Bills in the 2023 Regular Session, House.
Janelle Bynum
Sponsored
Became law1
Authorizes Early Learning Council to adopt by rule reasonable requirements for landlords of tenants who operate certified family child care home in tenant's dwelling.
Passed the House1
Permits employer to pay employees at different compensation levels pursuant to retention bonus provided that employer does not discriminate in payment of retention bonus, and that retention bonus accounts for entire compensation differential.
Out of committee8
Establishes Public Defense Services Student Loan Repayment Assistance Program in Oregon State Bar to provide forgivable loans to eligible public defense attorneys and staff members for outstanding student loans.
Requires Oregon Health and Science University, in consultation with Oregon Department of Administrative Services and Department of Revenue, to conduct study to determine how best to revise repayment method for individuals who receive scholarship from Scholars for a Healthy Oregon Initiative, but who do not fulfill required service agreement.
Requires public universities to develop specified policies and accountability mechanisms for behavior at interscholastic activities, including sporting events.
Establishes requirements for work groups and task forces established by statute or member of Legislative Assembly.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Health Authority to be used for specified purposes related to expanding behavioral health provider workforce.
Establishes Task Force on the State of Sport in Oregon to make recommendations for growing businesses in athletics, team sports, outdoor activities and recreation ecosystem in order to establish Oregon as most conducive location in North America for sports economy.
Establishes Semiconductor Talent Sustaining Fund and subaccounts of fund.
Permits Secretary of State to collect and share and communicate with approved organizations information about ethnicity, gender, veteran status and street address or electronic mail address of owner or principal of business that applies for or renews registration in this state.
In committee11
Directs State Treasurer to establish linked deposit program under which State Treasurer purchases investment instruments from qualified depository at below-market rates and qualified depository issues below-market rate loans to minority-owned businesses, woman-owned businesses or businesses that service-disabled veterans own.
Requires Oregon Medical Board to consider certain medical practice settings in determining whether to discipline physician.
Authorizes county to declare shortage of health care and human services personnel and apply to Oregon Health Authority for moneys to make grants to employers to alleviate shortage by offering certain benefits to potential workers and educators.
Establishes Housing Programs Advisory Council.
Establishes personal financial education as requirement for high school diploma.
Establishes personal financial education as requirement for high school diploma.
Requires physician to report to Oregon Medical Board certain instances of harassment, bullying or other unprofessional treatment of patient or other physician.
Repeals sunset of Broadband Fund and related program.
Requires Oregon Business Development Department to conduct study to inventory and evaluate land availability and site readiness within Portland Metro and Willamette Valley areas for development and expansion of semiconductor industry.
Creates income and corporate excise tax credits for investments in facilities used for manufacturing, siting of headquarters or research.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Higher Education Coordinating Commission for distribution to Knight Campus Graduate Internship Program at University of Oregon.
Carried from the Senate
Became law5
Directs Oregon Business Development Department to develop grant and loan program to support businesses applying for financial assistance under Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors for America Act of 2022 (P.L. 117-167).
Prohibits post-secondary institutions of education that are based in Oregon from refusing to provide transcript to current or former student because student owes debt to institution.
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.
Modifies applicability of earned reduction of supervision changes in House Bill 2172 (2021).
Prescribes timelines and redacting requirements for records related to provision of special education.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 29
Modifies provisions relating to reproductive health rights.
Defines "undetectable firearm." Punishes manufacturing, importing, offering for sale or transferring undetectable firearm by maximum of 10 years' imprisonment, $250,000 fine, or both.
Allows specified persons to distribute and administer short-acting opioid antagonist and distribute kits.
Requires that court dismissing charges involving orders of commitment due to defendant lacking fitness to proceed also order transport of defendant back to jurisdiction in which charges were initiated.
Requires Department of Corrections to establish doula program for pregnant and postpartum adults in custody at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility.
Requires that dental and vision are included in health benefits available to part-time faculty members.
Requires Department of Education to conduct study to identify best methodology for determining appropriate number of students on workload for certain school-based health practitioners.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Justice for Crime Victim and Survivor Services Division, for distribution to eligible children's advocacy centers.
Allows district school board to choose to provide directors with monthly stipend and individual directors to decline to receive stipend.
Expands and provides funding for coordinated crisis services system including 9-8-8 suicide prevention and behavioral health crisis hotline.
Expands list of individuals whose histories, contributions and perspectives are required to be included in social studies academic content standards and in related textbooks and instructional materials.
Requires hospitals to file certain reports showing demographics of hospitals' workforces with Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries for posting to Bureau of Labor and Industries' website.
Extends deadlines for affinity group task forces to complete their work with respect to allocations of resources to address communities' needs and health inequities faced by communities and to report recommendations to Legislative Assembly.
Modifies requirements for health insurance coverage of hearing-related items and services.
Limits ability of insurers offering dental benefit to require reimbursement of claims by credit card or electronic funds transfer.
Revises provisions relating to chemicals in children's products.
Requires Department of Education to conduct study to examine possibility of creating high school equivalency diploma and submit report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to education.
Clarifies process of Senate confirmation of members of State Fish and Wildlife Commission.
Authorizes peace officer to issue investigative subpoena or request order from circuit court for information regarding missing individual if specified standards are met.
Modifies definition of "renewable energy facility" for purposes of county permitting process for solar photovoltaic power generation facility.
Establishes Early Literacy Success Initiative.
