Bills in the 2021 Regular Session, House.
David Brock Smith
Sponsored
Became law6
Authorizes electric cooperative to use or allow for use of electric easement in provision of broadband services, subject to certain conditions and exceptions.
Requires education provider to prohibit display of any symbols of hate on school property or in education program.
Directs State Marine Board to provide optional licensing of boats as charter boats if boat carries fewer than seven passengers for hire.
Directs State Department of Agriculture to establish grant program to fund upgrades to establishments expected to operate under program of state meat inspection, construction of new establishments expected to operate under program of state meat inspection and expansion of certain establishments that operate under program of federal inspection.
Allows temporary siting for up to 24 months of recreational vehicles on properties with dwellings that natural disasters have made uninhabitable.
Establishes goal of planning for development of up to three gigawatts of floating offshore wind energy projects within federal waters off Oregon Coast by 2030.
Passed the House2
Cancels outstanding ad valorem property taxes and interest assessed on property transferred from federal government to port district.
Repeals sunset of predator damage control district program.
Out of committee15
Appropriates moneys to State Department of Fish and Wildlife for purpose of funding programs that award $5 for each take of pikeminnow, if take complies with wildlife laws.
Appropriates moneys to Department of Education for transfer to Coquille School District for Lincoln School of Early Learning.
Appropriates moneys to State Forestry Department for 2021-2023 biennium to carry out integrated pest management program to combat Sudden Oak Death.
Allocates $1,600,000 of lottery revenue to Oregon Business Development Department to be used to issue grants or loans in support of redevelopment of Port of Port Orford Cannery.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Office of Child Care for purpose of increasing access to child care services in Oregon House District 1.
Directs State Department of Agriculture to adopt rules to require industrial hemp grower to report to department loss of crop or intention to not plant industrial hemp crop.
Requires Governor to certify to United States Secretary of Commerce that terms of national marine sanctuary located within seaward boundary of Oregon are unacceptable unless Legislative Assembly confirms designation.
Directs State Department of Agriculture to study barriers to family-scale meat production and ways to promote family-scale meat production, and recommend legislative or regulatory avenues to remove identified barriers and promote family-scale meat production.
Directs Department of Environmental Quality, in consultation with State Department of Agriculture, to study laws related to permitting of animal rendering facilities and provide results of study in report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly no later than September 15, 2022.
Prohibits Department of Justice from charging officers and agencies of state government for assistance rendered.
Appropriates moneys to State Forestry Department for purpose of facilitating projects pursued under Good Neighbor Authority Agreement that reduce wildfire risks.
Requires State Department of Fish and Wildlife to establish and operate fish incubation box program for rearing of salmonids on suitable waterways in coastal areas of southern Oregon.
Directs State Department of Agriculture, in partnership with Oregon State University, to study potential for developing commercial seaweed production to produce feed for livestock as means to reduce methane emissions.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to State Parks and Recreation Department for continued development of Oregon Coast Trail.
Requires State Forestry Department to establish by rule pilot grant program for purpose of managing wildfire risk by certain methods.
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Finds that barred owls are known to prey on spotted owls.
Directs Environmental Quality Commission to adopt rules authorizing single-family dwelling and accessory dwelling unit constructed on same lot or parcel to be permanently connected to same subsurface sewage disposal system or alternative sewage disposal system.
Prohibits counties from establishing minimum lot size of more than one acre for residential zoned land.
Permits municipality or Department of Consumer and Business Services to contract with person to administer and enforce building inspection program and act as building official.
Requires Department of Environmental Quality to approve or disapprove application for permit within 60 days of receipt or according to timeline established by Environmental Quality Commission for permits that require public participation.
Directs Legislative Policy and Research Director to study methods for legislative oversight of administrative rules and report to appropriate committee or interim committee of Legislative Assembly no later than September 15, 2022.
Expands duties of Oregon Government Ethics Commission to conduct investigations, make findings and impose penalties for violations of public meetings law.
