Bills in the 2021 Regular Session, House.
Jack Zika
Sponsored
Became law2
Requires that real estate continuing education courses include information on state and federal fair housing laws.
Limits certain restrictions by local governments on use of property for child care facilities.
Out of committee3
Directs Department of Human Services to establish and administer program to provide moneys for third-party child care for child in foster home.
Allows dependent care income tax credit to be claimed for expenses to allow taxpayer or spouse to attend school as enrolled degree-seeking student.
Allows local government to expand its urban growth boundary to include land designated as urban reserve that supports workforce housing and commercial development supportive of workforce housing if certain conditions are met.
In committee18
Requires school districts to ensure that students in grade 12 receive instructional program on home ownership.
Authorizes Office of Child Care to award grants to child care facilities supporting large employers.
Allows counties to authorize construction of accessory dwelling units on lands zoned for rural residential use.
Establishes certain requirements for contracts related to timber harvesting on state lands.
Directs Legislative Policy and Research Office to study issues relating to license reciprocity for skilled trade workers and report to appropriate committee or interim committee of Legislative Assembly on or before September 15, 2022.
Authorizes Department of Land Conservation and Development to approve local governments' plans for urban growth boundary expansion areas to accommodate affordable housing.
Provides that public employee may not become member of pension program of Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan on or after January 1, 2022.
Directs Department of Veterans' Affairs to study and make recommendations for policy proposals for tax treatment of veterans' retirement benefits.
Directs Department of Education to establish voucher program for students of this state.
Creates income or corporate excise tax credit for taxpayers that provide career and technical education student internships.
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.
Directs Department of Education to develop plan related to out-of-country credits and to present report on plan to interim committee of Legislative Assembly related to education.
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.
Authorizes Office of Child Care to award grants to child care facilities supporting large employers.
Creates tax credit for workers at child care facilities rated three stars or higher with quality rating and improvement system.
Provides that registered or certified child care facility is commercial use of property for zoning purposes.
Grants higher property tax exemption for property of veterans with service-connected disabilities.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 40
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Department of Administrative Services to distribute to Oregon Community Foundation to provide grants to support emergency shelters.
Defines "emergency shelter." Requires local governments to allow siting of qualifying emergency shelters by qualifying entities notwithstanding land use laws and regulations.
Allows Department of Consumer and Business Services to require implicit bias training for mortgage loan originators.
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.
Authorizes county to adopt ordinance or resolution authorizing waiver of interest charged for failure to pay taxes when due.
Establishes alternative process for alteration, restoration or replacement of certain uses affected by 2020 wildfires.
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.
Requires notifications and process for allowing interested telecommunications providers to coordinate with Department of Transportation to include installation of underground infrastructure for provision of broadband as part of certain projects included in Statewide Transportation Improvement Program.
Requires state medical assistance program to provide mental health wellness appointments as prescribed by Oregon Health Authority.
Designates Oregon Institute of Technology as Oregon's Polytechnic University.
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.
Prescribes requirements for reimbursement by Oregon Health Authority and coordinated care organizations of health services delivered using telemedicine.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to compile and annually post to website report on information reported to authority by coordinated care organizations regarding requests for prior authorization.
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.
Allows school districts to use moneys distributed from Student Investment Account for payment of student fees, costs and instructors of career and technical student organization programs.
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.
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.
Prescribes notification requirements for school district upon receipt of report of act of harassment, intimidation, bullying or cyberbullying.
Allows surviving spouse or disabled heir of individual whose homestead was granted deferral under homestead property tax deferral program to continue deferral without having owned or occupied homestead for five years.
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.
Requires education provider to prohibit display of any symbols of hate on school property or in education program.
Modifies criteria for erecting roadside memorial signs for deceased veterans formerly prisoners of war or unaccounted for.
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.
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.
Establishes Healthy Homes Program within the Oregon Health Authority to provide grants to entities to provide financial assistance to low income households and landlords.
