Bills in the 2022 Regular Session, Senate.
Janeen Sollman
Sponsored
Out of committee1
Directs Department of Education, in consultation with STEM Investment Council, to develop statewide, long-term strategic plan to provide computer science education.
Carried from the House
Became law1
Expands designated state agencies that must work with Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission and requires agencies to meet with commission quarterly to review and report on each agency's progress and to report process and outcome measures established under commission's comprehensive addiction, prevention, treatment and recovery plan.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 8
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.
Directs Oregon Health Authority to study public health system response to COVID-19 pandemic.
Updates statutory references to individual who is not citizen or national of United States to replace "alien" with "noncitizen." Directs state agencies to use "noncitizen" in rules and regulations to reference individual who is not citizen or national of United States and to update rules and regulations that use "alien" to use "noncitizen." Authorizes agencies to amend rule without prior notice or hearing for purpose of changing term or phrase in order to conform with change made by law.
Makes unlawful practice for place of public accommodation to refuse to accept United States coins or currency as payment for goods and services.
Includes specified documentation, when authorized by victim, in definition of "sexual assault forensic evidence kit" for purposes of statutes regulating collection, testing and retention of kits.
Establishes product stewardship program for mattresses.
Directs Oregon Business Development Department to develop and implement Economic Equity Investment Program to award grants to organizations that provide culturally responsive services to support economic stability, self-sufficiency, wealth building and economic equity among disadvantaged individuals, families, businesses and communities in Oregon.
Creates procedure for filing petition for compensation for wrongful conviction.
Out of committee · 4
Establishes pilot program to provide funding to school districts for purposes of increasing access to schools by homeless students and improving academic achievement of homeless students.
Authorizes Health Licensing Office to issue sign language interpreter license to qualified applicant.
Establishes Medical Release Advisory Committee within State Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision.
Directs Department of Revenue to develop schedule allowing personal income taxpayers to voluntarily report taxpayers' self-identified race and ethnicity identifiers.