Bills in the 2021 Regular Session, House.
Lily Morgan
Sponsored
Became law1
Directs Department of Transportation to create emergency contact information form and make form available for individuals to voluntarily provide emergency contact information for inclusion in individual's motor vehicle record for police officers to use, during or after emergency situations, to contact those listed.
Out of committee1
Establishes Lost Revenue Stabilization Fund and School Stabilization Fund.
In committee6
Imposes tax on wholesale sales of marijuana items across county borders.
Provides that fire chief, or representative of fire chief, of county may extinguish uncontrolled fire found to be burning in unprotected area.
Allows State Department of Agriculture to enter into agreement with law enforcement agency to enable law enforcement agency to assist department in carrying out certain inspections of industrial hemp.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to share specified information related to marijuana for medical use with authorized employees of local governments for certain purposes.
Requires legislative committees to consist of equal members of majority party and of minority party.
Maintains unemployment insurance tax rate in effect for each employer for calendar year 2020 until first calendar year that begins after later of December 31, 2022, or date on which state of emergency declared by Governor on March 8, 2020, for COVID-19 pandemic, and any extension of state of emergency, is no longer in effect.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Provides that Legislative Assembly finds and declares that telecommunicators are first responders.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 47
Defines "emergency shelter." Requires local governments to allow siting of qualifying emergency shelters by qualifying entities notwithstanding land use laws and regulations.
Requires public employers to give preferences to residents of Malheur County for civil service positions if majority of work of position will be performed within Eastern Oregon Border Economic Development Region.
Authorizes county to adopt ordinance or resolution authorizing waiver of interest charged for failure to pay taxes when due.
Prohibits knowingly communicating materially false statement, including by electronic or telephonic means, with intent to mislead electors about date of election, deadline for delivering ballot, voter registration deadline, method of registering to vote, locations at which elector may deposit ballot, qualifications of electors or voter registration status within 30 days of primary election or special election or within 60 days of general election.
Authorizes tax collector in county covered by state of emergency declared by Governor due to fire or act of God, or authority of Governor under Emergency Conflagration Act, who knows or has reason to believe property has been destroyed or damaged by fire or act of God to prorate taxes imposed on property.
Authorizes governing body of enterprise zone sponsor to adopt resolution suspending enterprise zone employment requirements otherwise imposed on authorized business firms for either or both of property tax years beginning on July 1, 2021, and July 1, 2022.
Requires persons that have responsibility for or control over packaging and labeling premoistened nonwoven disposable wipes with specified characteristics to comply with certain labeling requirements for product packaging.
Requires Oregon Business Development Department to distribute moneys in Oregon Rural Capacity Fund to Oregon's Economic Development Districts for purpose of assisting rural jurisdictions to apply for and administer grants and other forms of funding available from any source.
Directs Higher Education Coordinating Commission to establish competency-based education pilot program.
Requires state medical assistance program to provide mental health wellness appointments as prescribed by Oregon Health Authority.
Provides that registered owner may request that registration card issued for vehicle include that owner, or person operating vehicle, may be deaf or hard of hearing.
Requires school or school district to offer lunches and breakfasts at no charge to student if school or school district meets requirements of special provisions of federal meal program or if student is from household with income that does not exceed 300 percent of federal poverty guidelines.
Provides that juror may not be identified by name in court proceeding open to public.
Requires each public university and community college to prominently display mandatory fees charged.
Authorizes Department of Human Services to award two-year grants to organizations that provide services to unaccompanied homeless youth and to organizations that operate host home projects for unaccompanied homeless youth.
Directs Department of Justice to establish program for awarding grants to law enforcement agencies and local governments for training of groups and agencies that interact with persons who have experienced trauma.
Prohibits establishment or enforcement of occupancy limits based on familial relationships on residential dwelling units by public bodies.
Exempts from construction taxes residential housing being constructed to replace residential housing destroyed or damaged by fire or other emergency event or situation.
Permits agricultural building to be used for uses other than uses set forth in definition of "agricultural building" if additional uses are incidental and accessory to defined uses, are personal to farm owner and farm owner's immediate family or household and do not pose greater hazard to persons or property than defined uses.
Allows pharmacist or pharmacy technician to transfer drug containing pseudoephedrine without prescription to person who is at least 18 years of age and presents person's valid government-issued photo identification.
Authorizes electric cooperative to use or allow for use of electric easement in provision of broadband services, subject to certain conditions and exceptions.
Modifies CASA Volunteer Programs to direct Oregon Department of Administrative Services to contract with nongovernmental entity to serve as statewide coordinating entity for provision of court appointed special advocate services.
