Sen. Fred Girod

Requires health care practitioner to exercise proper degree of care to preserve health and life of child born alive after abortion or attempted abortion. Requires health care practitioner to ensure child born alive is transported to hospital. Creates crime for failure to exercise proper degree of care, punishable by maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both. Allows specified person to bring civil action for damages and equitable relief against health care practitioner for failure to exercise proper degree of care. Directs court to award attorney fees to prevailing party. Allows court to order identity or personally identifiable information of specified person protected from disclosure.

Extends sunset on CourtCare pilot programs in Marion and Polk Counties to January 2, 2022. Directs county governing bodies to report on progress of CourtCare pilot programs no later than September 15, 2020. Appropriates moneys to Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to counties to implement CourtCare pilot programs. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Establishes rates of compensation to be paid by Oregon Liquor Control Commission to distillery retail outlet agent for distilled liquor retail sales by agent. Sunsets rates January 2, 2025. Increases expenditure limit for Oregon Liquor Control Commission payment of expenses, from moneys other than lottery funds or federal funds for biennium ending June 30, 2021, for purpose of paying distillery retail outlet agent compensation.

Commemorates centennial of Oregon's ratification of Nineteenth Amendment to United States Constitution and honors those who led woman suffrage campaign in Oregon.

Commemorates 100th anniversary of federal Rehabilitation Act and celebrates success of vocational rehabilitation in supporting Oregonians with disabilities to join workforce.

Modifies requirements for school to qualify as small high school for purposes of State School Fund distributions. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2019.

Allows Oregon Board of Dentistry to accept results of national standardized examinations under specified circumstances when determining fitness of applicant to practice dentistry or dental hygiene . Requires board to accept results from regional and national testing agencies for laboratory and clinical examinations under specified circumstances. Requires board, for certain applicants for licensure, to accept results of clinical board examinations from regional and national testing agencies. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Expands list of hospitals whose medical staff may qualify for specified income tax credit. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2020. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Provides protections for person who refuses to participate in procedure related to abortion or physician-assisted suicide if refusal is based on person's ethical, moral or religious convictions. Allows health care facility to refuse to perform procedure related to abortion or physician-assisted suicide. Allows person to bring action for damages and equitable relief against health care facility, health professional regulatory agency, employer or school for violation. Directs court to award attorney fees to prevailing plaintiff.

Calls on chief executive officers of certain social media companies to ensure fair representation of conservative views.