Requires course instruction provided as part of health education curriculum to include information about human development from conception to birth.
Directs State Department of Fish and Wildlife to develop game fish carcass recovery project.
Establishes income tax credit for sheriff's deputies employed in rural counties. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2024, and before January 1, 2030. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Authorizes issuance of lottery bonds for deposit in Levee Project Grant Fund. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2023.
Prescribes sentence of 58 to 130 months' imprisonment if person convicted of unlawful delivery of controlled substance that results in death of another person from use of controlled substance. Punishes by maximum of 20 years' imprisonment, $375,000 fine, or both. Requires court to grant downward departure to probation sentence when certain findings are made. Authorizes court to grant downward departure to probation sentence when other certain findings are made. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Permits counties to elect to increase number of voting booths available at primary and general elections in order to provide all electors with option of using easily accessible voting booth to cast ballot. Requires that decision to increase number of voting booths may be made only by county measure and may not interfere with elector's ability to cast ballot by mail.
Makes in-person voting on date of election, rather than vote by mail, standard method for conducting election. Allows any elector to request ballot that may be voted by mail if elector is unable to vote in person on date of election. Retains vote by mail as primary method for conducting election for military and overseas electors and for electors who have mailing address outside of Oregon. Requires that all ballots be returned by date of election. Removes requirement that state pay postage for ballots returned by mail.
Changes requirements for members of State Fish and Wildlife Commission.
Requires State Department of Fish and Wildlife to establish and operate fish incubation nursery program for rearing of salmonids on suitable waterways in coastal areas of southern Oregon. Requires department to report to interim committee of Legislative Assembly no later than September 15, 2025, regarding establishment and operation of program. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to department for program purposes. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Provides that any voter who has not voted or updated voter registration in four or more years will become inactive elector.
