Bills in the 2021 Regular Session, House.
Barbara Smith Warner
Sponsored
Became law4
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.
Modifies amount of compensation paid to members of state boards and commissions.
Provides that advisory committees appointed by agency as part of rulemaking must represent interests of persons and communities likely to be affected by rule.
Requires media production companies seeking reimbursement under Oregon Production Investment Fund programs to perform certain actions related to diversity, equity and inclusion with respect to production for which reimbursement is sought.
In committee6
Requires Legislative Policy and Research Director or chief sponsor of bill or proposed constitutional amendment to prepare racial and ethnic impact statement.
Provides court with discretion to appoint counsel for child or children in hearings related to domestic relations, custody or support, parentage or habeas corpus.
Prohibits sale or use of two-cycle gasoline-powered leaf blowers in counties with population greater than 400,000.
Modifies requirements for private alternative education programs, including laws that are applicable to programs.
Requires Employment Relations Board to develop guidelines and procedures for authorizations designating bargaining representatives of bargaining unit to be prepared and signed electronically.
Requires health insurers and other covered entities to agree to and comply with request of individual or personal representative to restrict or opt out of disclosure of protected health information of individual.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 16
Requires retail electricity providers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with electricity sold to Oregon consumers to 80 percent below baseline emissions levels by 2030, 90 percent below baseline emissions levels by 2035 and 100 percent below baseline emissions levels by 2040.
Requires Oregon Department of Administrative Services, upon request of county governing body, to credit forest reserve moneys that would otherwise be credited to county road fund to certain public bodies whose service areas include entire county.
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.
Includes in definition of "conversation" communication occurring through video conferencing program for purposes of statutes regulating recording of communications.
Requires state medical assistance program to provide mental health wellness appointments as prescribed by Oregon Health Authority.
Expands eligibility for protected leave under Oregon Family Leave Act to all employees of covered employer during public health emergency unless employee was employed for fewer than 30 days prior to commencing leave or worked average of less than 25 hours per week in 30 days prior to commencing leave.
Requires governing body of public body, to extent reasonably possible, to make all meetings accessible remotely through technological means and provide opportunity for members of general public to remotely submit oral and written testimony .
Requires education provider to prohibit display of any symbols of hate on school property or in education program.
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.
Requires city that provides disability or retirement system for firefighters by ordinance or charter that is not subject to workers' compensation law to apply provisions requiring presumption that condition or impairment of health is occupational disease that results from employment if firefighter took physical examination upon gaining or during employment that failed to reveal evidence of occupational disease that existed before employment.
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.
Directs Department of Transportation to ensure that membership of advisory committees reflects racial and ethnic and ability composition of Oregon.
Removes "gender identity" from definition of "sexual orientation" in ORS 174.100 and creates standalone definition of "gender identity" in ORS 174.100.
Temporarily removes condition for being deemed "unemployed" that individual's weekly remuneration for part-time work must be less than individual's weekly unemployment insurance benefit amount.
Renames Health Care for All Oregon Children program as Cover All People program and expands eligibility to adults who would qualify for Medicaid-funded state medical assistance program but for their immigration status.
Extends look-back period used to determine Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund solvency level from 10 years to 20 years.
Passed the House · 1
Requires board of directors of publicly traded corporation to have specified proportion of female directors and directors who are members of underrepresented communities.
Out of committee · 3
Requires owner or possessor of firearm to secure firearm with trigger or cable lock, in locked container or in gun room except in specified circumstances.
Directs State Department of Fish and Wildlife to prepare report concerning Oregon's current framework for preventing, monitoring and responding to zoonotic disease.
Establishes State Gambling Task Force.
In committee · 4
Establishes procedure for person to bring action in name of state to recover civil penalties for violations of state law.
Requires health care provider who prescribes opioid to offer prescription for naloxone, or similar drug, and educational material under specified circumstances.
Creates program through which certain lenders may receive award moneys to fund accounts out of which lenders may reimburse themselves for losses on certain loans to business owners and entrepreneurs who currently lack access to capital.
Requires Department of Revenue to submit to Legislative Revenue Officer information from Oregon tax returns about certain corporations doing business in Oregon.