Oregon Bills

signed · Oregon · House Sep 25, 2021

HB 2536: Relating to school meals provided at no charge to students; and declaring an emergency.

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. Clarifies reimbursement rate to schools and school districts that offer breakfast or lunch at no charge to student. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2021.

Jeff Reardon (D) Courtney Neron Misslin (D) · 14 co-sponsors

signed · Oregon · House Sep 25, 2021

HB 2835: Relating to benefits programs for students at institutions of higher education; and declaring an emergency.

Requires each community college and public university to hire benefits navigator to assist students in determining eligibility and applying for federal, state and local benefits programs. Requires community colleges and public universities to establish statewide consortium to enable benefits navigator to coordinate with benefits navigators at other institutions and to develop best practices. Requires community colleges and public universities to develop internal process to enable students to provide feedback and recommendations on how institution can better assist students in determining eligibility for benefits programs and applying for assistance under benefits programs. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

signed · Oregon · House Sep 25, 2021

HB 3379: Relating to crib bumper pads; and declaring an emergency.

Prohibits manufacturing, retrofitting, selling, leasing, subletting or otherwise placing into stream of commerce any crib bumper pads or crib equipped with crib bumper pads. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

signed · Oregon · House Sep 25, 2021

HB 3361: Relating to food delivery.

Requires third-party food platform to enter into agreement with food place before arranging delivery of orders from food place or listing food place on application or website. ] Provides that third-party food platform may not take and arrange for delivery of order from food place without written consent of food place.

signed · Oregon · House Sep 25, 2021

HB 5010: Relating to the financial administration of the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries; and declaring an emergency.

Appropriates moneys from General Fund to State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries for biennial expenses. Limits biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts and specified federal funds, but excluding lottery funds and other federal funds, collected or received by department. Limits biennial expenditures by department from other federal funds. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2021.

signed · Oregon · House Sep 25, 2021

HB 3126: Relating to wildfire recovery; and declaring an emergency.

Directs Legislative Policy and Research Office to study strategies to promote recovery from 2020 wildfire season and report to appropriate committee or interim committee of Legislative Assembly on or before September 15, 2022. ] Sunsets January 2, 2023. ] Directs county board to annex to domestic water supply district, upon petition, land surrounded by district where water supply has become inadequate or contaminated due to wildfire, if district or independent water supply source of district has water supply sufficient to provide water to land. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

signed · Oregon · House Sep 25, 2021

HB 2018: Relating to assessment of ground water resources.

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. Increases appropriation to department from General Fund for technical services.

signed · Oregon · House Sep 25, 2021

HB 2915: Relating to workers' compensation for occupational diseases that certain workers suffer; and declaring an emergency.

Requires city that provides disability or retirement system for firefighters and police officers ] by ordinance or charter that is not subject to workers' compensation law to apply provisions requiring presumption that condition or impairment of health is occupational disease that results from employment if firefighter took physical examination upon gaining or during employment that failed to reveal evidence of occupational disease that existed before employment. Requires that city's denial of claim for compensation for occupational disease must be on basis of clear and convincing medical evidence that condition or impairment of health is unrelated to employment. Establishes that time limitations for filing claim are one year from date claimant first discovered or should have discovered occupational disease, one year from date claimant becomes disabled or is informed by physician that claimant is suffering from occupational disease or one year from date that worker's beneficiary first discovered or reasonably should have discovered that cause of worker's death was occupational disease. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

signed · Oregon · House Sep 25, 2021

HB 3071: Relating to mandatory abuse reporters.

Modifies definition of "public or private official" with mandatory duty to report suspected abuse to include all state and local elected officials.

signed · Oregon · House Sep 25, 2021

HB 3164: Relating to the application of the crime of interfering with a peace officer or parole and probation officer; and declaring an emergency.

Modifies crime of interfering with a peace officer or parole and probation officer. Removes refusal to obey officer order as manner of committing crime. Provides that person may not be arrested for or charged with interfering with a peace officer or parole and probation officer for conduct that would constitute any ] if person is arrested or charged for other criminal offense based on same conduct . Declares emergency, effective on passage.

signed · Oregon · House Sep 25, 2021

HB 2654: Relating to use of easements for provision of broadband.

Authorizes electric utility ] cooperative to use or allow for use of electric easement in provision of broadband services , subject to certain conditions and exceptions . Provides process for property owner to bring action for damages if use in provision of broadband services results in expanded use of easement.

signed · Oregon · House Sep 25, 2021

HB 3041: Relating to gender identity; and declaring an emergency.

Removes "gender identity" from definition of "sexual orientation" in ORS 174.100 and creates standalone definition of "gender identity" in ORS 174.100. Adds "gender identity" or "gender identities" to all statutes that reference "sexual orientation" or "sexual orientations." Repeals prohibition on political subdivisions enacting or enforcing certain laws related to sexual orientation. Removes provision that sexual orientation is not physical or mental impairment qualifying as disability under certain employment discrimination statutes. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Karin Power (D) · 16 co-sponsors

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