Requires Department of Environmental Quality to create list of charges for permits, licenses, authorizations or services provided by the department.
Directs Department of Environmental Quality to study the impacts of sediment on fish habitat in the Rogue River and provide results of study in report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly no later than September 15, 2022.
Distributes balance of proceeds from county tax foreclosure sales to general fund of county.
Appropriates moneys to State Forestry Department for distribution to Rogue Siskiyou Regional Wildfire and Emergency Training Center.
Appropriates to Water Resources Department $250,000 for distribution to Nesika Beach Water District for purpose of funding fire protection infrastructure.
Appropriates moneys to Bureau of Labor and Industries for distribution to Apprenticeship and Training Division of bureau for apprenticeship programs in certain rural areas.
Establishes Ocean Beach Fund.
Requires State Fish and Wildlife Commission to establish and prescribe fees for multiyear resident and nonresident hunting licenses.
Allows establishment of cider businesses producing less than 100,000 gallons of cider annually on lands zoned for farm use when businesses own certain orchards of at least one acre.
Limits standing in appeals of land use decisions or limited land use decisions to persons that reside or maintain business within 25 miles of boundary of local government or special district and appeared before decision maker in person at hearing if available.
Provides grants to counties that received federal Secure Rural Schools program payments in calendar year 2008 equal to at least 30 percent of all moneys deposited into county general fund.
Establishes Task Force on Use of Surplus Public Lands for Housing.
Directs State Department of Agriculture to establish grant program for purpose of facilitating eradication of gorse for wildfire mitigation in southwest Oregon.
Modifies juvenile court dependency procedure to require Department of Justice to bear responsibility for certain expenses arising out of summonses issued by Department of Human Services.
Directs Higher Education Coordinating Commission to study effectiveness of statutes implementing unified statewide transfer agreements and to determine whether additional legislation is necessary to enhance process of transferring academic credits between community colleges and public universities.
Requires that court award damages for cost of replanting to plaintiff prevailing against federal government or contractor in action for injury to private land arising from fire originating on federal forestland.
Allows State Forester to order use of wildfire suppression personnel, equipment and services on federal lands within state borders.
Directs State Board of Forestry, pursuant to joint rules adopted by State Board of Forestry and State Land Board, to establish pilot project for county management of certain Elliott State Forest Lands.
Renames crime of criminal impersonation of a peace officer to criminal impersonation of a law enforcement officer.
Prohibits business, or employee of business, that sells canisters or other products from which individual may directly inhale restricted inhalant from selling or delivering canister or other product to individual who is under 18 years of age.
Transfers regulatory authority over propagation of finfish in private commercial aquaculture facilities from State Department of Fish and Wildlife and State Fish and Wildlife Commission to State Department of Agriculture.
Redefines "historic home" to include dwellings built before 1974 for purpose of serving as accessory dwelling unit to homes newly constructed on rural residential lands.
Authorizes counties to allow contiguous clustered nonresource dwellings on clustered development tract in lieu of approval of individual nonresource dwellings on exclusive farm use or forest lands.
Establishes subtraction from personal taxable income for eligible rental payments made by eligible renters.
Reinstates tax credit for reforestation.
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.
Establishes personal income tax credit for essential workers.
Expands crime of criminal impersonation of a peace officer to include possession of false law enforcement vehicle.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to Curry County for purpose of installing fiber optic telecommunication line to Cape Blanco Airport.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Human Services for development of gatekeeper programs to serve seniors and people with disabilities in local communities statewide.
Modifies formula for determining child support awards to take into consideration financial advantage afforded parent's household by income of spouse or domestic partner.
Appropriates moneys to Department of Education for distribution to certain school districts for certain career and technical education programs.
Creates Land Use and Wildfire Policy Advisory Committee.
Creates income tax credit for teachers in rural schools.
