Bills in the 2021 Regular Session, House.
Janeen Sollman
Sponsored
Became law4
Provides that registered owner may request that registration card issued for vehicle include that owner, or person operating vehicle, may be deaf or hard of hearing.
Directs Department of Transportation to waive driving privilege reinstatement fee if driving privileges were suspended for certain traffic offenses.
Provides that juror may not be identified by name in court proceeding open to public.
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.
Passed the House1
Requires at least two commissioners of Oregon Liquor Control Commission to have public health background.
Out of committee2
Requires Director of Oregon Health Authority to work with Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission to take statewide inventory of services available to prevent and treat substance use disorders and to support individuals in recovery from substance use disorders.
Amends apprenticeship statutes to permit establishment of firefighter apprentice program.
In committee7
Modifies requirements for motor vehicle exhaust systems.
Requires producers to form or join extended producer responsibility programs for packaging, food serviceware and printing and writing paper.
Requires original equipment manufacturer to make available to owner of originated equipment or independent repair provider on fair and reasonable terms any part, tool, documentation or other device or implement that original equipment manufacturer makes available to authorized repair provider for purpose of diagnosing, maintaining or repairing originated equipment.
Directs Department of Human Services, Department of Justice and Board of Public Safety Standards and Training to provide training regarding osteogenesis imperfecta to investigators of allegations of abuse.
Modifies definition of radioactive waste for purposes of regulation by State Department of Energy.
Requires Washington County to approve property owner's petition for redesignation of rural reserves under certain circumstances.
Directs Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to study feasibility of creating automatic process to set aside certain convictions for possession of controlled substances, and to provide results of study to interim committees of Legislative Assembly no later than December 31, 2021.
Carried from the Senate
Became law2
Modifies procedures for motions to set aside conviction, arrest, citation, charge, finding of contempt of court or judgment of guilty except for insanity.
Establishes producer responsibility program for packaging, printing and writing paper and food serviceware.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 78
Defines "emergency shelter." Requires local governments to allow siting of qualifying emergency shelters by qualifying entities notwithstanding land use laws and regulations.
Directs Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to establish program to award grants for restorative justice programs.
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 State Parks and Recreation Department to allow for installation and service of public electric vehicle charging stations in parking spaces that are part of facilities of state park system.
Directs Oregon Health Authority and specified professional regulatory boards to require licensees regulated by authority or board to complete continuing education related to suicide risk assessment, treatment and management at specified intervals and to report completion of continuing education to authority or board.
Prohibits knowingly communicating materially false statement, including by electronic or telephonic means, with intent to mislead electors about date of election, deadline for delivering ballot, voter registration deadline, method of registering to vote, locations at which elector may deposit ballot, qualifications of electors or voter registration status within 30 days of primary election or special election or within 60 days of general election.
Makes permanent school district funding for foreign exchange students and small school district grants.
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 health care providers to work with health care interpreters from health care interpreter registry operated by Oregon Health Authority to provide interpretation services.
Amends requirements and deadlines for sales of manufactured dwelling facilities.
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.
Prohibits homeowners associations from requiring application of pesticide on owner's property except as necessary for ecological or public health.
Requires notifications and process for allowing interested telecommunications providers to coordinate with Department of Transportation to include installation of underground infrastructure for provision of broadband as part of certain projects included in Statewide Transportation Improvement Program.
Expands crisis stabilization services, including crisis stabilization centers meeting criteria adopted by Oregon Health Authority by rule, short-term respite facilities, peer respite centers, behavioral health urgent care walk-in centers and crisis hotline center.
Directs Governor's Child Foster Care Advisory Commission to establish Child Welfare Equity Advisory Committee to advise commission and Department of Human Services regarding equitable provision of child welfare services.
Requires police officers to be trained in airway and circulatory anatomy and physiology and certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
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.
Establishes program to make forgivable loans to reimburse private owner or operator of brownfield for eligible costs incurred in completion of removal or remedial action at brownfield.
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.
Adds State Forestry Department, Department of Transportation and State Department of Fish and Wildlife as consulting agencies for state pollinator health outreach and education plan.
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.
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.
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 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 .
Clarifies permissibility of disposition of human bodies by alternative authorized processes including alkaline hydrolysis and natural organic reduction.
Directs Department of Justice to establish program for awarding grants to law enforcement agencies and local governments for training of groups and agencies that interact with persons who have experienced trauma.
Requires public institutions of higher education to have same developmental educational requirements and placement tests for incoming student who completes high school and institution determines is college ready and incoming student who received certificate for passing approved high school equivalency test and received grade indicating student is college ready .
