Oregon Senate Bill 832 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on June 26 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-06-26 - In committee upon adjournment.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibits person, on or after effective date of Act, from breeding mink, transporting mink to or from mink farm or working at mink farm unless person has tested negative for COVID-19 within previous 10 days. Prohibits person, on or after effective date of Act, from breeding mink, transporting mink to or from mink farm or working at mink farm unless person has tested negative for COVID-19 within previous 10 days. Directs State Department of Agriculture to establish and implement contract tracing for mink farm workers. Punishes violation with maximum of 364 days' imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both, and maximum civil penalty of $2,500. Prohibits person from operating mink farm. Directs Director of Oregon Health Authority to determine soonest feasible date for implementing prohibition. Provides that prohibition becomes operative on date determined by director. Punishes violation with maximum of 364 days' imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both, and maximum civil penalty of $2,500. For persons who operate mink farms on effective date of Act, directs state workforce agencies to treat persons as covered persons for purposes of priority of service, State Department of Agriculture to waive registration and application fees related to commodities and Department of Consumer and Business Services to assist persons with access to small business loans. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Relating to mink farms; declaring an emergency.

Sen. Floyd Prozanski [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-06-26	Senate	In committee upon adjournment.
2021-04-05	Senate	Public Hearing held.
2021-03-03	Senate	Referred to Natural Resources and Wildfire Recovery.
2021-03-03	Senate	Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB832
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB832/Introduced