Rep. Karin Power

Requires school or school district to offer lunches and breakfasts at no charge to student if school or school district meets requirements of special provisions of federal meal program or if student is from household with income that does not exceed 300 percent of federal poverty guidelines. Clarifies reimbursement rate to schools and school districts that offer breakfast or lunch at no charge to student. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2021.

Requires each community college and public university to hire benefits navigator to assist students in determining eligibility and applying for federal, state and local benefits programs. Requires community colleges and public universities to establish statewide consortium to enable benefits navigator to coordinate with benefits navigators at other institutions and to develop best practices. Requires community colleges and public universities to develop internal process to enable students to provide feedback and recommendations on how institution can better assist students in determining eligibility for benefits programs and applying for assistance under benefits programs. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Requires city that provides disability or retirement system for firefighters and police officers ] by ordinance or charter that is not subject to workers' compensation law to apply provisions requiring presumption that condition or impairment of health is occupational disease that results from employment if firefighter took physical examination upon gaining or during employment that failed to reveal evidence of occupational disease that existed before employment. Requires that city's denial of claim for compensation for occupational disease must be on basis of clear and convincing medical evidence that condition or impairment of health is unrelated to employment. Establishes that time limitations for filing claim are one year from date claimant first discovered or should have discovered occupational disease, one year from date claimant becomes disabled or is informed by physician that claimant is suffering from occupational disease or one year from date that worker's beneficiary first discovered or reasonably should have discovered that cause of worker's death was occupational disease. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Modifies crime of interfering with a peace officer or parole and probation officer. Removes refusal to obey officer order as manner of committing crime. Provides that person may not be arrested for or charged with interfering with a peace officer or parole and probation officer for conduct that would constitute any ] if person is arrested or charged for other criminal offense based on same conduct . Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Removes "gender identity" from definition of "sexual orientation" in ORS 174.100 and creates standalone definition of "gender identity" in ORS 174.100. Adds "gender identity" or "gender identities" to all statutes that reference "sexual orientation" or "sexual orientations." Repeals prohibition on political subdivisions enacting or enforcing certain laws related to sexual orientation. Removes provision that sexual orientation is not physical or mental impairment qualifying as disability under certain employment discrimination statutes. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Prohibits law enforcement agency or public body from denying services, benefits, privileges or opportunities to certain individuals on basis of federal civil immigration actions, inquiring about individual's citizenship status without connection to criminal investigation or providing information about individual in custody to federal immigration authority. Requires law enforcement agency to explain to individual committed or detained by law enforcement agency individual's right to refuse to disclose nationality, citizenship or immigration status and potential immigration consequences of refusal to disclose. Prohibits use of public resources to assist federal immigration enforcement. Requires public body that receives communication or request for assistance from federal immigration authority to report request or communication to Oregon Criminal Justice Commission. Requires commission to continually publish reports of communications and requests received by public bodies. Requires Department of Justice to establish mechanism to receive reports of certain violations. Prohibits public body, law enforcement agency or officer from entering into specified agreements related to federal immigration enforcement. Allows any person to bring action to enjoin law enforcement agency or public body from providing certain information to federal immigration authority, using agency resources to enforce immigration laws or failing to comply with other requirements. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Repeals ] Modifies statute authorizing law enforcement officers to command dispersal of unlawful assemblies and arrest participants who do not disperse. Removes requirement to go among persons unlawfully assembled and arrest persons. Authorizes arrest for unlawful activity constituting offense.

Limits authority of school district to become member of voluntary organization that administers interscholastic activities unless organization implements policy that prohibits discrimination based on race, color or national origin ] equity focused policies that meet certain requirements . Clarifies meaning of race to include natural hair, hair texture, hair type and protective hairstyles for purposes of prohibited discrimination under antidiscrimination statutes. Clarifies that valid dress code or policy may not have disproportionate adverse impact on members of protected class to extent that is greater than impact on persons generally.

Provides that registered owner may request that registration card issued for vehicle include that owner, or person operating vehicle, may be deaf or hard of hearing. Prohibits Department of Transportation from adding restriction on driver license or driver permit if reason for restriction is because person is deaf or hard of hearing. ] Provides that person may include on driver license or identification card fact that person is deaf or hard of hearing.

Prohibits termination of commercial tenancy for nonpayment if outstanding rent balance does not exceed rent deposit. ] Sunsets January 2, 2023. ] Extends grace period for repayment of nonresidential rent between April 1, 2020, and September 30, 2020, until September 30, 2021, for certain tenants. Declares emergency, effective on passage ] March 31, 2021 .