Bills in the 2023 Regular Session, Senate.
Kim Thatcher
Sponsored
Became law1
Directs Public Records Advocate to estimate biennial costs to carry out duties of advocate and to allocate and assess costs among public bodies of state government.
Passed the Senate1
Prescribes information related to courses of study offered by school district that district school board must ensure is provided on school district's website.
Out of committee5
Creates crime of patronizing a trafficked child.
Establishes Adult Suicide Prevention Coordinator within Oregon Health Authority.
Grants higher property tax exemption for property of veterans with disabilities.
Authorizes issuance of bonds under Article XI-Q of Oregon Constitution to support use of Oregon State Fair and Exposition Center as regional emergency and evacuee center.
Exempts hybrid motor vehicles and motor vehicles with model years that predate by six years or less date of registration or renewal of registration from requirement to be equipped with certified pollution control system.
In committee42
Modifies definition of "person with mental illness" as used in civil commitment statutes.
Establishes Department of the Oregon Public Safety Reserve Force to employ retired law enforcement officers and corrections officers and law enforcement officers and corrections officers from other states to serve in reserve force for local law enforcement units and Department of Corrections.
Establishes civil action against surety for victim injured by felony defendant while on security release.
Directs State Parks and Recreation Department to develop and implement grant program to fund capital projects of history museums.
Removes cap on number of quarter credit hours that eligible students from same high school may be awarded under Expanded Options Program.
Directs state agencies to offer reinstatement to employees who were terminated or who retired because of COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
Expands exemption from limitations on employment of retired members of Public Employees Retirement System employed by certain law enforcement and correctional agencies.
Allows post-secondary institution of education to be sponsor of public charter school.
Requires law enforcement agencies to collect blood or buccal sample of arrested persons and submit sample to Department of State Police within 96 hours of collection.
Requires state agency or local government, before providing assistance or benefits to residents of this state who do not have regular access to, or face barriers in attaining, shelter or housing, employment, health care, child care, food, clothing or other basic necessities to fully inform resident of assistance or benefits available from funded federal programs and require resident to apply for or enroll in federal program of assistance or benefits.
Allows student who is resident of state to attend any public school of state.
Establishes education savings account (ESA) program.
Creates tax credit for contributions to scholarship granting organization.
Increases criminal and civil penalties for subsequent and intentional violations of specified election laws.
Establishes Oregon Empowerment Scholarship Program for purpose of providing options in education to students of this state.
Requires Oregon Department of Administrative Services to contract with private auditing firm not located in this state to conduct audit of all nonprofit organizations that since January 1, 2019, received moneys paid, directly or indirectly or through state agency or otherwise, from State Treasury.
Removes requirement that only elector who has personally printed copy, or requested that separate person print copy, of electronic signature sheet for petition or prospective petition may sign signature sheet.
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to engage independent auditor to analyze expenditures from Drug Treatment and Recovery Services Fund for mental health purposes.
Provides that person operating bicycle may not treat stop signs and flashing red lights as yield signs if bicyclist slows bicycle to safe speed.
Requires applicant for license to manufacture psilocybin to submit to Oregon Health Authority information regarding ownership and location of premises to be licensed.
Directs public bodies to perform search, review and duplication work in responding to public records requests in least expensive manner reasonably possible.
Creates Eviction Mediation Program within Housing and Community Services Department.
Requires licensed health care provider to provide vaccine information packet to patient to whom licensed health care provider administers vaccine.
Requires that fee for motor vehicle emission certificates of compliance issued after inspection that did not occur at department test station and did not use testing equipment owned by department not exceed lowest fee for other motor vehicle emissions certificates of compliance.
Prohibits abortion unless health care provider first determines probable gestational age of unborn child, except in case of medical emergency.
Exempts from state income tax retirement pay or pension received as result of service in Armed Forces of the United States.