Provides that, if monthly salary of member of individual account program of Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan does not exceed $3,333, instead of $2,500, Public Employees Retirement Board shall credit all employee contributions made by member to employee account and credit no employee contributions made by member to employee pension stability account.
Requires each public university and community college to prominently display , or establish link to website that displays, estimated costs of all required course materials and directly related course fees for no less than 75 percent of total for-credit courses offered by public university or community college.
Renames Office of Emergency Management as Oregon Department of Emergency Management.
Directs Housing and Community Services Department, in consultation with Department of Land Conservation and Development, Department of Environmental Quality, Department of Revenue and Oregon Business Development Department, to conduct comprehensive study of system development charges.
Changes name of Early Learning Division to Department of Early Learning and Care.
Designates May 22 of each year as Crater Lake National Park Day.
Amends definition of "manufactured dwelling park" to include parks with certain prefabricated structures.
Modifies county eligibility requirements for transfer of moneys from Oregon Marijuana Account.
Requires, if certain conditions are met, Department of Land Conservation and Development to approve City of Bend's expansion of urban growth boundary to include specified lands and allows department to approve other land use regulations for those lands.
Authorizes Housing and Community Services Department to grant moneys to nonprofit organization for ADU community pilot programs that develop accessory dwelling units for income-eligible homeowners and that are available for lease by income-eligible tenants.
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 · 1
Requires landlord to allow dwelling to be used as family child care home.
Out of committee · 9
Authorizes Department of Revenue to disclose address information from individual tax returns to Secretary of State to verify address of voters contained in voter record.
Extends and modifies tax credits for donations for individual development accounts.
Establishes Rural System Development Charges Program within Housing and Community Services Department to pay system development charges for rural affordable multifamily housing.
Directs State Department of Agriculture to study barriers to family-scale meat production and ways to promote family-scale meat production, and recommend legislative or regulatory avenues to remove identified barriers and promote family-scale meat production.
Directs Department of Environmental Quality, in consultation with State Department of Agriculture, to study laws related to permitting of animal rendering facilities and provide results of study in report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly no later than September 15, 2022.
Appropriates moneys to State Forestry Department for purpose of facilitating projects pursued under Good Neighbor Authority Agreement that reduce wildfire risks.
Removes requirement that amount of net proceeds from Oregon State Lottery allocated to County Fair Account not exceed $1.53 million annually.
Creates credit against income taxes for purchasing publicly supported housing to retain as affordable housing.
Establishes State Gambling Task Force.
In committee · 50
Requires Department of Environmental Quality to approve at least three businesses to provide water quality permit application review services.
Allows land division to separate dwelling units for new middle housing allowed in cities.
Directs Secretary of State to create public process to develop state song to replace "Oregon, My Oregon" as state song.
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.
Modifies conditions of eligibility for tax credit allowed to rural medical care provider.
Requires state agencies to reduce public records request fees by 50 percent if request is made in public interest, and requires state agencies to entirely waive fees if public records request is in public interest and narrowly tailored.
Places limits on certain restrictions by local governments, planned communities and condominiums on use of property for child care facilities.
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.
Requires local governments to allow certain residential development within one-eighth mile of fixed guideway corridor stops.
Allows partition to separate dwelling units for new duplexes allowed in cities.
Directs State Forestry Department to study capacity of Oregon's nursery industry to provide seedlings for reforestation following forest fires and report to appropriate committee or interim committee of Legislative Assembly on or before September 15, 2022.
Directs Water Resources Department to review water measurement data collection, retention, use and reporting and report to committee or interim committee of Legislative Assembly related to water on or before September 15, 2022.
Prohibits Oregon Transportation Commission from establishing toll on Interstate 205.
Reinstates tax credit for reforestation.
Exempts, from commercial activity subject to corporate activity tax, contractor receipts from repair or rebuilding of structure destroyed or damaged by wildfire.
