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As of 2026-08-12, AI Laws USA tracks 29 AI rules in Oregon: 13 state-level rules and 16 county or city rules. Federal AI protections apply statewide on top of these — see the federal page. Each entry links to its official source.
Oregon state-level AI rules (13)
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Enacted (not yet in effect)
Oregon SB 1546 (AI companion chatbot disclosure + private right of action)
Oregon · Effective 2027-01-01 · Or. SB 1546 (2026 Reg. Sess.), effective January 1, 2027
Oregon's AI Companion Chatbot Safety Act (SB 1546), signed March 31, 2026 and effective January 1, 2027, is the first U.S. chatbot law to include a direct private right of action. It regulates operators of 'AI companions' — defined as AI systems designed to simulate a sustained human-like relationship and retain contextual information across interactions. Operators must: clearly and repeatedly disclose that the system is AI, not a human (recurring disclosure every three hours for adults and every hour for minors); implement protocols to detect suicidal ideation or self-harm and direct users to crisis resources; protect minors from manipulative engagement mechanics (variable-ratio reinforcement, unpredictable rewards). Any person harmed by a violation may sue directly for $1,000 per violation, any greater actual damages, injunctive relief, and attorney fees. The law was passed near-unanimously by the Oregon legislature on March 5, 2026.
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In effect
OR PUC Data Center Rate Class
OR · Effective 2024-12-04 · Or. PUC Order No. 24-447
Oregon's Public Utility Commission established a separate large-load rate class — covering data centers, crypto, and AI compute customers — to protect residential customers from cost-shifting and require minimum-take obligations. PacifiCorp and Portland General Electric must apply the new tariffs to incoming AI data centers.
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In effect
OR weaponized-drone ban
Oregon · Effective 2013-07-29 · Or. Rev. Stat. §§ 837.300–837.380
Oregon prohibits anyone from operating a weaponized drone, requires law-enforcement drones to be authorized for specific missions, and provides a civil action for property owners whose airspace is repeatedly invaded by drones flying below 400 feet.
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Enacted (not yet in effect)
SB 1546 (OR Chatbot Safety)
Oregon · Effective 2027-01-01 · Or. SB 1546 (2026), sponsored by Sen. Lisa Reynolds
Oregon's chatbot safety law — the first major chatbot measure passed in 2026 — requires AI chatbot operators to tell users they're talking to AI, prevent outputs that could cause suicidal thoughts, and refer users expressing suicidal ideation to mental-health resources. Kids get extra protections: hourly AI reminders and break reminders, no sexual content, no addictive reward loops, and no emotional manipulation when a child tries to log off. Users harmed by violations can sue. Effective January 1, 2027.
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In effect
Oregon HB 4084 Data Center Tax Moratorium
Oregon · Effective 2026-06-05 · Oregon HB 4084 (2026 Leg. Session, eff. June 5, 2026)
Oregon House Bill 4084, effective June 5, 2026, temporarily suspends the state's property-tax exemption for qualifying data centers — a program that had offered facilities up to 15 years of tax relief to attract investment. The suspension halts new applications while the legislature evaluates whether the incentive is still in the public interest given rapid data center growth and grid strain concerns.
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In effect
Order 26-154 Approving PGE Large-Load Tariff Framework for D
Oregon Public Utility Commission (Portland General Electric) · Effective 2026-05-07 · Order 26-154 Approving PGE Large-Load Tariff Framework for Data Centers
The Oregon PUC approved a large-load tariff for data centers exceeding 20 MW that requires customers to fund 100% of distribution upgrades, sign 10-to-30-year contracts, pay minimum demand charges at 90% of contracted capacity, and adds a 1 cent/kWh surcharge on projects over 100 MW to offset residential and low-income customer costs. In July 2026 the PUC approved PGE's compliance rate filing implementing the framework: data-center customers' rates rise about 29.7% while residential bills drop about 1.3%.
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In effect
Oregon POWER Act
Oregon · Effective 2025-06-05 · Or. HB 3546 (2025) (POWER Act)
Oregon's first-in-the-nation POWER Act makes data centers and crypto-mining operations pay for their own grid costs instead of shifting them onto household utility bills. Large users over 20 MW are placed in a separate rate class and must sign long-term contracts committing to minimum payments.
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In effect
Responsible AI Usage Policy (107-004-190)
Oregon · Effective 2025-02-11 · Responsible AI Usage Policy (107-004-190)
Oregon Enterprise Information Services establishes enterprise-wide governance for generative and agentic AI across executive-branch agencies, requiring AI adoption plans, human review of outputs, approval of new AI uses, and use of only approved tools.
