Bills in the 2021 Regular Session, House.
Ken Helm
Sponsored
Became law5
Directs State Department of Fish and Wildlife to adopt by rule and administer program for authorizing voluntary projects for stream restoration and habitat improvement through construction of environmental restoration weirs.
Establishes program to make forgivable loans to reimburse private owner or operator of brownfield for eligible costs incurred in completion of removal or remedial action at brownfield.
Allows delivery of marijuana items, pursuant to bona fide orders, to consumers within city or county in which marijuana retailer is located and to consumers in cities or counties that have adopted ordinances allowing for delivery of marijuana items from adjacent cities or counties.
Requires homeowners associations and condominium associations to review governing documents and remove discriminatory language or certify the nonexistence of such language on or before December 31, 2022.
Requires agencies to send copies of reports on public access sites to State Marine Board and for board to make reports public, including by hosting map of reported sites on website.
Passed the House1
Directs Secretary of State to publish on secretary's website list of top five most commonly spoken languages in Oregon, other than English.
Out of committee7
Adds Reach Code to state building code as specialty code and gives power of administration and interpretation of Reach Code to Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services.
Directs State Department of Agriculture to advance design of cannabis business certification program.
Requires Land Conservation and Development Commission to adopt rules no later than July 1, 2022, by which county may justify exception to statewide land use planning goals for development of renewable energy facilities .
Repeals abolishment of Oregon Conservation and Recreation Fund.
Makes certain findings and declarations concerning water budgets and water use data.
Directs State Department of Fish and Wildlife to prepare report concerning Oregon's current framework for preventing, monitoring and responding to zoonotic disease.
Grants Public Utility Commission authority to authorize Oregon Renewable Options Programs offered by qualified utilities.
In committee8
Provides for restoration of retirement credit for member of Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan who forfeited retirement credit due to lack of service at end of 2020.
Exempts from ad valorem property taxation property constituting hydrogen system used to produce hydrogen by electrolysis or from renewable natural gas.
Directs Legislative Policy and Research Office to study issues related to funding construction of wildlife corridor road crossings and report to appropriate committee or interim committee of Legislative Assembly on or before September 15, 2022.
Provides that stated percentage of revenue from state transient lodging tax be transferred to Oregon Conservation and Recreation Fund.
Prohibits association or other owners from retaliating or discriminating against owner for exercising owner's right.
Prohibits Oregon Liquor Control Commission from disciplining licensee or licensee representative for violation if violation is result of theft.
Modifies and adds laws related to utilities.
Grants authority to Public Employees Retirement Board to waive or alter certain statutory requirements during state of emergency.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 14
Requires retail electricity providers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with electricity sold to Oregon consumers to 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.
Establishes Oregon Hemp Commission.
Prohibits homeowners associations from requiring application of pesticide on owner's property except as necessary for ecological or public health.
Directs Governor's Child Foster Care Advisory Commission to establish Child Welfare Equity Advisory Committee to advise commission and Department of Human Services regarding equitable provision of child welfare services.
Prescribes requirements for reimbursement by Oregon Health Authority and coordinated care organizations of health services delivered using telemedicine.
Directs Department of Consumer and Business Services, in consultation with State Forestry Department, Oregon Forest and Industries Council, Oregon Small Woodlands Association, Oregon State University, Oregon Prescribed Fire Council and representative of insurance industry, to study liability for prescribed fires.
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.
Requires hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to adopt policies that require use of smoke evacuation system during surgical procedures likely to generate surgical smoke.
Requires education provider to prohibit display of any symbols of hate on school property or in education program.
Provides that certain employee of State Fire Marshal qualifies as firefighter for purposes of Public Employees Retirement System.
Changes name of Early Learning Division to Department of Early Learning and Care.
Directs Department of Transportation to create emergency contact information form and make form available for individuals to voluntarily provide emergency contact information for inclusion in individual's motor vehicle record for police officers to use, during or after emergency situations, to contact those listed.
Amends residency requirements for purposes of licenses, tags and permits related to wildlife.
Requires every public education provider to provide both tampons and sanitary pads at no cost to students.
Passed the House · 2
Establishes Sound Forestry Practices Subaccount and Family Forestlands Subaccount as subaccounts of State Forestry Department Account.
Modifies membership of State Marine Board.
Out of committee · 11
Directs Water Resources Department to provide staff support to work through complex water basin issues and help implement agency priorities in priority water basins.
Directs State Department of Agriculture to administer Oregon Hemp State Program for production, processing and sale of hemp.
Requires hospitals and long term care facilities to make available to patients, residents, staff and visitors plant-based meals and beverages.
Requires that statewide land use planning goal relating to citizen involvement address participation and engagement for disadvantaged groups.
Directs State Forestry Department to adopt certain rules related to prescribed fires.
Establishes Small Donor Elections Program to enable candidates for office of state Representative and state Senator to receive 6-to-1 match on small dollar donations.
Directs Department of Environmental Quality to study approaches to reducing diesel engine emissions attributable to indirect sources of air contamination and submit report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to environment no later than September 15, 2022.
Extends sunset of pilot program for provision of legal services to adults in custody serving sentences at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility.
Establishes product stewardship program for household hazardous waste.
Establishes Equity Investment and Accountability Board and Equity Investment and Accountability Office within office of Governor to provide equity oversight of cannabis industry in this state.
Establishes Task Force on Education Pathways.
In committee · 15
Requires health benefit plan and health care service contract coverage of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome.
Modifies requirements for motor vehicle exhaust systems.
Requires local governments to allow certain residential development within one-eighth mile of fixed guideway corridor stops.
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.
For purposes of Oregon Indoor Clean Air Act, expands definition of "public place" to include common areas of commercial residential buildings and residential buildings with two or more rental units.
Prohibits sale, offer for sale, display for sale, trade or other distribution for consideration of fur product in State of Oregon.
Requires Department of Transportation to establish pilot program to assess how products that department or contractor for department procures affect emissions of carbon dioxide.
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.
Requires Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services to amend state mechanical, heating and ventilating code to require use of current best available technology for filtering outside air admitted into buildings and to require that all outside air admitted into buildings passes through filtration technology during periods in which air outside building poses significant risk of harm to health or safety of occupants of building.
Requires employers of employees who engage in outdoor work activities to take certain actions to mitigate employee's risk of exposure to unhealthy air quality from wildfire smoke.
Increases distance from certain parts of public places and places of employment in which person may not smoke, aerosolize or vaporize from 10 feet to 25 feet.
Expands crime of assault in the third degree to include causing physical injury to person working in hospital while worker is performing official duties.
Imposes additional personal income tax.
Establishes limits on campaign contributions that may be accepted by candidates and political committees.