Bills in the 2023 Regular Session, Senate.
Michael Dembrow
Sponsored
Became law7
Expands composition of Oregon Health and Science University Board of Directors to include one member of faculty and one member of nonfaculty staff as voting members of board.
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.
Modifies procedure for expunction of certain juvenile records.
Authorizes community colleges to offer Bachelor of Science in nursing degrees.
Modifies legislative findings concerning alternative incarceration programs.
Requires Department of Education to conduct study to identify improved processes for transferring high school credits earned by student outside United States.
Eliminates State School Fund distributions for facility grants.
Passed the Senate1
Allows motorcycle operator to travel between lanes of traffic under certain conditions.
Out of committee14
Establishes Task Force on Occupational Licensing.
Requires State Department of Agriculture to study confined animal feeding operations.
Establishes youth advisory council.
Directs State Department of Agriculture to perform certain responsibilities related to Healthy and Safe Schools Plan .
Prohibits licensing board, commission or agency from denying, suspending or revoking occupational or professional license solely for reason that applicant or licensee was convicted of crime or subject to qualifying juvenile adjudication that does not substantially relate to specific duties and responsibilities for which license is required.
Establishes Medical Release Advisory Committee within State Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision.
Aligns statutory language with constitutional language to require that corporate kicker be used to fund kindergarten through grade 12 public education.
Changes name of "Oregon Global Warming Commission" to "Oregon Climate Action Commission." Modifies membership and duties of commission.
Modifies provisions relating to protective proceedings.
Establishes state policy regarding natural climate solutions.
Establishes Summer and After-School Learning and Enrichment Grant Program.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to State Library for biennium beginning July 1, 2023, for purpose of hiring consultant to assist libraries apply for federal moneys for purpose of providing broadband access.
Directs Department of Education to establish school media program standards and provide technical assistance related to those standards.
Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to establish project connecting adults in custody and former adults in custody to community colleges, public universities and apprenticeship programs.
In committee17
Requires certain public bodies to reduce public records request fees by 40 percent if request is made in public interest.
Imposes limit on exempt use of water for livestock.
Requires school districts to prepare ventilation verification assessment and take certain actions based on recommendations that result from assessment.
Directs Office of the Governor to establish plan to implement recommendations for improvements to workforce development system.
Requires public universities and community colleges to pay part-time faculty at same rate, on per-hour basis, as public university or community college pays full-time faculty to prepare for and teach course.
Requires Department of Education to study juvenile detention education programs and youth corrections education programs.
Directs Oregon State University Extension Service to collaborate with Department of Education for purpose of identifying and collecting student data relevant for maintenance of outdoor school programs.
Specifies contract price at which apprentice utilization requirements apply to qualified contracts with institutions of higher education and school districts.
Directs Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to convene advisory council to consider policy implications of identifying specific crimes for which conviction is disqualifying conviction for individuals seeking licensure or registration from Teacher Standards and Practices Commission or seeking employment or contract with school district.
Directs Environmental Quality Commission to adopt standards prohibiting engine exhaust and evaporative emissions from new small nonroad engines beginning January 1, 2026, unless a later date is required by federal Clean Air Act.
Directs State Department of Agriculture to establish program to support farmers who employ agricultural practices that lead to resilient farms.
Allows gun dealer or person transferring firearms, firearm accessories, ammunition or ammunition components for purchase at gun show, or business engaged in repairing or servicing firearms to establish minimum age of 21 years for such purchases, repairs or services.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to study screening for diseases.
Allows additional estate tax exclusion.
Requires State Department of Energy to study renewable energy.
Adds new entity eligible to receive grant funds to provide services to refugees and adds new categories of refugees eligible for assistance.
Requires Department of Environmental Quality to study perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
Carried from the House
Became law10
Requires Employment Relations Board to develop guidelines and procedures for authorizations designating bargaining representatives of bargaining unit to be prepared and signed electronically.
Requires that dental and vision are included in health benefits available to part-time faculty members.
Adds outdoor child care program to definition of "child care facility." Requires Early Learning Council to adopt rules governing the operation of outdoor child care programs.
Establishes pilot program at Portland State University and Eastern Oregon University to enhance hiring of public university students by nonprofit organizations.
Requires school districts undertaking HVAC infrastructure improvements for which state and federal funds are made specifically available to expend such funds on certain activities aimed at improving indoor air ventilation quality in schools.
Directs Oregon State University Extension Service to collaborate with Department of Education for purpose of identifying and collecting student data relevant for maintenance of outdoor school programs.
Directs Department of Education to develop and implement statewide education plan for students who are Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.
Establishes Early Literacy Success Initiative.
Provides, for purposes of certain statutes relating to taking of predatory animals, that term "predatory animal" does not include beavers.
