Oregon Bills

signed · Oregon · House Sep 25, 2021

HB 2521: Relating to transient lodging taxation; and prescribing an effective date.

Requires transient lodging tax collector to provide invoice, receipt or other similar document that clearly sets forth sum of all transient lodging taxes charged for occupancy of transient lodging. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

signed · Oregon · House Sep 25, 2021

HB 2434: Relating to revenue; prescribing an effective date; and providing for revenue raising that requires approval by a three-fifths majority.

Removes sunset of increase in aircraft fuel taxes made by House Bill 2075 (chapter 700, Oregon Laws 2015). Restructures distributions of aircraft fuel tax revenues that provide funding for airports and aviation-related business under Aviation System Action Program. Allows Oregon Department of Aviation to enter into commercial arrangements for terms up to 50 years. Extends and sets biennial rates for privilege taxes on merchantable forest products harvested on forestlands. ] Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

signed · Oregon · House Sep 25, 2021

HB 3159: Relating to data collection; and prescribing an effective date.

Requires coordinated care organization, health care provider or health insurer to collect from patient, client or member data on race, ethnicity, preferred spoken and written languages, disability status, sexual orientation and gender identity. Establishes civil penalty for violation. Requires Oregon Health Authority to establish data system for receipt and storage of specified data. Requires authority to report every two years, beginning on June 1, 2022, on collection of data to appropriate interim committees of Legislative Assembly. Directs authority to administer grant program to provide funding to support safe data collection by specified organizations. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

signed · Oregon · House Sep 25, 2021

HB 3352: Relating to access to health care; and prescribing an effective date.

Renames Health Care for All Oregon Children program as Cover All People program and expands eligibility to adults who would qualify for Medicaid-funded state medical assistance program but for their immigration status. Allows Oregon Health Authority to restrict eligibility to specific categories or groups of individuals to stay within legislative appropriation for this biennium. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

signed · Oregon · House Sep 25, 2021

HB 2341: Relating to taxation of damaged property; and prescribing an effective date.

Authorizes tax collector in county covered by state of emergency declared by Governor due to fire or act of God, or authority of Governor under Emergency Conflagration Act, who knows or has reason to believe property has been destroyed or damaged by fire or act of God to prorate taxes imposed on property. Combines provisions for proration of taxes for property destroyed and property damaged by fire or act of God. Provides new computation for proration of taxes for property other than specially assessed property. Applies to property tax years beginning on or after July 1, 2020. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

signed · Oregon · House Sep 25, 2021

HB 3372: Relating to environmental quality; and prescribing an effective date.

Authorizes Department of Environmental Quality to require certain information related to history of compliance with environmental quality laws from applicant for license or permit. Modifies authority of department to refuse to issue, modify, suspend, revoke or refuse to renew permit. Modifies authority of department to refuse to issue, suspend or revoke asbestos abatement license. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

signed · Oregon · House Sep 25, 2021

HB 2315: Relating to continuing education for professionals; and prescribing an effective date.

Directs Oregon Health Authority and specified professional regulatory boards to require licensees regulated by authority or board to complete six hours of ] continuing education related to suicide risk assessment, treatment and management every six years ] at specified intervals and to report completion of continuing education to authority or board. Allows authority and boards to establish minimum requirements that licensee must meet to be exempt from requirement to complete continuing education. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

signed · Oregon · House Sep 25, 2021

HB 3037: Relating to youth suicide response; and prescribing an effective date.

Directs medical examiner or medical-legal death investigator to report suspected suicides involving ] deaths of decedents 24 years of age or younger to local mental health authority if district medical examiner, assistant district medical examiner, pathologist or designee of district medical examiner reasonably believes manner of death was suicide . Directs Oregon Health Authority to develop statewide suicide post-intervention protocol. Authorizes cross-reporting between local mental health authorities. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

signed · Oregon · House Sep 25, 2021

HB 2063: Relating to standby generation facilities; and prescribing an effective date.

Removes requirement that person seeking exemption from requirement to obtain site certificate for standby generation facility request exemption from Energy Facility Siting Council. Prohibits council from requiring request for exemption for standby generation facility. Becomes operative January 1, 2022. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

signed · Oregon · House Sep 25, 2021

HB 2343: Relating to local government authority to suspend enterprise zone employment requirements; and prescribing an effective date.

Authorizes governing body of enterprise zone sponsor to adopt resolution suspending enterprise zone employment requirements otherwise imposed on authorized business firms for either or both of property tax years beginning on July 1, 2021, and July 1, 2022. Requires resolution to establish direct relationship between factors showing financial distress of business firm and COVID-19 pandemic. Provides resolution may not be adopted after later of June 30 immediately preceding applicable property tax year or 45 days following effective date of Act. Authorizes governing body of enterprise zone sponsor to allow exemption for property tax years beginning on July 1, 2021, and July 1, 2022, to qualified property of authorized business firm that otherwise does not meet certain requirements during declared public health emergency. Authorizes refunds without interest of all or any part of payments collected with respect to disqualification in certain circumstances, and based on property taxes that would otherwise have been due for property tax ] assessment years beginning on July 1, 2021, or July 1, 2022 ] January 1, 2020, or January 1, 2021 , with respect to qualified property subject to either grant of authority. Sunsets both grants of authority on date that is one year following end of declared public health emergency. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

signed · Oregon · House Sep 25, 2021

HB 3318: Relating to use of land; and prescribing an effective date.

Requires, if certain conditions are met, Department of Land Conservation and Development to approve City of Bend's expansion of urban growth boundary to include specified lands and allows department to approve other land use regulations for those lands. Sunsets provisions on January 2, 2030. Exempts dog training facilities from state structural specialty codes. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

signed · Oregon · House Sep 25, 2021

HB 2549: Relating to public access site reports; and prescribing an effective date.

Requires agencies to send copies of reports on public access sites to State Marine Board and for board to make reports public, including by hosting map of reported sites on website. Becomes operative January 1, 2022. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

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