Oregon Bills

signed · Oregon · House Aug 18, 2017

HB 3458: Relating to work time limits; and declaring an emergency.

Directs employer in specified industries to pay greater of daily or weekly overtime when employee is eligible for both in same workweek. Defines "workweek" for purposes of calculating weekly hours worked. Declares that employer satisfies certain overtime laws by paying greater of applicable daily or weekly overtime. Prohibits certain employers from requiring certain employees to work more than 60 hours in one workweek. Provides undue hardship period exemption to certain employers that process perishable products. Allows employer to permit certain employees to work up to 84 hours per workweek for four workweeks during under hardship period and up to 80 hours per workweek during remainder of undue hardship period. Limits combined total duration of undue hardship period to 21 workweeks in calendar year. Requires 10-hour rest period between certain work shifts for certain employees . Creates private cause of action to enforce certain overtime laws. Authorizes court to award costs, disbursements and reasonable attorney fees to prevailing plaintiff for violations of certain overtime laws. Imposes civil penalties against employer that coerces employee to consent to work certain additional hours. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

signed · Oregon · House Aug 18, 2017

HB 2998: Relating to transfer of credits to public post-secondary institutions of education; and declaring an emergency.

Requires community colleges and public universities to establish foundational curriculum or foundational curricula for first year of coursework at public post-secondary institutions of education and establishes requirements for foundational curricula. Requires community colleges and public universities to develop unified statewide transfer agreements based on foundational curricula for each major course of study. Establishes requirements for transfer agreements and goals community colleges and public universities should seek to achieve in designing transfer agreements. Requires community colleges and public universities to establish transfer agreements for three major courses of study per year. Requires community college to provide specified information to student when student attending community college informs community college that student intends to transfer to public university. Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to regularly convene and consult with representatives from community colleges and public universities for specified purposes. Requires each community college and public university to report annually to commission, for each unified statewide transfer agreement, on number of academic credits successfully transferred. Requires commission to report annually to Legislative Assembly on whether unified statewide transfer agreements are meeting stated goals. Requires community colleges and public universities to submit joint report to Legislative Assembly no later than June 1, 2018. Requires commission to provide report to Legislative Assembly no later than February 1, 2018. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

signed · Oregon · House Aug 18, 2017

HB 2724: Relating to the Rent Guarantee Program.

Directs Housing and Community Services Department to develop and implement Rent Guarantee Program to provide incentives and financial assistance to landlords that rent or lease to low income households by guaranteeing payments to landlords for unpaid rent and for eviction and property damage costs within certain limits. Authorizes department to request proposals from and contract with program providers to administer program. Requires collection of performance outcome measures and annual report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly on housing. Establishes Rent Guarantee Program Fund and continuously appropriates moneys to department for Rent Guarantee Program.

signed · Oregon · House Aug 18, 2017

HB 2908: Relating to volunteer coordinator services for veterans; and declaring an emergency.

Creates position of Veteran Volunteer Coordinator in Department of Veterans' Affairs and specifies responsibilities. Requires report to Legislative Assembly on or before September 15, 2020. Limits biennial expenditures from certain lottery moneys received by department for purpose of implementing and administering position. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

signed · Oregon · House Aug 18, 2017

HB 2795: Relating to fees; declaring an emergency; and providing for revenue raising that requires approval by a three-fifths majority.

Increases certain filing fees, motion fees, settlement conference fees, trial fees, fees for writs of garnishment and marriage solemnization fees and prevailing party fees . Changes percentage of fees to be transferred to State Court Technology Fund. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

signed · Oregon · House Aug 18, 2017

HB 2638: Relating to ignition interlock devices; and prescribing an effective date.

Modifies laws related to ignition interlock devices. Limits expenditures by Department of Transportation for biennium beginning July 1, 2017, for carrying out provisions of Act. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

signed · Oregon · House Aug 18, 2017

HB 3359: Relating to long term care.

