Bills in the 2021 Regular Session, House.
Gary Leif
Sponsored
Became law3
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.
Establishes compensation schedule for Oregon Liquor Control Commission retail sales agents.
Allows holder of off-premises sales license to sell factory-sealed containers of malt beverages that hold more than seven gallons.
Passed the House1
Requires certain landlords to post and provide tenants with informational notice developed by Bureau of Labor and Industries regarding discrimination upon execution of rental agreement on or after January 1, 2022, or for existing rental agreements by February 1, 2022.
Out of committee3
Creates subtraction from federal taxable income for amounts received as AmeriCorps national service educational awards, for personal income taxpayers.
Extends sunset for authorization to Department of Justice to assist victims of domestic violence and sexual assault with housing needs until January 2, 2024.
Establishes shared-equity homeownership pilot program within Housing and Community Services Department.
In committee7
Allows county to authorize dwelling not in conjunction with a resource use on lawful resource lots or parcels.
Authorizes peace officer to request order from circuit court for information regarding missing individual.
Directs Department of Justice to study issues related to prosecuting crimes of custodial interference in the first degree and custodial interference in the second degree and to provide results of study to interim committees of Legislative Assembly no later than December 31, 2021.
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.
Prohibits use of public funds, except state medical assistance program funds, to pay costs associated with convenience abortions.
Repeals sunset of predator damage control district program.
Requires Oregon Utility Notification Center to adopt rules requiring paint used for marking underground facilities to be temporary marking paint or other industry-accepted low-impact marking and requiring operators to remove markings that continue to be visible on private property after reasonable period has passed since excavation is complete.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 64
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.
Instructs Water Resources Department to enter into agreement with United States Geological Survey to produce and publish ground water budgets for all major hydrologic basins in this state, contract for person to produce report on statewide consumptive water use, expand ground water level monitoring network, measure progress in estimating and monitoring ground water levels, recharge and use and ensure that department staff members serve as community engagement coordinators.
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.
Directs public university to report annually to Attorney General on university's use of outside counsel for legal matters.
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.
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.
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.
Makes permanent school district funding for foreign exchange students and small school district grants.
Directs Department of Human Services to report information regarding prescription of psychotropic medications to children in foster care.
Requires persons that have responsibility for or control over packaging and labeling premoistened nonwoven disposable wipes with specified characteristics to comply with certain labeling requirements for product packaging.
Requires Oregon Business Development Department to distribute moneys in Oregon Rural Capacity Fund to Oregon's Economic Development Districts for purpose of assisting rural jurisdictions to apply for and administer grants and other forms of funding available from any source.
Requires health care providers to work with health care interpreters from health care interpreter registry operated by Oregon Health Authority to provide interpretation services.
Allows certain holders of temporary event licenses to sell specified alcoholic beverages for on and off-premises consumption at more than one location on licensed premises or have up to three premises licensed under single temporary sales license and operate for up to 30 days.
Establishes Senior Emergency Medical Services Innovation Program in Department of Human Services to fund and monitor certain local public sector pilot projects related to emergency medical services for seniors.
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.
Authorizes county with population of less than 15,000 to adopt property tax exemption for newly constructed single-family dwellings built and occupied as primary residences by individuals with annual taxable income of not more than $75,000 if filing separately or not more than $150,000 if filing jointly.
Makes corrections to and updates tax statutes.
Designates Oregon Institute of Technology as Oregon's Polytechnic University.
Directs Governor's Child Foster Care Advisory Commission to establish Child Welfare Equity Advisory Committee to advise commission and Department of Human Services regarding equitable provision of child welfare services.
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.
Provides that juror may not be identified by name in court proceeding open to public.
Requires each public university and community college to prominently display mandatory fees charged.
Authorizes Department of Human Services to award two-year grants to organizations that provide services to unaccompanied homeless youth and to organizations that operate host home projects for unaccompanied homeless youth.
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.
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.
Imposes tsunami design standards for certain buildings and other structures.
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.
Limits cost-sharing for health benefit plan coverage of insulin prescribed for treatment of diabetes.
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.
Authorizes electric cooperative to use or allow for use of electric easement in provision of broadband services, subject to certain conditions and exceptions.
Requires education provider to prohibit display of any symbols of hate on school property or in education program.
Requires that real estate continuing education courses include information on state and federal fair housing laws.
Directs Department of Justice to develop and implement Hope Card Program for issuance of information cards to persons who are protected by eligible restraining orders.
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.
Modifies membership of Hunger Task Force.
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 certain employee of State Fire Marshal qualifies as firefighter for purposes of Public Employees Retirement System.
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.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to provide funding to peer-run organizations in Portland metropolitan area, southern Oregon region, Oregon coast and eastern and central Oregon region to operate peer respite centers to provide peer respite services to individuals with mental illness or trauma response symptoms who experience acute distress, anxiety or emotional pain that may lead to need for higher level of care.
Defines "adult use cannabis item," "artificially derived cannabinoid," "delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol" and "total delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol" for statutes related to marijuana and industrial hemp.
