Exempts certain transferees from private firearm transfer criminal background check requirement.
Creates crime of threatening a mass injury event. Punishes by maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both.
Adds Oregon Volunteer Firefighters Association to list of entities eligible for individual income tax return checkoff contribution. Applies to individual income tax returns for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2017. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires law enforcement agency to adopt and enforce policies and procedures for law enforcement officer responding to suicide attempt by individual to encourage individual to authorize officer to call suicide prevention and intervention hotline on individual's behalf.
Establishes People's Primary election. Permits individual who either qualifies for nomination to partisan public office of major political party or who files certificate of nomination made by individual electors to qualify as candidate. Provides that official People's Primary election ballot be sent to all electors not affiliated with any political party and to electors affiliated with political party who request ballot. Establishes that winners of People's Primary election can have designation placed on general election ballot.
Transfers moneys from Oregon Medical Insurance Pool Account to Oregon Health Authority Fund for funding medical assistance. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Directs Oregon Health Authority to establish immunization records retention program. Becomes operative January 1, 2018. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Directs Department of Education to identify and adopt procedures for reporting and collecting data related to acts of harassment, intimidation or bullying and acts of cyberbullying.
Prohibits agency from imposing civil penalty on small business under certain circumstances.
Requires Department of Transportation to establish pilot program to assess how products that department or contractor for department procures affect emissions of carbon dioxide. Provides that pilot program must require prospective contractors to declare environmental product cost of certain products in response to invitation to bid for public improvement contract. Requires department to determine lowest responsible bidder after calculating environmental product cost for product. Provides that local contracting agency may adopt practices of department. Requires all state contracting agencies to adopt practices of department beginning January 1, 2021. Requires Department of Environmental Quality to adopt and keep updated rules for calculating environmental product cost of certain products. Becomes operative January 1, 2018. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Permits law enforcement agency to use unmanned aircraft system for purpose of investigating unlawful taking of wildlife.
Imposes tax on inhalant-form nicotine and inhalant delivery systems. Uses moneys from tax to pay for mental health and substance abuse disorder treatment and services. Exempts retailers engaged primarily in sale of inhalants and inhalant delivery systems from Oregon indoor clean air requirements. Transfers specified moneys to be used to pay for medical assistance. Discontinues certain payments to hospitals for quality measures related to health care transformation. Increases cigarette tax and dedicates increase to medical assistance. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
