Bills in the 2022 Regular Session, Senate.
Kathleen Taylor
Sponsored
Became law2
Directs Department of Consumer and Business Services, Employment Department and Oregon Health Authority to enter into intergovernmental agreement for sharing of information to enable Department of Consumer and Business Services to inform beneficiaries of their rights to workers' compensation death benefits.
Clarifies prohibitions regarding provisions that may not be included in agreements between employers and former, current or prospective employees.
Carried from the House
Became law3
Prohibits employers from permitting or requiring agricultural workers to work in excess of maximum allowable hours unless workers are compensated for overtime hours worked.
Amends provisions of workers' compensation law related to beneficiaries.
Adds to cancers covered by rebuttable presumption of occupational disease for eligible nonvolunteer firefighters.
Co-sponsored
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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.
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.
Allows governing body of county that declares state of emergency related to cannabis to request that State Department of Agriculture deny issuance of industrial hemp grower licenses in area subject to jurisdiction of county.
Makes unlawful practice for place of public accommodation to refuse to accept United States coins or currency as payment for goods and services.
Requires owners or operators of bulk oils and liquid fuels terminals located in Columbia, Multnomah or Lane County to conduct and submit to Department of Environmental Quality seismic vulnerability assessments.
Establishes product stewardship program for mattresses.
Provides that maximum loading weight of motorboat must be less than 5,500 pounds to obtain towed watersports motorboat certificate.
Out of committee · 2
Establishes annual salary of members of Legislative Assembly equal to annual average wage for all covered employment in Oregon for prior year.
Directs State Board of Education to adopt by rule procedures for Department of Education to investigate and resolve allegations of violations of state or federal law that may result in physical harm, denial of instructional days or risk of significant harm or substantial interference with student's ability to safely access public education.