Sen. Mark Meek

Directs Office of Emergency Management to create and maintain registry of persons able and willing to provide services related to emergency response. Requires that registry be accessible to emergency management agencies and emergency program managers. Directs office to establish procedures for communicating with appropriate entities to gather and update registry information.

Amends apprenticeship statutes to permit establishment of firefighter apprentice program. Appropriates money to Bureau of Labor and Industries for purpose of establishing firefighter apprentice program. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Directs Department of Veterans' Affairs to establish and administer program to acquire and manage residential properties for benefit of veterans who are experiencing, or are at risk of experiencing, housing instability. Authorizes department to enter into agreements with private entities to administer program.

Requires Oregon Health Authority to provide grant to organization for purpose of conducting outreach to citizens of island nations in Compact of Free Association residing in Oregon to enroll citizens of island nations in Compact of Free Association in medical assistance. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Directs Oregon Business Development Department to establish program to create Oregon Critical Emergency Preparedness Stockpile to ensure robust stock of emergency supplies and equipment. Directs Oregon Homeland Security Council, in consultation with Oregon Health Authority and relevant state agencies, to develop list of essential equipment, materials, supplies, distribution channels and manufacturing capabilities for stockpile, including personal protective equipment, communicable disease testing equipment and all-hazards emergency surge supplies. Requires council to report to Legislative Assembly. Directs department to establish and administer Oregon Emergency Partnership in consultation with other entities. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Requires voter registration cards and electronic voter registration system to include option for person to identify race, ethnicity and preferred language of person. Provides that any identification information provided is public record. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Requires health care facilities, health care providers, local public health authorities and public and private safety agencies to maintain capacity, including sufficient amounts of certain supplies, to continue in normal operation for 120 days at 25 percent mortality rate. Defines "25 percent mortality rate." Directs Oregon Health Authority and health professional regulatory boards to report to Office of Emergency Management. Directs office to report annually to interim committee of Legislative Assembly related to emergency preparedness. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Makes percentage of partial property tax exemption for property of vertical housing development projects proportional to allocation of equalized floors to residential housing or low income residential housing, without rounding up or down. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Appropriates moneys to Bureau of Labor and Industries for purposes of program to inform veterans about trade careers and connect veterans with apprenticeship opportunities. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2021.

Establishes Cannabis Equity Board ] Equity Investment and Accountability Board and Equity Investment and Accountability Office within office of Governor to provide equity oversight of cannabis industry in this state. Requires board and office to annually report information about equity in Oregon cannabis industry to interim committee of Legislative Assembly related to cannabis. Establishes equity liaisons in Oregon Health Authority and Oregon Liquor Control Commission. Requires equity liaisons to report to board and office quarterly on specified information. Establishes Cannabis Equity Fund and continuously appropriates moneys in fund to board and office for specified purposes. Directs commission to issue equity license to qualified applicant. Directs commission, board and office to determine date on which equity licensee may transfer more than 49 percent ownership in licensed entity. Allows commission to issue cannabis on-premises consumption license, cannabis delivery license, shared processing license or shared processing facility license to applicant who meets qualification criteria for equity license. Allows commission, after date established by commission but not before January 1, 2028, to issue cannabis on-premises consumption license and cannabis delivery license to applicant who does not meet qualification criteria for equity license. Allows commission, after January 1, 2032, to issue cannabis on-premises consumption license, cannabis delivery license, ] shared processing license or shared processing facility license to applicant who does not meet qualification criteria for equity license. Directs office of public defense services to compile list of certain offenses that involve lawful marijuana activity for purposes of setting aside records of conviction, arrest or charge. Requires office to submit report with list of offenses and recommendations to improve processes to Judicial Department, Cannabis Equity Board ] Equity Investment and Accountability Board, Equity Investment and Accountability Office and interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to judiciary. Directs Judicial Department and ] , Department of State Police , municipal and justice courts and district attorneys in this state to provide information to office of public defense services concerning persons who may be eligible to have set aside conviction, arrest or charge for marijuana offense. Modifies procedures for setting aside certain marijuana convictions, arrests and charges. Authorizes office of public defense services to file motions for setting aside certain marijuana convictions, arrests and charges. Authorizes office to contract with independent attorney to assist office for specified purposes. Limits imposition of supervision conditions related to use of marijuana. Provides that marijuana use may not be basis of parole, probation or post-prison supervision violation except in certain circumstances. Requires entities that maintain records of parole, probation or post-prison supervision violations to review and expunge any records of violations based on specified conduct not later than December 31, 2024. ] Requires allocation of moneys in Criminal Fine Account to Cannabis Equity Fund. Requires distribution of moneys from Oregon Marijuana Account to Cannabis Equity Fund. Specifies manner in which authority shall use moneys transferred to authority. Provides that authority may not charge fee greater than $20 for registry identification card for individual who served in Armed Forces of United States or who receives certain public assistance or $60 for any other individual. Becomes operative on August 22, 2022. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.