Rep. Tawna Sanchez

Prohibits public body from disclosing specified information concerning person unless required by state or federal law. Prohibits public body from inquiring concerning person's citizenship or immigration status except as required by state or federal law or when determining benefit eligibility. Authorizes public body to decline to disclose information concerning person's citizenship or immigration status except as required by state or federal law or in certain other circumstances. Directs Attorney General to publish model policies for public bodies intended to limit, in manner consistent with state and federal law, immigration enforcement in public facilities. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Modifies definition of "labor contractor" to include property services contractor. Requires Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries to establish procedures for licensing of property services contractors. Requires commissioner to adopt rules for property services contractors to provide training to employees with respect to sexual harassment, discrimination and whistleblower protection.

Directs Housing and Community Services Department to develop and implement Rent Guarantee Program to provide incentives and financial assistance to landlords that rent or lease to low income households by guaranteeing payments to landlords for unpaid rent and for eviction and property damage costs within certain limits. Authorizes department to request proposals from and contract with program providers to administer program. Requires collection of performance outcome measures and annual report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly on housing. Establishes Rent Guarantee Program Fund and continuously appropriates moneys to department for Rent Guarantee Program.

Requires large employers in specified industries to provide new employee with estimated work schedule and to provide current employee with seven days' notice of employee work schedule. Extends work schedule notice period to two weeks effective July 1, 2020. Permits large employers in specified industries to maintain list of employees for work shift coverage in certain circumstances. Prohibits large employers in specified industries from scheduling work shifts that do not allow sufficient break time in between shifts unless employee earns 1.5 times scheduled rate of pay. Requires large employers in specified industries to pay penalty wage if employer changes scheduled shift with less than seven days' notice. Provides exception to penalty wage in certain circumstances. Requires large employers in specified industries to maintain records relating to compliance for three years. Makes unlawful employment practice for large employers in specified industries to interfere with employee rights or retaliate against employee for exercising rights granted to employee under Act. Allows for administrative or civil cause of action and statutory penalties for each violation. Repeals sunset of preemption of local government regulation of work schedules. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Expands laws regarding preservation of participating properties that are publicly supported housing. Requires owner of participating property to provide notice to Housing and Community Services Department and local governments two years prior to expiration of contract or withdrawal of participating property from publicly supported housing. Requires property owner who violates notice requirements to extend affordability restriction on participating property. Requires owner of participating property to provide department and local governments with opportunity to offer to purchase participating property. Requires owner of participating property subject to certain contracts to provide department and local governments with right of first refusal to purchase participating property. Establishes timelines and requirements for department and local governments to exercise opportunity to offer to purchase participating property and right of first refusal to purchase participating property. Authorizes civil action by person who suffers ascertainable loss or damage as result of property owner's failure to comply with laws. Appropriates additional moneys from General Fund to department for certain biennial expenses. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Transfers authority over court appointed special advocates and CASA Volunteer Programs from Oregon Volunteers Commission for Voluntary Action and Service to Oregon Department of Administrative Services. Prescribes duties and responsibilities of Oregon Department of Administrative Services. Authorizes department to contract with nongovernmental entity to serve as statewide coordinating entity for provision of court appointed special advocate services throughout state. Requires statewide coordinating entity to provide biannual reports to department. Requires department to report annually to committees of Legislative Assembly regarding provision of court appointed special advocate services in state. Establishes Court Appointed Special Advocate Fund and continuously appropriates moneys in fund to department for purpose of providing court appointed special advocate services in state. Requires each CASA Volunteer Program to report biannually to committees of Legislative Assembly on court appointed special advocate services. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2017.

Directs Department of Corrections to include in inmate release plan information concerning transitional housing or treatment programs to which inmate has been accepted. Directs State Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision to consider eligibility for transitional housing and residential treatment programs when determining whether to waive requirement that person released on post-prison supervision reside in county in which person resided prior to incarceration. Directs Department of Corrections to collect data concerning residency requirement waivers and submit annual report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to judiciary. Sunsets reporting requirement February 1, 2022.

Directs Department of Education to convene advisory group to develop statewide ethnic studies standards for adoption into existing statewide social studies standards for public kindergarten through grade 12. Directs department to adopt ethnic studies standards into existing statewide social studies standards for public kindergarten through grade 12. Sunsets advisory group on January 2, 2022. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Requires Department of Human Services to provide trauma-informed training to child welfare personnel. Requires department to develop written guidelines for trauma-informed practices for department employees who work with programs for children. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2017.

Requires Secretary of State to ensure that there is at least one official ballot drop site at each public high school and on campus of each school of higher education. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Secretary of State for purpose of hiring individuals to assist with new drop sites. Declares emergency, effective on passage.