Authorizes Oregon Liquor Control Commission to grant temporary letter of authority to eligible applicant for any license issued by commission. Specifies that temporary letter of authority may be valid for up to 180 days.
Requires student to demonstrate proficiency in civics in order to receive high school diploma. ] Takes effect January 1, 2025. ] Requires students to complete at least one-half credit of civics in order to receive high school diploma. Applies to high school diplomas awarded on or after January 1, 2026.
Allows land division to separate dwelling units for new middle housing allowed in cities. Applies to divisions permitted on or after July 1, 2022. Prohibits homeowners associations or restrictive covenants from forbidding partition. Delays applicability of limits on private middle housing restrictions.
Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to design question or questions allowing each student to identify whether student is parent or person acting as parent or legal guardian that will ] may be placed on one or more forms used on annual basis to collect demographic information by public post-secondary institutions of education. Permits post-secondary institutions to continue to use existing forms that do not include question or questions. Requires each public post-secondary institution of education to make data available to commission. Requires commission to establish format and time frame for collection and reporting of demographic data, to evaluate public post-secondary institution of education compliance with collecting and providing data and to report to each regular session of Legislative Assembly on status of collecting and providing data.
Alters commissioner composition of Higher Education Coordinating Commission by redesignating five current nonvoting positions as voting positions and by adding one additional position for graduate student attending public university.
Provides that discovery of victim's actual or perceived gender, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation does not constitute reasonable explanation for extreme emotional disturbance for purposes of affirmative defense to murder in the second degree. Provides that person is not justified in using physical force upon other person if person would not have used physical force but for discovery of other person's actual or perceived gender, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.
Commemorates 50th anniversary of Oregon Bottle Bill.
Modifies lyrics to state song "Oregon, My Oregon" to reflect cultural, historical, economic and societal evolution of State of Oregon.
Urges Congress to enact legislation to begin process of implementing reparations for African Americans based on slavery and discrimination.
Urges Congress to amend Thirteenth Amendment to United States Constitution to omit clause excepting criminal punishment, thereby ending racist legacy of slavery in nation's most important document.