Establishes Task Force on Student Success for Underrepresented Students in Higher Education.
Limits cost-sharing for health benefit plan coverage of insulin prescribed for treatment of diabetes.
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.
Authorizes emergency medical services providers to provide emergency transportation for treatment to police dogs injured in line of duty, provided that such transportation does not interfere with emergency transportation of humans.
Requires education provider to prohibit display of any symbols of hate on school property or in education program.
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 community college and public university to hire benefits navigator to assist students in determining eligibility and applying for federal, state and local benefits programs.
Establishes Healthy Homes Program within the Oregon Health Authority to provide grants to entities to provide financial assistance to low income households and landlords.
Provides that, if monthly salary of member of individual account program of Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan does not exceed $3,333, instead of $2,500, Public Employees Retirement Board shall credit all employee contributions made by member to employee account and credit no employee contributions made by member to employee pension stability account.
Designates April of each year as Arab-American Heritage Month.
Requires city that provides disability or retirement system for firefighters by ordinance or charter that is not subject to workers' compensation law to apply provisions requiring presumption that condition or impairment of health is occupational disease that results from employment if firefighter took physical examination upon gaining or during employment that failed to reveal evidence of occupational disease that existed before employment.
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.
Modifies police officer's duty to report misconduct.
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.
States legislative findings about racism and public safety.
Declares venue of juvenile proceeding subject to waiver hearing to be county where alleged act was committed.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to provide incentives to increase recruitment and retention of mental health workforce, including pipeline development, scholarships for undergraduates and stipends for graduate students, loan repayments and retention activities.
Allows pharmacist to prescribe, dispense and administer preexposure prophylactic antiretroviral therapies and post-exposure prophylactic antiretroviral therapies.
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.
Directs Department of Transportation to ensure that membership of advisory committees reflects racial and ethnic and ability composition of Oregon.
Requires Board on Public Safety Standards and Training to ensure that police officers and certified reserve officers are trained to investigate, identify and report crimes motivated by prejudice based on perceived gender of victim.
Limits ability of public university to refuse new mandatory incidental fees or process for collecting mandatory incidental fees.
Directs Department of Transportation to waive fee for issuing, renewing or replacing identification card if person who is issued card is experiencing homelessness.
Establishes Task Force on Corrections Medical Care.
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.
Establishes civil cause of action for improper disclosure of personal information.
Modifies statute authorizing law enforcement officers to command dispersal of unlawful assemblies and arrest participants who do not disperse.
Changes name of Early Learning Division to Department of Early Learning and Care.
Directs Department of Transportation to create emergency contact information form and make form available for individuals to voluntarily provide emergency contact information for inclusion in individual's motor vehicle record for police officers to use, during or after emergency situations, to contact those listed.
Modifies crime of interfering with a peace officer or parole and probation officer.
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.
Requires parents of child who is deaf or deafblind or who is hard of hearing to be provided information about relevant services and placements offered by school district, education service district, regional programs and Oregon School for the Deaf whenever individualized family service plan or individualized education program is developed, revised or reviewed.
Prohibits Department of Consumer and Business Services from outlawing in state building code certain uses of specific refrigerants authorized under federal law.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on organ and tissue donation and education.
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.
Prohibits law enforcement agency from releasing booking photo except in specified circumstances.
Requires ballots returned by mail to have postal indicator showing ballot was mailed not later than date of election and be received by county clerk not later than seven days after date of election.
Requires every public education provider to provide both tampons and sanitary pads at no cost to students.
Directs Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to adopt standards for educator preparation programs relating to evaluations of teacher candidates.
Provides that third-party food platform may not take and arrange for delivery of order from food place without written consent of food place.
Establishes office of Taxpayer Advocate in Department of Revenue.
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.
Extends look-back period used to determine Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund solvency level from 10 years to 20 years.
Passed the House · 6
Revises provisions relating to chemicals in children's products.
Allows exception to requirement for property tax exemption that property of industry apprenticeship or training trust be actually and exclusively occupied and used for purposes of industry apprenticeship or training trust for occasional use by corporation exempt from federal income tax for purposes for which corporation is granted federal exemption.
Prohibits person from conducting or participating in contest, competition, tournament or derby that has objective of taking coyotes for cash or prizes.
Directs Secretary of State to publish on secretary's website list of top five most commonly spoken languages in Oregon, other than English.
Requires board of directors of publicly traded corporation to have specified proportion of female directors and directors who are members of underrepresented communities.
Allows production of food in planned community by lot owners and their tenants.
Out of committee · 19
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.
