Proposes amendment to Oregon Constitution establishing Citizens Redistricting Commission to adopt redistricting maps for Senate, House of Representatives and United States Congress. Refers proposed amendment to people for their approval or rejection at next general election.
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.
Permits parent or guardian to admit child, with or without child's consent, to inpatient treatment facility or program licensed by Oregon Health Authority or Department of Human Services for certain mental, emotional, behavioral health or substance use disorder treatment. Requires initial assessment and periodic reviews supporting necessity of inpatient treatment. Prohibits facility or program from declining to admit child solely based on child's unwillingness to consent to admission. Provides process for child who is 14 years of age or older to request review of admission decision. Directs licensing agency to adopt rules for review of admission decision. Creates exceptions. Directs department, in consultation with authority, to make written materials available regarding resources for families seeking mental, emotional or behavioral health treatment, or substance use disorder treatment, for minor children. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Prescribes information that district school board must ensure is provided on school district's website related to courses of study offered by school district. Takes effect July 1, 2022.
Requires health care practitioner to exercise proper degree of care to preserve health and life of child born alive after abortion or attempted abortion. Requires health care practitioner to ensure child born alive is transported to hospital. Allows specified person to bring civil action for damages and equitable relief against health care practitioner for failure to exercise proper degree of care. Directs court to award attorney fees to prevailing plaintiff. Allows court to order identity or personally identifiable information of specified person protected from disclosure.
Modifies criteria and processes for approval of material change transactions by Oregon Health Authority, Department of Consumer and Business Services or Department of Justice. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Directs State Board of Education to adopt by rule procedures for receiving and investigating complaints of violations of safety, discrimination and welfare laws. ] Prescribes requirements for process of taking complaint that school or education service district is nonstandard. ] Directs State Board of Education to adopt by rule procedures for Department of Education to investigate and resolve allegations of violations of state or federal law that may result in physical harm, denial of instructional days or risk of significant harm or substantial interference with student's ability to safely access public education. Prescribes actions department may take if school district or education service district is found to be in violation of state or federal law. Directs board to adopt by rule requirements for process that education service district must use when district receives complaint that district is not meeting standards established by board. Expands investigative authority of Superintendent of Public Instruction to investigate and resolve complaints of violations relating to special education or early childhood special education. Requires department to appoint at least two individuals to act as student and family advocates. Prescribes duties of advocates. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Subjects building or premises used for unlawful growing or handling of industrial hemp to lien and allows building or premises to be sold to pay all fines and costs. Allows immediate enforcement of lien by civil action. ] Authorizes Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission to allow certain licensed marijuana retailers to relocate to other premises without obtaining new license. Requires marijuana testing laboratory employee to obtain worker permit from commission. Specifies that building or premises used for unlawful marijuana production, processing, sale or use may be sold to pay all fines and costs. Allows immediate enforcement of lien by civil action. ] Becomes operative January 1, 2023. ] Includes community-based organizations as entities eligible to receive financial assistance from Illegal Marijuana Market Enforcement Grant Program in order to address ongoing humanitarian crisis associated with unlawful marijuana cultivation or distribution operations. Directs Department of Revenue to make quarterly distributions from Oregon Marijuana Account to Oregon Criminal Justice Commission for costs incurred in awarding grants to community-based organizations. Requires commission to report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly on recommendations for changes to funding for grant program. Delays sunset of program until June 30, 2025. Directs department to make one-time transfer of funds to cities and counties in this state. 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.
Directs Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to convene advisory council to assist with recommendations related to health care standards in local correctional facilities. Requires commission to submit report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to judiciary on or before September 15, 2022. Sunsets January 2, 2023. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