Allows electors of county to approve measure allowing use of dogs for hunting, pursuing or taking cougars within county.
Allows counties to authorize subdivision of land zoned for exclusive farm use or forestland into parcels no smaller than the average size of county parcels of the same type.
Authorizes county tax collector to withhold from property tax distributions to taxing districts within county amount equal to three percent of such distributions.
Directs State Department of Fish and Wildlife to develop game fish carcass recovery project.
Allows Health Licensing Office to issue authorization to person licensed to perform tattooing services to administer local anesthetic if person completes course approved by office and meets other requirements established by office.
Allows school district with remote small high school to use moneys received under High School Graduation and College and Career Readiness Act on existing career and technical education programs.
Requires State Department of Fish and Wildlife to operate program in southwest Oregon to control populations of species that prey on salmon.
Requires State Department of Fish and Wildlife to allow person meeting criteria to hunt game mammals using crossbow.
Appropriates moneys for distribution to Curry County assessor for pilot program to increase employment in assessor's office in order to achieve assessment rotation of seven years for taxable property.
Prohibits person that transacts title insurance in this state from refusing to issue policy of title insurance or refusing to close or insure real property transaction solely because real property that is subject of transaction has been used for purpose of growing, producing, manufacturing or selling cannabis, or conducting other activities related to cannabis, if growing, production, manufacture, sale or other activities occurred in compliance with state laws relating to regulation of marijuana items.
Directs Legislative Policy and Research Director to study methods for legislative oversight of administrative rules and report to appropriate committee or interim committee of Legislative Assembly no later than September 15, 2022.
Allows credit against net income taxes for portion of eligible costs of newly constructed single-family dwelling that sells for price affordable to household with annual income at or below 120 percent of area median income.
Makes manufacturer's sale of COVID-19 vaccine in Oregon at cost above specified amount unlawful practice.
Modifies definition of governing body for public meetings law purposes, to include bodies of two or more members who have authority to make recommendations to statewide elected official on policy.
Requires Department of State Lands to petition United States Congress for the transfer of certain public lands.
Requires State Department of Fish and Wildlife to use dual-frequency identification sonar devices for counting fish.
Prohibits lender in reverse mortgage transaction from enforcing requirement to sell or transfer residential real property that secures reverse mortgage loan upon death of borrower for 12-month period following expiration of emergency period if relatives of deceased borrower occupy residential real property.
Appropriates moneys to State Department of Agriculture out of General Fund for purpose of funding program of state meat inspection.
Repeals sunset of predator damage control district program.
Allows certain schools to qualify as remote school elementary school or small high school and to receive additional distributions from State School Fund if school qualified as remote small elementary school or small high school for 2019-2020 school year.
Creates subtraction from federal taxable income for amounts of overtime pay received by personal income taxpayer.
Prohibits court from allowing public display or public disclosure of images of person in state of nudity, except pursuant to court order entered after showing of good cause.
Allows counties to adopt ordinance to impose tax on medical and recreational marijuana production.
Limits types of restrictions that Governor may impose on certain businesses during state of emergency related to COVID-19 pandemic.
Restores staggering of terms of county commissioners in certain circumstances.
Allows Governor to enter into agreement with another state to allow for transportation of marijuana items to and from this state through other state.
Repeals operative date provision for law allowing Governor to enter into agreement with another state for cross-jurisdictional coordination and delivery of marijuana items.
Directs State Forestry Department to establish pilot grant program for purpose of managing wildfire risk by promoting use of air curtains by persons that make biochar.
Provides that bonds may be issued under Article XI-Q of Oregon Constitution for improvement of courthouses if Chief Justice of Supreme Court determines that remodeling, renovation or expansion of court facilities is necessary or desirable.
Requires State Forestry Department to study and make recommendations to interim committee of Legislative Assembly regarding efficacy of forest management.
Modifies definition of "abuse" for purposes of Elderly Persons and Persons With Disabilities Abuse Prevention Act to include certain telephone solicitation.
