Rep. Alissa Keny-Guyer

Requires Environmental Quality Commission to adopt by rule program for regulating air contaminant emissions from new facilities generating methane or other toxic gas. Requires Department of Environmental Quality to administer and enforce program. Becomes operative January 1, 2019. Requires department to report on program to interim committees on environment and natural resources no later than September 15, 2020.

Changes name of Oregon Global Warming Commission to Oregon Climate Change Commission. Requires commission to appoint executive director. Appropriates moneys to commission for purposes related to executive director of commission. Modifies certain duties of commission and of certain nonvoting members of commission. Modifies certain duties of certain agencies of state government with regard to duties of commission. .

Removes existing specification of maximum application and processing fees local government may charge for recommendation regarding Oregon Liquor Control Commission issuance or renewal of license.

Requires certain persons to not drive in far left lane unless passing. Provides exceptions. Punishes by maximum fine of $250. Clarifies that certain persons must drive in far right lane.

Requires children under two years of age to be properly secured in car seat in rear-facing position.

Confirms that discrimination claim may address disparate impact discrimination, or action that is fair in form but discriminatory in operation.

Requires city or county to review and decide on applications for certain housing developments containing affordable housing units within 100 days. Establishes standards of review for city or county decision on application for certain housing developments located within urban growth boundary. Directs Department of Land Conservation and Development to study housing development in cities. Amends definition of "needed housing." Prohibits local government from adopting standards regulating development of housing that discourage needed housing through designation of primarily residential neighborhood as national historic district or that reduce density of application if density applied for is below authorized density for zone. Prohibits city or county from prohibiting building duplex or accessory dwelling unit in area zoned for single-family dwellings located within urban growth boundary. Requires city and county to allow nonresidential place of worship to use real property for affordable housing. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Requires Oregon Volunteers Commission for Voluntary Action and Service to maintain volunteer staff of court appointed special advocates sufficient to meet statutory requirement to appoint court appointed special advocate in every juvenile dependency proceeding. Requires commission to meet National CASA Association standards for number of court appointed special advocates and cases that are supervised at any one time by supervisors in CASA Volunteer Programs. Appropriates moneys to commission for purpose of maintaining volunteer staff and supervisory levels. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2017.

Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Human Services to administer general assistance project. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2017.

Directs Department of Education to review scientific studies on potential health risks associated with repeated exposure to radiofrequency radiation emitted from wireless computer network technology and wireless communication devices. Declares emergency, effective on passage.