Rep. Carl Wilson

Proposes amendment to Oregon Constitution to vest power of impeachment of statewide elected Executive Branch officials in House of Representatives and power to try impeachments in Senate. Requires three-fifths majority vote of House of Representatives to deliver impeachment resolution to Senate and two-thirds majority vote of Senate for conviction. Limits judgment to removal from office and disqualification from holding other public office. Refers proposed amendment to people for approval or rejection at next regular general election held throughout this state.

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. Creates crime for failure to exercise proper standard of care, punishable by maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both. Allows specified person to bring civil action for damages and equitable relief against health care practitioner for failure to exercise proper standard 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.

Prohibits abortion unless physician has first determined probable post-fertilization age of unborn child, except in case of medical emergency. Prohibits abortion of unborn child with probable post-fertilization age of 20 or more weeks, except in case of medical emergency. Requires physician who performs or induces, or attempts to perform or induce, abortion to file report, within 30 days, with Oregon Health Authority. Requires authority to publish annually statistics relating to abortion.

Requires Oregon Department of Administrative Services to include tribal boundaries on any legislative district maps department produces.

Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Higher Education Coordinating Commission for distribution to community colleges and community college service districts for various purposes.

Provides that hours worked by school marshal providing security in school do not count for purposes of limitations on reemployment of retired member of Public Employees Retirement System.

Directs State Department of Agriculture to advance design of cannabis business certification program. Directs Oregon Liquor Control Commission to allocate moneys from Marijuana Control and Regulation Fund to department for purposes of cannabis business certification program. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2019.

Adopts prior Legislative Branch Personnel Rules for Eightieth Legislative Assembly, except as modified in concurrent resolution. Modifies direction to keep information regarding harassment investigation confidential in cases where harassment investigation is undertaken under informal reporting process of legislative branch personnel rules, to exclude person alleged to have experienced harassment from confidentiality restrictions. Eliminates confidentiality restrictions when formal complaint is made under rules. Expands period of time for which informal report or formal complaint may be made from one year to four years after incident of alleged harassment occurs.

Prohibits State Fish and Wildlife Commission from approving operation of Cole M. Rivers Hatchery by State Department of Fish and Wildlife, unless United States Army Corps of Engineers agrees to fish return goals set by commission. ] Makes legislative findings regarding failure of United States Army Corps of Engineers to operate Cole M. Rivers Hatchery in conformance with fish return goals. Provides special statute of limitation for commencement of actions against corps by affected counties for damages resulting from failure to operate hatchery in conformance with fish return goals. Makes special statute of limitation operative retroactively to revive extinguished causes of action.

Directs Higher Education Coordinating Commission to conduct study to determine whether additional legislation is necessary to enhance process of transferring academic credits between community colleges and public universities. ] Requires commission to report findings to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to higher education on or before September 15, 2020. ] Sunsets January 2, 2021. ] Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die. ] Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to provide pilot program grant to consortium to assist public post-secondary institutions of education in Klamath County, Jackson County and Josephine County. Requires grant moneys to be used to provide funding for navigators, explore feasibility of shared recruitment and admission into programs at consortium institutions and develop benchmarks and metrics to measure success of collaborative consortium approach. Requires commission to provide report detailing results of pilot program grant to Legislative Assembly by March 1, 2021. Sunsets January 2, 2022. Declares emergency, effective on passage.