Exempts graduate students at public universities who qualify for tuition equity from having to pay nonresident tuition. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Makes unlawful employment practice for employer to request employee to ] enter agreement that would prevent employee from disclosing or discussing conduct that constitutes unlawful discrimination, including sexual assault. Allows civil and administrative remedies for violation against unlawful employment practice. Provides that employer may, in certain circumstances, enter into settlement, separation or severance agreement that includes provision that would prevent employee from disclosing or discussing such conduct or that would prohibit employee from seeking reemployment with employer as term or condition of agreement. Allows civil and administrative remedies for violation against unlawful practice. Makes unlawful employment practice for any person to aid, abet, incite, compel, coerce or conceal any acts prohibited under provisions of Act and any acts that constitute certain types of unlawful discrimination. Clarifies that employer's withholding of certain information from person who is owner, president, partner or corporate officer of employer, during course of employer's investigation, is not unlawful employment practice, provided that employer makes person aware of ongoing investigation. ] Allows person who is owner, president, partner or corporate officer to be held individually liable for engaging in prohibited acts. ] Requires all employers to adopt written policy containing procedures and practices for reduction and prevention of certain types of unlawful discrimination, including sexual assault. Requires employers to post notice ] make policy available to employees in workplace and provide employees with copy of policy at time of hire. Requires Bureau of Labor and Industries to make available on bureau's website model procedures or polices that employers may use to establish employer policies. Makes voidable any agreement to pay severance pay to person found to have engaged in conduct that violates employer's policies or provisions of Act and such violations were substantial contributing factor in causing separation from employment . Extends timeline for filing complaint with Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries alleging certain unlawful employment practices. Extends statute of limitations from one year to seven ] five years to file civil action for certain violations of law. Provides that extended statute of limitations applies to certain conduct that occurs on or after effective date of Act. Requires commissioner to adopt any rules necessary to implement certain provisions of Act no later than 90 days after effective date. Becomes operative January ] October 1, 2020. Permits commissioner to adopt rules and take any action before operative date of Act that is necessary to enable bureau to exercise duties, powers and functions conferred on bureau. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires school district to adopt policy requiring comprehensive district plan on student suicide prevention. Prescribes requirements of policy ] plan . Directs school district to adopt policy by beginning of 2020-2021 school year. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Includes battery storage in definition of "green energy technology." Defines "total contract price." Permits contracting agency, as alternative to including green energy technology in construction, reconstruction or major renovation of public building, to make expenditure to improve energy use efficiency in public building. Adds requirement to show results of analysis of total solar resource fraction that applies to site on which contracting agency intends to construct green energy technology that uses solar energy for space or water heating or to generate electricity. Permits contracting agency to use green energy for space or water heating or to generate electricity if total solar resource fraction exceeds 75 percent. Permits contracting agency to enter into agreement with another contracting agency to pool resources or share costs related to including green energy technology or woody biomass energy technology or making expenditure to improve building energy use efficiency in construction, reconstruction or major renovation ] consolidate in one public building, or in one location away from site of public building, all or substantial proportion of green energy technology that contracting agency would otherwise include as part of construction, reconstruction or major renovation of public building if total amount that contracting agency expends on green energy technology is aggregate of all amounts contracting agency must expend on each public building that is part of same project and if project, taken as whole, otherwise meets requirements of Act . Becomes operative on January 1, 2020. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Provides that person subject to certain court protective orders is prohibited from possessing firearms if person had opportunity to be heard on order and did not request hearing , failed to appear at hearing or withdrew request before hearing occurred. Punishes violation of prohibition by maximum of 364 days' imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both. Requires court to order relinquishment of firearms and ammunition when person is convicted of certain domestic violence offenses or subject to certain court orders. Requires person to transfer firearms and ammunition within 24 hours of court order. Requires court to notify district attorney and Department of State Police if person does not file affidavit or declaration concerning possession of firearms. ] Requires person to file declaration concerning disposition of firearms and ammunition within two judicial days of order. Authorizes contempt proceedings against person who does not file declaration. Requires law enforcement agency that takes custody of firearms pursuant to relinquishment order to notify Department of Justice and perform criminal background check prior to law enforcement agency's return of firearms. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Restricts limitation on award of noneconomic damages to claims in actions for wrongful death. Corrects inaccurate reference for definition. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Recognizes 2019 as International Year of the Salmon and expresses support for associated global initiative affirming importance of wild salmon.
Extends period for filing restraining order under Family Abuse Prevention Act to two years from 180 days after date of abuse. ] Extends period for elderly persons and persons with disabilities to file restraining order to two years from 180 days after date of abuse. ] Extends period for filing sexual abuse restraining order to two years from 180 days after date of abuse. ] Modifies Family Abuse Prevention Act to authorize court to continue restraining order if abuse occurred within specified period, petitioner reasonably fears for petitioner's physical safety and respondent represents credible threat to physical safety of petitioner or petitioner's child. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Directs Department of State Police to study how to increase and improve criminal justice resources relating to missing and murdered Native American women in Oregon and report to appropriate committee or interim committee of Legislative Assembly no later than September 15, 2020. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Directs Oregon Health Authority to adopt rules requiring infants to be screened to detect certain diseases. ] Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die. ] Establishes Newborn Bloodspot Screening Advisory Board in Oregon Health Authority. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
