Oregon Bills

signed · Oregon · Senate Aug 14, 2019

SB 935: Relating to landscape construction; and prescribing an effective date.

Creates modified landscape construction professional license. ] Provides that State Landscape Contractors Board may not issue to person holding endorsement as residential or commercial general contractor limited or specialty license that meets certain criteria. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

signed · Oregon · House Aug 14, 2019

HB 2005: Relating to family medical leave benefits; prescribing an effective date; and providing for revenue raising that requires approval by a three-fifths majority.

Creates family and medical leave insurance program to provide partially or fully compensated time away from work to covered individual who meets certain criteria while covered individual is on family leave, medical leave or safe leave. Requires employer and employee contributions to fund program. Establishes requirements for employers related to required contributions. Creates exemption from employer contribution requirements for employers that employ fewer than 25 employees. Provides grant program for certain employers to defray costs. Allows Director of Employment Department to assess civil penalties in specified circumstances. Authorizes director to bring civil action against employer for failure to file required reports and pay contributions due. Provides that employers shall be personally liable for contribution amounts due. Makes employer's violation of provisions of Act punishable by specified imprisonment, fine or both. Allows self-employed individuals and tribal government employers to elect family and medical leave insurance coverage. Directs director to determine contribution amounts and weekly benefit amounts for self-employed individuals and tribal government employers that elect coverage. Protects eligible employee's position of employment with employer while employee is on leave if employee has been employed with employer for 90 days before commencing leave. Prohibits employer from retaliating against employee who inquires about rights or responsibilities under family and medical leave insurance program and from interfering with employee rights under program. Establishes right for civil action for certain employer violations. Establishes Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund as trust fund and continuously appropriates moneys in fund to Employment Department for purposes of Act. Appropriates moneys to department to cover start-up costs related to program. Permits director to contract with third party to serve as administrator of program. Provides that employer may apply to director for approval of employer-offered benefit plan that provides family and medical leave insurance benefits that are equivalent to or better than leave and benefit amounts available under family and medical leave insurance program established by department. Establishes requirements for employers. Requires director to establish by rule application process for employers and method for resolving disputes between employers and employees concerning coverage and benefits provided under approved plan. Provides that employers may apply to director for approval of plan. Requires director to establish process for review of final decisions regarding benefit claims, benefit amounts, receipt of benefits and repayment of benefits. Provides that provisions of Act do not require reopening or renegotiation of collective bargaining agreement entered into before effective date of Act. Requires director to submit progress reports to interim committee of Legislative Assembly. Requires director to submit periodic report concerning administration of family and medical leave insurance program, including recommendations made by advisory committee. Provides specified delayed operative dates. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

signed · Oregon · House Aug 14, 2019

HB 2015: Relating to documents issued by the Department of Transportation; and declaring an emergency.

Eliminates requirement that person provide proof of legal presence before Department of Transportation issues noncommercial driver license, noncommercial driver permit or identification card. Becomes operative January 1, 2021. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

signed · Oregon · Senate Aug 14, 2019

SB 5511: 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. Modifies certain biennial appropriations to department for biennium ending June 30, 2019. Modifies certain limitations on expenditures by department for biennium ending June 30, 2019. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2019 ] on passage .

signed · Oregon · Senate Aug 14, 2019

SB 490: Relating to individuals prohibited from providing child care; and declaring an emergency.

Modifies definition of "exempt prohibited individual." Prohibits permanently from providing child care individuals who have been subject of substantiated report of child abuse in which victim suffered serious harm or death and individuals who are required to report as sex offenders. Requires certain individuals who have been subject of founded or substantiated report of child abuse to apply and be enrolled in Central Background Registry prior to providing certain types of care. Modifies definition of "subject individual." Authorizes Office of Child Care to impose civil penalty and file for injunctive relief if subject individual has not applied to and been enrolled in Central Background Registry and the individual provides child care or has child in individual's care. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

signed · Oregon · Senate Aug 14, 2019

SB 761: Relating to electronic signature sheets.