Authorizes legislative caucus leaders to each appoint Senate Majority Legislative Counsel, Senate Minority Legislative Counsel, House Majority Legislative Counsel and House Minority Legislative Counsel, and establishes legislative caucus leaders as Legislative Counsel Committee.
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.
Makes private citizen immune from civil or criminal liability arising from good faith acts made in connection with fighting wildfire.
Directs Environmental Quality Commission to adopt rules authorizing single-family dwelling and accessory dwelling unit constructed on same lot or parcel to be permanently connected to same subsurface sewage disposal system or alternative sewage disposal system.
Prohibits counties from establishing minimum lot size of more than one acre for residential zoned land.
Permits municipality or Department of Consumer and Business Services to contract with person to administer and enforce building inspection program and act as building official.
Requires health care practitioner to exercise proper degree of care to preserve health and life of child born alive after abortion or attempted abortion.
Redefines "historic home" to include dwellings built before 1974 for purpose of serving as accessory dwelling unit to homes newly constructed on rural residential lands.
Authorizes counties to allow contiguous clustered nonresource dwellings on clustered development tract in lieu of approval of individual nonresource dwellings on exclusive farm use or forest lands.
Establishes subtraction from personal taxable income for eligible rental payments made by eligible renters.
Reinstates tax credit for reforestation.
Increases rate of privilege tax imposed on Oregon motor vehicle dealers upon retail sale of taxable motor vehicle and rate of use tax imposed on storage, use or other consumption in this state of taxable motor vehicle purchased at retail.
Establishes personal income tax credit for essential workers.
Expands crime of criminal impersonation of a peace officer to include possession of false law enforcement vehicle.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Human Services for development of gatekeeper programs to serve seniors and people with disabilities in local communities statewide.
Appropriates moneys to Department of Education for distribution to certain school districts for certain career and technical education programs.
Creates Land Use and Wildfire Policy Advisory Committee.
Creates income tax credit for teachers in rural schools.
Allows counties to authorize subdivision of land zoned for exclusive farm use or forestland into parcels no smaller than the average size of county parcels of the same type.
Allows school district with remote small high school to use moneys received under High School Graduation and College and Career Readiness Act on existing career and technical education programs.
Requires State Department of Fish and Wildlife to operate program in southwest Oregon to control populations of species that prey on salmon.
Requires State Department of Fish and Wildlife to allow person meeting criteria to hunt game mammals using crossbow.
Allows credit against net income taxes for portion of eligible costs of newly constructed single-family dwelling that sells for price affordable to household with annual income at or below 120 percent of area median income.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Higher Education Coordinating Commission for Community College Support Fund for distribution to community colleges and community college service districts.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to share specified information related to marijuana for medical use with authorized employees of local governments for certain purposes.
Prohibits Oregon State Lottery from offering games playable via mobile phone, personal computer or other personal electronic device, except for certain sports betting and multistate numbers drawing lottery games.
Limits types of restrictions that Governor may impose on certain businesses during state of emergency related to COVID-19 pandemic.
Allows landlord and tenant to agree to recurring charge in lieu of security deposit.
Requires each public school to provide full-time, in-person classroom instruction during 2021-2022 school year.
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.
Prohibits public institution of education or educational employee from requiring, compelling, coercing or otherwise directing student to acknowledge, affirm, declare, confess, state or in any way act in accordance with belief that any race, ethnicity, color, sex, gender, religion or national origin is inherently superior or inferior to another, that individual may be discriminated against or treated in different manner on basis of individual's membership in particular group or classification, or that any individual, by virtue of individual's membership in particular group or classification, endorses, benefits uniquely from or is inherently responsible for actions that other individuals with membership in same group or classification have taken.
Requires Department of Consumer and Business Services to develop and implement programs to make one-time payments directly to certain workers as incentive payments to return to work or as worker retention payments for workers who were frontline essential workers during first year of COVID-19 pandemic.
Creates refundable income tax credit to adjust for effect on federal income subtraction of recovery rebates allowed to personal income taxpayers.