Establishes Oregon Spirits Board as semi-independent state agency to develop and promote Oregon's distilled spirits industry. Imposes 50 cents per bottle surcharge on distilled liquor manufactured in Oregon. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires Southern Oregon University, subject to appropriation of sufficient moneys, to address state's behavioral and mental health needs by materially increasing number of mental health practitioners who graduate in southern Oregon and teaching behavioral and mental health competencies through alternative academic pathways. Appropriates moneys to Higher Education Coordinating Commission for allocation to Southern Oregon University. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2023.
Directs insurer to consider only specified information in determining rates for motor vehicle liability insurance policy. Prohibits insurer from considering other specified information in determining eligibility, rates or premiums for motor vehicle liability insurance policy. Permits insurer, under specified circumstances, to consider abstract of individual's nonemployment driving record when evaluating individual's application to obtain or renew motor vehicle liability insurance. Prohibits insurer from using credit history to determine eligibility, rates or premiums for motor vehicle liability insurance. Becomes operative on January 1, 2024. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Directs Department of Transportation to establish program for awarding grants to providers of traffic safety education courses to fund Spanish language traffic safety education courses. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Transportation for biennium beginning July 1, 2023, to award grants. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2023.
Permits education provider to operate video recording device for purpose of recording persons who fail to stop for bus safety lights. Permits law enforcement agency to issue citation for failure to stop for bus safety lights based on report submitted by education provider that includes recording of violation. Provides for distribution of amounts collected upon conviction for offense of failure to stop for bus safety lights. Establishes School Bus Stop Arm Camera Fund. Continuously appropriates moneys in fund to Department of Education for purpose of providing stop arm cameras to education providers.
In memoriam: Walter Willard Cole Sr. (aka Darcelle XV), 1930-2023.
Requires health benefit plan coverage of donated human breast milk for infant if prescribed by licensed medical professional.
Requires governing board at each public university to include graduate student as voting member if university has more than 400 graduate students or if graduate students comprise more than 15 percent of total student body.
Directs Department of Consumer and Business Services ] State Forestry Department to establish Prescribed Fire Liability Pilot Program and administer program or authorize Oregon Insurance Guaranty Association to administer program ]. Establishes Prescribed Fire Claims Fund in State Treasury, separate and distinct from General Fund, for purposes related to program. Instructs State Forestry Department to report to Governor and committee or interim committee of Legislative Assembly related to natural resources on performance of program on or before April 1, 2028. Appropriates moneys to department out of General Fund for deposit in Prescribed Fire Claims Fund. Provides that authorization of certain burning and of activities under Certified Burn Manager program applies on lands within forest protection district. Sunsets program and fund January 2, 2028. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Appropriates moneys to Higher Education Coordinating Commission, for allocation to Oregon State University through Oregon Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, for specified purposes related to zoonotic disease. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
