Sen. David Smith

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 standard 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 standard of care. Directs court to award attorney fees to prevailing plaintiff. Allows court to order identity or personally identifiable information of specified person protected from disclosure.

Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board for purposes related to programs for grants from Oregon Agricultural Heritage Fund. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2019.

Directs State Department of Fish and Wildlife to adopt by rule and administer program for authorizing voluntary projects for stream restoration and habitat improvement through construction of environmental restoration weirs. Exempts voluntary projects authorized under program from removal-fill permit and fish passage requirements. Authorizes department to require fish passage as part of authorized voluntary project in certain circumstances. Provides that certain riparian work as part of authorized voluntary project is not subject to riparian management requirements under Oregon Forest Practices Act. Requires department to adopt rules establishing program in time for rules to become operative no later than one year after effective date of this Act. Requires department to submit, no later than September 15, 2028, report to Legislative Assembly on environmental and economic impacts of program. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Requires employers of seafood processors to calculate applicable overtime pay for employees on daily and weekly basis and pay greater of two amounts. ] Removes substantive language from definition of "workweek. ] Repeals exemption for seafood processors from overtime requirements applicable to persons employed in canneries, driers and packing plants.

Prohibits abortion unless physician has first determined probable post-fertilization age of unborn child, except in case of medical emergency. Prohibits abortion of unborn child with probable post-fertilization age of 20 or more weeks, except in case of medical emergency. Requires physician who performs or induces, or attempts to perform or induce, abortion to file report, within 30 days, with Oregon Health Authority. Requires authority to publish annually statistics relating to abortion.

Allows school district with remote small high school to use moneys received under High School Graduation and College and Career Readiness Act on existing career and technical education programs. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Requires Oregon Department of Administrative Services to include tribal boundaries on any legislative district maps department produces.

Allows subtraction from federal taxable income for purchase of qualifying gun safe. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Directs Higher Education Coordinating Commission to study effectiveness of implementing chapter 669, Oregon Laws 2017, and determine whether additional legislation is necessary to enhance process of transferring academic credits between community colleges and public universities. Requires commission to report findings to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to higher education on or before September 15, 2020. Sunsets January 2, 2021. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Changes qualification process for building officials and inspectors. Requires testing and evaluation of qualifications by independent accrediting entity based on comparison to nationwide or multistate standards. Requires issuance of license to qualified applicant except for specified reasons or other good cause. Authorizes appointment or employment of licensee as building official or inspector without further approval process. Applies to licenses applied for on or after January 1, 2021. Requires Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services to identify parts of plumbing specialty code and electrical specialty code appropriate for inspection by specialized building inspectors. Requires adoption of statewide standards for plan review, permits, inspections standards and procedures and certificates of occupancy. Establishes conditions for department adoption of temporary rules. Establishes conditions prohibiting or allowing building official or inspector performance of other professional services in regard to construction or property development. Revises definition of inspector to include service providers not employed by municipality. Allows holder of lapsed authorization as specialized building inspector regarding plumbing specialty code or electrical specialty code to obtain specialized building inspector license upon payment of license fee. Creates exception. Requires filing license application before January 1, 2022.