Bills in the 2022 Regular Session, Senate.
Akasha Lawrence Spence
Sponsored
Became law1
Directs Oregon Business Development Department to develop and implement Economic Equity Investment Program to award grants to organizations that provide culturally responsive services to support economic stability, self-sufficiency, wealth building and economic equity among disadvantaged individuals, families, businesses and communities in Oregon.
Out of committee1
Establishes Task Force on Psilocybin Health Equity.
Carried from the House
Became law2
Requires electronic voter registration system to allow qualified individual to register to vote if individual has Social Security number.
Directs Oregon Film and Video Office to establish Creative Opportunity Program to promote film, television, interactive, animation and media industries in Oregon.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
Provides for nonprofit organization that addresses and executes worker relief to serve as fiscal agent to award grants to organizations to provide services related to immigration matters through universal representation program.
Updates statutory references to individual who is not citizen or national of United States to replace "alien" with "noncitizen." Directs state agencies to use "noncitizen" in rules and regulations to reference individual who is not citizen or national of United States and to update rules and regulations that use "alien" to use "noncitizen." Authorizes agencies to amend rule without prior notice or hearing for purpose of changing term or phrase in order to conform with change made by law.
Makes unlawful practice for place of public accommodation to refuse to accept United States coins or currency as payment for goods and services.
Requires owners or operators of bulk oils and liquid fuels terminals located in Columbia, Multnomah or Lane County to conduct and submit to Department of Environmental Quality seismic vulnerability assessments.
Creates procedure for filing petition for compensation for wrongful conviction.
Out of committee · 3
Establishes annual salary of members of Legislative Assembly equal to annual average wage for all covered employment in Oregon for prior year.
Directs Department of Revenue to develop schedule allowing personal income taxpayers to voluntarily report taxpayers' self-identified race and ethnicity identifiers.
Directs State Board of Education to adopt by rule procedures for Department of Education to investigate and resolve allegations of violations of state or federal law that may result in physical harm, denial of instructional days or risk of significant harm or substantial interference with student's ability to safely access public education.