to the public on January 1, 2023. Psilocybin is a Schedule I psychoactive substance that is illegal at the federal level. Notwithstanding this federal...more

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Oregon Department of Forestry Nears End of Rulemaking Process to Change Forest Practices Act

The Oregon legislature passing Senate Bill 1501 in March of this year set the stage for the Oregon Department of Forestry’s (ODF’s)‎ rulemaking process to implement a comprehensive set of changes to Oregon’s Forest Practices...more

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Paid Leave Oregon Is (Finally) Coming ‎

In 2019, the Oregon legislature passed the Paid Family Medical Leave (PFML) Act, establishing a paid ‎family and medical leave insurance program for Oregon workers that will be funded by employee ‎contributions. After...more

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The Private Forest Accord: Oregon Legislature Paves the Way for Changes to the Forest Practices Act

The Oregon legislature passed, as part of its February 2022 session, three bills that form a comprehensive set of changes to the Oregon Forest Practices Act (Senate Bill 1501), create a small forestland owner tax credit...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

New Oregon Brownfield Loan Program to Watch - Update

Revitalizing Brownfields has long been considered a centerpiece for community efforts to encourage growth and development of properties impacted by contamination. In 2021, Oregon’s Legislature passed HB 2518, which seeks to...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Oregon Legislature Paves the Way for Changes to the Forest Practices Act

The Oregon legislature is currently considering, as part of its February 2022 session, three bills that form a comprehensive set of changes to the Oregon Forest Practices Act (Senate Bill 1501), create a small forestland...more

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SB 1534 – Carbon Sequestration ‎

Senate Bill 1534 would establish a state policy of increasing carbon sequestration in natural and working lands and waters and require the State Department of Forestry, the State Department of Agriculture, the Oregon...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

HB 4002: Oregon Agriculture Overtime

Creating an agriculture overtime law is a top priority of democrats in the current 2022 legislative short session that began on February 1, 2022. The introduced bill, House Bill 4002, would impose a 40-hour overtime pay...more

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New Oregon Brownfield Loan Program to Watch

Revitalizing Brownfields has long been considered a centerpiece for community efforts to encourage growth and development of properties impacted by contamination.  In 2021, Oregon’s Legislature passed HB 2518, which seeks to...more

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