Bills in the 2021 Regular Session, House.
Mark Meek
Sponsored
Became law4
Directs seller's agent to reject communication from buyer to seller as necessary to help seller avoid selecting buyer based on buyer's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status or familial status, in violation of federal fair housing laws.
Requires governing body of public body, to extent reasonably possible, to make all meetings accessible remotely through technological means and provide opportunity for members of general public to remotely submit oral and written testimony .
Establishes Willamette Falls Locks Authority as public corporation.
Authorizes Housing and Community Services Department to grant moneys to nonprofit organization for ADU community pilot programs that develop accessory dwelling units for income-eligible homeowners and that are available for lease by income-eligible tenants.
Out of committee1
Extends and modifies tax credits for donations for individual development accounts.
In committee16
Removes limit on number of residents in adult foster homes.
Directs Office of Small Business Assistance to provide small businesses with information about, and facilitate access to, available technical assistance resources at time small business becomes registered with Secretary of State.
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services and Attorney General to study issues relating to public procurement and report to appropriate committee or interim committee of Legislative Assembly on or before September 15, 2022.
Provides that maximum loading weight of motorboat must be less than 4,000 pounds to obtain towed watersports motorboat certificate.
Requires delivery of certain land use notices to property owners and to properties within wider geographic range.
Establishes COFA Dental Program in Oregon Health Authority to provide dental care to low-income citizens of Pacific Islands in Compact of Free Association who reside in Oregon and lack access to affordable dental coverage.
Requires local governments to allow certain residential development within one-eighth mile of fixed guideway corridor stops.
Specifies that community or area-wide sewerage system is not available for purposes of issuance or denial of permit unless sewerage system is within ___ feet of property.
Directs Department of Consumer and Business Services to study issues relating to commercial evictions and to report to appropriate committee or interim committee of Legislative Assembly on or before September 15, 2022.
Makes percentage of partial property tax exemption for property of vertical housing development projects proportional to allocation of equalized floors to residential housing or low income residential housing, without rounding up or down.
Creates program through which certain lenders may receive award moneys to fund accounts out of which lenders may reimburse themselves for losses on certain loans to business owners and entrepreneurs who currently lack access to capital.
Allows partition to separate dwelling units for new duplexes allowed in cities.
Allows landlord and tenant to agree to recurring charge in lieu of security deposit.
Directs Legislative Policy and Research Director to study and make recommendations to Legislative Policy and Research Committee on ways to modernize operations of Legislative Assembly.
Directs Legislative Policy and Research Director to study and make recommendations on legislator compensation, ability of legislators to maintain nonlegislative work during interim periods and ability of citizens to become legislators.
Directs Legislative Policy and Research Director to study and make recommendations to Legislative Policy and Research Committee on ways to enhance public participation in legislative process and public access to legislative process.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 40
Requires school district that is making reductions in educator staff positions to retain teacher with less seniority if release of teacher would result in lesser proportion of teachers with cultural or linguistic expertise.
Defines "emergency shelter." Requires local governments to allow siting of qualifying emergency shelters by qualifying entities notwithstanding land use laws and regulations.
Allows Department of Consumer and Business Services to require implicit bias training for mortgage loan originators.
Provides that, if Water Resources Commission or Water Resources Department denies stay of final order under certain circumstances and petitioner requests hearing on denial, court must hold hearing not more than 21 days after request is made and denial shall remain in effect until hearing has been held and court has issued decision concerning denial.
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.
Requires persons that have responsibility for or control over packaging and labeling premoistened nonwoven disposable wipes with specified characteristics to comply with certain labeling requirements for product packaging.
Requires approval from Department of Consumer and Business Services or Oregon Health Authority before any mergers, acquisitions, contracts or affiliations of health care entities and other entities if entities meet or exceed specified thresholds in average net patient revenue or in gross amount of premiums in preceding three fiscal years .
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.
Designates second Monday of October of each year as Indigenous Peoples' Day.
Requires Department of Public Safety Standards and Training to establish by rule standards and procedures for licensing of private security entities.
Directs Oregon Board of Dentistry to issue dental therapist license to qualified applicant.
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.
Allows school districts to use moneys distributed from Student Investment Account for payment of student fees, costs and instructors of career and technical student organization programs.
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.
Establishes Task Force on Student Success for Underrepresented Students in Higher Education.
Exempts from construction taxes residential housing being constructed to replace residential housing destroyed or damaged by fire or other emergency event or situation.
Limits cost-sharing for health benefit plan coverage of insulin prescribed for treatment of diabetes.
Prescribes notification requirements for school district upon receipt of report of act of harassment, intimidation, bullying or cyberbullying.
Allows pharmacist or pharmacy technician to transfer drug containing pseudoephedrine without prescription to person who is at least 18 years of age and presents person's valid government-issued photo identification.
Modifies criteria for erecting roadside memorial signs for deceased veterans formerly prisoners of war or unaccounted for.
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.
Increases temporarily, by $10 million annually, funds collected by electric companies for low-income electric bill payment and crisis assistance.
Requires each community college and public university to hire benefits navigator to assist students in determining eligibility and applying for federal, state and local benefits programs.
Designates April of each year as Arab-American Heritage Month.
Renames Office of Emergency Management as Oregon Department of Emergency Management.
Limits authority of school district to become member of voluntary organization that administers interscholastic activities unless organization implements equity focused policies that meet certain requirements.
Requires Secretary of State to create and make publicly available list of five most common languages spoken, other than English, by residents of state and of each county.
Establishes Task Force on Corrections Medical Care.
Allows physician assistant to register with Oregon Medical Board for authority to dispense prescription drugs.
Directs Housing and Community Services Department, in consultation with Department of Land Conservation and Development, Department of Environmental Quality, Department of Revenue and Oregon Business Development Department, to conduct comprehensive study of system development charges.
