Bills in the 2023 Regular Session, Senate.
Rob Wagner
Sponsored
Became law9
Directs Department of Revenue to develop schedule allowing personal income taxpayers to voluntarily report taxpayers' self-identified race and ethnicity identifiers.
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.
Requires state agency that authorizes or funds, in whole or in part, installation of electric vehicle charging system located on customer's side of meter to require installing contractor or contractors to hold all legally required licenses and Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Training Program or equivalent training program certification, and one or more electricians who hold Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Training Program or equivalent training program certification to supervise or participate in installation.
Designates fourth Saturday of November of each year as Holodomor Remembrance Day.
Requires hospitals and other specified facilities that provide substance use disorder treatment to provide to specified patients upon discharge or release two doses of opioid overdose reversal medication and necessary medical supplies to administer medication.
Raises contract price threshold under which contracting agency may apply certain solicitation and procurement methods for public contracts.
Directs Department of Transportation to establish small business development program to assist qualified small businesses in competing for department's public improvement contracts.
Removes requirement for boards and other entities to report to Emergency Board prior to adopting fees.
Aligns implementation date of academic content standards for Holocaust and genocide studies with implementation date of academic content standards for ethnic studies.
Out of committee4
Restores corporate excise tax credit allowed for qualified research activities and sets increased maximum credit amount.
Appropriates moneys for various purposes related to behavioral health treatment.
Requires Department of Education to annually designate whether each school district is conditionally standard, nonstandard or standard.
Expands network adequacy requirements to health benefit plans offered to large employers and modifies requirements.
In committee1
Creates Oregon personal income tax subtraction for amounts received for renting out room in taxpayer's home.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 6
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.
Directs Department of Human Services to maintain inventory of luggage carriers for use when transporting personal effects of foster children.
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 abbreviated school day program requirements.
Creates crime of sexual abuse by fraudulent representation.
Prohibits cost-sharing on certain health insurance coverage of supplemental and diagnostic breast examinations.
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 · 4
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.
Directs Department of Education to develop and implement statewide education plan for students who are eligible for special education and who have experienced disproportionate results in education due to historical practices.
Prohibits landlords from denying application for tenancy based on certain rental or financial screening or admissions criteria if applicant is refugee from Ukraine.
Instructs Water Resources Department to take certain actions related to Walla Walla Water 2050 Strategic Plan.
In committee · 1
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.