Directs Department of Transportation to waive fee for issuing, renewing or replacing identification card if person who is issued card is experiencing homelessness.
Allows physician assistant to register with Oregon Medical Board for authority to dispense prescription drugs.
Extends sunset on requirement that Oregon Health Authority reimburse cost of mental health drugs in medical assistance program.
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.
Modifies definition of "public or private official" with mandatory duty to report suspected abuse to include all state and local elected officials.
Changes name of Early Learning Division to Department of Early Learning and Care.
Limits certain restrictions by local governments on use of property for child care facilities.
Directs Department of Transportation to create emergency contact information form and make form available for individuals to voluntarily provide emergency contact information for inclusion in individual's motor vehicle record for police officers to use, during or after emergency situations, to contact those listed.
Requires mental health care provider who assesses minor to be at imminent and serious threat of attempting suicide to disclose relevant information to parent, guardian or other individuals to engage in safety planning.
Delays to December 15 date on which interest begins to accrue on first one-third of property taxes, and other related charges, not paid when due on November 15.
Designates May 22 of each year as Crater Lake National Park Day.
Authorizes provider of water project support to make support available to local organizations and local governments for purpose of developing local community engagement plans for water projects.
Directs Department of Transportation to provide progress report on implementation and utilization of recommendations identified in department's report titled "Blueprint for Urban Design." Requires department to submit report to Joint Committee on Transportation no later than September 15, 2022.
Clarifies that intergovernmental entity may seek to obtain any benefits from any public or private entity that any unit of local government or American Indian tribe that is party to intergovernmental agreement may seek to obtain.
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.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to seek federal approval of amendment to state Medicaid demonstration project to permit coordinated care organizations to use portion of global budgets to improve health equity, improve overall health of community or enhance payments to providers who advance health equity or provide services improving overall health of community and to allow such expenditures to be counted as medical expenses in coordinated care organization's base medical budget and in calculation of global budget and flexible spending for given year.
Extends look-back period used to determine Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund solvency level from 10 years to 20 years.
Vetoed · 1
Establishes regulations for kratom products, including testing standards, labeling requirements and minimum age for sale.
Passed the House · 5
Imposes requirements on state agency that employs person at rate higher than rate for executives under compensation plan for state employees.
Allows owner of reservoir located on specified property within Big Butte Creek drainage area to register reservoir with Water Resources Department.
Prohibits person from conducting or participating in contest, competition, tournament or derby that has objective of taking coyotes for cash or prizes.
Requires at least two commissioners of Oregon Liquor Control Commission to have public health background.
Repeals sunset of predator damage control district program.
Out of committee · 28
Appropriates moneys to Water Resources Department for purposes of facilitating enrollment of lands in Harney Basin in federal Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program, funding hydrologist position and measuring ground water levels in Harney Basin.
Appropriates moneys to Department of Human Services for transition services for current foster children and former foster children.
Amends apprenticeship statutes to permit establishment of firefighter apprentice program.
Requires long term care facilities, residential facilities, adult foster homes and facilities with memory care endorsements to have isolation prevention plans to enable residents to communicate with other residents, family members, friends or other external support systems during public emergency.
Extends sunset for additional personal exemption credit for taxpayer with severe disability.
Extends sunset for tax credit for child with disability.
Extends and modifies tax credits for donations for individual development accounts.
Allows dependent care income tax credit to be claimed for expenses to allow taxpayer or spouse to attend school as enrolled degree-seeking student.
Directs Public Utility Commission to convene workshops on best practices regarding wildfires.
Prohibits Department of Justice from charging officers and agencies of state government for assistance rendered.
Appropriates moneys to State Forestry Department for purpose of facilitating projects pursued under Good Neighbor Authority Agreement that reduce wildfire risks.
Modifies allocation formula for grants to children's advocacy centers.
Directs University of Oregon to conduct Oregon child abuse prevalence study and to submit report regarding study to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to human services.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Human Services for Hunger Task Force to support state's policy on hunger.
Extends sunset of pilot program for provision of legal services to adults in custody serving sentences at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility.
Establishes Task Force on Age Discrimination.
Requires Department of Human Services to reimburse cost of care provided by specified agencies in amounts sufficient to allow agencies to pay direct support professional 150 percent of state minimum wage.
Provides that part-time faculty member at public institution of higher education who qualifies for health care benefits will pay 10 percent of insurance premiums for employee coverage.
Requires Health Information Technology Oversight Council to convene one or more groups of stakeholders and experts to explore specified issues related to adoption of secure, statewide, integrated health information and community information exchanges.
Directs Governor to designate corrections gender-responsive coordinator.
Appropriates moneys to Water Resources Department to assist with completion of place-based integrated water resources strategy, to periodically update place-based integrated water resources strategy to inform updates to state integrated water resources strategy or to facilitate implementation of place-based integrated water resources strategy.
Removes requirement that amount of net proceeds from Oregon State Lottery allocated to County Fair Account not exceed $1.53 million annually.