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In effect
OR AG Rosenblum
OR · Effective 2024-12-24 · OR AG Rosenblum — AI Guidance (UTPA, OCPA, Equality Act) (2024-12-24)
Clarifies that Oregon's UTPA, OCPA, and Equality Act apply to AI absent AI-specific law. Misrepresenting AI capabilities, discriminatory outcomes, and processing biometric/sensitive data without consent are actionable.
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In effect
Oregon SB 619 (opt out of profiling; child-data & assessment rules)
Oregon · Effective 2024-07-01 · Oregon Consumer Privacy Act, 2023 Or. Laws (SB 619), ORS 646A.570-646A.589, eff. July 1, 2024
Oregon's consumer privacy law lets residents opt out of having their personal data used for profiling that supports decisions with legal or similarly significant effects. It adds stronger protections for data about people the business knows are under 16, and requires businesses to complete and document data protection assessments for processing that poses a heightened risk, including risky profiling. The Attorney General enforces it; there is no private lawsuit right.
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In effect
Oregon SB 1571 (campaign ads must disclose AI/synthetic media)
Oregon · Effective 2024-03-27 · 2024 Or. Laws ch. 62 (SB 1571)
Oregon requires campaign communications that use synthetic media (an AI-generated or AI-manipulated image, audio, or video depicting a person's voice or likeness) to carry a disclosure telling viewers the content was altered or created with artificial intelligence. The Secretary of State (or the Attorney General when the Secretary of State race is involved) can go to court to stop a non-compliant communication. Violators can face a civil penalty.
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In effect
OR EO 23-06
OR · Effective 2023-11-28 · Or. Exec. Order No. 23-06 (Nov. 28, 2023)
Governor Kotek's EO 23-06 establishes Oregon's AI Advisory Council with an equity focus. It produced the 2024 Action Plan with 12 principles and 74 recommendations governing state agencies' AI use.
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In effect
Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) in K-12 Classrooms G
Oregon Department of Education · Effective 2023-11-01 · Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) in K-12 Classrooms Guidance
Oregon's education department maintains generative AI guidance and a companion 'Developing Policy and Protocols' document to help districts adopt safe, ethical, equitable AI policies in K-12 classrooms.
County and city AI rules in Oregon (16)
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In effect
Hillsboro OR data center/battery storage moratorium (2026)
Hillsboro, OR · Effective 2026-07-27 · City of Hillsboro, Ore. — City Council special meeting action, 2026-07-27 (120-day moratorium)
The Hillsboro City Council voted at a special meeting Monday, July 27, 2026 to enact a 120-day moratorium blocking new or expanded data center and battery energy storage projects, running until at least November 24, 2026. The move follows concern over high electricity and water use, noise, tax incentives, and the limited number of jobs data centers create — and comes the same week local leaders, businesses, and farmers joined a separate lawsuit against the city and county over a series of enterprise-zone tax-break approvals for 17 proposed data-center projects.
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In effect
Portland OR Twin FR Bans (2020, broadest-in-nation)
Portland, OR · Effective 2021-01-01 · Portland City Code Ch. 34.10 (private-sector); Council Action Sept. 9, 2020
On September 9, 2020, Portland, Oregon became the first U.S. city to ban both government AND private-sector use of facial recognition in places of public accommodation. The private-sector ban — codified at Portland City Code Ch. 34.10 — included a private right of action and remains the broadest municipal FR ban in the United States.
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In effect
Portland Private-Sector FR Ban
Portland, OR · Effective 2021-01-01 · Portland, Or., City Code ch. 34.10 (Ordinance 190114, 2020)
Portland is the first US city to ban private businesses from using facial recognition in places of public accommodation such as stores, restaurants, and entertainment venues. People can sue violators for damages. The ban remains in effect as of June 2026.
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In effect
Portland Public Schools genAI pause (Jun. 23, 2026)
Portland, OR · Effective 2026-06-23 · Portland Public Schools (OR) Board of Education unanimous resolution via budget amendment, June 23, 2026, pausing generative AI expansion
The Portland Public Schools board in Oregon voted unanimously on June 23, 2026 to pause the expansion of generative AI in the district. Adopted as a budget amendment championed by board member La Forte, the resolution requires district staff to report back within 120 days on the district's inventory of generative AI tools, its contracts, and how vendors handle student data — and requires advance board authorization before the district signs any generative AI contract. The pause puts elected-board oversight between AI vendors and Oregon's largest school district while the data practices are examined.
