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signed · Oregon · Senate Jul 21, 2023

SB 212: Relating to peer support confidentiality.

Makes confidential and exempts from discovery and public records certain communications and information conveyed during, to facilitate or to follow up on peer support check-in sessions with Oregon Youth Authority ] employees of Oregon Youth Authority or county juvenile department . Creates exceptions.
signed · Oregon · Senate Jul 21, 2023

SB 189: Relating to health care; and prescribing an effective date.

Allows health care facility to transfer ] release human pathological waste, which includes biopsy materials, human tissues and anatomical parts that emanate from surgeries, autopsies and obstetrical and laboratory procedures on humans, to donor of pathological waste or authorized representative of donor if waste is intended for cremation, interment or other final disposition , in accordance with rules adopted by Oregon Health Authority . Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
signed · Oregon · Senate Jul 21, 2023

SB 819: Relating to abbreviated school day programs; and declaring an emergency.

Modifies abbreviated school day program requirements. Requires that parent or foster parent must give informed and written consent for student with disability to be placed on program. Prescribes duties of school district superintendent and Department of Education in relation to abbreviated school day programs. Directs school districts to provide notice to parents or foster parents of every student with disability who was on abbreviated school day program at end of 2022-2023 school year or who had abbreviated school days during 2022-2023 school year. Prescribes requirements of notice. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Tim Knopp (R) Sara Gelser Blouin (D) Michael Dembrow (D) Deb Patterson (D) Kayse Jama (D) · 18 co-sponsors
signed · Oregon · Senate Jul 21, 2023

SB 337: Relating to public defense; and declaring an emergency.

Establishes Oregon Public Defense Commission within judicial branch. Specifies appointment process for and qualification of commission members and duties of executive director and commission. Abolishes Public Defense Services Commission and transfers duties, functions and powers of commission to Oregon Public Defense Commission. Transfers Oregon Public Defense Commission to executive branch effective January 1, 2025. Provides that Governor appoints executive director of commission, and executive director and commission members serve at pleasure of Governor until July 1, 2027. Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to issue state public defense population forecasts. Directs Oregon Public Defense Commission to conduct survey and economic analysis to calculate minimum hourly pay for appointed counsel who are not employed by commission for contracts entered beginning July 1, 2027. Specifies required percentage of trial-level appointed counsel who must be employees of commission by January 1, 2031, and January 1, 2035. Effective July 1, 2025, directs commission to establish panel of qualified counsel who may be directly assigned to cases. Specifies types of contracts commission may enter into for purposes of providing public defense services. Provides that commission members appoint executive director of commission beginning July 1, 2027. Directs Oregon Public Defense Commission to provide, to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to judiciary, no later than May 15, 2024, comprehensive report on plan for providing public defense services. Directs commission to provide updated report on December 1, 2025, December 1, 2026, and December 1, 2027, and biennially thereafter until January 2, 2036. Directs presiding judge of each judicial district to develop and implement coordinated public safety unrepresented defendant crisis plan, and submit plan to Oregon Criminal Justice Commission, by September 1, 2023. Directs presiding judge of judicial district of certain population to convene crisis team to assist in developing and implementing plan. Directs Public Defense Services Commission to promulgate and disseminate guidance on crisis plans by August 15, 2023, develop training plan concerning unrepresented defendant crisis by September 1, 2023, and report to committees of Legislative Assembly by October 1, 2023. Directs Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to report to committees of Legislative Assembly on crisis plan findings by October 1, 2023. Appropriates moneys to Public Defense Services Commission and Judicial Department to carry out provisions of Act. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
signed · Oregon · Senate Jul 21, 2023

SB 53: Relating to ballots.

Adds members of household and domestic partner of candidate to list of persons who may not be employed to open ballot envelopes, handle ballots, prepare ballots for counting or count ballots. Limits personnel authorized to verify signatures on ballots to match personnel authorized to count ballots.
Lynn Findley (R) Mark Owens (R) · 3 co-sponsors
signed · Oregon · Senate Jul 21, 2023

SB 205: Relating to detection of fraud; and prescribing an effective date.

Allows Department of Revenue to disclose to and give access to Employment Department employees, for purpose of detecting whether identity theft or fraud has been committed, otherwise confidential taxpayer information. Allows Director of Employment Department to disclose to Department of Revenue information reported to Employment Department by employers and employees under unemployment insurance and paid family and medical leave programs, for purpose of detecting potential identity theft or fraudulent claims. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
signed · Oregon · Senate Jul 21, 2023

SB 450: Relating to opioids.

Exempts from labeling requirements drug intended to reverse opioid overdose when drug is dispensed by physician or physician assistant ] health care provider .
Daniel Bonham (R) · 1 co-sponsor
signed · Oregon · Senate Jul 21, 2023

SB 217: Relating to cosmetology; and prescribing an effective date.

Requires that cosmetology curriculum taught by school meet standards established by Board of Cosmetology and be approved by Health Licensing Office. Directs board to convene curriculum requirements advisory committee to make curriculum requirements recommendations. Exempts persons performing specified spray tanning services from requirements related to cosmetology. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
signed · Oregon · Senate Jul 21, 2023

SB 406: Relating to housing in Tillamook County.

Requires certain cities and communities in Tillamook County to allow middle housing on residentially zoned lands, to adopt housing production strategies and to accommodate estimated housing needs upon lands inventoried as buildable lands. Requires Oregon Department of Administrative Services and Housing and Community Services Department to include those cities and communities within Oregon Housing Needs Analysis. Requires Department of Land Conservation and Development to adopt rules establishing deadlines for those Tillamook County cities and communities to meet urbanization requirement and authorizes Land Conservation and Development Commission to adopt rules to allow cooperation among those cities, communities and county to meet those requirements.
Cyrus Javadi (D) Suzanne Weber (R) · 4 co-sponsors
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