Allows Department of Land Conservation and Development, Department of State Lands or Department of Transportation to allow bioengineering to protect coastal resources.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries for biennial expenses.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to Curry County to acquire certain real property.
Directs State Department of Fish and Wildlife, in consultation with Department of State Lands and State Parks and Recreation Department, to establish grant program for purpose of encouraging use of seaweed as feed for livestock.
Imposes additional personal income tax.
Increases penalties for crime of disorderly conduct in the second degree when crime committed during violent or disorderly assembly.
Reduces required size of real property and percentage of value of adjusted gross estate necessary for real property to qualify for natural resource property credit against estate tax, where real property is forestland or forestland homesites.
Prohibits state agencies from disbursing moneys to City of Portland to pay for costs, losses or damages resulting from certain public demonstrations occurring in city.
Requires public schools to take special care to ensure that instruction is provided in neutral manner that focuses on academic subject matter and does not advocate personal views of educator.
Directs Department of Corrections to develop release matrix with goal of maintaining annual average population of 12,000 adults in custody.
Establishes goal of planning for development of three gigawatts of commercial scale floating offshore wind energy projects within federal waters off Oregon coast by 2030.
Directs county governing body of each county to designate person to ensure interment of unclaimed cremated remains of veteran or spouse, dependent or survivor of veteran.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Directs State Department of Energy to conduct study of benefits of, and barriers to, renewable hydrogen production and use in Oregon and report results to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to revenue no later than September 15, 2022.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 62
Allows Department of Consumer and Business Services to require implicit bias training for mortgage loan originators.
Provides tax exemption for property of religious organization held or used solely to provide affordable housing to low income households.
Requires Oregon Department of Administrative Services, upon request of county governing body, to credit forest reserve moneys that would otherwise be credited to county road fund to certain public bodies whose service areas include entire county.
Requires Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services to amend state building code to require that new construction of certain buildings include provisions for electrical service capacity for specified percentage of parking spaces.
Directs public university to report annually to Attorney General on university's use of outside counsel for legal matters.
Exempts certain types of voluntary service in uniformed service from five-year limit on eligibility for reemployment rights in private and public sectors.
Authorizes county to adopt ordinance or resolution authorizing waiver of interest charged for failure to pay taxes when due.
Establishes Oregon Hemp Commission.
Establishes alternative process for alteration, restoration or replacement of certain uses affected by 2020 wildfires.
Directs State Department of Fish and Wildlife to adopt by rule and administer program for authorizing voluntary projects for stream restoration and habitat improvement through construction of environmental restoration weirs.
Provides that lawful units of land whose property lines are relocated by certain judgments remain lawful units.
Makes permanent school district funding for foreign exchange students and small school district grants.
Directs Department of Human Services to report information regarding prescription of psychotropic medications to children in foster care.
Authorizes tax collector in county covered by state of emergency declared by Governor due to fire or act of God, or authority of Governor under Emergency Conflagration Act, who knows or has reason to believe property has been destroyed or damaged by fire or act of God to prorate taxes imposed on property.
Allows certain holders of temporary event licenses to sell specified alcoholic beverages for on and off-premises consumption at more than one location on licensed premises or have up to three premises licensed under single temporary sales license and operate for up to 30 days.
Directs Higher Education Coordinating Commission to establish competency-based education pilot program.
Modifies definition of "recycled paper checkout bag" to include bags that contain nonwood renewable fiber for purposes of single-use checkout bag prohibition.
Establishes Senior Emergency Medical Services Innovation Program in Department of Human Services to fund and monitor certain local public sector pilot projects related to emergency medical services for seniors.
Requires state medical assistance program to provide mental health wellness appointments as prescribed by Oregon Health Authority.
Designates Oregon Institute of Technology as Oregon's Polytechnic University.
Decouples Oregon Telephone Assistance Program from funding offered by Federal Communications Commission.