Limits exemption from rent increase limits for landlords renting under government programs reducing rents.
Requires coordinated care organization, health care provider or health insurer to collect from patient, client or member data on race, ethnicity, preferred spoken and written languages, disability status, sexual orientation and gender identity.
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.
Prohibits law enforcement agency or public body from denying services, benefits, privileges or opportunities to certain individuals on basis of federal civil immigration actions, inquiring about individual's citizenship status without connection to criminal investigation or providing information about individual in custody to federal immigration authority.
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.
Exempts land owned by eligible covenant holder that is burdened by affordable housing covenant, requiring affordability for at least 99 years, from ad valorem property taxation if improvements on land constitute owner-occupied housing.
Requires every public education provider to provide both tampons and sanitary pads at no cost to students.
Renames Health Care for All Oregon Children program as Cover All People program and expands eligibility to adults who would qualify for Medicaid-funded state medical assistance program but for their immigration status.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to seek federal approval of amendment to state Medicaid demonstration project to permit coordinated care organizations to use portion of global budgets to improve health equity, improve overall health of community or enhance payments to providers who advance health equity or provide services improving overall health of community and to allow such expenditures to be counted as medical expenses in coordinated care organization's base medical budget and in calculation of global budget and flexible spending for given year.
Extends look-back period used to determine Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund solvency level from 10 years to 20 years.
Passed the House · 1
Requires board of directors of publicly traded corporation to have specified proportion of female directors and directors who are members of underrepresented communities.
Out of committee · 17
Directs Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to establish program to award grants for restorative justice programs.
Prohibits employers from permitting, requiring or suffering agricultural workers to work in excess of certain maximum hours in one workweek unless workers are compensated for overtime hours worked.
Amends apprenticeship statutes to permit establishment of firefighter apprentice program.
Requires that statewide land use planning goal relating to citizen involvement address participation and engagement for disadvantaged groups.
Increases total amount of tax credits for affordable housing lenders allowed for all taxpayers per fiscal year.
Allows otherwise qualified individual to claim earned income tax credit under individual taxpayer identification number in lieu of Social Security number.
Modifies allocation formula for grants to children's advocacy centers.
Establishes Oregon Disaster Response Assistance Matching Fund.
Directs Office of Emergency Management to conduct annual multidisciplinary, all-hazards emergency response exercise.
Requires certain government officials and management employees to complete education on incident command, National Incident Management System and emergency response.
Establishes Task Force on Age Discrimination.
Expands infrastructure of, access to and services provided in statewide coordinated crisis services system including 9-8-8 suicide prevention and behavioral health crisis hotline.
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.
Provides for nonprofit organization that addresses and executes worker relief to serve as fiscal agent to award grants to organizations to provide services related to immigration matters through universal representation program.
Establishes Task Force on Education Pathways.
Directs Judicial Department to establish Family Treatment Court Program in certain counties to improve outcomes in child welfare cases resulting from parent's or caregiver's alleged substance use disorder.
Directs Oregon Business Development Department to develop and implement program to award grants to operators of movie theaters closed to public due to public health restrictions related to COVID-19.
In committee · 26
Allows land division to separate dwelling units for new middle housing allowed in cities.
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 types of pesticide that may not be included in school list of low-impact pesticides for use in integrated pest management plan.
Prohibits Oregon Transportation Commission from establishing toll on Interstate 205.
Requires voter registration cards and electronic voter registration system to include option for person to identify race, ethnicity and preferred language of person.
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.
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.
Establishes BIPOC health care provider loan forgiveness program within Oregon Health Authority to provide loan repayment subsidies to BIPOC health care providers.
Requires sentencing court to consider as mitigation evidence defendant was subjected to domestic abuse that was significant factor in criminal behavior.
Directs Office of Emergency Management to create and maintain registry of persons able and willing to provide services related to emergency response.
Requires health care facilities, health care providers, local public health authorities and public and private safety agencies to maintain capacity, including sufficient amounts of certain supplies, to continue in normal operation for 120 days at 25 percent mortality rate.
Appropriates moneys to Department of State Police, for State Fire Marshal, for personnel costs related to Oregon Safety Assessment Program (OrSAP).
Directs Office of Emergency Management to create and maintain database for flagging of known or suspected hazardous locations during emergency.
Directs Oregon Business Development Department to establish program to create Oregon Critical Emergency Preparedness Stockpile to ensure robust stock of emergency supplies and equipment.
Imposes surtax on income tax liability.
Directs Department of Veterans' Affairs to develop and implement grant program to provide funding to Oregon counties for veterans' courts.
Appropriates moneys to Bureau of Labor and Industries for purposes of program to inform veterans about trade careers and connect veterans with apprenticeship opportunities.
Requires coordinated care organization drug outlets to dispense seven-day supply of prescription drug to veteran with disability, at no cost to veteran, if veteran is unable to obtain prescription drug through United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
Requires public post-secondary institutions to grant 12 academic credits to veterans who have served two or more years on active duty.
Provides that veteran must provide evidence of eligibility for veterans' preference in public employment at time of application for civil service position.
Directs Department of Veterans' Affairs to establish and administer program to acquire and manage residential properties for benefit of veterans who are experiencing, or are at risk of experiencing, housing instability.
Creates crime of criminal defamation of a servicemember.
Requires Legislative Assembly to provide translator and interpreter services free of charge in order to facilitate witness participation in hearings or informal meetings with one or more members of Legislative Assembly, as required by federal Americans with Disabilities Act, or in conjunction with constituent outreach services.
Establishes limits on campaign contributions that may be accepted by candidates and political committees.
Prohibits public body from issuing COVID-19 vaccine passport.
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.