Directs Occupational Safety and Health Division of Department of Consumer and Business Services to study potential safety benefits of screening replacement workers during labor dispute with employer that employs more than 100 employees in industry involving hazardous materials. Directs division to submit report to Legislative Assembly with findings.
Permits owner of lot in planned community to record meetings of owners and meetings of board of directors. Permits board of directors to adopt guidelines governing recording of meetings. Prohibits board of directors from adopting provisions prohibiting recording of meetings.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to convene work group to advise and assist in implementing targeted outreach and marketing for Health Care for All Oregon Children program. Permits all children residing in Oregon and meeting financial eligibility requirements to enroll in program. Requires authority, in collaboration with Department of Consumer and Business Services if necessary, to seek necessary federal approval or waiver of federal requirements to secure federal financial participation in costs of outreach and marketing and in expansion of eligibility for program. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Establishes Oregon Right to Rest Act. Makes violation unlawful practice enforceable by Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries or by civil action.
Eliminates $100 transaction limit before details of expenditures or contributions must be reported and made public. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires drug testing for unlawful use of controlled substances of individual making initial application for unemployment insurance benefits if individual was terminated by most recent employer for unlawful use of controlled substances or suitable work is available for individual only in occupation that regularly conducts drug testing. Provides cost of administering drug tests must be paid by Employment Department and may not be charged to applicants for benefits. Disqualifies individual who fails drug test from receipt of benefits. Provides that disqualification lasts until individual meets current law requirements for requalification and passes another drug test. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Urges President and Congress to pursue Oregon and California Railroad grant land management reforms.
Requires State Chief Information Officer by rule to require contracting agency that undertakes information technology initiative to provide in solicitation documents and public contract that contractor that supplies electronic database or structured collection of electronically stored data must supply contracting agency with capability to export data in nonproprietary open format and to redact from data information that contracting agency may not disclose. Requires contractor to also supply contracting agency with document that describes in complete and detailed terms all tables and fields used to construct database or structured collection of electronically stored data and to assign all rights to document or execute irrevocable license to use, allow others to use, and prepare derivative works from document. Provides that document is not subject to protection as trade secret or under any claim of confidentiality, is public record that is subject to disclosure and may not contain information that personally identifies any individual. Becomes operative January 1, 2018. Takes effect on 91st day after adjournment sine die.
Creates income tax credit for live organ donation. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2017. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Establishes Certified Oregon Program in Oregon Business Development Department to certify for-profit and nonprofit businesses to use term "Certified Oregon" on products and labels, in advertising and media and for other purposes specified by rule. Establishes Certified Oregon Advisory Group to advise and make recommendations to department to implement program and certify businesses. Requires department and advisory group to report to Eightieth Legislative Assembly on or before September 15, 2019.
Allows establishment of way of necessity when property has existing enforceable access to public road in certain circumstances.
Allows school district to employ person licensed as school social worker to provide to students in kindergarten through grade eight services that school counselor provides.
