Sen. Michael Dembrow

Directs professional licensing boards to develop pathways to licensure, certification or other authorization to practice occupation or profession for specified persons. ] study manner in which persons who are immigrants or refugees become authorized to practice occupation or profession. Directs boards to reduce barriers to authorization to practice for immigrants or refugees. Requires boards to report to Legislative Assembly not later than November 30, 2019. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Prohibits court from inquiring into defendant's immigration status or requiring defendant to disclose defendant's immigration status at time of plea or at any other time during criminal proceeding. Requires court to allow defendant, upon request, additional time for plea decision after informing defendant about possible adverse immigration consequences of plea. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Directs professional licensing boards, in certain circumstances, to accept individual taxpayer identification number or other federally-issued identification number in lieu of Social Security number on applications for issuance or renewal of authorization to practice occupation or profession. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Directs district attorney of each county to, no later than December 1, 2020, develop and adopt policies relating to discovery, charging decisions , and case disposition ] sentencing and program recommendations and other specified subjects, and to make policies available to public on website. Requires review and readoption of policies every five years.

Requires public employer to grant reasonable paid time to public employee who is designated representative to engage in certain activities. Requires public employer, upon request by exclusive representative, to authorize release time to designated representative of exclusive representative. Authorizes public employer and exclusive representative to negotiate and enter into agreements regarding release time. Entitles designated representative to be restored to same position after conclusion of release time. Requires public employer to provide exclusive representative reasonable access to employees in appropriate bargaining unit. Requires employers to provide employee contact information to exclusive representative within certain time limits. Permits public employer to deduct dues, fees and assessments from salary and wages of public employee who has authorized deduction. Requires employer to pay amounts deducted to labor organization. Expands definition of "employment relations" to include labor organization access to represented employees. Makes certain activities, related to labor organization, ] attempts to influence employee to resign from or decline membership , use of employer's electronic mail to discourage membership ] in labor organization or to discourage authorization of deduction for payment to labor organization, ] and employer's encouragement of employee to revoke authorization of deduction for payment to labor organization and provision of certain personally identifiable information about public employees within bargaining unit to entity other than exclusive representative, ] unfair labor practices.

Directs State Board of Pharmacy to adopt rules to require that prescription drugs for specified persons ] be labeled or dispensed with informational insert ] in English and other language upon request of practitioner, patient or patient representative . Specifies languages other than English to be used on label and insert and allows board to require additional languages. ] Allows board to determine prescription drugs for which additional informational insert in English and other language may be included. Requires that labels and informational inserts be available in at least 14 languages other than English. Directs board to update available languages at least once every 10 years. Exempts institutional drug outlets from requirements. Directs board to adopt rules to require pharmacy to post signage regarding patients' right to free, competent oral interpretation and translation services. Becomes operative January 1, 2021. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Directs Department of Corrections, in cooperation with Oregon Criminal Justice Commission, to establish pilot program to provide legal services that assist women who are incarcerated at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility to reenter and reintegrate into local communities, to reduce womens' vulnerability to domestic violence and to obtain employment, housing services and other benefits. Sunsets December 31, 2021. Appropriates moneys from General Fund ] Increases appropriation to commission from General Fund , for biennium beginning July 1, 2019, to commission ] for purposes of carrying out provisions of Act. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Prohibits retail establishments from providing single-use checkout bags to customers, except in certain cases. Prohibits restaurants from providing single-use checkout bags to customers. Requires retail establishments to charge not less than five cents each for recycled paper checkout bags, reusable fabric checkout bags or reusable plastic checkout bags provided to customers, except in certain circumstances. Requires restaurants to charge not less than five cents each for reusable plastic checkout bags provided to customers, except in certain cases. Establishes certain preemptive restrictions on local governments. Requires Department of Environmental Quality to report on certain impacts. Punishes violations by maximum fine of $250 per violation. Repeals statute requiring retail establishments that offer plastic bags to customers to also offer paper bags.

Provides that agreement for deferred resolution of criminal cases ] conditional discharge for controlled substance offenses may not contain requirement that defendant enter plea of guilty or no contest. Applies to diversion offered by district attorney, conditional discharge for controlled substance offenses and diversion for driving while under the influence of intoxicants. ] Requires that agreement contain waiver of rights by defendant. Provides that agreement does not constitute admission of guilt and is not sufficient to warrant finding of guilty by court. Authorizes court to find defendant guilty of offense based on waiver of rights if defendant violates agreement. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Requires counties with population of 650,000 or more to use proceeds from sale of foreclosed property to reimburse municipal liens against property for utilities improvements or seismic rehabilitation. Declares emergency, effective on passage.