Requires Department of Human Services to research and report to Legislative Assembly on rights of individuals with intellectual disabilities. Sunsets December 31, 2018.
Makes unlawful employment practice for employer to refuse to employ, discharge or otherwise penalize individual because individual is registered identification cardholder. Makes unlawful employment practice for employer to discriminate against employee with respect to compensating employee or with respect to terms, conditions or privileges of employment because employee is registry identification cardholder. Specifies that exception allowing employer to take action based on illegal drug use to provisions of law that protect employees who are disabled from discriminatory action by employer does not apply to use of marijuana items by registry identification cardholder. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Modifies certain definitions for purposes of regulating cannabis. Imposes tax on retail sale of marijuana seeds. Conforms terms throughout statutes governing regulation of cannabis.
For purposes of corporate minimum tax, modifies definition of "Oregon sales" to exclude sales made from Oregon to state in which taxpayer is not taxable and sales of intangible property unless attributable to this state's marketplace. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2018. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to study public records. Requires report to interim committee of Legislative Assembly related to public records. Sunsets January 2, 2018. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Provides that tax credits are allowed against corporate minimum tax unless otherwise provided in statute. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2018. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Establishes process to determine consent of resident of residential care facility or adult foster home to individually based limitation of certain rights. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Allows licensed professional counselors and licensed marriage and family therapists to conduct certain psychological evaluations. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Department of Administrative Services for YWCA of Greater Portland, to be expended for Family Preservation Project. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2017.
Extends for two years Department of Human Services' authority to prescribe employability assessment and orientation process for job opportunity and basic skills program and limit number of participants and activities of participants in program; to require single parent of child under two years of age to participate in job opportunity and basic skills program; to deny request of recipient in temporary assistance for needy families program to enroll in educational institution as allowable work activity if recipient was not enrolled in educational institution as of June 30, 2011; to disqualify recipient from receiving temporary assistance for needy families program benefits for 120 days if recipient separates from employment without good cause; and to establish for temporary assistance for needy families program income limit for nonparent caretaker relative of dependent child equal to 185 percent of federal poverty guidelines. Suspends for two years from scheduled date of July 1, 2017, increase in cash assistance paid to families enrolled in State Family Pre-SSI/SSDI program. Suspends for two years from scheduled date of July 1, 2017, increase in duration of period that family receiving temporary assistance to needy families may continue to receive assistance upon becoming ineligible due to employment or increased hours of work. Requires department to invest savings from policy changes or caseload reductions into increasing amount of grants for families in temporary assistance for needy families program. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Permits establishment of outdoor race track for radio-controlled vehicles on land zoned for exclusive farm use in certain counties.
Establishes Ocean Beach Fund. Directs amount of transient lodging tax revenues from state recreation area lodgings along ocean shore received by State Parks and Recreation Department to fund. Directs department to spend moneys from fund for expenses of managing state recreation areas along ocean shore. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
