Requires Bureau of Labor and Industries to study issue of labor trafficking in this state. Directs bureau to submit findings to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to business and labor not later than September 15, 2024.
Requires Employment Department to study issues related to family and medical leave insurance program. Directs department to submit findings to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to business and labor not later than September 15, 2024.
Requires school districts to submit specified information to Department of Education related to talented and gifted children. Directs department to issue annual district and state report cards based on information.
Requires public body that procures construction services for certain qualified projects that use $750,000 or more in funds of public agency or moneys made available to state under federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to enter into project labor agreement that, at minimum, provides for payment of wages at or above prevailing rate of wage, to use apprentices to perform at least 15 percent of work hours that workers in apprenticeable occupations perform on project and to establish and execute plan for outreach, recruitment and retention of women, minority individuals and veterans to perform work on project. Specifies exceptions. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires Department of Education to transfer from State School Fund to Talented and Gifted Education Account amount that equals one percent of total amount available to school districts as general purpose grants. Establishes Talented and Gifted Education Account. Prescribes distribution of account. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2023.
Directs Environmental Quality Commission to establish program for source reduction of single-use plastic food ware and single-use packaging and achieve 25 percent source reductions compared to 2023 levels by 2030. Establishes civil penalty for violation of program.
Increases age of declarant for which certain statements related to abuse are not excluded from evidence as hearsay from under 12 years of age to under 18 years of age.
Directs school district board to adopt prevention curriculum that addresses child sex trafficking. ] Requires Department of Education to conduct study to determine how to integrate instruction on identification and prevention of sex trafficking into academic content standards. Directs department to submit report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to education not later than September 15, 2024. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2023.
Directs Department of State Lands, in collaboration with State Marine Board, Department of Environmental Quality, Oregon State Police, Oregon State Sheriffs' Association and representative of local agency that delivers social services, to study issues related to removal and disposal of abandoned and derelict marine vessels in this state and to report results of study to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to natural resources no later than September 15, 2024. Sunsets January 2, 2025. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Establishes state policy regarding natural climate solutions. Establishes Natural and Working Lands Fund and provides for transfer of moneys from fund to certain state agencies. Prescribes uses of moneys from fund and requires Oregon Global Warming Commission to report to legislature on uses of moneys from fund. Directs State Department of Energy and commission to prepare inventory, baseline, activity-based metrics and community impact metrics for net carbon sequestration and storage in natural and working lands and establish carbon sequestration and storage goals. Directs State Department of Energy, in coordination with commission, to study workforce training programs needed to support adoption of natural climate solutions and provide results to committees of Legislative Assembly related to environment no later than September 15, 2024. Authorizes commission to appoint natural and working lands advisory committee. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
