Bills in the 2021 Regular Session, House.
David Gomberg
Sponsored
Became law7
Requires owners or operators of undersea cables to obtain financial assurances for installation and removal of cable and create plan for removal of cable.
Imposes tsunami design standards for certain buildings and other structures.
Exempts from construction taxes residential housing being constructed to replace residential housing destroyed or damaged by fire or other emergency event or situation.
Increases temporarily, by $10 million annually, funds collected by electric companies for low-income electric bill payment and crisis assistance.
Requires Board on Public Safety Standards and Training to ensure that police officers and certified reserve officers are trained to investigate, identify and report crimes motivated by prejudice based on perceived gender of victim.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of State Lands, State Department of Fish and Wildlife and Higher Education Coordinating Commission in certain amounts for certain purposes related to ocean chemistry.
Provides that third-party food platform may not take and arrange for delivery of order from food place without written consent of food place.
Out of committee2
Establishes Task Force on Age Discrimination.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Human Services for allocation to area agencies to address unmet needs of seniors for mental and behavioral health treatment and to address disproportionate burdens on seniors arising from COVID-19 pandemic.
In committee9
Requires Secretary of State to conduct study and develop recommendations regarding most effective methods for improving ballot measure process.
Prescribes sentence of 58 to 130 months' imprisonment if person convicted of unlawful delivery of controlled substance that results in death of another person from use of controlled substance.
Reduces tax rates, reduces maximum eligible income and modifies employment requirements for purposes of taxpayer election of reduced tax rate for certain pass-through income.
Includes identification card issued by province or territory of Canada as acceptable form of identification for purchase of alcoholic beverages.
Directs Department of Education to establish and administer pilot program to assist school districts in providing age-appropriate instruction on natural disasters.
Provides that individual receiving erroneous payment of unemployment insurance benefits through no fault of individual is liable for repayment of benefits in addition to being liable to having amount of erroneous payment deducted from future benefits.
Establishes Local Government Technical Assistance Program within Housing and Community Services Department.
Appropriates moneys to Department of Human Services to restore funding, eliminated in 2020, for behavioral health programs serving seniors and persons with disabilities.
Clarifies meaning of "because of age" in employment discrimination law.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Permits municipality or Department of Consumer and Business Services to contract with person to administer and enforce building inspection program and act as building official.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 23
Allows Department of Consumer and Business Services to require implicit bias training for mortgage loan originators.
Allows Indian tribe or airline that holds full on-premises sales license to negotiate with Oregon Liquor Control Commission purchase price of distilled liquor for specified sales.
Creates program through which certain lenders may, after competitive RFP process, receive award moneys to fund accounts out of which lenders may be reimbursed for principal losses incurred due to defaults on qualified loans to qualified businesses.
Establishes alternative process for alteration, restoration or replacement of certain uses affected by 2020 wildfires.
Authorizes tax collector in county covered by state of emergency declared by Governor due to fire or act of God, or authority of Governor under Emergency Conflagration Act, who knows or has reason to believe property has been destroyed or damaged by fire or act of God to prorate taxes imposed on property.
Allows certain holders of temporary event licenses to sell specified alcoholic beverages for on and off-premises consumption at more than one location on licensed premises or have up to three premises licensed under single temporary sales license and operate for up to 30 days.
Expands crisis stabilization services, including crisis stabilization centers meeting criteria adopted by Oregon Health Authority by rule, short-term respite facilities, peer respite centers, behavioral health urgent care walk-in centers and crisis hotline center.
Directs Oregon Homeland Security Council to develop updated list of equipment for purposes of emergency preparedness equipment grant program.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to compile and annually post to website report on information reported to authority by coordinated care organizations regarding requests for prior authorization.
Authorizes Department of Human Services to award two-year grants to organizations that provide services to unaccompanied homeless youth and to organizations that operate host home projects for unaccompanied homeless youth.
Permits Office of Emergency Management to enter into agreement with nonprofit organization representing sheriffs under which organization is authorized to administer program to produce and sell outdoor recreation search and rescue cards.
Authorizes electric cooperative to use or allow for use of electric easement in provision of broadband services, subject to certain conditions and exceptions.
Requires education provider to prohibit display of any symbols of hate on school property or in education program.
Modifies CASA Volunteer Programs to direct Oregon Department of Administrative Services to contract with nongovernmental entity to serve as statewide coordinating entity for provision of court appointed special advocate services.
Allows temporary siting for up to 24 months of recreational vehicles on properties with dwellings that natural disasters have made uninhabitable.
