Prohibits long term care facilities, residential facilities, adult foster homes, child care facilities, child-caring agencies, foster homes, youth care centers, youth offender foster homes or other entities that are licensed, certified or registered to provide care to children, youth, individuals with disabilities or older adults from interfering with good faith disclosure of information by employees or volunteers about abuse or mistreatment of individuals cared for by entity, violations of state or federal laws or other practice that threatens health and safety of individuals cared for by entity, to regulatory agencies, law enforcement authorities, persons acting on behalf of individual and other specified individuals. Makes interfering with disclosure of information specified in Act unlawful employment practice.
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Creates civil cause of action against person who knowingly summons police officer for reason other than suspected criminal activity ] with intent to cause specified harm.
Requires that, to extent provided by Oregon Liquor Control Commission rules, if appellation of origin on wine label is American viticultural area in Oregon that is in larger American viticultural area, label must also identify larger American viticultural area. Requires commission to make requirement applicable by rule within Willamette Valley viticultural area. Prohibits use of American viticultural area on wine label in manner resembling brand. Creates exception. Applies to wine labeled on or after January 1, 2023. Requires commission to appoint advisory committee. Sunsets advisory committee January 2, 2024. Requires commission to adopt rules establishing penalty schedule for labeling requirement. Requires adoption of initial rules in time to take effect January 1, 2023. Repeals rule adoption requirement January 2, 2024. Requires commission to report to interim committee of Legislative Assembly no later than September 15, 2020, regarding advisory committee recommendations and status of commission rule adoption proceedings. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Authorizes cities with population greater than 30,000 but less than 40,000 within county with population greater than 105,000 but less than 125,000 to impose affordable housing conditions on housing developments. ] Sunsets January 2, 2023. ] Requires cities and counties to exempt certain CCRCs from requirements to include affordable housing within development.
Prohibits use of hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas exploration and production. Sunsets January 2, 2030 ] 2025 . Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Specifies charges , or ] convictions , arrests, deferred sentences, conditional discharges, referrals for diversion programs and pending indictments that may not be considered in fitness determinations. Specifies types of licenses, certifications or employment for which conviction of certain crimes or charges, arrests, conditional discharges, referrals for diversion programs, deferred sentences or pending indictments regarding certain crimes are ] may be disqualifying. Prohibits Oregon Health Authority or Department of Human Services from conducting criminal records checks on long term care and support service providers more than once in every two-year period except under stated conditions. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Specifies certain presumptions as to cause of ] compensability of covered employee's claim of benefits under workers' compensation law for death, disability or impairment of health of fire service professional, public safety personnel or employee of public or private safety agency with duties related to firefighting, police, ambulance or emergency medical services in claim for benefits related to occupational disease under workers' compensation law ]. Specifies standard of evidence necessary for rebuttal of presumption. Provides that insurer or self-insured employer may later deny compensability of claim if exposure to trauma ceases being of real importance or great consequence in causing disability, impairment of health or need for treatment. Defines "covered employee." Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Directs Department of Transportation to issue up to two individual disability parking placards or decals upon request. ] Provides that temporary duplicate disabled person parking permit may be renewed by mail. Provides that temporary duplicate permit is valid for 120 days. Becomes operative on July 6, 2020.
Requires State Department of Fish and Wildlife, in consultation ] cooperation with Department of Transportation, to develop Wildlife Corridor and Safe Road Crossing ] Action Plan for use by state agencies. Specifies certain content for inclusion in plan. Requires periodic plan updates. Requires State Department of Fish and Wildlife to post report of proposed plan or of proposed updates on website and deliver report to legislative committee ] committees relating to natural resources. Requires department to prepare report regarding operation of program, post report on website and deliver report to legislative committee ] committees relating to natural resources. Requires department to periodically review statutes and rules affecting wildlife corridors and to include findings in report of program operation. Requires state agencies to cooperate with department in plan development. Requires Department of Transportation to develop program for reducing wildlife-vehicle collisions in areas where wildlife corridors intersect with proposed or existing public roads. Requires department to incorporate wildlife corridors into design options for road projects having potential to threaten wildlife habitat connectivity ] create or modify infrastructure to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions . Requires inclusion of mitigation plan in road project environmental impact statement. ] Requires department to biennially report on program to legislative committees relating to natural resources.
Allows person issued disabled parking permit to park in parking space otherwise reserved for residents.