Modifies civil penalties, license regulation and licensing fees for certain facilities regulated by Department of Human Services. Establishes Residential Care Quality Measurement Program and Quality Measurement Council within department to develop quality metrics for residential care facilities, require reporting of quality metrics by residential care facilities, provide reports to individual residential care facilities and compile aggregate information about quality of care in residential care facilities. Creates new license for conversion facilities. Requires department to develop and disseminate evidence-informed framework for accurately and equitably assessing residential care facility compliance or noncompliance with regulatory requirements. Requires department to administer residential care facility enhanced oversight and supervision program. Requires department to take one or more specified actions with respect to residential care facilities with poor performance on quality metrics. Requires department to utilize and share with residential care facilities, acuity-based staffing tool to evaluate level and type of direct care staffing based upon acuity of residents' needs. Requires direct care staff in residential care facility and caregivers in adult foster homes to complete training in dementia care that meets specified standards. Requires facilities and homes to dispense drugs to residents using form of packaging that reduces administration errors. Requires Oregon Medical Board to encourage licensed physicians to obtain continuing medical education in treatment of patients with Alzheimer's disease. Modifies provisions relating to evacuation of residents from adult foster home.

signed · Oregon · Senate Aug 11, 2017

SB 754: Relating to products that have a minimum age requirement for purchase; and declaring an emergency.

Creates offense of selling tobacco products or inhalant delivery systems to person under 21 years of age. Punishes violation by fine. Specifies that manager or other person who supervises retail sale of tobacco products or inhalant delivery systems commits offense if person is acting within course and scope of person's employment and person has supervisory authority over person who makes sale. Specifies that owner of business that sells tobacco products or inhalant delivery systems at retail commits violation if sale occurs at business. Raises minimum age at which person may purchase tobacco products and inhalant delivery systems to 21 years of age. Adjusts certain other requirements related to tobacco products and inhalant delivery systems to reflect raised minimum age. Applies to conduct occurring on or after January 1, 2018. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

signed · Oregon · Senate Aug 11, 2017

SB 712: Relating to credit for periods of disability under the Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan; and declaring an emergency.

Provides hours of service credit for vesting purposes and retirement credit to member of Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan who receives workers' compensation disability payments and subsequently is reemployed by any participating public employer. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

signed · Oregon · Senate Aug 11, 2017

SB 847: Relating to state trust lands.

Creates process for State Land Board, Department of State Lands and Legislative Assembly to coordinate transfer of certain trust lands managed for benefit of Common School Fund that have limited performance potential as assets of Common School Fund to certain other public bodies better positioned to manage lands for benefit of public.

signed · Oregon · Senate Aug 11, 2017

SB 828: Relating to employee work schedules; and declaring an emergency.

Requires large employers in specified industries to provide new employee with estimated work schedule and to provide current employee with seven days' notice of employee work schedule. Extends work schedule notice period to two weeks effective July 1, 2020. Permits large employers in specified industries to maintain list of employees for work shift coverage in certain circumstances. Prohibits large employers in specified industries from scheduling work shifts that do not allow sufficient break time in between shifts unless employee earns 1.5 times scheduled rate of pay. Requires large employers in specified industries to pay penalty wage if employer changes scheduled shift with less than seven days' notice. Provides exception to penalty wage in certain circumstances. Requires large employers in specified industries to maintain records relating to compliance for three years. Makes unlawful employment practice for large employers in specified industries to interfere with employee rights or retaliate against employee for exercising rights granted to employee under Act. Allows for administrative or civil cause of action and statutory penalties for each violation. Repeals sunset of preemption of local government regulation of work schedules. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

signed · Oregon · Senate Aug 11, 2017

SB 844: Relating to inmate trust account moneys; and declaring an emergency.

Authorizes Department of Corrections to collect portion of certain moneys in inmate trust account for transitional fund and payment of court-ordered financial obligations. Directs Department of Justice and Judicial Department to provide Department of Corrections with accounting of court-ordered financial obligations. Specifies procedures for collection and disbursement of moneys and prioritization of payments. Appropriates moneys to Department of Corrections, and increases limitation on expenditures by department, for purposes of upgrading inmate trust accounting system. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

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