Grants Public Utility Commission authority to authorize Oregon Renewable Options Programs offered by qualified utilities.
Establishes Task Force on Education Pathways.
Directs Judicial Department to establish Family Treatment Court Program in certain counties to improve outcomes in child welfare cases resulting from parent's or caregiver's alleged substance use disorder.
Requires Department of State Lands to consider potential risks in entering into agreements for authorized use of submerged and submersible lands and allows department to require risk mitigation or insurance.
Establishes Task Force on Substance Use to study alcohol tax and pricing mechanisms to reduce substance use in this state.
Establishes State Gambling Task Force.
In committee · 65
Makes district attorney, rather than county clerk, responsible for determining whether prospective petition for initiative ballot measure for county complies with requirements of Oregon Constitution.
Requires Department of Environmental Quality to approve at least three businesses to provide water quality permit application review services.
Requires that declarations and extensions of states of emergency under certain statutes be accompanied by written explanations.
Establishes that perfected and developed water right is not subject to forfeiture if owner of water right ceased to use all or part of water appropriated for period of five successive years because owner engaged in water conservation practices or distribution of water that owner received from water district was less than certificated maximum for period of at least five successive years.
Allows land division to separate dwelling units for new middle housing allowed in cities.
Requires Department of Human Services to contract with nonprofit organization to implement and administer program to assist recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance in purchasing locally grown fruits and vegetables from farmers' markets, farm share sites and retail outlets that participate in program.
Allows student to transfer academic credits from any course contained within foundational curriculum to any other community college or public university.
Prioritizes access to health care provider incentive program by behavioral health services providers serving Latino, Latina and Latinx individuals in Morrow, Malheur, Hood River and Umatilla counties.
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.
Expands health benefit plan coverage of childbirth and pregnancy-related health care expenses.
Directs Department of Human Services to provide staff support, including full-time equivalent policy analyst, for Governor's Child Foster Care Advisory Commission.
Requires Water Resources Commission to conduct technical review of each well log submitted to commission.
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.
Includes identification card issued by province or territory of Canada as acceptable form of identification for purchase of alcoholic beverages.
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.
Requires health care practitioner to exercise proper degree of care to preserve health and life of child born alive after abortion or attempted abortion.
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.
Permits school board to designate school employee to receive mandatory child abuse reports.
Appropriates moneys to Department of Human Services to fund existing contracted domestic violence specialist positions in child welfare offices.
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.
Expands crime of criminal impersonation of a peace officer to include possession of false law enforcement vehicle.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to Curry County for purpose of installing fiber optic telecommunication line to Cape Blanco Airport.
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 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.
Appropriates moneys for distribution to Curry County assessor for pilot program to increase employment in assessor's office in order to achieve assessment rotation of seven years for taxable property.
Prohibits person that transacts title insurance in this state from refusing to issue policy of title insurance or refusing to close or insure real property transaction solely because real property that is subject of transaction has been used for purpose of growing, producing, manufacturing or selling cannabis, or conducting other activities related to cannabis, if growing, production, manufacture, sale or other activities occurred in compliance with state laws relating to regulation of marijuana items.
Directs Legislative Policy and Research Director to study methods for legislative oversight of administrative rules and report to appropriate committee or interim committee of Legislative Assembly no later than September 15, 2022.
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.
Directs Public Employees Retirement Board to initiate, resume or suspend payment of certain increased benefits under Public Employees Retirement System on first day of calendar quarter following receipt of notice by board that benefit payments are or are not subject to Oregon personal income tax.
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.
Provides court with discretion to appoint counsel for child or children in hearings related to domestic relations, custody or support, parentage or habeas corpus.
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.
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 counties to adopt ordinance to impose tax on medical and recreational marijuana production.
Limits types of restrictions that Governor may impose on certain businesses during state of emergency related to COVID-19 pandemic.
Maintains unemployment insurance tax rate in effect for each employer for calendar year 2020 until first calendar year that begins after later of December 31, 2022, or date on which state of emergency declared by Governor on March 8, 2020, for COVID-19 pandemic, and any extension of state of emergency, is no longer in effect.
Prohibits discrimination in places of public accommodation on basis of person's medical history.
Authorizes persons that hold water rights and other affected parties to develop, and Water Resources Department to approve, cooperative water management plans.
Provides that civil penalty imposed as result of violation of COVID-19 emergency rule becomes due and payable 50 years after order imposing penalty becomes final.
Directs Department of Corrections to continue to operate Shutter Creek Correctional Institution.
Requires each public school to provide full-time, in-person classroom instruction during 2021-2022 school year.
Requires Secretary of State to establish electronic filing system to allow candidates for nomination or election to county or city office held at primary or general election to file portrait and statement electronically with secretary if candidate cannot have portrait and statement printed in county voters' pamphlet.
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.
Directs county governing body of each county to designate person to ensure interment of unclaimed cremated remains of veteran or spouse, dependent or survivor of veteran.