Bills in the 2021 Regular Session, Senate.
Floyd Prozanski
Sponsored
Became law6
Modifies procedures for motions to set aside conviction, arrest, citation, charge, finding of contempt of court or judgment of guilty except for insanity.
Tolls time city or county may consider nonconforming use interrupted or abandoned during emergency that limits resumption of use.
Allows holder of direct shipment permit to ship up to five cases of wine, each containing not more than nine liters, per month to Oregon resident.
Specifies reasons for which Oregon Liquor Control Commission may delay processing, approving or denying application for marijuana licensure.
Provides alternative criteria for domestic water supply district located in area covered by major disaster declaration related to September 2020 wildfires to exercise powers of sanitary district.
Clarifies rights of possession of real property following execution sales.
Out of committee3
Converts mandatory minimum sentences for specified felonies other than murder to presumptive sentences.
Instructs Oregon State University Extension Service to expand Center for Small Farms and Community Food Systems through certain hiring.
Changes "Oregon Medical Marijuana Act" to "Oregon Medical and Therapeutic Cannabis Act." Allows person designated to produce marijuana by registry identification cardholder to enter into agreement with registry identification cardholder to transfer marijuana to another registry identification cardholder or primary caregiver.
In committee16
Allows nonprofit or charitable organization to sell alcoholic beverages at auction or through raffle once in three-month period.
Increases required expenditure on footpaths and bicycle trails from one percent to five percent of amounts received from State Highway Fund.
Defines "undetectable firearm." Punishes manufacturing, importing, offering for sale or transferring undetectable firearm by maximum of 10 years' imprisonment, $250,000 fine, or both.
Provides that refusal to obey lawful order issued by peace officer or parole and probation officer does not constitute crime of interfering with a peace officer or parole and probation officer unless order is to move back and keep distance while officer is performing lawful duties.
Directs Oregon Health Authority to study medical marijuana registry identification cardholders.
Allows hemp grower or handler to sell or transfer hemp cuttings.
Provides for distribution of net proceeds from sale of property upon which county foreclosed lien for delinquent taxes to each lienholder whose interest in property was forfeited, and to any person other than lienholder whose right of redemption with respect to such property terminated, when property was deeded to county.
Establishes Outdoor Therapy Grant Program within State Parks and Recreation Department for purpose of awarding grants to enhance outdoor environmental, ecological, agricultural or other natural resource-based therapy programs serving residents of this state.
Expands applicability of certain laws requiring reporting and investigating of sexual conduct in schools to include sexual conduct by students.
Makes unlawful practice for place of public accommodation to refuse to accept United States coins or currency as payment for goods and services.
Establishes annual salary of members of Legislative Assembly at estimated average income of individual residents of Oregon.
Prohibits person from obtaining or attempting to obtain telecommunication or radio communication unless consent is given by all participants.
Prohibits person, on or after effective date of Act, from breeding mink, transporting mink to or from mink farm or working at mink farm unless person has tested negative for COVID-19 within previous 10 days.
Authorizes Public Utility Commission to initiate proceeding to increase certainty concerning cost recovery for actions taken by natural gas utilities to reduce hazardous leaks and nonhazardous fugitive emissions from natural gas utility's gas pipeline system in this state.
Removes general prohibition that precludes State Fish and Wildlife Commission from adopting rules to limit times, places or amounts of taking of predatory animals.
Provides that certain evidence of economic damages of amounts $1,500 or less creates rebuttable presumption of reasonableness for purposes of restitution ordered as part of criminal sentence.
Carried from the House
Became law1
Allows delivery of marijuana items, pursuant to bona fide orders, to consumers within city or county in which marijuana retailer is located and to consumers in cities or counties that have adopted ordinances allowing for delivery of marijuana items from adjacent cities or counties.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
Requires person to secure firearm with trigger or cable lock, in locked container or in gun room except in specified circumstances.
Amends definition of "employment relations" to include class size and caseload limits as mandatory collective bargaining subjects in schools that qualify for certain federal assistance.
Provides that discovery of victim's actual or perceived gender, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation does not constitute reasonable explanation for extreme emotional disturbance for purposes of affirmative defense to murder in the second degree.
Alters commissioner composition of Higher Education Coordinating Commission by redesignating five current nonvoting positions as voting positions and by adding one additional position for graduate student attending public university.
Directs presiding officers of each house of Legislative Assembly to represent legislative department in collective bargaining negotiations with legislative department employee bargaining units.
Out of committee · 4
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.
Establishes product stewardship program for mattresses.
Allows persons convicted of felony to register to vote, update voter registration and vote in elections while incarcerated.
Adds two members who are physician assistants or retired physician assistants and one additional public member to membership of Oregon Medical Board.