Declares racism as public health crisis in this state.
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Requires board of directors of publicly traded corporation to have specified proportion of female directors and directors who are members of underrepresented communities. Punishes violation of requirement with civil penalty of at least $100,000 ] $10,000 . Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Directs Department of Justice to study issues related to prosecuting crime of riot and to provide results of study to interim committees of Legislative Assembly no later than December 31, 2021. Sunsets January 2, 2022. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Establishes Individual Development Account Fund. Continuously appropriates moneys in fund to Housing and Community Services Department to support fiduciary organizations' development of individual development accounts. Modifies individual development account program and decouples program from sunset tax credit program. ] Appropriates moneys to the fund. ] Extends and modifies tax credits for donations for individual development accounts. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2022, and before January 1, 2028. Modifies individual development account program.
Removes certain nonviolent crimes from list of crimes that automatically make person ineligible to hold license or registration issued by Teacher Standards and Practices Commission if person has been convicted of crime. Directs commission to establish standards for determining when to issue license or registration to person who has been convicted of those crimes. ] Allows commission to refuse to issue license or registration to person who has been convicted of those crimes.
Provides court with discretion to appoint counsel for child or children in hearings related to domestic relations, custody or support, parentage or habeas corpus. Requires child or children to meet with mental health professional prior to appointment of counsel. Provides for reasonable attorney fees and costs. Permits party to move for removal of appointed counsel.
Establishes Task Force on Age Discrimination. Directs task force to identify and evaluate impacts of age discrimination in workplace and report to interim committees relating to business and labor. Sunsets December 31, 2022. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires school districts to ensure that students for whom out-of-school suspensions or expulsions have been imposed receive specified services during suspensions or expulsions. Requires school districts to submit annual report related to discipline to Department of Education. Directs department to assist school districts that disproportionately impose discipline on any student groups that have historically experienced academic disparities.
Converts mandatory minimum sentences for specified felonies other than murder to presumptive sentences. Reduces presumptive sentences for certain crimes. Authorizes court to impose greater or lesser sentence according to sentencing guidelines of Oregon Criminal Justice Commission. Authorizes person receiving presumptive sentence to be eligible for certain programs and sentence reductions. ] Directs Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to establish program to award grants for restorative justice programs. Directs commission to report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to judiciary concerning awarding of grants. Appropriates moneys to commission for purposes of program. Requires police officer to inform stopped person of right to refuse consent to search. Requires police officer to provide stopped person with specified identifying information if stop does not result in arrest or citation. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to Northwest Health Foundation Fund II for deposit into Reimagine Safety Fund. Describes permissible uses of funds and requires reporting to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to judiciary on use of funds. Prohibits arrest without warrant for misdemeanor other than person Class A misdemeanor unless offense committed in presence of law enforcement officer. ] Requires law enforcement officers to issue citation in lieu of arrest for specified crimes in certain circumstances . Prohibits traffic stop based solely on specified traffic violations and authorizes issuance of citation to registered owner of motor vehicle by mail . Prohibits parole and probation officers from carrying firearm while performing official duties ] contacting probationer in certain locations except in certain circumstances . Requires certain training for certification and continuing education for parole and probation officers. Expands earned reduction in term of probation or post-prison supervision. ] Modifies general conditions of probation and post-prison supervision. Prohibits revocation of probation or post-prison supervision unless person willfully absconds or is convicted of new felony or person Class A misdemeanor. ] Provides that parole and probation officers have duty to provide supervised person ability to report by least onerous means. Prohibits supervision fees. Modifies Justice Reinvestment Program grant distribution. Requires that 20 percent of grant funds be distributed to Northwest Health Foundation Fund II for distribution as subgrants. Appropriates moneys to Oregon Criminal Justice Commission for deposit into Justice Reinvestment Account. Directs commission to evaluate subgrant program and report on progress of evaluation to Legislative Assembly. Appropriates moneys to commission for purposes of evaluation. Directs Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to collect certain data on imposition of supervision conditions, persons on supervision and expenditures of Justice Reinvestment Program funds and biennially report on data to Legislative Assembly. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Amends apprenticeship statutes to permit establishment of firefighter apprentice program. Appropriates money to Bureau of Labor and Industries for purpose of establishing firefighter apprentice program. Declares emergency, effective on passage.