Bills in the 2023 Regular Session, Senate.
Jeff Golden
Sponsored
Became law1
Makes certain changes to farm direct marketing law.
Passed the Senate1
Eliminates requirement for unanimous consent of owners of affected lots or units in planned community when method of determining liability for common expenses or right to common profits is changed.
Out of committee2
Increases amount of estimate of revenues that will be received from General Fund revenue sources other than corporate tax revenues for biennium beginning July 1, 2021.
Establishes policy of State of Oregon related to reducing number and intensity of wildfires.
In committee8
Prohibits candidates for state office from accepting contributions in excess of amounts specified and from sources not specified.
Establishes Bank of the State of Oregon.
Requires State Department of Energy to study incentives for net metering and community solar projects.
Requires State Forestry Department to study local government discretion concerning regulation of wildfire risk.
Permits counties to adopt ranked-choice voting to conduct county elections.
Requires Secretary of State to study requirements for publication of legal notices.
Requires Department of Environmental Quality to study water reuse.
Establishes Semiconductor and Advanced Manufacturing Talent Grant program.
Carried from the House
Became law2
Requires insurer to offer 70 percent of coverage insured previously purchased for contents of residence to insured who holds policy of personal insurance without requiring inventory of loss if total loss of contents occurs as result of major disaster.
Directs State Department of Energy to establish program to provide assistance related to energy projects and activities to environmental justice communities.
Vetoed1
Establishes State Public Bank Task Force.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 9
Requires owner or operator of municipal solid waste incinerator to develop plan for continuous monitoring or sampling of specified emissions for 12 consecutive months.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to adopt and maintain list of designated high priority chemicals of concern used in cosmetic products and to periodically review and revise list.
Modifies applicability of earned reduction of supervision changes in House Bill 2172 (2021).
Establishes Task Force on Modernizing Grant Funding and Contracting.
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.
Permits consumers to obtain from controller that processes consumer personal data confirmation as to whether controller is processing consumer's personal data and categories of personal data controller is processing, list of specific third parties to which controller has disclosed consumer's personal data or any personal data and copy of all of consumer's personal data that controller has processed or is processing.
Modifies abbreviated school day program requirements.
Authorizes board of directors of rural fire protection district to annex to district, under certain circumstances, lands that are within coverage area of district.
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 · 11
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.
Changes name of "Oregon Global Warming Commission" to "Oregon Climate Action Commission." Modifies membership and duties of commission.
Establishes state policy regarding natural climate solutions.
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.
Establishes Universal Health Plan Governance Board and directs board to create comprehensive plan for implementing Universal Health Plan .
Requires designated state agency in carrying out program related to promotion, implementation, incentivization or regulation of energy efficiency in buildings to align, improve and prioritize certain actions to aid in achieving greenhouse gas emission reduction goals.
Directs Department of Consumer and Business Services to exercise any and all authority and discretion department has under applicable law to facilitate greenhouse gas emission reductions consistent with statewide goals, to take such actions as are necessary to accelerate reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, including rulemaking, and to consider and integrate into department's planning, budgeting, investment and policy-making decisions prevention or reduction of impacts from climate change.
Requires State Department of Energy in consultation with Department of Consumer and Business Services to specify energy performance standard for covered commercial buildings that seeks to maximize reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, includes energy use intensity targets that apply to specific types of buildings and that provides for methods to achieve conditional compliance.
Specifies requirements for energy savings performance contract and provides that contracting agency may solicit and award energy savings performance contract without competitive process and without requirement to issue request for proposals but may award energy savings performance contract only to qualified energy service company.
Modifies definition of "employment relations" to exclude standards, requirements or procedures relating to body-worn cameras for purposes of law enforcement officer collective bargaining.
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.
In committee · 3
Disallows, for purposes of personal income taxation, mortgage interest deduction for residence other than taxpayer's principal residence, unless taxpayer sells residence or actively markets residence for sale.
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 adult foster home provider to provide residential care for up to six residents who are not related to provider.