2025 Regular Session HB 2705

• Bill Title: Relating to patents resulting from public funding of post-secondary institutions of education.

Catchline/Summary

Digest: Tells the HECC to study how much money the state should get for each patent a college gets after receiving public money. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.2).

Requires the Higher Education Coordinating Commission, in coordination with public universities and community colleges, to conduct a study to determine the appropriate rate of return the State of Oregon should receive for each patent obtained as a result of public moneys provided to a public university or community college. Requires the commission to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to education not later than September 15, 2026.

• Fiscal Impact: May Have Fiscal Impact, But No Statement Yet Issued
• Revenue Impact: May Have Revenue Impact, But No Statement Yet Issued
• Current Location: In House Committee
• Current Committee: House Committee On Higher Education and Workforce Development

Subsequent Referral(s)

• Joint Committee On Ways and Means