Bills in the 2021 Regular Session, Senate.
Chuck Riley
Sponsored
Became law2
Establishes State Board of Towing within Department of Transportation.
Waives fees for obtaining medical marijuana card for veterans who have total disability rating of at least 50 percent as result of injury or illness incurred or aggravated during active military service, and who received discharge or release under other than dishonorable conditions.
Passed the Senate1
Authorizes formation of children's service districts.
Out of committee1
Directs Department of Veterans' Affairs to study and make recommendations for policy proposals for tax treatment of military pensions.
In committee10
Prohibits use of gillnets and tangle nets for fishing.
Requires that institutions of higher education report allegations of sexual assault to law enforcement agency.
Excludes taxes imposed by school districts from certain property tax exemption programs requiring adoption by local governments.
Provides that discovery of victim's actual or perceived gender, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation does not constitute reasonable explanation for extreme emotional disturbance for purposes of affirmative defense to murder in the second degree.
Modifies provision of law regarding Family Abuse Prevention Act restraining orders when circumstances exist affecting child custody.
Directs Tri-Met to study feasibility of extending light rail system westward to cities of Cornelius and Forest Grove.
Prohibits certain use of face recognition technology by state agencies.
Prohibits private entities from using face recognition technology in place of public accommodation.
Requires that school district pay substitute teachers based on number of hours worked.
Requires Department of Revenue to submit to Legislative Revenue Officer information from Oregon tax returns about certain corporations doing business in Oregon.
Carried from the House
Became law2
Designates second Monday of October of each year as Indigenous Peoples' Day.
Prohibits manufacturing, retrofitting, selling, leasing, subletting or otherwise placing into stream of commerce any crib bumper pads or crib equipped with crib bumper pads.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 9
Permits students participating in intercollegiate sports to earn compensation for use of name, image or likeness and to retain professional representation or athlete agent.
Modifies procedures for motions to set aside conviction, arrest, citation, charge, finding of contempt of court or judgment of guilty except for insanity.
Requires person to secure firearm with trigger or cable lock, in locked container or in gun room except in specified circumstances.
Incorporates certain provisions of federal Indian Child Welfare Act into Oregon laws relating to youth offenders adjudicated for status offenses and to adoptions.
Amends definition of "employment relations" to include class size and caseload limits as mandatory collective bargaining subjects in schools that qualify for certain federal assistance.
Provides that discovery of victim's actual or perceived gender, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation does not constitute reasonable explanation for extreme emotional disturbance for purposes of affirmative defense to murder in the second degree.
Requires Department of Human Services to establish specified requirements for use of acuity-based staffing tool by residential care facilities.
Directs presiding officers of each house of Legislative Assembly to represent legislative department in collective bargaining negotiations with legislative department employee bargaining units.
Establishes Office of Immigrant and Refugee Advancement to operate statewide immigrant and refugee integration strategy.
Vetoed · 1
Allows operator of motorcycle to travel between lanes of traffic under certain conditions.
Passed the Senate · 1
Provides that maximum loading weight of motorboat must be less than 5,000 pounds to obtain towed watersports motorboat certificate.
Out of committee · 4
Establishes product stewardship program for mattresses.
Allows persons convicted of felony to register to vote, update voter registration and vote in elections while incarcerated.
Requires Department of Human Services to provide medical assistance to employed individuals with disabilities without regard to individuals' income or resources.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Human Services to award grants to refugee resettlement agencies to provide specified services to refugees.
In committee · 2
Prohibits Department of Environmental Quality and State Department of Agriculture from issuing or renewing license or permit to allow construction or operation of new industrial dairy, addition to or expansion of existing industrial dairy or addition to or expansion of dairy that would cause dairy to become industrial dairy.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on racist history of this country and state.