Item 3: Ratification of Unanimous IGR Actions and Action on Non-Unanimous IGR Actions

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Comments: This bill is intended to make purchasing law more consistent with domestic partnership laws by prohibiting contracting agencies from contracting with contractors who discriminate against employees in domestic partnerships by withholding benefits from employees' domestic partners that are offered to other employees' spouses. HB 3129 Relating Clause: Relating to the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program. Title:Modifies provisions relating to release of information from Oregon Medical Marijuana Program to Oregon Health Authority and law enforcement. Sponsored by: By Representative OLSON; Representatives BARKER, FREEMAN, JOHNSON, KRIEGER, SCHAUFLER, SPRENGER, THOMPSON, WHISNANT, WINGARD, Senators KRUSE, MORSE URL:http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/measpdf/hb3100.dir/hb3129.intro.pdf Respondent Dept Updated Priority Recommendation Contact Chuck Tilby EPD-ADM 2/17/2011 Pri 3 Support Comments: This law is a step in the right direction of untangling a web of information that requires us to ask "just the right" question of the authority, especially as it relates to grow sites. It would be better if we have language that prohibits the authority from disclosing the existence of a law enforcement request or subpoena. The impact of this law on CoE is to provide a mechanism to obtain the correct information regarding grow sites, thus being better able to triage cases. A majority of tips received from citizens are regarding marijuana growers that appear to be going beyond the law. This bill potentially saves many hours of background work. At the least, it would help identify growers that are out of compliance on a large scale, focusing our efforts on the most egregious offenders. HB 3152 Relating Clause: Relating to hate crimes; declaring an emergency. Title:Renames crime of intimidation as hate crime. Sponsored by: By Representative BARKER (at the request of Department of Justice) URL:http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/measpdf/hb3100.dir/hb3152.intro.pdf Contact Respondent Dept Updated Priority Recommendation Chuck Tilby EPD-ADM 2/17/2011 Pri 2 Support Comments: It is largely symbolic to change "intimidation" to "hate crime." This is common labeling throughout the country, so is probably a good thing. Additionally, this bill adds a section to "hate crime" in the first degree to apply to a single individual, which the current "intimidation" in the first degree does not. Good move. The mandatory 60 day sentence 3