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As part of a construction project at the Capitol, 4 trees on the grounds around the Capitol are being moved to better accommodate construction. The project is going to cost taxpayers $300,000. There is a lot of heavy equipment and activity outside our windows as you can see.
 The Oregon Senate approved House Bill 2160 last week on a 29-0 vote.
The bill allows more flexibility for breweries and public houses to maintain
more non-manufacturing locations. Currently, brewery-public houses are licensed
to have one location where manufacturing, sales, and consumption can happen
along with one location for holding and sales. HB 2160 will allow
brewery-public houses to maintain another holding and sales location on top of
the current number allowed. Before this newly passed legislation,
brewery-public houses had to obtain costly, and redundant licensure in order to
expand locations. This acted as a barrier to expanding and investing in new
locations hurting job creation and growth in key Central Oregon industry. I
sponsored a bill with the same concept this session and I am glad that our
efforts to update the license have succeeded. You can learn more about the bill on the Oregon Legislative Information System(OLIS).
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I would like to thank Jason Dudash of Corban University who was one of my interns for the session. He did a lot of good work here and I know he will continue to work hard and be successful in all his future endeavors.
 Senate Bill
1025, which I helped sponsor, was passed last week on a 29-0 vote. The bill
aims to give public safety and public health workers information about their
exposure to communicable diseases if they are attacked on the job by an
individual who may have a communicable disease. The bill creates a process for
law enforcement officers, correctional facility officers, health care providers,
and firefighters to petition a court to compel a test for communicable diseases
on their attacker. Law enforcement and corrections work is incredibly difficult
and stressful for employees and when individuals are attacked at work, the
situation is only made worse if an attacker has a communicable disease that
requires immediate treatment. Current law is inadequate in numerous ways and
the bill requires the petitioner to request permission to test from the
perpetrator before receiving a court order. To learn more about the bill, visit
OLIS.
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It was great to meet with constituents from the United Food and Commercial Workers about predictive scheduling and employer/employee relations. Developing relationships with constituents and receiving their feedback is critical to being a quality legislator.
Another
good bill that passed last week is House Bill 2972 which protects victims of sexual
assault, domestic violence and stalking. The bill prevents Oregon public and
private universities from threatening or imposing punishments on victims to
influence their decision to report or participate in investigations of an alleged
sexual assault, domestic violence or stalking incident. I helped sponsor this
legislation because it brings Oregon in-line with national best practices,
advances trauma-informed policies, and encourages reporting of intimate partner
violence. If you would like to learn more about the bill, visit OLIS.
I had a wonderful time speaking with Ken Hales and Talia Gad from the Partnership for Safety and Justice.
Best Regards,
 Senator Tim Knopp
Senate District 27
email: sen.timknopp@oregonlegislature.gov I phone: 503-986-1727
address: 900 Court St NE, S-309, Salem, OR, 97301
website: http://www.oregonlegislature.gov/knopp
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