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In effect
Portland OR GenAI Policy
Portland, OR · Effective 2026-03-06 · City of Portland, BTS GenAI Use Policy (2024)
City of Portland Bureau of Technology Services policy on generative AI use by city employees, with required disclosure and prohibitions on entering sensitive data.
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In effect
The Dalles OR Aquifer Storage and Recovery System + Google Water Infrastructure
The Dalles, OR · Effective 2025-10-15 · City infrastructure agreement (completed Oct 2025) (2025-10-15)
City completed ASR system; Google-built water/sewer infrastructure transferred to city ownership. ~33% of city water now goes to Google data centers (vs 12% in 2012). HR 655 Dalles Watershed Development Act pending.
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In effect
Lane County OR
Lane County, OR · Effective 2025-08-19 · Lane County Administrator policy (2025) (2025-08-19)
Lane County OR adopted generative AI use policy for county employees: prohibits PII/PHI/CJIS in public LLMs, requires departmental approval, mandates human review of AI outputs, and requires disclosure of AI assistance in resident-facing communications.
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In effect
Clackamas County OR Generative AI Use Policy
Clackamas County, OR · Effective 2025-07-01 · Clackamas County administrative order (2025) (2025-07-01)
Clackamas County issued a generative AI use policy for staff: prohibits CJIS, HIPAA, and PII entry into public LLMs; requires human-in-the-loop review; mandates departmental inventory of AI tools.
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In effect
Umatilla County OR Amazon Greater Enterprise Zone Tax Exemption Agreement
Umatilla County, OR · Effective 2024-10-15 · BoC EZ agreement Oct 2024 (2024-10-15)
BOC granted property tax exemptions to Amazon Data Services Hermiston campus; Amazon to pay $2M/year minimum in lieu of levies, split with Hermiston. Sabey SDC Umatilla also in Enterprise Zone with 5-year 100% exemption.
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In effect
Eugene Surveillance Technology Ordinance
Eugene, OR · Effective 2020-09-14 · Ord. 20618 (2020-09-14)
Requires council approval and impact reports for any city surveillance acquisition or use.
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In effect
Portland City-Government FR Ban
Portland, OR · Effective 2020-09-09 · Portland, Or., city-bureau face recognition ban ordinance (Sept. 9, 2020)
Portland bans all city bureaus, including the Portland Police Bureau, from acquiring or using facial recognition technology. Adopted the same day as the separate private-sector ban; remains in effect as of June 2026.
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In effect
Ordinance 192122 - Prohibition of anti-competitive algorithm
Portland, OR · Effective 2025-11-19 · Ordinance 192122 - Prohibition of anti-competitive algorithmic rental pricing (City Code 30.01.088)
Portland's Ordinance 192122 (passed 8-2 on Nov 19, 2025, effective ~Feb 2026) bans the sale and use of revenue-management 'algorithmic devices' that analyze competitor data to coordinate rents, with fines and a tenant right to sue up to $1,000 per violation.
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In effect
Salem OR GenAI Policy
Salem, OR · Effective 2024-09-01 · City of Salem OR IT Dept., GenAI Acceptable Use Policy (2024)
City of Salem OR administrative policy on employee use of generative AI tools with disclosure, prohibited data, and human-review rules.
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In effect
Portland Police Bureau Small UAS (Drone) Program authorized
Portland, OR · Effective 2023-04-05 · Portland Police Bureau Small UAS (Drone) Program authorized by City Council (Ordinance 191882)
Portland City Council authorized the Police Bureau to operate drones on April 5, 2023, expanded them citywide in September 2024, and launched a Drone as First Responder pilot in September 2025, with policy explicitly barring mass surveillance and facial recognition.
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In effect
Ordinance banning use of face recognition technologies by Ci
Portland, OR · Effective 2020-09-09 · Ordinance banning use of face recognition technologies by City of Portland bureaus
Portland's City Council unanimously banned all city bureaus, including police, from using or acquiring face recognition technology, with narrow device-unlock and redaction exceptions.
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Expired
Eugene ends Flock Safety ALPR contract after council-ordered
Eugene, OR · Eugene ends Flock Safety ALPR contract after council-ordered pause
After the City Council voted 8-0 in October 2025 to pause the cameras over federal-misuse fears, Eugene Police ended the Flock contract on December 5, 2025 citing data-security and community-expectation concerns.
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