Establishes pilot program to promote and support positive student mental and behavioral health by using trauma-informed approaches that are culturally responsive.
Directs Higher Education Coordinating Commission to conduct needs assessment identifying current mental health provider education programs and curricula offered at community colleges and public universities.
Modifies laws relating to youth suicide intervention and prevention to include children under 10 years of age.
Requires owner or possessor of firearm to secure firearm with trigger or cable lock, in locked container or in gun room except in specified circumstances.
Prohibits transfer of firearm by gun dealer or private party if Department of State Police is unable to determine whether recipient is qualified to receive firearm.
Directs Department of Education, in consultation with STEM Investment Council, to develop statewide, long-term strategic plan to provide computer science education.
Requires Department of Human Services and Oregon Health Authority to ensure that individual receiving mental health services under 1915(i) state plan amendment does not lose any mental health services when individual begins receiving services under 1915(k) state plan amendment.
Requires Department of Education to provide technical assistance to school districts in adoption and implementation of child sexual abuse prevention instructional program.
Establishes Task Force on Age Discrimination.
Establishes product stewardship program for household hazardous waste.
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.
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.
Removes requirement that amount of net proceeds from Oregon State Lottery allocated to County Fair Account not exceed $1.53 million annually.
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 State Department of Agriculture, in consultation with Minor Crops Advisory Committee, to establish grant program to study alternatives to chlorpyrifos.
Establishes Racial Equity and Justice Student Collaborative.
Establishes State Gambling Task Force.
In committee · 26
Prohibits member of Legislative Assembly who is absent and unexcused when Legislative Assembly is in session from receiving salary, per diem or expense reimbursement, and imposes fine of $500 per day of unexcused absence.
Requires student to demonstrate proficiency in civics in order to receive high school diploma.
Transfers duties, functions and powers related to administering federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and workforce development matters from Higher Education Coordinating Commission to Bureau of Labor and Industries.
Prohibits certain financial institutions from charging fee to customer for cashing check drawn on account at financial institution, if check is presented in Oregon.
Allows persons convicted of felony to register to vote, update voter registration and vote in elections while incarcerated.
Expands health benefit plan coverage of childbirth and pregnancy-related health care expenses.
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.
Provides that licensed optometrist may perform specified ophthalmic surgery procedures.
Expands presumptive cause of occupational disease for covered nonvolunteer firefighters to include any cancer that may result from exposure to substances that nonvolunteer firefighter is routinely exposed to in course of employment as nonvolunteer firefighter.
Directs Department of Environmental Quality to study methods for disposal of sharps waste and provide results of study in report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly no later than September 15, 2022.
Establishes ranked choice voting as voting method for selecting winner of nomination for and election to nonpartisan state offices and county and city offices except where home rule charter applies.
Permits person who will be 17 years old on date of primary election and 18 years old on date of general election to vote at primary election for candidates of major political party with which person is affiliated if major political party has adopted rule to this effect.
Establishes Addiction Treatment and Prevention Fund consisting of moneys transferred from Problem Gambling Treatment Fund, Mental Health Alcoholism and Drug Services Account, Drug Prevention and Education Fund and Intoxicated Driver Program Fund.
Requires ballots returned by mail to be postmarked not later than date of election.
Prohibits sale of products that make deceptive or misleading claims about recyclability.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Higher Education Coordinating Commission for Community College Support Fund for distribution to community colleges and community college service districts.
Requires Secretary of State to randomly select for examination accounts of political committees.
Establishes Small Donor Elections Program to enable candidates for office of state Representative and state Senator to receive 6-to-1 match on small dollar donations.
Requires statement of economic interest to include certain information about sources of income for business in which public official or candidate, or member of household of public official or candidate, is officer, holds directorship or does business under if source of income has legislative or administrative interest and 10 percent or more of total gross annual income of business comes from that source of income.
Prohibits candidate or principal campaign committee of candidate from expending campaign moneys for professional services rendered by certain businesses required to be listed on candidate's statement of economic interest.
Directs Oregon Health Authority to adopt rules requiring infants to be screened to detect certain diseases.
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.
Prescribes requirements for Oregon Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Program.
Establishes limits on campaign contributions that may be accepted by candidates and political committees.
Requires Secretary of State to establish electronic filing system to allow candidates for nomination or election to county or city office held at primary or general election to file portrait and statement electronically with secretary if candidate cannot have portrait and statement printed in county voters' pamphlet.
Prohibits person who has previously been expelled from Legislative Assembly from being appointed to fill vacancy in office of state Senator or state Representative.