Recognizes 2019 Oregon Women of Achievement for outstanding leadership and service to people of Oregon.
Requires State Department of Energy to adopt by rule program for providing rebates for purchase, construction or installation of residential and certain nonresidential solar electric systems and paired solar and storage systems. Sets forth rebate limits under program. Establishes Rooftop Solar Incentive Fund. Continuously appropriates moneys in fund to department to issue rebates. Limits total amount of rebates issued annually for nonresidential systems. Requires certain amount of rebates issued annually to be for systems installed for low or moderate income residential customers and low-income service providers. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to department for deposit in Rooftop Solar Incentive Fund. ] Requires department to submit annual report on program to Legislative Assembly. Sunsets January 2, 2024. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Creates family and medical leave insurance program to provide partially or fully compensated time away from work to covered individual who meets certain criteria while covered individual is on family leave, medical leave or safe leave. Requires employer and employee contributions to fund program. Establishes requirements for employers related to required contributions. Creates exemption from employer contribution requirements for employers that employ fewer than 25 employees. Provides grant program for certain employers to defray costs. Allows Director of Employment Department to assess civil penalties in specified circumstances. Authorizes director to bring civil action against employer for failure to file required reports and pay contributions due. Provides that employers shall be personally liable for contribution amounts due. Makes employer's violation of provisions of Act punishable by specified imprisonment, fine or both. Allows self-employed individuals and tribal government employers to elect family and medical leave insurance coverage. Directs director to determine contribution amounts and weekly benefit amounts for self-employed individuals and tribal government employers that elect coverage. Protects eligible employee's position of employment with employer while employee is on leave if employee has been employed with employer for 90 days before commencing leave. Prohibits employer from retaliating against employee who inquires about rights or responsibilities under family and medical leave insurance program and from interfering with employee rights under program. Establishes right for civil action for certain employer violations. Establishes Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund as trust fund and continuously appropriates moneys in fund to Employment Department for purposes of Act. Appropriates moneys to department to cover start-up costs related to program. Permits director to contract with third party to serve as administrator of program. Provides that employer may apply to director for approval of employer-offered benefit plan that provides family and medical leave insurance benefits that are equivalent to or better than leave and benefit amounts available under family and medical leave insurance program established by department. Establishes requirements for employers. Requires director to establish by rule application process for employers and method for resolving disputes between employers and employees concerning coverage and benefits provided under approved plan. Provides that employers may apply to director for approval of plan. Requires director to establish process for review of final decisions regarding benefit claims, benefit amounts, receipt of benefits and repayment of benefits. Provides that provisions of Act do not require reopening or renegotiation of collective bargaining agreement entered into before effective date of Act. Requires director to submit progress reports to interim committee of Legislative Assembly. Requires director to submit periodic report concerning administration of family and medical leave insurance program, including recommendations made by advisory committee. Provides specified delayed operative dates. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires covered nonprofit ] organizations that make political expenditures in excess of specified amount to file with Secretary of State donor identification list that identifies donors that made donations above specified amount ] $10,000 during election cycle to covered nonprofit if covered nonprofit makes aggregate political expenditures above specified amount. ] organization. Requires covered organization to update list throughout election cycle. Permits covered nonprofit ] organization to establish separate campaign account. Limits disclosure requirement to donations above specified amount deposited into campaign account if conditions followed ] exclude from donor list donations from specified charitable organizations and donations and grants received from foundations and other donors that may not be used for political communications . Regulates covered nonprofit ] organization acceptance and use of anonymous donations. Establishes civil penalty for failure to comply with covered nonprofit ] organization disclosure requirements. Reduces amount of independent expenditure requiring disclosure in ORESTAR from $750 to $250. Expands electioneering communication period from 30 days before primary election and 60 days before general election to 60 days before primary election, 120 days before general election and 90 days before any other election. Establishes procedures for certain election-related investigations. Permits Secretary of State or Attorney General, upon reasonable suspicion of violation, to examine accounts of covered nonprofit being investigated as result of elector filing complaint alleging violation of election law or rule. ] Permits Attorney General, during investigation of election complaint, to issue subpoena to compel production of relevant documents or information. ] Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Directs each covered manufacturer of covered drugs that are sold within this state to develop and implement drug take-back program for purpose of collecting from individuals and nonbusiness entities covered drugs for disposal. Defines "covered drug" and "covered manufacturer." Supersedes and preempts local government ordinance or regulation establishing or requiring program similar to drug take-back program. Directs Department of Environmental Quality and Environmental Quality Commission to administer Act. Requires covered manufacturers subject to Act to first submit plan for participating in drug take-back program on or before November 1, 2020. Requires drug take-back programs to be operational by July 1, 2021. Becomes operative January 1, 2020. Sunsets September 15, 2031. ] Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Establishes Task Force on Universal Health Care Commission ] charged with recommending to Legislative Assembly design of Health Care for All Oregon Plan, administered by Health Care for All Oregon Board to provide publicly funded, equitable, affordable, comprehensive and high quality health care to all Oregon residents. Specifies membership and duties of commission ] task force . Requires recommendations to be guided by specified values and principles. Prescribes requirements for plan design and items that commission ] task force must consider. Requires commission to first meet by November 1, 2019, and provide first report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to health by March 15, 2020. Requires commission ] members of task force to be appointed by May 31, 2020, and task force to submit to 2021 regular session of Legislative Assembly final recommendations by February 1, 2021, or report on work that remains to be completed ] for design of Health Care for All Oregon Plan and Health Care for All Oregon Board . Requires Oregon Health Authority to develop plan for Medicaid Buy-In program. Specifies elements that must be included in plan, to extent feasible. Requires authority to provide report to Legislative Assembly, no later than May 1, 2020, containing discussion of potential eligibility requirements for Medicaid Buy-In program or public option, options for targeting specified groups, recommendations for legislative changes necessary to implement plan and any federal approval that would be required to implement plan. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Directs Oregon Health Authority to design, implement and maintain voluntary statewide program to provide nurse home visiting services to families with infants up to six months of age. Specifies desired outcomes and services. Requires authority to adopt rules specifying criteria for coverage of newborn nurse home visiting service coverage by health benefit plans. Requires health benefit plans to cover nurse home visiting services to enrollees with newborns without cost-sharing. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Declares legislative support for survivors of sexual violence. Pledges to work toward creating an Oregon that is safe for all survivors of sexual violence.
Proposes amendment to Oregon Constitution to permit Legislative Assembly, governing body of city, county, municipality or district, or people through initiative process, to enact enumerated laws or ordinances regulating ] relating to use of moneys in political campaigns within its jurisdiction use of moneys in political campaigns ]. Refers proposed amendment to people for their approval or rejection at next regular general election special election held on same date as next primary election ].
Modifies ] Reduces length of time of parental desertion or abandonment of child resulting in forfeiture of parent's intestate share of child's estate and ] or parent's interest in property transferred from child to parent by transfer on death deed in parental forfeiture action to one year if person who would benefit from forfeiture is child or sibling of deceased child or three years for all others . Modifies burden of proof in parental forfeiture action to preponderance of evidence if person who would benefit from forfeiture is child or sibling of deceased child . Extends deadline for commencing parental forfeiture action to no later than one year after decedent's date of death if notice to interested persons not published. Prohibits parent or stepparent who abandoned child from receiving damages for wrongful death of child. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
