Digest: The Act makes a task force to look at health professional regulatory boards. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4). [ Digest: Tells health care boards to give short-term permission to work. Starts January 1, 2025. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7). ] [ Requires health professional regulatory boards to issue a temporary authorization to practice a health profession to eligible applicants within 10 days of receiving an application for licensure. Defines "health profession" and "health professional regulatory board." ] Establishes the Task Force on Health Professional Licensing Modernization. Directs the task force to submit three reports to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health, on or before September 15, 2024, September 15, 2025, and December 15, 2025. Sunsets on December 31, 2025. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Digest: The Act affects the duty of some contractors with respect to some workers' unpaid wages. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8). Makes contractor jointly and severally liable in civil or administrative action for unpaid wages of unrepresented employee of subcontractor at any tier. Provides statute of limitations for actions regarding recovery for unpaid and overtime wages. Requires subcontractor to provide certain payroll records and other information to contractor upon request. Permits contractor to withhold payment to subcontractor under certain circumstances.
Digest: The Act allows FFLs to enter into agreements to hold guns for safety. The Act also directs OHA to develop a firearm safety pamphlet. The Act takes effect on the 91st day after sine die. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.9). Authorizes a federal firearms licensee to enter into a firearm hold agreement with a firearm owner. Prohibits a civil cause of action against a licensee who takes possession of a firearm pursuant to a firearm hold agreement unless the action is based on negligence or unlawful conduct. Directs the Oregon Health Authority to develop a firearm suicide prevention pamphlet. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Digest: The Act funds matching deposits for IDA accounts. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.2). Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Housing and Community Services Department for the purpose of making matching deposits into individual development accounts. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Digest: The Act changes the state law that prohibits housing discrimination. The Act removes an exemption from the law. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.4). Removes from state law an exception that allowed for residential property owners to engage in housing discrimination based on certain protected characteristics in certain circumstances.
Digest: The Act allows DHS to license adult foster homes with up to seven residents. The Act sets out the requirements for licensing an adult foster home with six or seven residents. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). Authorizes the Department of Human Services to license adult foster homes serving up to seven residents if the home meets specified criteria and pays the appropriate fee. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Digest: The Act would impose a new tax on the gross proceeds from the sale of unprocessed timber cut on private land larger than 500 acres held in common ownership. The Act would provide funding to counties and to protect homes, neighborhoods and water supplies from wildfire damage. The Act would repeal the current forest products harvest tax. The Act will be referred to the people at the 2024 general election. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.3). Imposes a new tax on the gross proceeds from the sale of unprocessed timber harvested on private land in excess of 500 acres held in common ownership in this state. Repeals the current forest products harvest tax regime. Refers the Act to the people for their approval or rejection at the next general election.
Digest: Makes BOLI study on-the-job training programs for youth. Makes BOLI submit reports on the findings of the study. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.4). Directs the Bureau of Labor and Industries to conduct a comprehensive study of youth apprenticeships in the United States. Requires the bureau to submit an initial report not later than June 30, 2024. Requires the bureau to submit a final report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to business and labor not later than November 15, 2024. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Digest: The Act creates the crime of threatening a mass injury event and directs the CJC to report certain data to the legislature about the new crime. The Act prohibits the possession of a gun by a person convicted of the new crime. The Act takes effect on the 91st day after sine die. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.3). Creates the crime of threatening a mass injury event. Punishes by a maximum of 364 days' imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both, upon the first offense, and five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both, upon second and subsequent offenses. Prohibits the possession of a firearm by a person convicted of threatening a mass injury event. Punishes by a maximum of 364 days' imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both. Provides that threatening a mass injury event constituting a misdemeanor is treated as a felony for purposes of supervision duties and funding. Directs Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to report to the legislative assembly concerning specified data related to threatening a mass injury event charges. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Digest: The Act creates the Task Force on Compassionate Medical Release. The Act directs the task force to submit a report to the legislature by December 31, 2024. The Act takes effect when it is signed by the Governor. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.3). [ Digest: The Act creates a process by which adults in custody can apply for early medical release from custody. The Act creates a new committee under the parole board that reviews applications and decides when to recommend release. The Act takes effect on the 91st day after sine die. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). ] [ Establishes the Medical Release Advisory Committee within the State Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision. Specifies the qualifications of members of the committee. Establishes procedures by which adults in custody may apply for early medical release from custody and standards by which the committee recommends release. Establishes a cap on the number of applications per month that the committee may consider until January 1, 2027. Provides for appointment of an attorney upon a release recommendation from the committee. ] [ Directs the board to accept a release recommendation from the committee unless the applicant poses a danger to another person or the public that outweighs compassionate reasons for release. Directs the board to refer an applicant to the sentencing court for sentences requiring court authorization for early medical release. ] [ Establishes procedures for the sentencing court to consider a motion authorizing early medical release and enter a supplemental judgment. ] [ Directs the Department of Corrections to inform adults in custody concerning the early medical release process and ensure that application forms are available to all adults in custody. Authorizes the department to directly refer adults in custody to the committee for early medical release. Directs the department to refer to the committee certain adults in custody with terminal illness. Specifies the release process when early medical release is ordered or authorized. ] [ Directs the committee to annually report data concerning early medical release to the committees of Legislative Assembly related to the judiciary. ] [ Prohibits a prosecuting attorney from conditioning a plea offer on a waiver of early medical release eligibility. ] [ Increases the maximum number of board members from five to six. ] [ Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. ] Establishes the Task Force on Compassionate Medical Release. Directs the task force to submit a report with findings and recommendations for legislation to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the judiciary by December 31, 2024. Sunsets on January 2, 2025. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.