Bills in the 2021 Regular Session, House.
Brad Witt
Sponsored
Became law4
Establishes civil cause of action for improper disclosure of personal information.
Authorizes State Department of Fish and Wildlife to operate wildlife inspection stations for purposes of preventing spread of infections or infestations harmful to wildlife or of furthering wildlife management efforts.
Amends residency requirements for purposes of licenses, tags and permits related to wildlife.
Prohibits law enforcement agency from releasing booking photo except in specified circumstances.
Passed the House3
Allows exception to requirement for property tax exemption that property of industry apprenticeship or training trust be actually and exclusively occupied and used for purposes of industry apprenticeship or training trust for occasional use by corporation exempt from federal income tax for purposes for which corporation is granted federal exemption.
Modifies membership of State Marine Board.
Prohibits person from conducting or participating in contest, competition, tournament or derby that has objective of taking coyotes for cash or prizes.
Out of committee3
Directs Oregon State University, in consultation with State Department of Energy, to conduct study related to practical techniques for painting wind energy facilities that are scientifically shown to increase visibility of facilities to birds and prevent avian deaths.
Directs Public Utility Commission to convene workshops on best practices regarding wildfires.
Establishes Oregon Wildlife Council.
In committee20
Exempts issuance of site certificate for small modular reactors from requirement that proposal by Energy Facility Siting Council to issue site certificate for nuclear-fueled thermal power plant must be approved by voters.
Adds lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender to definition of "minority individual" for purposes of providing public contracting opportunities to minority-owned businesses in this state.
Removes general prohibition on limiting times, places or amounts of taking of predatory animals.
Requires State Department of Agriculture to establish advisory committee to advise department on policies related to Oregon crops.
Provides that maximum loading weight of motorboat must be less than 4,000 pounds to obtain towed watersports motorboat certificate.
Direct Public Utility Commission to study laws related to rural broadband and provide results to interim committees of Legislative Assembly no later than September 15, 2022.
Directs Oregon Business Development Department to establish by rule program to assist certain pulp mills and paper mills and employees of such mills in finding opportunities to transfer mill ownership to employees and to convert mill operations into production and manufacturing of personal protective equipment to be sold in this state.
Requires Housing and Community Services Department to pay to residential and nonresidential landlords certain uncollected rents due between April 1, 2020, and September 30, 2020.
Establishes rules of construction for interpreting business property insurance policies in this state.
Establishes Task Force on Fishing.
Requires State Forestry Department to study and make recommendations to interim committee of Legislative Assembly regarding improvement of fire protection.
Removes prohibition against issuing dog license without proof of rabies inoculation.
Directs State Marine Board to study and make recommendations for legislation to impose excise tax on wake boat sales.
Directs Oregon Health Authority to establish volunteer vaccine administration program to utilize specified volunteer health care providers to administer vaccines in emergency.
Authorizes State Fish and Wildlife Commission to establish by rule annual and daily Willamette River salmon, steelhead and sturgeon recreational fishing endorsements.
Increases to three percent of historic single-hour peak load the cumulative amount of generating capacity from certain net metering facilities below which public utilities', municipal electric utilities', electric cooperatives' and people's utility districts' obligations to offer net metering to new customer-generators may not be limited.
Increases penalties for conduct constituting crime of criminal mischief when person has prior conviction for criminal mischief in any degree or commits crime while being aided by 10 or more other persons.
Prescribes requirements for providing education to student with disability during COVID-19 emergency.
Prohibits director, officer, employee or agent of publicly traded corporation from communicating with member of Legislative Assembly with intent to influence matter before Legislative Assembly and while purporting to communicate for or on behalf of publicly traded corporation unless director, officer, employee or agent has express written authorization from board of directors or majority of shareholders of publicly traded corporation.
Requires person that proposes to construct building or structure located within 1,000 feet of interstate pipeline to notify owner or operator of interstate pipeline.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 18
Allows Department of Consumer and Business Services to require implicit bias training for mortgage loan originators.
Directs State Department of Fish and Wildlife to adopt by rule and administer program for authorizing voluntary projects for stream restoration and habitat improvement through construction of environmental restoration weirs.
Permits claims against insurance assets of dissolved business entities notwithstanding certain time limitations that otherwise would bar claims.
Prescribes requirements for reimbursement by Oregon Health Authority and coordinated care organizations of health services delivered using telemedicine.
Allows delivery of marijuana items, pursuant to bona fide orders, to consumers within city or county in which marijuana retailer is located and to consumers in cities or counties that have adopted ordinances allowing for delivery of marijuana items from adjacent cities or counties.
Directs Oregon Board of Dentistry to issue dental therapist license to qualified applicant.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to provide planning grants to 10 school districts or education service districts to evaluate need and develop plans for school-based health services.
Permits Office of Emergency Management to enter into agreement with nonprofit organization representing sheriffs under which organization is authorized to administer program to produce and sell outdoor recreation search and rescue cards.
Exempts from construction taxes residential housing being constructed to replace residential housing destroyed or damaged by fire or other emergency event or situation.
Requires education provider to prohibit display of any symbols of hate on school property or in education program.
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.
Allows payment from Wage Security Fund to be made to wage claimant for wages earned and unpaid in event that Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries has obtained judgment in action or has issued final order in administrative proceeding for collection of wage claim.
Requires each community college and public university to hire benefits navigator to assist students in determining eligibility and applying for federal, state and local benefits programs.
Renames Office of Emergency Management as Oregon Department of Emergency Management.
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.
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.
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.
Extends look-back period used to determine Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund solvency level from 10 years to 20 years.
Out of committee · 7
Prohibits employers from permitting, requiring or suffering agricultural workers to work in excess of certain maximum hours in one workweek unless workers are compensated for overtime hours worked.
Creates Oregon Independent Science Review Board.
Extends and modifies tax credits for donations for individual development accounts.
Repeals abolishment of Oregon Conservation and Recreation Fund.
Establishes Task Force on Age Discrimination.
Removes requirement that amount of net proceeds from Oregon State Lottery allocated to County Fair Account not exceed $1.53 million annually.
Directs State Department of Fish and Wildlife to prepare report concerning Oregon's current framework for preventing, monitoring and responding to zoonotic disease.
In committee · 8
Requires Water Resources Commission to conduct technical review of each well log submitted to commission.
Provides that stated percentage of revenue from state transient lodging tax be transferred to Oregon Conservation and Recreation Fund.
Directs Oregon Health Authority to adopt rules requiring infants to be screened to detect certain diseases.
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.
Provides that certain substitute teachers are considered employees of school district and are eligible for retirement benefits and health benefit plans.
Expands crime of assault in the third degree to include causing physical injury to person working in hospital while worker is performing official duties.
Allows landlord and tenant to agree to recurring charge in lieu of security deposit.
Prohibits willfully obstructing, blockading, interfering with or preventing use of railroad-highway grade crossing for longer than 10 consecutive minutes.