Prescribes requirements for reimbursement by Oregon Health Authority and coordinated care organizations of health services delivered using telemedicine.
Allows Department of Transportation to title park model recreational vehicles based on original manufacturing.
Requires school or school district to offer lunches and breakfasts at no charge to student if school or school district meets requirements of special provisions of federal meal program or if student is from household with income that does not exceed 300 percent of federal poverty guidelines.
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.
Requires each public university and community college to prominently display mandatory fees charged.
Authorizes Department of Human Services to award two-year grants to organizations that provide services to unaccompanied homeless youth and to organizations that operate host home projects for unaccompanied homeless youth.
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.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to provide planning grants to 10 school districts or education service districts to evaluate need and develop plans for school-based health services.
Permits Office of Emergency Management to enter into agreement with nonprofit organization representing sheriffs under which organization is authorized to administer program to produce and sell outdoor recreation search and rescue cards.
Imposes tsunami design standards for certain buildings and other structures.
Exempts from construction taxes residential housing being constructed to replace residential housing destroyed or damaged by fire or other emergency event or situation.
Permits agricultural building to be used for uses other than uses set forth in definition of "agricultural building" if additional uses are incidental and accessory to defined uses, are personal to farm owner and farm owner's immediate family or household and do not pose greater hazard to persons or property than defined uses.
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.
Renames portion of Interstate 5, beginning in Albany and ending in Salem, to Atomic Veterans and Atomic Cleanup Veterans Memorial Highway.
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.
Requires that real estate continuing education courses include information on state and federal fair housing laws.
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.
Allows student enrolled in program provided by school district or education service district to earn General Educational Development (GED) certificate to participate in interscholastic activities.
Requires each public university and community college to prominently display , or establish link to website that displays, estimated costs of all required course materials and directly related course fees for no less than 75 percent of total for-credit courses offered by public university or community college.
Renames Office of Emergency Management as Oregon Department of Emergency Management.
Directs school districts to provide age-appropriate instruction in oral health as part of health education curriculum.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to provide funding to peer-run organizations in Portland metropolitan area, southern Oregon region, Oregon coast and eastern and central Oregon region to operate peer respite centers to provide peer respite services to individuals with mental illness or trauma response symptoms who experience acute distress, anxiety or emotional pain that may lead to need for higher level of care.
Defines "adult use cannabis item," "artificially derived cannabinoid," "delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol" and "total delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol" for statutes related to marijuana and industrial hemp.
Directs medical examiner or medical-legal death investigator to report deaths of decedents 24 years of age or younger to local mental health authority if district medical examiner, assistant district medical examiner, pathologist or designee of district medical examiner reasonably believes manner of death was suicide.
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.
Changes name of Early Learning Division to Department of Early Learning and Care.
Limits certain restrictions by local governments on use of property for child care facilities.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of State Lands, State Department of Fish and Wildlife and Higher Education Coordinating Commission in certain amounts for certain purposes related to ocean chemistry.
Requires mental health care provider who assesses minor to be at imminent and serious threat of attempting suicide to disclose relevant information to parent, guardian or other individuals to engage in safety planning.
Authorizes State Department of Fish and Wildlife to operate wildlife inspection stations for purposes of preventing spread of infections or infestations harmful to wildlife or of furthering wildlife management efforts.
Designates May 22 of each year as Crater Lake National Park Day.
Amends residency requirements for purposes of licenses, tags and permits related to wildlife.
Prohibits spreading of material in undisturbed wetlands during maintenance of agricultural channels.
Directs State Fish and Wildlife Commission to adopt certain requirements related to carcasses of returning hatchery fish.
Expands allowable uses for Housing and Community Services Department's manufactured dwelling programs to support dwellings and parks destroyed by natural disaster.
Amends definition of "manufactured dwelling park" to include parks with certain prefabricated structures.
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.
