Rep. Brad Witt

Establishes Homeownership Repair and Rehabilitation Program within Housing and Community Services Department to provide grants to eligible nonprofit organizations to provide financial assistance to persons in low income households for repair and rehabilitation of residences. Delineates program requirements. Establishes Homeownership Repair and Rehabilitation Program Fund and continuously appropriates moneys in fund to department. Appropriates moneys to department to award grants to eligible nonprofit organizations to participate in program. Makes program and fund operative January 1, 2018. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2017.

Expands offense of unlawful tethering to include tethering domestic animal for more than 15 minutes in certain weather conditions. Punishes by maximum fine of $1,000.

Provides that court may not issue warrant or impose sanction of confinement for contempt that results from defendant's failure to comply with judgment debtor examination or written interrogatories. Provides that person against whom contempt complaint has been issued as result of failure to comply with judgment debtor examination or written interrogatories may not be cited to appear in lieu of custody. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to City of St. Helens for central waterfront redevelopment and Portland Harbor cleanup support project. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2017.

Requires contracting agency to develop and implement policy for granting preference to bidder, proposer or offeror that is headquartered or does majority of business transactions within this state or within United States, that agrees to supply goods or services from sources located within this state or within United States or that agrees to perform substantially all work required in procurement with personnel or resources obtained within this state or within United States. Becomes operative January 1, 2018. Takes effect 91 days after adjournment sine die.

Directs Bureau of Labor and Industries to study issue of wage theft. .

Proposes amendment to Oregon Constitution providing that law authorizing police officer to ask person if person is in possession of firearm is not law violating right of people against unreasonable search or seizure. Refers proposed amendment to people for their approval or rejection at next regular general election.

Requires contracting agency to base determination of contractor's responsibility for public improvement contract on contractor's demonstrating that contractor has provided health insurance to contractor's employees for period of two years before contractor submitted bid for public improvement contract. Specifies exemptions for certain bidders.

Requires State Chief Information Officer to develop, in collaboration with state agencies and Secretary of State, State Treasurer and Attorney General, curriculum and materials for training state employees in information security. Specifies criteria for curriculum and materials. Requires state agencies and Secretary of State, State Treasurer and Attorney General to implement information security training for state employees annually or as conditions otherwise warrant. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Vests sole authority to regulate hunting ammunition and fishing gear with Legislative Assembly with specified exceptions. Prohibits public bodies from regulating hunting ammunition, fishing gear and angling equipment unless authorized by statute. Applies to prohibitions, restrictions and regulations adopted by public bodies before, on and after effective date of Act.