Requires Oregon Business Development Department to provide financial assistance to support broadband access, affordability and adoption.
Creates refundable child tax credit, calculated based on number of dependents of taxpayer that are qualifying children with respect to taxpayer and are under six years of age at close of tax year.
Requires county clerk to replace recorded instrument with court-ordered version that redacts discriminatory language.
Increases membership of State Board of Education to include additional representative of congressional district and to include member engaged as classified staff member for public school or education service district.
Prohibits landlords from terminating lease or taking other specified actions due to status of tenant as victim of bias crime.
Makes unlawful employment practice for employer to make offer to negotiate settlement agreement conditional upon worker also entering into agreement that includes no-rehire provision.
Allows Arts Program to use up to five percent of value of Trust for Cultural Development Account for certain administrative purposes.
Establishes Task Force on Alcohol Pricing and Addiction Services.
Passed the House · 1
Prohibits Oregon Board of Dentistry from requiring applicant for certification as dental assistant to pass written examination for radiological proficiency.
Out of committee · 17
Authorizes Oregon Business Development Department to provide financial assistance to projects related to industrial land.
Appropriates moneys to Oregon Business Development Department to distribute to Oregon cultural organizations in response to negative impact of COVID-19 pandemic on organization finances.
Requires Land Conservation and Development Commission to update rules adopted in response to Governor's executive order on climate to address specific issues.
Requires school districts and education service districts to include in audit reports filed with Department of Education information describing expenditures of moneys received from State School Fund.
Establishes Statewide Steering Committee on Sickle Cell Disease.
Establishes Oregon Spirits Board as semi-independent state agency to develop and promote Oregon's distilled spirits industry.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to establish grant program for purpose of distributing moneys to institutions of higher education and organizations that administer training programs to develop training and instructional programs that prepare students to enter into behavioral health workforce.
Directs Higher Education Coordinating Commission to establish program to issue grants to community colleges to promote and increase dental assistant and dental hygienist training programs in Oregon.
Requires Oregon Business Development Department and Housing and Community Services Department to provide grants and loans for housing.
Creates Oregon Soil Health Initiative.
Directs Oregon Health Authority to establish Oral Health Advisory Committee and Office of Oral Health.
Authorizes Department of Justice to assist victims of domestic violence and sexual assault with housing needs.
Authorizes Higher Education Coordinating Commission to award "Hunger Free Campus" designation to public universities and community colleges that demonstrate required actions taken to combat hunger.
Requires Southern Oregon University, subject to appropriation of sufficient moneys, to address state's behavioral and mental health needs by materially increasing number of mental health practitioners who graduate in southern Oregon and teaching behavioral and mental health competencies through alternative academic pathways.
Authorizes Oregon Advocacy Commissions Office, Commission on Hispanic Affairs, Commission on Black Affairs, Commission for Women and Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs to employ paid interns and staff necessary to supervise interns.
Appropriates moneys to Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board for deposit in Oregon Agricultural Heritage Fund for hiring related to Oregon agricultural heritage programs.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Business Development Department to be used for Economic Equity Investment Program created under chapter 103, Oregon Laws 2022 (Enrolled Senate Bill 1579).
In committee · 22
Defines "dangerous to self or others" for purpose of taking person with mental illness into custody.
Authorizes civil commitment of person with substance use disorder who meets criteria for civil commitment of person with mental disorder.
Requires practitioner to query electronic prescription monitoring system with respect to patient prior to issuing to, or renewing for, patient prescription for certain prescription drugs.
Removes cap on amounts distributed from State School Fund to school districts for students eligible for special education as children with disabilities.
Prohibits charging of fees or requiring of participation in fundraising activities as condition of participating in interscholastic activities.
Prohibits seller from selling or leasing motor vehicle if sale or lease is contingent upon lender's agreement to purchase retail installment contract or lease agreement.
Exempts from drug paraphernalia prohibitions pipes, fentanyl test strips and other harm reduction items.
Establishes commission to develop, maintain and oversee system for standardization of reporting opioid overdoses.
Directs Oregon Health Authority to develop and maintain public health campaign to educate Oregonians about illicit opioids.
Provides immunity from civil and criminal liability to school administrators, teachers or other school employees designated by school administrator who administer naloxone to pupils experiencing opiate overdoses.
Changes term "naloxone" to "short-acting opioid antagonist.".
Allows owner of publicly accessible building or facility to obtain from Oregon Health Authority kit including short-acting opioid antagonist and necessary medical supplies to administer short-acting opioid antagonist for use by members of public.
Changes term "naloxone" to "short-acting opioid antagonist." Allows law enforcement officer, firefighter or emergency medical services provider to distribute multiple kits to specified individuals.
Imposes requirements on hospitals with respect to health care workers' schedules.
Expands allowable uses of sick leave provisions to include leave for employee's mental health and for care of mental health needs of employee's family member.
Establishes Parkinson's disease registry.
Allows Oregon Health Authority to issue standing order to prescribe short-acting opioid antagonist and necessary medical supplies to administer short-acting opioid antagonist.
Permits individual who is 16 or 17 years of age and registered to vote to cast ballot in school district elections.
Requires Department of Transportation to study issues related to abandoned recreational vehicles.
Prohibits, in specified areas of law, discrimination or harassment against persons based on caste.
Prohibits tolling on state highways until January 2, 2026.
Returns to Metro urban growth boundary certain land removed by Metro ordinance.