Permits contracting agency to grant preference to procuring for public use goods or services that are provided by benefit company incorporated, organized, formed or created under laws of this state, if goods or services cost not more than five percent more than goods or services available from contractor that is not benefit company.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 18
Directs Department of Revenue to develop schedule allowing personal income taxpayers to voluntarily report taxpayers' self-identified race and ethnicity identifiers.
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.
Prohibits food vendor from using polystyrene foam container in sales of prepared food.
Directs Oregon Health Authority to adopt rules allowing restaurants to allow consumers to fill consumer-owned container with food.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to adopt and maintain list of designated high priority chemicals of concern used in cosmetic products and to periodically review and revise list.
Directs Department of Human Services to maintain inventory of luggage carriers for use when transporting personal effects of foster children.
Provides that court is not required to hold hearing on petition to vacate defendant's requirement to install and use ignition interlock device while participating in diversion program.
Modifies when use of force upon minor child or student is justifiable and not criminal.
Modifies applicability of earned reduction of supervision changes in House Bill 2172 (2021).
Makes restorative justice communications confidential.
Directs Department of Human Services to consider hours worked as graduate assistant as hours worked in employment for purpose of meeting work requirements in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Caps annual rent increases for residential tenancies.
Permits consumers to obtain from controller that processes consumer personal data confirmation as to whether controller is processing consumer's personal data and categories of personal data controller is processing, list of specific third parties to which controller has disclosed consumer's personal data or any personal data and copy of all of consumer's personal data that controller has processed or is processing.
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.
Amends requirements relating to wildfire hazard mitigation for development of accessory dwelling units on lands zoned for rural residential use.
Modifies abbreviated school day program requirements.
Modifies crimes related to involuntary servitude and human trafficking.
Establishes Universal Health Plan Governance Board.
Passed the Senate · 2
Authorizes school district to use public funds for out-of-state placement of students only if specified criteria are satisfied.
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.
Out of committee · 12
Requires Oregon Health Authority to develop, implement and administer program to support consumer engagement efforts aimed at increasing and optimizing consumer involvement in planning and decision-making surrounding the access to, and the delivery of, behavioral health services in this state.
Establishes policy of State of Oregon related to reducing number and intensity of wildfires.
Requires original equipment manufacturer to make available to owner of consumer electronic equipment or independent repair provider on fair and reasonable terms any documentation, tool, part or other device or implement that original equipment manufacturer makes available to authorized service provider for purpose of diagnosing, maintaining or repairing consumer electronic equipment.
Directs Oregon Health Authority to modify amounts of grants for school-based health centers for inflation.
Appropriates moneys to be used for regional health equity coalitions.
Requires Department of Human Services to administer program to provide medical assistance to employed individuals with disabilities without regard to individuals' income or resources.
Allows persons convicted of felony to register to vote, update voter registration and vote in elections while incarcerated.
Establishes Food for All Oregonians Program in Department of Human Services to provide nutrition assistance to residents of this state who would qualify for federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program but for immigration status or lack of Social Security number.
Establishes Universal Health Plan Governance Board and directs board to create comprehensive plan for implementing Universal Health Plan .
Requires professional licensing boards to provide culturally responsive training to specified staff members, publish guidance on pathways to professional authorization for internationally educated individuals and waive requirement for English proficiency examination for specified internationally educated individuals.
Modifies definition of "employment relations" to exclude standards, requirements or procedures relating to body-worn cameras for purposes of law enforcement officer collective bargaining.
Requires sentencing court to consider as mitigation evidence whether defendant was subjected to domestic abuse that was ongoing when criminal behavior occurred and was contributing factor in criminal behavior.
In committee · 10
Directs Oregon Investment Council to develop, publish and implement policy to incorporate human rights analyses into investment decisions.
Directs Environmental Quality Commission to establish program for source reduction of single-use plastic food ware and single-use packaging and achieve 25 percent source reductions compared to 2023 levels by 2030.
Authorizes issuance of lottery bonds for school-based health resources.
Directs State Board of Education to establish rules requiring provision of advocacy services to parents of children with disabilities in relation to public education.
Creates procedure by which attorney of in-custody defendant may request prosecuting attorney to make expedited determination of whether to file motion for protective order for grand jury audio recording or notes or report of shorthand reporter and, if no motion is filed, immediately provide copy of transcript, notes or report to defense attorney.
Provides that lack of verbal or physical resistance does not by itself constitute lack of consent or inability to consent in determination of whether sexual act is consensual.
Modifies definition of "sexual contact" for purposes of Oregon Criminal Code.
Establishes program to provide high-quality services and improved outcomes through regional centers for special education and related services.
Establishes COFA Food Assistance Program to provide nutrition assistance to COFA citizens who would qualify for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits but for their immigration status and who have incomes at or below federal poverty guidelines.
Requires Department of Transportation to conduct review of specified portion of U.S. Highway 30 and present report to Joint Committee on Transportation no later than September 15, 2024.