Oregon - Session 2026R1
Title: Prohibits an online news aggregating platform from accessing for an Oregon audience the online content of a digital journalism provider without an agreement.
Requires a covered platform to have an agreement in order to access the online content of a news provider. Creates a group for civic information to give grants. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.7). Prohibits an online news aggregating platform from accessing for an Oregon audience the online content of a digital journalism provider without an agreement. Specifies requirements that an agreement must meet. Creates a private cause of action that a digital journalism provider may bring against a platform if the platform accesses for an Oregon audience the online content of the digital journalism provider without an agreement or fails to comply with an agreement. Allows for the recovery of the greater of statutory or actual damages, and for punitive damages. Bars a cause of action if the platform is participating in arbitration or in compliance with a final arbitration order, judgment or settlement agreement. Bars a cause of action for access that occurs between January 1, 2027, and December 31, 2028, if the platform elects to pay a certain sum amount. Allows a platform or group of digital journalism providers to initiate an arbitration process to determine a percentage of the platform's advertising revenue to be remitted to the digital journalism providers. Requires platforms to report annually certain information about compensation paid to digital journalism providers. Establishes the Oregon Civic Information Consortium. Directs the consortium to award grants for applicants that seek to improve civic information.
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| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-02 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-02-11 | Status | introduced |
| 2026-02-11 | Latest Action | Public Hearing held. |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HB 4031 | Exempts an energy facility from needing a site certificate from the Energy Facility Siting Council if the energy facility produces power from a renewable energy source, qualifies for certain federal renewable energy tax credits and is placed in service on or before December 31, 2030, or a date allowed by exception and a local land use application for the facility is submitted on or before December 31, 2028. | introduced |
| HB 4134 | Increases the state transient lodging tax. | passed_lower |
| HB 4148 | Allows net local transient lodging tax revenue to be used for resiliency grants for small businesses in the restaurant and lodging industry. | introduced |
| SB 1510 | Updates the terminology used to describe certain income earned by multinational corporations to reflect a change in the term used in federal law. | in_committee |
| HB 4045 | Requires a social media platform to respond to a search warrant within 72 hours of service, and all other communications providers to respond within five business days of service, when the warrant pertains to an investigation of stalking or a crime constituting domestic violence. | in_committee |
| HB 4092 | Prohibits 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. | in_committee |
| HB 4004 | Provides that additional taxes otherwise imposed upon disqualification of land from certain forestland special assessment programs may not be collected if the disqualification is due to the suspension of reforestation requirements as a result of insects or disease. | introduced |
| HB 4014 | Establishes the Task Force on Taxation of International Income. | in_committee |