Bills in the 2023 Regular Session, House.
Mark Gamba
Sponsored
Vetoed1
Establishes State Public Bank Task Force.
Out of committee2
Prohibits sale, offer for sale or trade of fur product in State of Oregon.
Requires Housing and Community Services Department to award grants for predevelopment costs of affordable housing and grant to assist nonprofits receiving grants or loans under Act.
In committee10
Establishes certain requirements concerning aquaculture.
Directs Department of Transportation to determine carbon emissions of motor vehicles and impose additional registration fee based on relative vehicle carbon emissions.
Requires Oregon Department of Administrative Services to monitor public agency compliance with requirements of program to promote products and services of individuals with disabilities.
Provides minimum wage rate beginning July 1, 2024.
Provides that Legislative Assembly finds and declares that home rule cities and counties have constitutional authority to prohibit or limit use of fossil fuels in new buildings or installation of fossil fuel infrastructure.
Requires State Treasurer, when marketing securities, to make climate risk disclosures to potential investors.
Requires Housing and Community Services Department to study affordable housing.
Establishes state policy regarding natural climate solutions.
Requires Housing and Community Services Department to study accessory dwelling units.
Prohibits Department of Environmental Quality from issuing permit or other authorization for construction or expansion of plastic conversion technology facility.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 53
Establishes Oregon Housing Needs Analysis in Oregon Department of Administrative Services.
Modifies provisions relating to reproductive health rights.
Defines "undetectable firearm." Punishes manufacturing, importing, offering for sale or transferring undetectable firearm by maximum of 10 years' imprisonment, $250,000 fine, or both.
Directs Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board to establish program to provide grants to water suppliers.
Establishes program within Apprenticeship and Training Division of Bureau of Labor and Industries to make grants to local service districts and local joint committees that develop and administer pilot projects for firefighter apprenticeship training.
Allows specified persons to distribute and administer short-acting opioid antagonist and distribute kits.
Authorizes self-service dispensing of Class 1 flammable liquids at retail dispensary.
Authorizes Early Learning Council to adopt by rule reasonable requirements for landlords of tenants who operate certified family child care home in tenant's dwelling.
Requires Department of Corrections to establish doula program for pregnant and postpartum adults in custody at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility.
Requires hospitals to adopt policies and procedures to ensure provision of human immunodeficiency virus post-exposure prophylactic drugs or therapies following patient's possible exposure to human immunodeficiency virus.
Changes operative date from January 1, 2026, to effective date of Act, for law removing authority of Teacher Standards and Practices Commission from establishing and collecting fee from educator preparation provider based on number of license applications received by commission from provider or type of educator preparation programs offered by provider.
Requires that dental and vision are included in health benefits available to part-time faculty members.
Provides that qualifying agency must require as material provision of public improvement contract that contractor establish and implement plan for outreach to and recruitment and retention of women, minority individuals and veterans to perform work under public improvement contract, with aspirational target of having individuals in one or more of these groups perform at least 15 percent of total work hours that workers perform under public improvement contract.
Declares children who are deaf, hard of hearing or deaf-blind have same rights and potential as children who are not deaf, hard of hearing or deaf-blind.
Modifies Department of Justice crime victim compensation program.
Directs Early Learning Council to adopt rules to establish eligibility for certain children to participate in Employment Related Day Care subsidy program.
Provides licensing exemption for person slaughtering not more than 1,000 rabbits for use as human food.
Requires hospitals to establish professional and technical staff and service staff staffing committees, meeting specified criteria, to develop staffing plans, in addition to nurse staffing committee.
Adds outdoor child care program to definition of "child care facility." Requires Early Learning Council to adopt rules governing the operation of outdoor child care programs.
Expands and provides funding for coordinated crisis services system including 9-8-8 suicide prevention and behavioral health crisis hotline.
Expands Housing and Community Services Department ability to allow financing of certain affordable residential units within certain housing developments subject to limits established by Oregon Housing Stability Council.
Establishes requirements for approving recovery schools.
Establishes Jurisdictional Transfer Advisory Committee within Department of Transportation.
Amends Oregon Housing Needs Analysis and land use requirements for local governments related to urbanization.
Requires Oregon Health and Science University to annually publish on website of university certain information related to research using nonhuman primates.
Expands list of individuals whose histories, contributions and perspectives are required to be included in social studies academic content standards and in related textbooks and instructional materials.
Prohibits retail pet store from offering to sell or selling dogs or cats.
