Requires certain residential general contractors proposing remodel or repair project of more than $20,000 in value to tour residential structure with property owner and provide property owner with itemized and detailed description for each feature of proposed construction work. Limits amount contractor may collect before completion and before property owner's approval and acceptance of itemized and described construction features. Requires contractor to request mediation by Construction Contractors Board before bringing action or suit or pursuing other remedies to collect payment from property owner that unreasonably withholds approval and acceptance. Applies to contracts entered into on or after January 1, 2023. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Rep. Paul Evans
Sponsored bills
Establishes position of Tribal Relations Liaison within Department of State Police. Directs Board on Public Safety Standards and Training to ensure ] provide, no later than October 31, 2022, in report to appropriate interim committees of Legislative Assembly, operational plan for training police officers and certified reserve officers are trained ] to investigate and report cases involving missing or murdered indigenous persons. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Permits Building Codes Structures Board to adopt licensing standards for performing structural masonry. Permits Construction Contractors Board to adopt licensing standards for applying or installing fireproofing materials in essential facilities. Requires Department of Consumer and Business Services to adopt rules to require adequate fireproofing in all newly constructed essential facilities. Specifies minimum provisions required in department's rules. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Establishes procedure for charging aggravated version of certain assault and attempted murder offenses when defendant causes permanent physical injury to victim during commission of crime. Provides that if defendant is convicted of aggravated offense, court shall sentence defendant to 300 months' imprisonment. Authorizes court to impose lesser sentence in certain circumstances.
Directs Department of State Lands, in consultation with State Department of Fish and Wildlife, to establish salmon credit program to encourage voluntary restoration of salmonid habitat and allow persons to meet compensatory mitigation obligations. Establishes Salmon Credit Trust Fund. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Directs Department of Education to develop and implement statewide education plan for students who are Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander. Requires all statewide education plans to include strategies that provide for alignment with other statewide education plans. Directs Department of Education to evaluate and revise processes for collection of racial and ethnic data for purpose of developing and implementing statewide education plans. Declares emergency, effective March 9, 2022.
Establishes timeline for restrictions on sales of petroleum diesel for use in motor vehicles. Establishes timeline for restrictions on purchase of petroleum diesel for use in motor vehicles by public bodies. ] Directs State Department of Agriculture to suspend enforcement of restrictions if supply of renewable diesel is determined to be insufficient to meet anticipated demand. ] Directs State Forestry Department to study feasibility of converting lignocellulosic biomass derived from invasive tree species into renewable diesel feedstocks. ] Establishes Task Force on Renewable Diesel. Directs task force to study availability of renewable diesel, estimate current and future demand for diesel fuels, study incentives for increasing availability of renewable diesel and study implications of removing petroleum diesel from state marketplace. Sunsets January 2, 2023. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Directs Governor to designate corrections gender-responsive coordinator. Specifies qualifications and duties of coordinator. Directs Department of Corrections to provide coordinator with access to Coffee Creek Correctional Facility to carry out duties. Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to contract with organization to conduct assessment of facility in coordination with coordinator. Directs coordinator to create Gender-Responsive Advisory Council. Directs coordinator and council to conduct listening sessions concerning experiences of women and families in criminal justice system. Directs coordinator to provide report to Legislative Assembly during 2025 regular session ] no later than September 1, 2024, that includes summary of assessment, information from listening sessions and policy recommendations. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Adds to cancers covered by rebuttable presumption of occupational disease for eligible nonvolunteer firefighters. Requires Workers' Compensation Management-Labor Advisory Committee to review material published by National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health related to cancers associated with nonvolunteer firefighters.
Establishes Oregon Hemp Commission. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.