Bills in the 2023 Regular Session, Senate.
Lew Frederick
Sponsored
Became law4
Provides that zone directors on local governing body of soil and water conservation district must reside within zones they represent in district and be registered voters.
Creates offense of unlawful fender height modifications.
Allows parking in spaces regulated by out-of-service parking meters operated by public bodies unless notice prohibiting parking is posted.
Authorizes board of directors of rural fire protection district to annex to district, under certain circumstances, lands that are within coverage area of district.
Out of committee3
Authorizes issuance of lottery bonds for deposit in Levee Project Grant Fund.
Establishes Task Force on Reparations and directs task force to study and develop proposals for financial and nonfinancial reparations for Oregonians of African-American descent, develop appropriate methods for educating public about task force findings and recommend appropriate remedies based on task force findings.
Modifies definition of "employment relations" to exclude standards, requirements or procedures relating to body-worn cameras for purposes of law enforcement officer collective bargaining.
In committee14
Establishes program to provide high-quality services and improved outcomes through regional centers for special education and related services.
Authorizes county governing body to require and charge fee for permit to construct or alter line, fixture or facility within right of way of public road under jurisdiction of county.
Discontinues return of surplus revenue refunds to taxpayers.
Directs Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to study establishment of Innocence Commission, and to provide results of study to interim committees of Legislative Assembly no later than December 31, 2023.
Creates psychology provider incentive program within Oregon Health Authority to provide financial incentives to students enrolled in approved doctoral programs in psychology who complete courses that provide cultural competency training.
Requires police officers, corrections officers, parole and probation officers, regulatory specialists and reserve officers to complete post-secondary education.
Permits Governor to allocate, assign and make available law enforcement officers from one law enforcement unit to another law enforcement unit to assist other law enforcement unit in performance of law enforcement services.
Removes statutory provisions relating to death penalty.
Requires Department of Education to conduct audit of assessments administered to kindergarteners in public schools.
Modifies membership and purpose of Board on Public Safety Standards and Training.
Requires each public university to submit annual report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to education that details degree to which public university provides specified opportunities for participation in governance processes.
Changes composition of governing board for public universities.
Establishes procedure for person with qualifying conviction for possession of controlled substance to file motion requesting court order setting aside conviction.
Establishes Task Force on For-Profit Providers of Educational Services in Virtual Public Charter Schools.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 14
Directs Oregon Health Authority, State Board of Education and Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission to collaborate on developing curricula supplements related to dangers of certain drugs and to laws that provide immunity or other protections related to drug or alcohol use.
Directs Department of Human Services to provide specified services to individuals with brain injuries and to convene Brain Injury Advisory Committee.
Expands composition of Oregon Health and Science University Board of Directors to include one member of faculty and one member of nonfaculty staff as voting members of board.
Prohibits post-secondary institutions of education that are based in Oregon from refusing to provide transcript to current or former student because student owes debt to institution.
Modifies legislative findings concerning alternative incarceration programs.
Allows otherwise qualified person who becomes United States citizen less than 251 days before date of primary election to file for and be elected to office of precinct committeeperson, if person registers as member of major political party by filing deadline.
Makes restorative justice communications confidential.
Directs Department of Human Services to consider hours worked as graduate assistant as hours worked in employment for purpose of meeting work requirements in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
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.
Requires Department of Education to conduct study to identify how to increase access to advanced instruction for purpose of preparing students for college and career.
Modifies abbreviated school day program requirements.
Aligns implementation date of academic content standards for Holocaust and genocide studies with implementation date of academic content standards for ethnic studies.
Modifies crimes related to involuntary servitude and human trafficking.
Establishes Universal Health Plan Governance Board.
Passed the Senate · 1
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.
Out of committee · 15
Establishes youth advisory council.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to develop, implement and administer program to support consumer engagement efforts aimed at increasing and optimizing consumer involvement in planning and decision-making surrounding the access to, and the delivery of, behavioral health services in this state.
Establishes policy of State of Oregon related to reducing number and intensity of wildfires.
Establishes state policy regarding natural climate solutions.
Establishes Summer and After-School Learning and Enrichment Grant Program.
Directs Oregon Health Authority to modify amounts of grants for school-based health centers for inflation.
Allows persons convicted of felony to register to vote, update voter registration and vote in elections while incarcerated.
Establishes Food for All Oregonians Program in Department of Human Services to provide nutrition assistance to residents of this state who would qualify for federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program but for immigration status or lack of Social Security number.
Establishes Universal Health Plan Governance Board and directs board to create comprehensive plan for implementing Universal Health Plan .
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to State Forestry Department for purposes related to plant disease Sudden Oak Death.
Allows affordable housing on lands zoned for commercial uses within urban growth boundaries.
Requires professional licensing boards to provide culturally responsive training to specified staff members, publish guidance on pathways to professional authorization for internationally educated individuals and waive requirement for English proficiency examination for specified internationally educated individuals.
Appropriates moneys to Invasive Species Council, out of General Fund, for certain purposes.
Requires sentencing court to consider as mitigation evidence whether defendant was subjected to domestic abuse that was ongoing when criminal behavior occurred and was contributing factor in criminal behavior.
Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to establish project connecting adults in custody and former adults in custody to community colleges, public universities and apprenticeship programs.
In committee · 6
Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission, in coordination with Department of Public Safety Standards and Training and community colleges, to study how best to make classes that are part of recruit academy training for police officers be academic credits that are part of associate degree.
Directs Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to convene advisory council to consider policy implications of identifying specific crimes for which conviction is disqualifying conviction for individuals seeking licensure or registration from Teacher Standards and Practices Commission or seeking employment or contract with school district.
Authorizes issuance of lottery bonds for school-based health resources.
Directs Metro to study rail corridors within Metro, including inventory of rail corridors and determination of feasibility of using rail corridors to carry passenger trains.
Establishes COFA Food Assistance Program to provide nutrition assistance to COFA citizens who would qualify for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits but for their immigration status and who have incomes at or below federal poverty guidelines.
Requires Department of Transportation to prepare and submit report on interstate highway projects and toll program.