Requires school officials to provide parents or guardians of student who was subjected to act of harassment, intimidation or bullying or act of cyberbullying with notification that describes actions of school in responding to report of act of harassment, intimidation or bullying or act of cyberbullying.
Requires school district to make budgetary information about functions and programs of school district available at school district's office and on school district's website.
Provides person with privileges and legal defenses available to person with Oregon concealed handgun license if person is licensed to carry concealed handgun in another state that recognizes Oregon concealed handgun licenses.
Exempts transferee who is certified participant in Address Confidentiality Program from private firearm transfer criminal background check requirement.
Requires public institutions of higher education to adopt and enforce certain policies regarding due process rights for students, faculty and staff.
Requires public institutions of higher education to post course syllabi containing specified information on institution website, accessible to public without need to register or access through user name and password.
Establishes personal financial education as requirement for high school diploma.
Requires each post-secondary institution of education that receives state moneys to make institution's budgets and expenditures publicly available on institution's website.
Expands Address Confidentiality Program to include victims of child abduction.
Requires Judicial Department, in collaboration with Public Defense Services Commission, to study child welfare investigations and improvements necessary to align rights and procedural protections of parents and children involved in child welfare investigations with those afforded to defendants in criminal proceedings.
Requires grand jury to hold public meeting for specified indictments.
Requires professional licensing board to consider experience in lieu of high school diploma or equivalent for licensure, certification or other authorization to provide certain occupational or professional services.
Directs State Court Administrator to develop information for use by public regarding procedural requirements and forms for enforcing child custody, parenting time and parenting plan orders and judgments.
Removes suspension of requirement of showing proficiency in Essential Learning Skills as condition of earning diploma.
Modifies offense of making a false report of child abuse.
Abolishes annual one-hour change in time from standard time to daylight saving time and maintains Oregon on standard time for all 12 months of calendar year, except in portion of Oregon in Mountain Time Zone.
Carried from the House
Became law1
Prohibits manufacturer from selling or offering to sell cosmetic developed through use of cosmetic animal test.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 13
Requires students to complete one half-credit of higher education and career path skills and one half-credit of personal financial education as requirements for high school diploma.
Requires certain executive department boards or commissions that conduct public meetings through electronic means to record and promptly publish recording on website or hosting service so that public may observe or listen to meetings free of charge.
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.
Modifies legislative findings concerning alternative incarceration programs.
Designates fourth Saturday of November of each year as Holodomor Remembrance Day.
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.
Prohibits lobbyist from serving as chairperson of interim committees or certain legislative work groups or legislative task forces.
Modifies duration of Family Abuse Prevention Act restraining orders .
Modifies abbreviated school day program requirements.
Instructs State Forestry Department to endeavor to partner with federal agencies to undertake certain activities in federal forests related to fire prevention and request that federal agencies fund portions of activities.
Creates crime of sexual abuse by fraudulent representation.
Provides that in prosecution for offense that includes as element causing physical injury to another person, evidence of physical injury may include specified types of evidence.
Allows residential landlord and tenant to agree to provide written notices by electronic mail and allow landlord to refund moneys by electronic means.
Passed the Senate · 5
Allows motorcycle operator to travel between lanes of traffic under certain conditions.
Permits law enforcement agency to collect and maintain information about person's political, religious or social views or activities if information was collected and maintained for lawful purpose, including activities carried out in accordance with policy for officer-worn video cameras.
Expands crime of assault in the third degree to include assault of public transit vehicle operator acting in course of official duty.
Prohibits state from paying costs of travel to or from Oregon for employee in state service who telecommutes from principal worksite more than 60 miles outside this state, unless collective bargaining agreement provides otherwise or essential requirements of position make it necessary for employee to telecommute from outside this state.
Directs Director of Department of Revenue to reimburse worker leasing company for any employer contribution payments made by worker leasing company if Department of Revenue determines pursuant to amended combined quarterly report that refund is due.
Out of committee · 6
Prohibits denial of medical assistance on basis that individual under 19 years of age is in detention pending adjudication.
