Rep. Rob Nosse

Establishes universal representation program in Oregon Department of Administrative Services. Directs department to contract with nonprofit organization to serve as fiscal agent to award grants to organizations providing services related to universal representation of persons in immigration matters. ] Appropriates moneys to department to implement program. ] Provides for nonprofit organization that addresses and executes worker relief to serve as fiscal agent to award grants to organizations to provide services related to immigration matters through universal representation program. Requires fiscal agent to report annually to appropriate committee or interim committee of Legislative Assembly, Oregon Department of Administrative Services and Legislative Fiscal Office. Directs Chief Justice of Supreme Court to transfer funds to Oregon State Bar for use by Legal Services Program to provide legal services to individuals on immigration matters and related matters. Establishes Universal Representation Fund in State Treasury. Appropriates moneys to department for purposes of deposit in fund. Appropriates moneys to Judicial Department for purposes of transfer to Oregon State Bar. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Requires Department of Consumer and Business Services to develop and implement programs to make one-time payments directly to certain workers as incentive payments to return to work or as worker retention payments for workers who were frontline essential workers during first year of COVID-19 pandemic. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Directs those agencies that administer certain state laws to use specific criteria to determine whether individual is employee or independent contractor and to cooperate in adopting rules to facilitate consistency in application of definition of independent contractor and provisions of Act. Creates rebuttable presumption that individual who performs services for remuneration for hiring entity is employee when employment status of individual is at issue.

Directs Housing and Community Services Department to establish and maintain uniform rental application system. Requires landlords to accept uniform rental application submitted with uniform tenant screening report. Becomes operative January 1, 2022. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Declares racism as public health crisis in this state.

Prohibits termination of commercial tenancy for nonpayment if outstanding nonpayment balance does not exceed nonpayment balance at end of grace period amortized over remaining term of rental agreement. Allows tenants to extend tenancy by up to seven months. Sunsets January 2, 2023. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

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.

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.

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.

Requires Director of Oregon Health Authority to work with Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission to take statewide inventory of services available to prevent and treat substance use disorders and to support individuals in recovery from substance use disorders. Specifies requirements for inventory. Requires Director of Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission to report findings to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to mental and behavioral health by November 1, 2021. Sunsets January 2, 2023. Expands designated state agencies that must work with commission and requires agencies to meet with commission quarterly to review and report on each agency's progress and to report process and outcome measures established under commission's comprehensive addiction, prevention, treatment and recovery plan. Declares emergency, effective on passage.