House Bill 3021

Provides that qualified emergency service volunteer is agent of public body under Oregon Tort Claims Act for purpose of acts and omissions of volunteer that are within course and scope of volunteer's duties if acts or omissions occur during state of emergency or state of public health emergency and while volunteer is performing emergency services under direction of public body or is engaged in training approved by public body. Requires Office of Emergency Management to provide workers' compensation coverage for qualified emergency service volunteers who are injured in course and scope of performing emergency service activities under direction of public body or while engaged in training approved by public body. Provides that certain volunteer emergency health care providers, health care facilities and operators of emergency health care centers are agents of state under Oregon Tort Claims Act for purpose of acts and omissions of providers, facilities and operators during state of emergency or state of public health emergency, without regard to whether providers, facilities or operators are compensated for services. Provides that qualified search and rescue volunteer is agent of county under Oregon Tort Claims Act for purpose of acts and omissions of volunteer that occur while volunteer is performing search and rescue activities under direction of sheriff or sheriff's designee. <i>Requires county to provide workers' compensation coverage for qualified search and rescue volunteers who are injured in course and scope of performing search and rescue activities under direction of sheriff or sheriff's designee.</i>] <b>Provides that county is conclusively deemed to have filed election for provision of workers' compensation coverage for qualified search and rescue volunteer who performs search and rescue activities under direction of sheriff or sheriff's designee.</b> Provides that for purposes of limitation of Oregon Tort Claims Act on recovery for single accident or occurrence, events giving rise to proclamation of state of emergency or state of public health emergency do not constitute single accident or occurrence. Revises other laws relating to emergencies.

In the House of Representatives

• House of Representatives, third reading53–4

  Passed · May 4 · 3 present

• Senate, third reading18–12

  Passed · Jun 16

• House of Representatives, concurrence49–9

  Agreed to the other chamber's changes · Jun 17 · 2 present

• House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

  Adopted Apr 24

• Senate committee amendmentAdopted

  Adopted Jun 8

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In the House of Representatives Mar 9 – May 4

1. Mar 9Introduced
2. Mar 12Sent to Veterans and Emergency Services
3. Apr 7Heard in Veterans and Emergency Services
4. Apr 16Heard in Veterans and Emergency Services
5. Apr 21Heard in Veterans and Emergency Services
6. Apr 24Veterans and Emergency Services recommended it as amended
7. Apr 28Read a second time
8. May 4Passed the House of Representatives, 53 to 4

In the Senate May 5 – Jun 16

1. May 5Arrived in the Senate
2. May 8Sent to Judiciary
3. May 20Heard in Judiciary
4. May 28Heard in Judiciary
5. Jun 8Judiciary recommended it as amended
6. Jun 9Read a second time
7. Jun 16Passed the Senate, 18 to 12

Back in the House of Representatives Jun 17 – Jun 24

1. Jun 17The House of Representatives agreed to the Senate's amendments and passed it again, 49 to 9
2. Jun 24Signed in the House of Representatives

To the Governor Jun 24 – Jul 16

1. Jun 24Signed in the Senate
2. Jul 16Signed by the Governor
3. Became chapter 718 of Oregon Laws 2009, in force from January 1, 2010