Rep. Paul Holvey

Establishes Oregon Essential Workforce Health Care Program in Oregon Health Authority to provide health care to employees of ] supplemental payments, as approved by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, to long term care facilities, residential care ] facilities and in-home care agencies that elect to participate in medical assistance program. Directs authority to contract with entity to administer program ] and meet specified requirements, to be used to provide health care benefits to employees of facilities . Exempts from Insurance Code association or group of employers administering self-insured program to provide health insurance coverage if association or group meets specified criteria. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Establishes Office of Immigrant and Refugee Advancement to implement and oversee ] operate statewide immigrant and refugee integration strategy. Directs Governor to appoint director of office. ] Provides that director of office is chosen through open hiring process. Appropriates funds to office. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Amends definition of "employment relations" to include class size and caseload limits as mandatory collective bargaining subjects for school districts ] in schools that qualify for certain federal assistance .

Authorizes rural fire protection district to acquire real property or easement for purpose of establishing fire evacuation route, to construct or maintain fire evacuation route or to participate in agreement related to fire evacuation route. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Prohibits scrap metal business from purchasing or receiving catalytic converters, except from commercial seller or owner of vehicle from which catalytic converter was removed. Modifies record keeping requirements for purchase or receipt of metal property. Modifies defense to charge of unlawfully transporting metal property. Adds certain conduct to offense of purchasing or receiving metal property. Prohibits dismantler from acquiring catalytic converter that has been removed from vehicle.

Permits students participating in intercollegiate sports to earn compensation for use of name, image or likeness and to retain professional representation or athlete agent. Prohibits student from entering contract for use of name, image or likeness that conflicts with team rules or contract between post-secondary institution of education and third party, except that team rules and contract between post-secondary institution of education and third party may not prevent student from earning compensation for use of name, image or likeness when not engaged in official team activities or from use of social media when engaged in official team activities ]. Prohibits student athlete from retaining professional representative or athlete agent who represented post-secondary institution of education at any time in preceding four years. Requires merchandising agreement that covers intercollegiate sports team that includes royalty payments to also include royalty payments to current members of team and royalty payments plus premium to current or former member of team whose name, image or likeness is used. ] Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Declares racism as public health crisis in this state.

Provides alternative criteria for domestic water supply district located in area covered by major disaster declaration related to September 2020 wildfires to exercise powers of sanitary district. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Makes unlawful employment practice for employer to require employee or prospective employee to possess or present valid driver license as condition of employment or continuation of employment. Requires employer to accept other forms of identification that are deemed acceptable for purposes of federal forms used to verify identification or employment authorization. Permits employer to accept driver license as identification if voluntarily offered by employee or prospective employee.

Imposes severance tax on owner of timber harvested from public or private forestland. Imposes tax at rates, determined under brackets according to acreage of forestland held in common ownership, multiplied by pond value of timber at time of harvest. Repeals forest products harvest taxes. Abolishes Emergency Fire Cost Committee. Abolishes Oregon Forest Land Protection Fund. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.