Requires Legislative Assembly to provide translator and interpreter services free of charge in order to facilitate witness participation in hearings or informal meetings with one or more members of Legislative Assembly, as required by federal Americans with Disabilities Act, or in conjunction with constituent outreach services. Requires that verbal or written request be made to Legislative Administrator by specified date before translator and interpreter services will be provided. Requires Legislative Administrator, upon request of member of Legislative Assembly, to provide translator or interpreter services for specified types of written material. Requires each Senator and Representative to develop language access plan for their offices to address communication of critical legislative information to limited English proficiency constituents and residents of their districts. Specifies factors each plan must take into account and methods members may choose to implement plan. Appropriates moneys to Legislative Administration Committee to fund translator and interpreter services and language access plan development. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Establishes Oregon Kidney Disease Prevention and Education Task Force. Specifies membership and duties. Sunsets January 2, 2028. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Establishes product stewardship program for mattresses. Establishes Mattress Stewardship Fund. Establishes mattress stewardship program advisory committee. Requires stewardship organizations to submit plans for mattress stewardship programs to Department of Environmental Quality. Imposes civil penalties for violation of program provisions not to exceed, per day for each day of violation, $100 for violation by retailer, $1,000 for violation by producer or renovator and $1,000 for violation by stewardship organization. Becomes operative January 1, 2022. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Directs Secretary of State to publish on secretary's website list of top five most commonly spoken languages in each county ] Oregon , other than English. Directs secretary to update list at least once every 10 years. Upon request, requires provision of rental agreements , statements of policies, facility rules and regulations ] and sales contracts for manufactured dwellings to be available ] in any of top five most commonly spoken languages in Oregon other than English. Provides exceptions. Becomes operative on July 1, 2022.
Extends sunset for authorization to Department of Justice to assist victims of domestic violence and sexual assault with housing needs until January 2, 2024. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to department for those purposes. Requires department to report on expenditures to interim committee of Legislative Assembly on or before September 15, 2022. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2021.
Modifies allocation formula for grants to children's advocacy centers. Establishes Child Abuse Assessment Account within State Treasury for purpose of grant program for children's advocacy centers. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Justice for purpose of funding program. Limits biennial expenditures by department for grant program from Child Abuse Assessment Account. Modifies authority of Advisory Council on Child Abuse Assessment to deposit contributions to Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Intervention Account and Child Abuse Assessment Account. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Provides that student who experiences incident of harassment, discrimination or intimidation based on student's race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or national origin, has cause of action against school district and perpetrator of incident. Requires school district to report incident of harassment, discrimination or intimidation based on student's race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or national origin, to hate crimes hotline and school safety tip line. Directs school district to approve transfer request when student has experienced incident of harassment, discrimination or intimidation based on student's race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or national origin. Modifies crimes of bias crime in the second degree and bias crime in the first degree.
Prohibits employers from permitting , or ] requiring or suffering agricultural workers to work in excess of 40 ] certain maximum hours in one workweek unless workers are compensated for overtime hours worked. Phases in requirement over three calendar years. Authorizes Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries to enforce wage claim regarding overtime pay for agricultural workers. Authorizes commissioner to assess civil penalty for willful violations of overtime pay requirements. Requires Oregon Business Development Department to develop and implement overtime compensation payment program to assist employers of agricultural workers in paying required overtime to workers. Establishes Agricultural Worker Overtime Account. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to department for deposit into account to carry out purposes of program. Sunsets program on January 2, 2026.
Requires Land Conservation and Development Commission to make changes to statewide land use planning goals by December 31, 2026, to address climate justice by addressing climate change adaptation and mitigation and environmental justice for disadvantaged communities. ] Requires Department of Land Conservation and Development to establish environmental justice advisory committee. ] Requires commission to adopt interim climate justice standards for local government's use until meeting compliance with goal changes. Establishes deadlines for compliance with interim standards and changed goals. ] Establishes Climate Justice Planning Goals Fund. Appropriates moneys to fund. Continuously appropriates moneys in fund to commission for specified purposes. ] Sunsets interim standards on January 2, 2030. Sunsets goal amendment process after commission certifies adoption of goal. ] Requires that statewide land use planning goal relating to citizen involvement address participation and engagement for disadvantaged groups. Requires Land Conservation and Development Commission to amend goal by June 30, 2023, consistent with requirement. Establishes timelines for local governments to implement amended goal. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to commission for goal amendment and implementation. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Expands eligibility for certain child care subsidy programs. Transfers rulemaking authority for programs from Department of Human Services to Early Learning Council. Directs council to adopt rules to implement changes to programs. Provides that when federal funds are involved, federal child subsidy program requirements control.