Authorizes Water Resources Department to seek injunctive relief if person has engaged, or is about to engage, in activity that is or will be violation of certain water laws.
Directs Oregon Business Development Department to provide financial assistance to eligible applicants to pay for allowable costs related to early child care infrastructure activities.
Directs State Board of Education to adopt rules that allow for reimbursement of school district expenses incurred for alternative transportation costs.
Prohibits employer from requiring employee to use vacation, sick or annual leave for time spent by employee as appointed member of state board or commission.
Limits terminations and rent increases for three years after tenants' housing is withdrawn from publicly supported housing.
Revises provisions relating to chemicals in children's products.
Establishes Oregon Disaster Response Assistance Matching Fund.
Makes permanent provisions conditionally allowing water right lease to split use of water between existing water right and in-stream water right within same year.
Establishes Task Force on Tribal Consultation and specifies task force membership.
Establishes Early Literacy Success Initiative.
Requires Oregon Business Development Department to provide financial assistance to support broadband access, affordability and adoption.
Authorizes Environmental Quality Commission to annually adjust, by up to three percent, fees associated with water quality programs administered by Department of Environmental Quality.
Prohibits manufacturer from selling or offering to sell cosmetic developed through use of cosmetic animal test.
Authorizes Housing and Community Services Department to support replacement, reconstruction or rehabilitation of residential units damaged or destroyed by disaster and to support recovery of residents of such housing.
Creates refundable child tax credit, calculated based on number of dependents of taxpayer that are qualifying children with respect to taxpayer and are under six years of age at close of tax year.
Requires county clerk to replace recorded instrument with court-ordered version that redacts discriminatory language.
Directs Housing and Community Services Department to provide report to appropriate interim committee of Legislative Assembly on department's financial support of dwelling units with certain accessibility features.
Requires State Department of Energy to report on rate of heat pump technology adoption and to collaborate with designated state agencies to reduce barriers to home energy efficiency and resilience.
Appropriates moneys to Higher Education Coordinating Commission for distribution for purposes related to outdoor recreation economy.
Prohibits landlords from terminating lease or taking other specified actions due to status of tenant as victim of bias crime.
Establishes Sexual Misconduct Survey Council.
Limits issues that may be basis for appeal of land use decisions where local government amends comprehensive plan or land use regulations.
Provides that, if certain state agencies provide temporary housing to displaced individuals in response to emergency, agencies shall ensure housing is safe and provided in compliance with state and federal laws relating to discrimination.
Provides, for purposes of certain statutes relating to taking of predatory animals, that term "predatory animal" does not include beavers.
Establishes Task Force on Alcohol Pricing and Addiction Services.
Directs State Department of Energy to establish program to provide assistance related to energy projects and activities to environmental justice communities.
Passed both houses · 1
Establishes ranked choice voting as voting method for selecting winner of nomination for and election to offices of President of United States, United States Senator, Representative in Congress, Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer and Attorney General.
Passed the House · 2
Requires pharmacy benefit managers to be licensed by Department of Consumer and Business Services beginning January 1, 2024.
Requires Public Utility Commission to establish eligibility cap for standard avoided costs rates and contracts for purchase of energy or energy and capacity from qualifying facilities at no less than 10 megawatts.
Out of committee · 51
Specifies property and funds of judgment debtor that are exempt from execution or garnishment.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Housing and Community Services Department to provide services and assistance to school-aged children experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness.
Expands purposes for which qualified borrower may use loan proceeds, in connection with tax credits allowed for affordable housing lenders, to include limited equity cooperatives, with certain conditions.
Extends low income rental housing property tax exemption to housing units owned by limited equity cooperative corporations.
Expands definition of "residential homes" and "residential facilities" that local governments must approve under same standards as other residential uses.
Directs Department of Environmental Quality to establish program for providing rebates to qualifying individuals who purchase electric assisted bicycles .
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to issue grants to specified recipients.
Directs Oregon State University to research reduced-risk pest management tools for Oregon's specialty crops and report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly no later than September 15, 2027.
Appropriates $30,000,000 to Department of Environmental Quality for deposit in Zero-Emission Incentive Fund.
Allows veterans to participate in Oregon Promise program if first enrolled in classes within 12 months after discharge from military.
Directs Oregon Health Authority, in consultation with Newborn Bloodspot Screening Advisory Board, to adopt rules for board to evaluate and recommend adding disease to or removing disease from newborn bloodspot screening panel or taking no action on disease.
