Sen. Courtney Neron Misslin

Directs Legislative Policy and Research Office to prepare report concerning Oregon's current framework for preventing, monitoring and responding to zoonotic disease. Directs office to present report to committee or interim committee of Legislative Assembly related to public health not later than December 31, 2022. Directs State Fish and Wildlife Commission, at commission's discretion, to review and update list of prohibited species that may not be imported, possessed, sold, purchased, exchanged or transported in this state due to certain risks to public health. Authorizes commission to institute civil suit for recovery of damages for violation of rule related to list of prohibited species. Prohibits person from selling, offering for sale or otherwise participating in sale or offer for sale of wildlife that is sold alive for purpose of human consumption. Provides that prohibition does not apply to otherwise lawful sale, offer for sale or other participation in sale or offer for sale of animal utilized in farm use or certain marine animals lawfully raised or harvested. Punishes violation by maximum of one year's imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both. Requires commission, when adopting rules authorizing holding of wildlife, to consider public health risks, including risks of zoonotic disease transmission. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Requires persons that have responsibility for or control over packaging and labeling disposable cleaning cloths or similar implements ] premoistened nonwoven disposable wipes with specified characteristics to comply with certain labeling requirements for product packaging. Punishes failure to comply with or violation of Act as unlawful trade practice under Unlawful Trade Practices Act. ] Permits city, county or special district that provides wastewater service to enforce compliance with Act by bringing action to recover civil penalty in specified amount. Requires city, county or special district to provide alleged violator with notice of violation. Becomes operative July 1, 2022. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Directs Department of Justice to establish program for awarding grants to law enforcement agencies and local governments for training of groups and agencies that interact with persons who have experienced trauma. Sunsets program January 1, 2024. Directs department to develop model training program that takes into account effects of trauma and that has objective of minimizing further trauma. Directs Department of Public Safety Standards and Training, in consultation with Department of Justice, to develop best practices for law enforcement agencies when interacting with persons who have experienced trauma that take into account effects of trauma and that have objective of minimizing further trauma. Requires law enforcement agencies to adopt appropriate best practice policies by date specified by Department of Public Safety Standards and Training. Directs Department of Public Safety Standards and Training to regularly review and update training consistent with Department of Justice model training program for police officers in training academy. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Justice for purpose of awarding training grants ] implementing grant program and developing model training program and best practices . Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Extends look-back period used to determine Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund solvency level from 10 years to 20 years. Provides that calendar years 2020 and 2021 may not be considered high benefit cost period for purposes of making determinations of solvency level of fund. Provides that employers' experience ratings used to determine 2020 unemployment insurance tax rates shall be used to determine rates for 2022, 2023 and 2024. Provides deferral of up to one-third of 2021 unemployment insurance taxes for employers whose tax rates increased by 0.5 percentage points or more from 2020 to 2021. Authorizes forgiveness of percentage of deferrable taxes according to tax rate increase brackets. Reduces fund adequacy percentages used to determine employer tax rate schedules. Broadens kinds of property that may be received for Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Allows pharmacist to prescribe, dispense and administer preexposure prophylactic antiretroviral therapies and post-exposure prophylactic antiretroviral therapies. Directs State Board of Pharmacy to adopt rules. Requires health insurers to cover cost of drugs and therapies prescribed, dispensed and administered by pharmacists within their scope of practice and cover costs of services provided by pharmacist. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Establishes program to make forgivable loans to reimburse private owner or operator of brownfield for eligible costs incurred in completion of removal or remedial action at brownfield. Requires Oregon Business Development Department to consider means to encourage participation in reimbursable removal and remedial actions by minority-owned and woman-owned businesses and emerging small businesses. Requires department to submit report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to economic development setting forth recipients of forgivable loans and third parties with which recipients contracted to complete removal and remedial actions with respect to which forgivable loans were made. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Requires homeowners associations and condominium associations to review governing documents and remove discriminatory language or certify the nonexistence of such language on or before December 31, 2023 ] 2022 . Provides a cause of action for enforcement. Sunsets January 2, 2026. ] Makes certain discriminatory language in governing documents void and unenforceable. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Authorizes Department of Human Services to award two-year grants to organizations that provide services to unaccompanied homeless youth and to organizations that operate host home projects for unaccompanied homeless youth. Sunsets grant programs on July 1, 2023. Requires department to submit reports on host home project grant program to interim committees of Legislative Assembly relating to housing, homeless youth services and high school education. Appropriates moneys to department for statewide assessment and grants. ] Increases certain General Fund appropriations to Department of Human Services for purposes of carrying out Act. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Requires retail electricity providers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with electricity sold to Oregon consumers to 80 percent below baseline emissions levels by 2030, 90 percent below baseline emissions levels by 2035 and 100 percent below baseline emissions levels by 2040. Requires electric companies to develop clean energy plans and electricity service suppliers to report information for meeting clean energy targets. Directs Department of Environment Quality to determine amount of emissions reduction necessary for each retail electricity provider to meet clean energy targets. Limits cumulative rate impact for compliance to six percent of annual revenue requirements. Permits performance incentive for early compliance. Requires electric company that files clean energy plan to convene Community Benefits and Impacts Advisory Group with input from stakeholders who represent interests of customers and affected entities and communities. Requires electric company to file biennial report with Public Utility Commission that assesses community benefits and impacts of electric company. Directs State Department of Energy to convene work group to examine opportunities to encourage development of small scale and community-based renewable energy projects and report findings to interim committee of Legislative Assembly no later than September 30, 2022. Sunsets December 15, 2022. Permits electric company, if agreed to and in coordination with government, to provide program of rates or charges to serve retail electricity consumers that covers costs of electricity generated from renewable energy resources or nonemitting energy resources or paired with unbundled renewable energy certificates. Defines "government." Requires electricity service suppliers to publicly disclose aggregated energy supply mix and associated emissions of power sources. Establishes contractor labor standards in construction or repowering of large-scale projects. Defines "large-scale project." Prohibits Energy Facility Siting Council from issuing site certificate for new generating facility that produces energy from fossil fuels unless facility generates only nonemitting electricity. Prohibits council from approving amendment of site certificate for generating facility in manner that would increase carbon dioxide emissions from operation of generating facility. Creates grant program within State Department of Energy to provide grants to Indian tribes, public bodies and consumer-owned utilities to plan or develop community renewable energy projects. Establishes Community Renewable Investment Fund within State Treasury for purposes of grant program for community renewable energy projects. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Community Renewable Investment Fund. Increases, from eight percent to 10 percent by 2030, requirement that aggregate electrical capacity of all electric companies be composed of electricity from small-scale renewable energy projects or facilities using biomass. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Extends sunset of property tax exemption for property of nonprofit corporation offered, occupied or used as low-income housing. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.