Requires that only elector who has personally printed copy , or requested that separate person print copy, of electronic signature sheet for petition or prospective petition may sign signature sheet. Requires elector to certify that elector received electronic signature sheet in compliance with requirement. Requires template for electronic signature sheet to include final measure summary, ballot title and full and correct copy of measure to be initiated or referred. Prohibits future use of electronic signature sheets for particular petition or prospective petition if Secretary of State determines that one or more electors who have not personally printed electronic signature sheet have signed and submitted sheet to secretary. ].

signed · Oregon · Senate Aug 14, 2019

SB 861: Relating to elections; and prescribing an effective date.

Requires state to pay for ballot return envelopes that can be returned by business reply mail, or other mailing service determined by Secretary of State to be more cost effective or efficient, for each election held in this state. Applies to elections held on or after January 1, 2020. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

signed · Oregon · Senate Aug 14, 2019

SB 1019: Relating to the egg industry.

Amends standards regulating egg production and sale of eggs and egg products. Exempts owners and operators of commercial farm having annual egg production from flock of 3,000 or fewer egg-laying hens. Exempts eggs produced at commercial farm by flock of 3,000 or fewer egg-laying hens. Amends definitions. Prohibits transactions involving eggs or egg products not produced in accordance with standards. Creates exceptions to egg-laying hen confinement prohibition. Makes imposition of civil penalty for egg law violations mandatory. Requires inspection of farms engaged in commercial production of eggs. Becomes operative January 1, 2024. Makes amendments to egg-laying hen housing standards operative January 1, 2024. Makes sunset two years earlier for provision establishing percentage goal regarding confinement conditions for egg-laying hens. Makes legislative findings.

signed · Oregon · Senate Aug 14, 2019

SB 5525: Relating to the financial administration of the Oregon Health Authority; and declaring an emergency.

Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Health Authority for certain biennial expenses. Limits biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts, tobacco and marijuana tax receipts and certain federal funds, but excluding lottery funds and other federal funds, collected or received by authority for certain purposes. Limits biennial expenditures by authority from certain lottery moneys for certain purposes. Limits biennial expenditures by authority from certain federal funds for certain purposes. Authorizes specified nonlimited expenditures. Limits biennial expenditures from Public Employees' Revolving Fund and Oregon Educators Revolving Fund for benefit plan premiums and self-insurance. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2019.

signed · Oregon · House Aug 14, 2019

HB 2817: Relating to grants for members of the Oregon National Guard.

Expands higher education tuition grants offered to qualified members of Oregon National Guard by permitting grant to be used for undergraduate degree program at Oregon Health and Science University or qualifying private post-secondary institutions or for program or curriculum designed to lead to certificate of completion at community college, public university, Oregon Health and Science University or qualifying private post-secondary institution .

signed · Oregon · Senate Aug 14, 2019

SB 5515: Relating to the financial administration of the Department of Justice; and declaring an emergency.

Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Justice for biennial expenses. Limits biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts, but excluding lottery funds and federal funds, collected or received by department. Limits biennial expenditures by department from federal funds. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2019.

signed · Oregon · Senate Aug 14, 2019

SB 669: Relating to assistance with activities of daily living provided to individuals in their own homes.

Modifies requirements for licensing of in-home care agencies. Prohibits retaliation against in-home caregiver for making complaint or reporting violation to Oregon Health Authority. Creates private right of action for retaliation against in-home caregiver who makes complaint or reports violation. ] Requires all private agency caregivers that provide personal care services to complete specified training. ] Requires Oregon Health Authority to adopt training requirements that include minimum number of hours of orientation and assessment of competency for individual who is not licensed health care provider to complete before providing in-home care services as employee of in-home care agency, home health agency or hospital. Allows authority to deny, suspend or revoke license of in-home care agency or impose civil penalty if agency demonstrates five-year pattern of significant and substantiated violations of employment laws, wage laws or training requirements. Allows authority to deny, suspend or revoke license of in-home care agency for failure to comply with requirements related to criminal records checks. Requires Department of Human Services to adopt training standards that include minimum number of hours of orientation and assessment of competency before home care worker or personal support worker may provide home care services. Requires department to make recommendations to Legislative Assembly, no later than February 1, 2021, on methods for assessing and monitoring home care services provided by home care workers.

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