Declares harmful algal blooms to be menace to public health and welfare.
Creates credit against income taxes for selling publicly supported housing to retain as affordable housing.
Directs Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board to establish grant program to provide grants to water suppliers to protect, restore or enhance sources of drinking water.
Directs President of Senate and Speaker of House of Representatives to appoint work group to develop framework for multi-sector plan for aging to be administered by Department of Human Services.
Requires Department of Human Services to provide financial support to nonprofits to provide affordable housing for college students.
Requires State Department of Fish and Wildlife, State Fish and Wildlife Commission and Department of State Lands to implement Ocean Policy Advisory Council recommendations to develop adaptive management and social monitoring program to support marine reserves.
Appropriates moneys to Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to Oregon Coast Visitors Association to be expended on various projects.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Justice for deposit into Oregon Domestic and Sexual Violence Services Fund.
Authorizes cities and counties to adopt program for awarding grants to developers of affordable housing and moderate income housing projects to finance certain costs associated with such housing projects.
Requires Oregon Business Development Department and Housing and Community Services Department to provide grants and loans for housing.
Directs Department of Human Services to provide grants, support and technical assistance for resilience hubs and networks in Oregon.
Creates Oregon Soil Health Initiative.
Modifies provisions of Department of Transportation wildlife-vehicle collision program.
Establishes Community Green Infrastructure Grant Program.
Authorizes Department of Justice to assist victims of domestic violence and sexual assault with housing needs.
Transfers revenue from levy of additional privilege tax under forest products harvest tax to State Forestry Department Account for distribution to Oregon Forest Resources Institute Fund, Oregon Forest Land Protection Fund and Higher Education Coordinating Commission for Oregon State University Extension Service to implement Oregon Environmental Literacy Plan.
Creates Oregon personal income tax subtraction for amounts received for renting out room in taxpayer's home.
Requires addition to federal taxable income of amounts excluded as gain attributable to investment in federal qualified opportunity zone.
Prohibits distributing, selling, attempting to sell or allowing to be sold flavored inhalant delivery system product or flavored tobacco product in this state.
Requires schools to have wireless panic alert device in each classroom of each school building.
Appropriates moneys to Water Resources Department to fund staff position and allocate moneys for purposes related to voluntary agreements among ground water users in Greater Harney Valley Groundwater Area of Concern.
Appropriates moneys to Oregon Department of Administrative Services to provide grant to Regional Rural Revitalization Strategies Consortium to plan for and develop housing.
Establishes Place-Based Water Planning Fund.
Requires Oregon Department of Administrative Services to provide grants for regional housing coordination and to local governments to support development of needed housing.
Directs State Department of Energy and Department of Land Conservation and Development to establish Finding Opportunities and Reducing Conflict in Energy Siting process to identify locations best suited to site renewable energy or transmission development and ways to streamline or expedite siting process for renewable energy or transmission development.
Requires Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission to require applicant for cannabis-related license or license renewal to submit signed attestation that applicant will refrain from interfering with labor organizing efforts or submit attestation that applicant and labor organization that is certified to represent employees of applicant have entered into and will abide by terms of labor peace agreement.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to High Desert Partnership for specified purposes.
Directs Department of Environmental Quality, in consultation with Water Resources Department, to develop recommendations and other resources to expand beneficial water reuse or recycled water programs or projects in state.
Requires State Department of Agriculture to submit report on economic competitiveness of Oregon's agricultural sector to committee or interim committee of Legislative Assembly related to agriculture no later than September 15, 2024.
Appropriates moneys to Higher Education Coordinating Commission, for allocation to Oregon State University through Oregon Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, for specified purposes related to zoonotic disease.
Establishes Rural System Development Charges Program within Housing and Community Services Department to pay system development charges for rural affordable multifamily housing.
Establishes Community Information Exchange Board and specifies membership and duties.
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to enter into contract with Oregon Association of Water Utilities to perform, or enter into contract with third party to perform, study of needs and vulnerabilities of small and very small community water systems, design and construct water utility training center and hire three staff to provide related support and resources.
Appropriates moneys to Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board for deposit in Oregon Agricultural Heritage Fund for hiring related to Oregon agricultural heritage programs.
Requires Housing and Community Services Department to report to Legislative Assembly on homeownership disparities by September 15 of each even-numbered year.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to support homeownership and fair housing.
