Bills in the 2021 Regular Session, House.
Tina Kotek
Sponsored
Became law8
Requires school district that is making reductions in educator staff positions to retain teacher with less seniority if release of teacher would result in lesser proportion of teachers with cultural or linguistic expertise.
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.
Provides tax exemption for property of religious organization held or used solely to provide affordable housing to low income households.
Limits exemption from rent increase limits for landlords renting under government programs reducing rents.
Provides that local law regulating sitting, lying, sleeping or keeping warm and dry outdoors on public property that is open to public must be objectively reasonable as to time, place and manner with regards to persons experiencing homelessness.
Modifies crime of interfering with a peace officer or parole and probation officer.
Authorizes Department of Environmental Quality to require certain information related to history of compliance with environmental quality laws from applicant for license or permit.
Out of committee1
Requires Oregon Health Authority to study and make recommendations to interim committees of Legislative Assembly, no later than September 15, 2022, for legislative changes needed to increase access to health care for all Oregonians.
In committee11
Directs Housing and Community Services Department to study issues relating to housing supply and report to appropriate committee or interim committee of Legislative Assembly on or before September 15, 2022.
Directs Department of Land Conservation and Development to study issues relating to land use and report to appropriate committee or interim committee of Legislative Assembly on or before September 15, 2022.
Directs Oregon Health Authority to study public health and report to appropriate committee or interim committee of Legislative Assembly no later than September 15, 2022.
Directs State Treasurer to study and make recommendations regarding improvements to state financial administration.
Directs Department of Transportation to study issues related to transportation finance and to report to appropriate committee or interim committee of Legislative Assembly on or before September 15, 2022.
Directs Department of Transportation to study development of uniform standards for speed bump height and markings and report on findings to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to transportation on or before September 15, 2022.
Directs Oregon Business Development Department to study levee funding and report findings to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to economic development.
Directs Housing and Community Services Department to study issues relating to foreclosure mitigation and report to appropriate committee or interim committee of Legislative Assembly on or before September 15, 2022.
Directs Department of Environmental Quality to study air pollution episodes and provide results of study in report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly no later than September 15, 2022.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to inventory resident capacity of residential treatment facilities and secure residential treatment facilities licensed in Oregon and report finding to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to health.
Increases minimum percentage of funding that school districts must provide to public charter schools for students enrolled in kindergarten through grade eight if 50 percent or more of students are from population that is historically underserved.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 22
Establishes temporary limitations on lenders' remedies for borrowers' failures to make payments on obligations secured by mortgages, trust deeds or land sale contracts for certain real property.
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.
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.
Amends requirements and deadlines for sales of manufactured dwelling facilities.
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.
Requires police officers to be trained in airway and circulatory anatomy and physiology and certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Establishes program to make forgivable loans to reimburse private owner or operator of brownfield for eligible costs incurred in completion of removal or remedial action at brownfield.
Designates second Monday of October of each year as Indigenous Peoples' Day.
Directs seller's agent to reject communication from buyer to seller as necessary to help seller avoid selecting buyer based on buyer's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status or familial status, in violation of federal fair housing laws.
Authorizes electric cooperative to use or allow for use of electric easement in provision of broadband services, subject to certain conditions and exceptions.
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.
Modifies police officer's duty to report misconduct.
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.
States legislative findings about racism and public safety.
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.
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.
Directs Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to convene advisory council to assist with recommendations related to health care standards in local correctional facilities.
Prohibits law enforcement agency or public body from denying services, benefits, privileges or opportunities to certain individuals on basis of federal civil immigration actions, inquiring about individual's citizenship status without connection to criminal investigation or providing information about individual in custody to federal immigration authority.
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.
Passed the House · 1
Requires landlord to allow dwelling to be used as family child care home.
Out of committee · 3
Directs Department of Environmental Quality to study approaches to reducing diesel engine emissions attributable to indirect sources of air contamination and submit report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to environment no later than September 15, 2022.
Establishes shared-equity homeownership pilot program within Housing and Community Services Department.
Establishes State Gambling Task Force.
In committee · 1
Directs State Department of Energy, in consultation with Department of Land Conservation and Development, to study light pollution and provide results of study in report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly no later than September 15, 2022.