Establishes compensation schedule for Oregon Liquor Control Commission retail sales agents.
Directs Department of Justice to develop and implement Hope Card Program for issuance of information cards to persons who are protected by eligible restraining orders.
Directs State Department of Agriculture to establish grant program to fund upgrades to establishments expected to operate under program of state meat inspection, construction of new establishments expected to operate under program of state meat inspection and expansion of certain establishments that operate under program of federal inspection.
Allows temporary siting for up to 24 months of recreational vehicles on properties with dwellings that natural disasters have made uninhabitable.
Allows student enrolled in program provided by school district or education service district to earn General Educational Development (GED) certificate to participate in interscholastic activities.
Provides that certain employee of State Fire Marshal qualifies as firefighter for purposes of Public Employees Retirement System.
Requires Oregon Health Authority, upon receipt of federal approval, to assess fee on emergency medical services providers and use fee, interest, penalties assessed on providers and associated federal financial participation less any costs incurred by authority to administer program to reimburse emergency medical services providers for costs of emergency medical services transports.
Renames Office of Emergency Management as Oregon Department of Emergency Management.
Limits authority of school district to become member of voluntary organization that administers interscholastic activities unless organization implements equity focused policies that meet certain requirements.
Defines "adult use cannabis item," "artificially derived cannabinoid," "delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol" and "total delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol" for statutes related to marijuana and industrial hemp.
Directs Department of Transportation to waive fee for issuing, renewing or replacing identification card if person who is issued card is experiencing homelessness.
Allows physician assistant to register with Oregon Medical Board for authority to dispense prescription drugs.
Extends sunset on requirement that Oregon Health Authority reimburse cost of mental health drugs in medical assistance program.
Specifies behavioral health treatment that must be provided by coordinated care organizations and covered by group health insurance and individual health plans and restricts utilization review criteria for behavioral health treatment.
Modifies definition of "public or private official" with mandatory duty to report suspected abuse to include all state and local elected officials.
Limits certain restrictions by local governments on use of property for child care facilities.
Delays to December 15 date on which interest begins to accrue on first one-third of property taxes, and other related charges, not paid when due on November 15.
Designates May 22 of each year as Crater Lake National Park Day.
Expands allowable uses for Housing and Community Services Department's manufactured dwelling programs to support dwellings and parks destroyed by natural disaster.
Amends definition of "manufactured dwelling park" to include parks with certain prefabricated structures.
Directs Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to convene advisory council to assist with recommendations related to health care standards in local correctional facilities.
Requires insurer that provides coverage for full replacement costs of damaged or destroyed property to allow insured not less than 12 months within which to repair, rebuild or replace damaged or lost property or, if damage or loss to property occurred in location subject to declaration of emergency and damage or loss is directly related to emergency, not less than 24 months.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to seek federal approval of amendment to state Medicaid demonstration project to permit coordinated care organizations to use portion of global budgets to improve health equity, improve overall health of community or enhance payments to providers who advance health equity or provide services improving overall health of community and to allow such expenditures to be counted as medical expenses in coordinated care organization's base medical budget and in calculation of global budget and flexible spending for given year.
Establishes goal of planning for development of up to three gigawatts of floating offshore wind energy projects within federal waters off Oregon Coast by 2030.
Extends look-back period used to determine Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund solvency level from 10 years to 20 years.
Passed the House · 3
Allows owner of reservoir located on specified property within Big Butte Creek drainage area to register reservoir with Water Resources Department.
Incorporates certain provisions of federal Indian Child Welfare Act into Oregon laws relating to youth offenders adjudicated for status offenses and to voluntary adoptions.
Allows production of food in planned community by lot owners and their tenants.
Out of committee · 15
Provides that counties may authorize Oregon Department of Administrative Services to make deductions from lottery revenues dedicated to county economic development purposes to pay for portion of costs of regional solutions coordinators within Regional Solutions Program.
Requires Director of Oregon Health Authority to work with Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission to take statewide inventory of services available to prevent and treat substance use disorders and to support individuals in recovery from substance use disorders.
Amends apprenticeship statutes to permit establishment of firefighter apprentice program.
Directs Southern Oregon University to develop and administer student behavioral health credentialing pilot program.
Increases formula weight for students in poverty families for purposes of State School Fund distributions.
Directs Department of Education, in consultation with STEM Investment Council, to develop statewide, long-term strategic plan to provide computer science education.
Imposes requirements upon mental health treatment professionals and programs to ensure culturally and linguistically affirmative mental health services for individuals who are deaf, deaf-blind or hard of hearing.
Directs Department of Education to award grants to wildfire-impacted school districts in amounts to cover any decreases in State School Fund distributions and Student Investment Account distributions resulting from decreases in average daily membership, as compared to 2019-2020 school year, that are caused by wildfires.