Authorizes provider of water project support to make support available to local organizations and local governments for purpose of developing local community engagement plans for water projects.
Extends look-back period used to determine Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund solvency level from 10 years to 20 years.
Vetoed · 1
Establishes regulations for kratom products, including testing standards, labeling requirements and minimum age for sale.
Passed the House · 3
Imposes requirements on state agency that employs person at rate higher than rate for executives under compensation plan for state employees.
Allows owner of reservoir located on specified property within Big Butte Creek drainage area to register reservoir with Water Resources Department.
Allows production of food in planned community by lot owners and their tenants.
Out of committee · 20
Directs State Department of Agriculture to administer Oregon Hemp State Program for production, processing and sale of hemp.
Permits adopted former foster children to have amount of tuition and all fees waived if attending defined institutions of higher education for purposes of pursuing initial undergraduate degree.
Requires long term care facilities, residential facilities, adult foster homes and facilities with memory care endorsements to have isolation prevention plans to enable residents to communicate with other residents, family members, friends or other external support systems during public emergency.
Appropriates $5,000,000 to Higher Education Coordinating Commission to award grants to certain organizations.
Directs Department of Education to coordinate with Oregon career and technical student organizations in support of organizations for purposes of increasing student achievement and leadership and improving graduation rates, college preparation and career placement for students enrolled in career and technical student organization courses.
Extends sunset for tax credit for university venture development fund contributions.
Increases formula weight for students in poverty families for purposes of State School Fund distributions.
Directs State Forestry Department to adopt certain rules related to prescribed fires.
Establishes Rural System Development Charges Program within Housing and Community Services Department to pay system development charges for rural affordable multifamily housing.
Directs Public Utility Commission to convene workshops on best practices regarding wildfires.
Modifies allocation formula for grants to children's advocacy centers.
Requires Department of Education to provide technical assistance to school districts in adoption and implementation of child sexual abuse prevention instructional program.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to specified state agencies for specified purposes related to emergency management for biennium beginning July 1, 2021.
Directs court to consider, when determining aggravation in imposition of criminal sentence, evidence that defendant committed crime during emergency, evacuation while emergency in effect, or within one year after emergency ceases, provided that emergency is related to natural disaster and defendant took advantage of circumstances related to emergency, evacuation or recovery from emergency.
Directs Legislative Policy and Research Director to conduct study to collect and interpret data to enable legislators to develop understanding of students' instructional needs caused by school closures due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Provides that part-time faculty member at public institution of higher education who qualifies for health care benefits will pay 10 percent of insurance premiums for employee coverage.
Removes requirement that amount of net proceeds from Oregon State Lottery allocated to County Fair Account not exceed $1.53 million annually.
Establishes Task Force on Education Pathways.
Directs State Department of Agriculture, in consultation with Minor Crops Advisory Committee, to establish grant program to study alternatives to chlorpyrifos.
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.
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Requires Department of Environmental Quality to approve at least three businesses to provide water quality permit application review services.
Prohibits Director of Department of State Lands from requiring enhancement of wetlands to correct violation of removal-fill law.
Requires Department of Land Conservation and Development to approve City of Bend's expansion of urban growth boundary, and allows department to approve other land use regulations for city on specified lands, if owner of land possesses development opportunity transferred from Metolius resort site owner and city meets other conditions.
Allows land division to separate dwelling units for new middle housing allowed in cities.
Prohibits abortion unless health care provider has first determined probable gestational age of unborn child, except in case of medical emergency.
Provides that licensed optometrist may perform specified ophthalmic surgery procedures.
Provides that State Fish and Wildlife Commission may waive requirement that artificial obstruction in waters of this state provide for fish passage if commission determines that artificial obstruction will be repaired or replaced and is less than eight feet tall, or that artificial obstruction is dam that provides hydropower, drinking water or water for irrigation use, artificial obstruction provides fish habitat and providing for fish passage would increase cost of project by more than 10 percent.
