Rep. Ken Helm

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.

Establishes Racial Equity and Justice Youth Collaborative. Prescribes membership and duties of collaborative. Directs Department of Education to establish work group to establish standards for selection process of members of collaborative. Sunsets work group on August 30, 2023. Takes effect July 1, 2022.

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.

Authorizes issuance of lottery bonds to produce proceeds for distribution to City of St. Helens for purpose of storm water management at St. Helens Industrial Business Park. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

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.

Establishes procedures by which certain crime or abuse victims and other authorized persons may request and receive copies of law enforcement agency records concerning case. ] Establishes Task Force on Victim Access to Police Records. Directs task force to develop recommendations for legislation to ensure victims of crime, abuse, neglect or other potentially criminal conduct can access from law enforcement entities records related to crime, abuse, neglect or potentially criminal conduct perpetrated against them. Requires task force to submit report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to law enforcement no later than November 1, 2022. Sunsets task force on June 30, 2023. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Directs Department of Revenue to develop schedule allowing personal income taxpayers to voluntarily report taxpayers' self-identified race and ethnicity identifiers. Requires restricted access to collected data. Prohibits access to data by department collection and audit staff or by Internal Revenue Service. Prohibits commercial ] use of data by tax practitioners and tax preparation software vendors for purposes other than preparing and filing of returns . Directs department to report annually, beginning in 2023, on development and implementation of data collection schedule to appropriate committee or interim committee of Legislative Assembly related to information management and technology. Sunsets reporting requirement on January 2, 2028. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Allows persons convicted of felony to register to vote, update voter registration and vote in elections while incarcerated. Specifies that person's residence is where person resided prior to incarceration. .

Increases distance from certain parts of public places and places of employment within which person may not smoke, aerosolize or vaporize inhalant from 10 feet to 25 feet. Creates exception for public places and places of employment that hold specified licenses issued by Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission.