Establishes timeline for restrictions on sales of petroleum diesel for use in motor vehicles. Establishes timeline for restrictions on purchase of petroleum diesel for use in motor vehicles by public bodies. ] Directs State Department of Agriculture to suspend enforcement of restrictions if supply of renewable diesel is determined to be insufficient to meet anticipated demand. ] Directs State Forestry Department to study feasibility of converting lignocellulosic biomass derived from invasive tree species into renewable diesel feedstocks. ] Establishes Task Force on Renewable Diesel. Directs task force to study availability of renewable diesel, estimate current and future demand for diesel fuels, study incentives for increasing availability of renewable diesel and study implications of removing petroleum diesel from state marketplace. Sunsets January 2, 2023. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Establishes procedures by which certain crime or abuse victims and other authorized persons may request and receive copies of law enforcement agency records concerning case. ] Establishes Task Force on Victim Access to Police Records. Directs task force to develop recommendations for legislation to ensure victims of crime, abuse, neglect or other potentially criminal conduct can access from law enforcement entities records related to crime, abuse, neglect or potentially criminal conduct perpetrated against them. Requires task force to submit report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to law enforcement no later than November 1, 2022. Sunsets task force on June 30, 2023. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Proposes amendment to Oregon Constitution to remove requirement that bonded indebtedness incurred under Article XI-G be matched by amount at least equal to amount of indebtedness. Refers proposed amendment to people for their approval or rejection at next regular general election.
Establishes annual salary of members of Legislative Assembly equal to annual occupational mean wage estimate for ] average wage for all covered employment in Oregon for prior year. Directs that salary of members of Legislative Assembly be adjusted to conform to annual occupational mean wage estimate ] average wage for all covered employment only once every two years. Applies cost-of-living adjustment to monthly interim expense allowance received by members. Authorizes reimbursement for child care expenses child care allowance ] for members who have children or dependents under 13 years of age. Caps monthly amount of reimbursement and limits reimbursement to specified months during which regular sessions of Legislative Assembly occur. Applies to pay periods beginning on or after January 1, 2023. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Directs Department of Revenue to develop schedule allowing personal income taxpayers to voluntarily report taxpayers' self-identified race and ethnicity identifiers. Requires restricted access to collected data. Prohibits access to data by department collection and audit staff or by Internal Revenue Service. Prohibits commercial ] use of data by tax practitioners and tax preparation software vendors for purposes other than preparing and filing of returns . Directs department to report annually, beginning in 2023, on development and implementation of data collection schedule to appropriate committee or interim committee of Legislative Assembly related to information management and technology. Sunsets reporting requirement on January 2, 2028. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Directs State Board of Education to adopt by rule procedures for receiving and investigating complaints of violations of safety, discrimination and welfare laws. ] Prescribes requirements for process of taking complaint that school or education service district is nonstandard. ] Directs State Board of Education to adopt by rule procedures for Department of Education to investigate and resolve allegations of violations of state or federal law that may result in physical harm, denial of instructional days or risk of significant harm or substantial interference with student's ability to safely access public education. Prescribes actions department may take if school district or education service district is found to be in violation of state or federal law. Directs board to adopt by rule requirements for process that education service district must use when district receives complaint that district is not meeting standards established by board. Expands investigative authority of Superintendent of Public Instruction to investigate and resolve complaints of violations relating to special education or early childhood special education. Requires department to appoint at least two individuals to act as student and family advocates. Prescribes duties of advocates. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Allows persons convicted of felony to register to vote, update voter registration and vote in elections while incarcerated. Specifies that person's residence is where person resided prior to incarceration. .
Increases distance from certain parts of public places and places of employment within which person may not smoke, aerosolize or vaporize inhalant from 10 feet to 25 feet. Creates exception for public places and places of employment that hold specified licenses issued by Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission.
Adds to cancers covered by rebuttable presumption of occupational disease for eligible nonvolunteer firefighters. Requires Workers' Compensation Management-Labor Advisory Committee to review material published by National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health related to cancers associated with nonvolunteer firefighters.
Requires Health Information Technology Oversight Council to convene one or more groups of stakeholders and experts to explore options to accelerate, support and improve secure, statewide community information exchanges. Requires council to provide to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to health and to human services draft report no later than September 15, 2022, and final report no later than January 31, 2023, on findings of stakeholder and expert groups and recommendations for legislative changes, if needed, to implement statewide health information and community information exchanges. Sunsets February 28, 2023. Declares emergency, effective on passage.