Directs State Department of Agriculture to establish state grades and standards of quality and identity for unpasteurized butter.
Sets forth certain requirements related to the permitting and siting of broadband infrastructure.
Directs State Forestry Department to study capacity of Oregon's nursery industry to provide seedlings for reforestation following forest fires and report to appropriate committee or interim committee of Legislative Assembly on or before September 15, 2022.
Directs Water Resources Department to review water measurement data collection, retention, use and reporting and report to committee or interim committee of Legislative Assembly related to water on or before September 15, 2022.
Authorizes legislative caucus leaders to each appoint Senate Majority Legislative Counsel, Senate Minority Legislative Counsel, House Majority Legislative Counsel and House Minority Legislative Counsel, and establishes legislative caucus leaders as Legislative Counsel Committee.
Limits liability for certain claims for damages arising out of acts or omissions taken during COVID-19 emergency period in reasonable compliance with government guidance related to COVID-19.
Requires health care practitioner to exercise proper degree of care to preserve health and life of child born alive after abortion or attempted abortion.
Requires school districts to ensure that students in grade 12 receive instructional program on home ownership.
Authorizes Office of Child Care to award grants to child care facilities supporting large employers.
Allows counties to authorize construction of accessory dwelling units on lands zoned for rural residential use.
Directs Legislative Policy and Research Office to study issues relating to license reciprocity for skilled trade workers and report to appropriate committee or interim committee of Legislative Assembly on or before September 15, 2022.
Authorizes Department of Land Conservation and Development to approve local governments' plans for urban growth boundary expansion areas to accommodate affordable housing.
Provides that public employee may not become member of pension program of Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan on or after January 1, 2022.
Directs Department of Veterans' Affairs to study and make recommendations for policy proposals for tax treatment of veterans' retirement benefits.
Directs Department of Education to establish voucher program for students of this state.
Creates income or corporate excise tax credit for taxpayers that provide career and technical education student internships.
Limits Governor's ability to exercise authority conferred on Governor during declared state of emergency to no more than 60 days' duration, unless Legislative Assembly authorizes continued state of emergency.
Requires local governments to approve certain reconstruction after 2020 wildfires.
Directs Department of Education to develop plan related to out-of-country credits and to present report on plan to interim committee of Legislative Assembly related to education.
Increases percentage of students in school district who may enroll in virtual public charter school not sponsored by school district without first receiving approval from school district.
Establishes state policy that career and technical education is provided through seamless system that begins at secondary school level and progresses to post-secondary career and technical education institutions, community colleges and apprenticeship programs.
Repeals sunset of predator damage control district program.
Prohibits individual from collecting and returning ballot of other individual, subject to specified exceptions.
Prohibits discrimination in places of public accommodation on basis of person's medical history.
Establishes Local Government Technical Assistance Program within Housing and Community Services Department.
Directs Department of Corrections to continue to operate Shutter Creek Correctional Institution.
Requires each public school to provide full-time, in-person classroom instruction during 2021-2022 school year.
Directs Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services to repeal all permanent rules adopted by director in connection with addressing COVID-19 public health emergency in all Oregon workplaces.
Prohibits public body from issuing COVID-19 vaccine passport.
Prohibits public institution of education or educational employee from requiring, compelling, coercing or otherwise directing student to acknowledge, affirm, declare, confess, state or in any way act in accordance with belief that any race, ethnicity, color, sex, gender, religion or national origin is inherently superior or inferior to another, that individual may be discriminated against or treated in different manner on basis of individual's membership in particular group or classification, or that any individual, by virtue of individual's membership in particular group or classification, endorses, benefits uniquely from or is inherently responsible for actions that other individuals with membership in same group or classification have taken.
Creates refundable income tax credit to adjust for effect on federal income subtraction of recovery rebates allowed to personal income taxpayers.
Requires Department of Consumer and Business Services to develop and implement program to make return-to-work incentive payments to employees.