Bills in the 2023 Regular Session, Senate.
Dick Anderson
Sponsored
Became law1
Directs Department of Early Learning and Care to establish and administer by rule pilot program for child care micro centers.
In committee4
Creates Oregon tax subtraction for interest received by financial institutions from loans made for purchase or improvement of agricultural real estate, rural residences and coastal fishing boats.
Requires Oregon Facilities Authority to provide financing for infrastructure and predevelopment costs for moderate income housing.
Requires Oregon Department of Administrative Services to provide grant and loan to specified entity to develop multifamily dwellings, affordable to moderate income families, using scaled modular or prefabricated construction.
Requires Department of Land Conservation and Development to study urban reserves.
Carried from the House
Became law2
Authorizes Health Licensing Office to issue sign language interpreter license to qualified applicant.
Authorizes holder of certain water right certificates that authorize storage of water for municipal use to change authorized point of diversion and place of use without losing priority of right under specified circumstances.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 8
Requires students to complete one half-credit of higher education and career path skills and one half-credit of personal financial education as requirements for high school diploma.
Directs Department of Human Services to provide specified services to individuals with brain injuries and to convene Brain Injury Advisory Committee.
Authorizes community colleges to offer Bachelor of Science in nursing degrees.
Modifies applicability of earned reduction of supervision changes in House Bill 2172 (2021).
Requires landlord to allow dwelling to be used as family child care home, subject to conditions.
Modifies abbreviated school day program requirements.
Expands types of prior convictions that increase offense level for crime of public indecency.
Allows residential landlord and tenant to agree to provide written notices by electronic mail and allow landlord to refund moneys by electronic means.
Passed the Senate · 3
Prohibits state from paying costs of travel to or from Oregon for employee in state service who telecommutes from principal worksite more than 60 miles outside this state, unless collective bargaining agreement provides otherwise or essential requirements of position make it necessary for employee to telecommute from outside this state.
Restores staggering of terms of county commissioners in certain circumstances.
Directs Director of Department of Revenue to reimburse worker leasing company for any employer contribution payments made by worker leasing company if Department of Revenue determines pursuant to amended combined quarterly report that refund is due.
Out of committee · 9
Amends allowable purposes of Emergency Housing Account to include account moneys to be used for grants to assist companion animals of individuals experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
Establishes Summer and After-School Learning and Enrichment Grant Program.
Establishes pilot program to provide funding to school districts for purposes of increasing access to schools by homeless students and improving academic achievement of homeless students.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to State Parks and Recreation Department for planning and coordination to continue to develop, maintain or work toward completion of Oregon Coast Trail.
Establishes income tax credit for volunteer firefighters.
Allows affordable housing on lands zoned for commercial uses within urban growth boundaries.
Requires Land Conservation and Development Commission to adopt rules by January 1, 2026, to allow soil bioengineering systems for shoreline stabilization.
Directs Oregon Department of Emergency Management to develop and implement grant program to distribute moneys to certain counties to fund emergency preparedness coordinators.
Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds under Article XI-Q of Oregon Constitution for construction of veterans' home in Roseburg, Oregon.
In committee · 28
Creates Oregon personal income tax subtraction for child care expenses paid by taxpayer during tax year.
Increases exempt amount and filing threshhold for purposes of corporate activity tax.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to adopt rules for licensing urgent care centers and specifies requirements.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to request federal approval to allow parent or legal guardian to be paid to act as personal support worker or direct support professional for minor child who has intellectual or developmental disability.
Prevents local governments from prohibiting natural gas use in or availability for new or existing residential or commercial buildings.
Requires vision examination as part of evaluation before initially receiving special education.
Removes requirement that State Forestry Department oversee development of statewide map of wildfire risk.
Provides, for purposes of ad valorem property taxation, frozen assessed value for homestead of individual at least 68 years of age, or person with disability, if homestead and individual would be eligible for homestead property tax deferral program but for fact that homestead is pledged as security for reverse mortgage.
Specifies that new or increased fees adopted by state agency do not become effective unless approved by Legislative Assembly by law.
Provides that, for estate of decedents dying on or after January 1, 2023, Oregon estate tax is not due unless value of Oregon taxable estate equals or exceeds $12.92 million.
Creates crime of threatening to commit a terroristic act.
Requires State Forester to actively manage state forestlands to achieve and maintain low forest fuel load levels.
Prohibits assessment of civil penalty or fine for violation of state occupational safety or health measure if no disease outbreak of COVID-19 occurred as result of violation.
Provides that operator may require person who engages in sport, fitness or recreational activity in various ways to release operator from claims for ordinary negligence.
Creates income or corporate excise tax credit for taxpayer that employs youth through Oregon Youth Employment Program.
Prohibits Department of Justice from charging officers and agencies of state government for assistance rendered.
Extends sunset date of enterprise zone program.
Prohibits merchant service company or financing agency from retaining funds that are property of merchant for more than 10 calendar days unless merchant service company or financing agency allows merchant access to funds, including ability to withdraw funds, or merchant service company or financing agency pays merchant statutory rate of interest on balance of funds retained.
Authorizes ports to assess public bodies for share of costs of removing sediment from port waters.
Establishes Ocean Beach Fund.
Provides that constructing child care facility within project for affordable housing does not subject project for affordable housing to prevailing wage requirements if child care facility meets specified requirements.
Requires Department of Revenue to make surplus revenue refunds, known as "kicker" refunds, in form of check.
Directs Legislative Assembly to allocate moneys to members for distribution.
Modifies timelines and requirements for when school district makes determination whether to give approval for student to enroll in virtual public charter school not sponsored by school district.
Authorizes any person to submit complaint to Department of Environmental Quality if person reasonably believes that camping site of homeless individuals is causing discharge of wastes into state waters.
Abolishes annual one-hour change in time from standard time to daylight saving time and maintains Oregon on standard time for all 12 months of calendar year, except in portion of Oregon in Mountain Time Zone.
Authorizes certain cities with demonstrated need for housing to add project area to their urban growth boundary upon certain conditions.
Sets $100 cap each year on sum of contributions that can be received by candidate or committee in cash from any source.