Establishes Healthy Homes Program within the Oregon Health Authority to provide grants to entities to provide financial assistance to low income households and landlords.
Renames Office of Emergency Management as Oregon Department of Emergency Management.
Extends grace period for repayment of nonresidential rent between April 1, 2020, and September 30, 2020, until September 30, 2021, for certain tenants.
Temporarily removes condition for being deemed "unemployed" that individual's weekly remuneration for part-time work must be less than individual's weekly unemployment insurance benefit amount.
Amends definition of "manufactured dwelling park" to include parks with certain prefabricated structures.
Requires insurer that provides coverage for full replacement costs of damaged or destroyed property to allow insured not less than 12 months within which to repair, rebuild or replace damaged or lost property or, if damage or loss to property occurred in location subject to declaration of emergency and damage or loss is directly related to emergency, not less than 24 months.
Requires every public education provider to provide both tampons and sanitary pads at no cost to students.
Extends look-back period used to determine Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund solvency level from 10 years to 20 years.
Passed the House · 1
Prohibits person from conducting or participating in contest, competition, tournament or derby that has objective of taking coyotes for cash or prizes.
Out of committee · 6
Modifies allocation formula for grants to children's advocacy centers.
Establishes Oregon Wildfire Preparedness and Community Protection Fund.
Removes requirement that amount of net proceeds from Oregon State Lottery allocated to County Fair Account not exceed $1.53 million annually.
Directs State Department of Fish and Wildlife to prepare report concerning Oregon's current framework for preventing, monitoring and responding to zoonotic disease.
Directs State Department of Agriculture, in partnership with Oregon State University, to study potential for developing commercial seaweed production to produce feed for livestock as means to reduce methane emissions.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to State Parks and Recreation Department for continued development of Oregon Coast Trail.
In committee · 19
Provides that law enforcement officer may euthanize wild animal that does not pose immediate danger to life or property only if law enforcement officer consults with licensed veterinarian before euthanizing wild animal or euthanizes wild animal in manner consistent with euthanasia guidelines established by rule by Oregon State Veterinary Medical Examining Board.
Prohibits member of Legislative Assembly who is absent and unexcused when Legislative Assembly is in session from receiving salary, per diem or expense reimbursement, and imposes fine of $500 per day of unexcused absence.
Requires Department of Human Services to contract with nonprofit organization to implement and administer program to assist recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance in purchasing locally grown fruits and vegetables from farmers' markets, farm share sites and retail outlets that participate in program.
Expands presumptive cause of occupational disease for covered nonvolunteer firefighters to include any cancer that may result from exposure to substances that nonvolunteer firefighter is routinely exposed to in course of employment as nonvolunteer firefighter.
Prohibits food vendor from using polystyrene container in selling, offering for sale, serving or dispensing prepared food to public.
Limits liability for certain claims for damages arising out of acts or omissions taken during COVID-19 emergency period in reasonable compliance with government guidance related to COVID-19.
Permits municipality or Department of Consumer and Business Services to contract with person to administer and enforce building inspection program and act as building official.
Adds lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender to definition of "minority individual" for purposes of providing public contracting opportunities to minority-owned businesses in this state.
Requires original equipment manufacturer to make available to owner of originated equipment or independent repair provider on fair and reasonable terms any part, tool, documentation or other device or implement that original equipment manufacturer makes available to authorized repair provider for purpose of diagnosing, maintaining or repairing originated equipment.
Increases rate of privilege tax imposed on Oregon motor vehicle dealers upon retail sale of taxable motor vehicle and rate of use tax imposed on storage, use or other consumption in this state of taxable motor vehicle purchased at retail.
Prohibits person from using specified types of animals in traveling animal act.
Provides that certain substitute teachers are considered employees of school district and are eligible for retirement benefits and health benefit plans.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries for biennial expenses.
Establishes limits on campaign contributions that may be accepted by candidates and political committees.
Prohibits manufacturer or supplier from manufacturing, selling, offering to sell or distributing cosmetic or ingredient developed through use of animal test.
Directs Department of Corrections to continue to operate Shutter Creek Correctional Institution.
Creates Short Line Railroad Resiliency Program within Oregon Business Development Department to provide grants for short line railroad infrastructure projects.
Establishes temporary limitations on lenders' remedies for borrowers' failures to make payments on obligations secured by mortgages, trust deeds or land sale contracts for certain real property.
Requires Department of Consumer and Business Services to develop and implement programs to make one-time payments directly to certain workers as incentive payments to return to work or as worker retention payments for workers who were frontline essential workers during first year of COVID-19 pandemic.