Creates refundable income tax credit for certain child care workers.
Creates process by which person may file post-conviction relief petition due to currently available relevant forensic scientific evidence at any time after conviction.
Establishes income tax credit for volunteer firefighters.
Directs Oregon Health Authority to develop list of suicide risk assessment and treatment continuing education opportunities for specified physical health care providers.
Provides that maximum loading weight of motorboat means factory-specified dry gross weight of motorboat.
In committee · 30
Increases exempt amount and filing threshhold for purposes of corporate activity tax.
Expands tuition benefits available to disabled veterans to permit veteran who is Oregon resident and 80 percent or more disabled, and spouse and child of disabled veteran, to have tuition waived for enrollment in vocational program or associate degree, baccalaureate degree or master's degree programs at community colleges, public universities and Oregon Health and Science University.
Establishes procedure for charging aggravated version of certain assault and attempted murder offenses when defendant causes permanent physical injury to victim during commission of crime.
Exempts from state income for taxpayers 62 years of age or younger receiving retirement pay or pension for service in Armed Forces of the United States up to $17,500 in retirement pay or pension received for service in Armed Forces of the United States and up to $17,500 in retirement pay or pension received from other sources.
Permits court to consider evidence of abuse when determining amount of spousal support.
Expands crime of assault in the third degree to include causing physical injury to person working in hospital while worker is performing official duties.
Provides, for purposes of ad valorem property taxation, frozen assessed value for homestead of individual at least 68 years of age, or person with disability, if homestead and individual would be eligible for homestead property tax deferral program but for fact that homestead is pledged as security for reverse mortgage.
Removes restriction on distribution of Student Investment Account moneys to virtual public charter schools.
Requires State Forestry Department to establish by rule pilot grant program for purpose of managing wildfire risk by certain methods.
Requires Department of State Lands to petition United States Congress for transfer of certain public lands.
Prohibits state agency from enforcing rules requiring vaccination against COVID-19.
Creates income or corporate excise tax credit for taxpayer that employs youth through Oregon Youth Employment Program.
Provides that Oregon Health Authority may not adopt rules requiring immunization against COVID-19 as condition of attendance in any school, children's facility or post-secondary institution of education.
Prohibits Department of Corrections from paying for or providing, directly or indirectly, gender-affirming care to individuals in custody of correctional facility in this state.
Prohibits Oregon Transportation Commission from establishing toll on Interstate 205 or Interstate 5.
Prohibits not-for-profit corporations that receive moneys directly from state from making political contributions to candidates or political committees during biennium in which corporation receives state moneys.
Requires county clerk to ensure that any board or other entity established to assist county clerk in fulfilling official duties contains equal numbers of volunteers from each major political party.
Establishes Broadband Service Infrastructure Program within Oregon Broadband Office for purpose of offsetting cost of planning and developing high speed broadband service infrastructure in unserved and underserved areas.
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.
Extends automatic voter registration in certain circumstances.
Increases statute of limitations for first degree sex crimes to 20 years after commission of crime or, for minor victim, any time before victim attains 30 years of age, whichever occurs later.
Separates possession, delivery and manufacture of fentanyl from general controlled substance offense statute into separate statutes.
Specifies that new or increased fees adopted by state agency do not become effective unless approved by Legislative Assembly by law.
Requires Department of Revenue to make surplus revenue refunds, known as "kicker" refunds, in form of check.
Directs Legislative Assembly to allocate moneys to members for distribution.
Requires that sex offender risk assessment methodology take into consideration specified information.
Defines "victim" for purposes of release of sex offender information by Department of State Police.
Modifies Department of Justice crime victim compensation program.
Authorizes any person to submit complaint to Department of Environmental Quality if person reasonably believes that camping site of homeless individuals is causing discharge of wastes into state waters.
Sets $100 cap each year on sum of contributions that can be received by candidate or committee in cash from any source.