Directs Housing and Community Services Department by rule to establish and implement pilot program through which department cooperates with qualified lending institutions to provide 100 percent financing for residential property purchases to persons who qualify for special purpose credit programs.
Repeals prohibition on local rent control.
Requires Housing and Community Services Department to provide grants for urban community housing supporting agricultural employees.
Directs College of Forestry at Oregon State University, in collaboration with Department of Environmental Quality and State Forestry Department, to research development of fuel pathways for low carbon fuels derived from woody biomass residues from forestry operations.
In committee · 30
Establishes limits on campaign contributions that may be accepted by candidates and political committees.
Instructs State Fish and Wildlife Commission to establish by rule certain requirements for sea urchin commercial fishery to address proliferation of purple sea urchins.
Directs Environmental Quality Commission to establish and implement indirect source review program.
Modifies emergency housing assistance program and state homeless assistance program to provide services and assistance to school-aged children experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness.
Establishes Universal Health Plan Governance Board and directs board to create comprehensive plan for implementing Universal Health Plan beginning in 2027.
Requires State Treasurer to exit from certain carbon-intensive investments, subject to fiduciary duties.
Alters composition of governing boards of public universities by increasing number of student, faculty and nonfaculty staff members and requiring these members to be voting members of board.
Authorizes sale of unpasteurized milk from small-scale farm through delivery service or at farmers' market or other farm-to-consumer sales location if milk is labeled as unpasteurized.
Modifies membership of Oregon Transportation Commission.
Prohibits Department of Environmental Quality and State Department of Agriculture from issuing or renewing license or permit to allow construction or operation of new industrial confined animal feeding operation, addition to or expansion of existing industrial confined animal feeding operation or addition to or expansion of livestock farm that would cause livestock farm to become industrial confined animal feeding operation.
Requires Department of Transportation to provide funding plan for highway maintenance when transportation project that adds lane miles is added to STIP. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Permits person who will be 17 years old on date of primary election and 18 years old on date of general election to vote at primary election for candidates of major political party with which person is affiliated if major political party has adopted rule to this effect.
Requires sentencing court to order person convicted of drunk driving offense that resulted in death of victim to pay restitution to surviving child of victim in form of child maintenance.
Reduces lot size of rural residential lots on which accessory dwelling units may be sited.
Clarifies meaning of "because of age" in employment discrimination law.
Prohibits seller from selling or leasing motor vehicle if sale or lease is contingent upon lender's agreement to purchase retail installment contract or lease agreement.
Requires person who owns, operates or controls high energy use facility to ensure that greenhouse gas emissions associated with electricity used by high energy use facility are reduced to 60 percent below baseline emissions levels by 2027, 80 percent below baseline emissions levels by 2030, 90 percent below baseline emissions levels by 2035 and 100 percent below baseline emissions levels by 2040.
Directs State Department of Energy and Department of Land Conservation and Development to convene work group to examine barriers, opportunities and other issues related to renewable energy and transmission project siting in Oregon.
Imposes severance tax on owner of timber harvested from public or private forestland.
Permits Public Utility Commission to institute one or more proceedings to ensure commission's regulations, rules and orders, and programs overseen by commission, align with greenhouse gas emissions reduction requirements and targets established by statute or executive order, do not impede or delay timely and equitable implementation of greenhouse gas emissions reduction requirements and targets, and mitigate energy burden and risks of stranded assets for residential utility customers.
Increases state transient lodging tax.
Permits individual who is 16 or 17 years of age and registered to vote to cast ballot in school district elections.
Prohibits limitation on percentage of chinook and coho salmon that may be taken by commercial fisheries using alternative gears.
Replaces references to vehicle accident and vehicle collision with vehicle crash.
Provides that unit of government may not assess toll on state highways or interstate highways located in tri-county area unless Department of Transportation conducts and submits equity plan for approval by affected counties.
Provides that city with population greater than 600,000 may refer ballot measure to electors to form park and recreation district and have entirety of governing body of city serve as entirety of membership of board of district so formed.
Prohibits use of assessed historic property as vacation occupancy unless property is owner's primary residence.
Permits candidates to have name listed in more than one place on general election ballot if nominated for same office by multiple political parties.
Prohibits tolling on state highways until January 2, 2026.
Requires original equipment manufacturer to make available to owner of consumer electronic equipment or independent repair provider on fair and reasonable terms any documentation, tool, part or other device or implement that original equipment manufacturer makes available to authorized service provider for purpose of diagnosing, maintaining or repairing consumer electronic equipment.