Directs State Department of Agriculture to adopt rules to require industrial hemp grower to report to department loss of crop or intention to not plant industrial hemp crop.
Directs court to consider, when determining aggravation in imposition of criminal sentence, evidence that defendant committed crime during emergency, evacuation while emergency in effect, or within one year after emergency ceases, provided that emergency is related to natural disaster and defendant took advantage of circumstances related to emergency, evacuation or recovery from emergency.
Requires certain government officials and management employees to complete education on incident command, National Incident Management System and emergency response.
Extends sunset of pilot program for provision of legal services to adults in custody serving sentences at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility.
Transfers oversight and regulation of medical marijuana processing sites and medical marijuana dispensaries from Oregon Health Authority to Oregon Liquor Control Commission.
Removes requirement that amount of net proceeds from Oregon State Lottery allocated to County Fair Account not exceed $1.53 million annually.
Requires marijuana testing laboratory employee to obtain worker permit from Oregon Liquor Control Commission.
In committee · 33
Provides that Legislative Assembly finds and declares that telecommunicators are first responders.
Increases percentage of students in school district who may enroll in virtual public charter school not sponsored by school district without first receiving approval from school district.
Requires that declarations and extensions of states of emergency under certain statutes be accompanied by written explanations.
Allows student to transfer academic credits from any course contained within foundational curriculum to any other community college or public university.
Modifies CASA Volunteer Programs to direct Oregon Department of Administrative Services to contract with nongovernmental entity to serve as statewide coordinating entity for provision of court appointed special advocate services.
Expands health benefit plan coverage of childbirth and pregnancy-related health care expenses.
Allows person employed by health care facility to practice surgical technology if person is enrolled in or has completed specified apprenticeship program.
Prohibits abortion unless health care provider has first determined probable gestational age of unborn child, except in case of medical emergency.
Provides that licensed optometrist may perform specified ophthalmic surgery procedures.
Limits liability for certain claims for damages arising out of acts or omissions taken during COVID-19 emergency period in reasonable compliance with government guidance related to COVID-19.
Requires health care practitioner to exercise proper degree of care to preserve health and life of child born alive after abortion or attempted abortion.
Allows counties to authorize construction of accessory dwelling units on lands zoned for rural residential use.
Limits Governor's ability to exercise authority conferred on Governor during declared state of emergency to no more than 60 days' duration, unless Legislative Assembly authorizes continued state of emergency.
Requires local governments to approve certain reconstruction after 2020 wildfires.
Allows county to authorize dwelling not in conjunction with a resource use on lawful resource lots or parcels.
Authorizes peace officer to request order from circuit court for information regarding missing individual.
Allows State Forester to order use of wildfire suppression personnel, equipment and services on federal lands within state borders.
Allows school district and public charter school to implement nationally recognized high school assessment in mathematics, science or English if assessment complies with specified criteria.
Establishes state policy that career and technical education is provided through seamless system that begins at secondary school level and progresses to post-secondary career and technical education institutions, community colleges and apprenticeship programs.
Increases allowable size of temporary signs on private property.
Expands crime of assault in the third degree to include causing physical injury to person working in hospital while worker is performing official duties.
Limits types of restrictions that Governor may impose on certain businesses during state of emergency related to COVID-19 pandemic.
Prohibits individual from collecting and returning ballot of other individual, subject to specified exceptions.
Requires Secretary of State to establish electronic filing system to allow candidates for nomination or election to county, city or special district office within county to file portrait and statement electronically with secretary if candidate cannot have portrait and statement printed in county voters' pamphlet.
Prohibits discrimination in places of public accommodation on basis of person's medical history.
Provides that when court reduces felony conviction to Class A misdemeanor after person's completion of probation, person for purposes of law is deemed not to have been previously convicted of felony.
Directs Department of Corrections to continue to operate Shutter Creek Correctional Institution.
Creates income tax subtraction for recovery rebates paid to personal income taxpayers.
Requires each public school to provide full-time, in-person classroom instruction during 2021-2022 school year.
Requires Secretary of State to establish electronic filing system to allow candidates for nomination or election to county or city office held at primary or general election to file portrait and statement electronically with secretary if candidate cannot have portrait and statement printed in county voters' pamphlet.
Directs Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services to repeal all permanent rules adopted by director in connection with addressing COVID-19 public health emergency in all Oregon workplaces.
Prohibits public body from issuing COVID-19 vaccine passport.
Creates refundable income tax credit to adjust for effect on federal income subtraction of recovery rebates allowed to personal income taxpayers.