Rep. Greg Smith

Limits terminations and rent increases for three years after tenants' housing is withdrawn from publicly supported housing. Requires owners or landlords to provide notice to new tenants and applicants during notice period before withdrawal from publicly supported housing. Allows Housing and Community Services Department to record extension of affordability restrictions for publicly supported housing if property owner misses certain deadlines. Allows department to record right of first refusal if no qualified purchaser makes an offer. Makes other amendments to publicly supported housing preservation program. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Requires Governor, in appointing members to Oregon State Board of Nursing, to balance diversity of setting in which nurse or certified nursing assistant members provide care. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Requires Oregon Business Development Department to provide financial assistance to support broadband access, affordability and adoption. Permits department to establish one or more programs to provide financial assistance. Requires that department, when evaluating proposed projects under program to support broadband service infrastructure, give preference to proposed projects that serve unserved areas or underserved areas. ] Requires department to establish by rule, for each program established, certain criteria, requirements and processes. Specifies certain definition, eligibility criteria and process for challenging applications that shall apply to programs Oregon Business Development Department establishes that support broadband service infrastructure using moneys from federal Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund. Specifies certain definitions and eligibility criteria that shall apply to programs Oregon Business Development Department establishes that support broadband service infrastructure using moneys from federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program. Makes Broadband Fund permanent. Expands permitted uses of moneys in Broadband Fund. Removes requirements for Oregon Business Development Department to establish by rule certain criteria, requirements and processes for temporary program for providing grants or loans to support projects for planning and development of broadband service infrastructure and digital literacy, inclusion and adoption. Removes requirements for department to give certain preference in making grant or loan award decisions. Requires Oregon Broadband Advisory Council to include in biennial report evaluation of continuing need for temporary program for providing grants or loans to support projects for planning and development of broadband service infrastructure and digital literacy, inclusion and adoption. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Declares children who are deaf, hard of hearing or deaf-blind have same rights and potential as children who are not deaf, hard of hearing or deaf-blind. Requires school districts to provide children who are deaf, hard of hearing or deaf-blind with hearing and vision screenings and assessments, communication and language support and access to relevant services and programs at earliest possible age and throughout education experience.

Modifies definitions to allow for publication of legal notices in digital facsimile ] newspaper. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Allows exclusion from taxable estate for value of interest in farm, forestry or fishing business. Applies to estates of decedents dying on or after July 1, 2023. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Directs Department of Education to conduct study to identify sources of funding to pay for costs of establishing secure, single point of entry for each public school. Directs department to submit report to interim committee of Legislative Assembly no later than September 15, 2024. Sunsets January 2, 2025. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Exempts receipts from sales of precious metals from commercial activity subject to corporate activity tax. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2024. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Requires State Department of Energy to study energy. Directs department to submit findings to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to energy not later than September 15, 2024.

Requires Oregon Department of Administrative Services to adopt rules to govern procurements of clean energy technology. Directs department to cooperate with state agencies with expertise in energy production and conservation and in reducing or mitigating environmental impacts. Specifies required contents of rules. Directs other state agencies to cooperate with department in adopting and implementing rules. Permits department to enter into cooperative procurements and intergovernmental agreements to procure clean energy technology in combination with other governmental bodies in this state, State of Washington and Province of British Columbia to provide incentive for clean energy technology manufacturers and suppliers to create and retain high-skilled manufacturing jobs. Establishes Task Force on Establishing, Attracting and Supporting Regional ] Sustaining Manufacturing of Clean Energy Technology. Specifies task force membership and requires task force to study and recommend methods to attract and foster manufacturing firms and operations to this state, with emphasis on using public procurements of clean energy technology to create market and to give incentives to prospective contractors to create and retain high-skill jobs ] of attracting, fostering and sustaining manufacturing firms and operations in this state, while maximizing additional benefits, including creating and sustaining living wage or union jobs, alleviating supply chain constraints and improving access to clean energy technologies, supporting technological innovation and diversifying economy of this state . Creates income and corporate excise tax credit for advanced manufacturing production, calculated as percentage of corresponding federal income tax credit. ] Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2024, and before January 1, 2030. ] Establishes Oregon Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing Opportunity Fund and appropriates moneys in fund to Oregon Business Development Department. Permits department to make expenditures from fund to foster, attract and sustain clean energy technology industries, early-stage companies that can grow into manufacturing operations and for other purposes, including making grants to certified community development financial institution for allocation to nonprofit organizations that promote clean energy technology manufacturing. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.