Oregon Bills

signed · Oregon · House Sep 25, 2021

HB 5025: Relating to the financial administration of the State Parks and Recreation Department; and declaring an emergency.

Appropriates moneys from General Fund to State Parks and Recreation Department for biennial expenses. ] Limits certain biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts, but excluding lottery funds and federal funds, collected or received by department. Limits biennial expenditures by department from lottery moneys for certain purposes. Limits biennial expenditures by department from federal funds for certain purposes. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2021.

signed · Oregon · House Sep 25, 2021

HB 2589: Relating to receiving credit for competencies demonstrated prior to enrolling in post-secondary institution of education.

Requires public institutions of higher education to bypass ] have same developmental educational requirements and placement tests for each ] incoming student who completes high school and institution determines is college ready and incoming student who received certificate for passing receives grade on ] approved high school equivalency test and received grade indicating student is college ready indicating student is fully qualified to bypass requirements and tests ]. Requires public institutions of higher education to bypass requirements and tests for score of 165 or higher received ] consider student college ready in subject area in which student received score designated "GED College Ready" on General Educational Development (GED) test . unless institution notifies Higher Education Coordinating Commission that institution considers score of higher than 165 in identified subject areas to be necessary to bypass requirements and tests. ] Requires commission to convene committee upon notification by institution to make final determination, based on justification provided by institution, on whether institution may require score of higher than 165 on General Educational Development (GED) test for student to bypass requirements and tests. Requires committee to submit report to committees of Legislative Assembly relating to higher education if committee agrees with institution's justification. ].

signed · Oregon · House Sep 25, 2021

HB 2986: Relating to training of officers.

Requires Board on Public Safety Standards and Training to ensure that police officers and certified reserve officers are trained to investigate, identify and report crimes motivated by prejudice based on perceived gender of victim.

signed · Oregon · House Sep 25, 2021

HB 2536: Relating to school meals provided at no charge to students; and declaring an emergency.

Requires school or school district to offer lunches and breakfasts at no charge to student if school or school district meets requirements of special provisions of federal meal program or if student is from household with income that does not exceed 300 percent of federal poverty guidelines. Clarifies reimbursement rate to schools and school districts that offer breakfast or lunch at no charge to student. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2021.

signed · Oregon · House Sep 25, 2021

HB 2835: Relating to benefits programs for students at institutions of higher education; and declaring an emergency.

Requires each community college and public university to hire benefits navigator to assist students in determining eligibility and applying for federal, state and local benefits programs. Requires community colleges and public universities to establish statewide consortium to enable benefits navigator to coordinate with benefits navigators at other institutions and to develop best practices. Requires community colleges and public universities to develop internal process to enable students to provide feedback and recommendations on how institution can better assist students in determining eligibility for benefits programs and applying for assistance under benefits programs. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

signed · Oregon · House Sep 25, 2021

HB 3379: Relating to crib bumper pads; and declaring an emergency.

Prohibits manufacturing, retrofitting, selling, leasing, subletting or otherwise placing into stream of commerce any crib bumper pads or crib equipped with crib bumper pads. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

signed · Oregon · House Sep 25, 2021

HB 3361: Relating to food delivery.

Requires third-party food platform to enter into agreement with food place before arranging delivery of orders from food place or listing food place on application or website. ] Provides that third-party food platform may not take and arrange for delivery of order from food place without written consent of food place.

signed · Oregon · House Sep 25, 2021

HB 5010: Relating to the financial administration of the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries; and declaring an emergency.

Appropriates moneys from General Fund to State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries for biennial expenses. Limits biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts and specified federal funds, but excluding lottery funds and other federal funds, collected or received by department. Limits biennial expenditures by department from other federal funds. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2021.

signed · Oregon · House Sep 25, 2021

HB 3126: Relating to wildfire recovery; and declaring an emergency.

Directs Legislative Policy and Research Office to study strategies to promote recovery from 2020 wildfire season and report to appropriate committee or interim committee of Legislative Assembly on or before September 15, 2022. ] Sunsets January 2, 2023. ] Directs county board to annex to domestic water supply district, upon petition, land surrounded by district where water supply has become inadequate or contaminated due to wildfire, if district or independent water supply source of district has water supply sufficient to provide water to land. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

signed · Oregon · House Sep 25, 2021

HB 2018: Relating to assessment of ground water resources.

Instructs Water Resources Department to enter into agreement with United States Geological Survey to produce and publish ground water budgets for all major hydrologic basins in this state, contract for person to produce report on statewide consumptive water use, expand ground water level monitoring network, measure progress in estimating and monitoring ground water levels, recharge and use and ensure that department staff members serve as community engagement coordinators. Increases appropriation to department from General Fund for technical services.

signed · Oregon · House Sep 25, 2021

HB 2915: Relating to workers' compensation for occupational diseases that certain workers suffer; and declaring an emergency.

Requires city that provides disability or retirement system for firefighters and police officers ] by ordinance or charter that is not subject to workers' compensation law to apply provisions requiring presumption that condition or impairment of health is occupational disease that results from employment if firefighter took physical examination upon gaining or during employment that failed to reveal evidence of occupational disease that existed before employment. Requires that city's denial of claim for compensation for occupational disease must be on basis of clear and convincing medical evidence that condition or impairment of health is unrelated to employment. Establishes that time limitations for filing claim are one year from date claimant first discovered or should have discovered occupational disease, one year from date claimant becomes disabled or is informed by physician that claimant is suffering from occupational disease or one year from date that worker's beneficiary first discovered or reasonably should have discovered that cause of worker's death was occupational disease. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

signed · Oregon · House Sep 25, 2021

HB 3071: Relating to mandatory abuse reporters.

Modifies definition of "public or private official" with mandatory duty to report suspected abuse to include all state and local elected officials.

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