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2020 Regular Session

Senate Bill 1537

Directs Office of Emergency Management to develop and administer program to ensure that certain number of Oregon households are prepared to be self-sufficient for at least two weeks after emergency.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Ways and Means Committee on March 8, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

Directs Office of Emergency Management to develop and administer program to ensure that certain number of Oregon households are prepared to be self-sufficient for at least two weeks after emergency. Creates task force to advise office on program. Sunsets task force on January 2, 2024. Directs Higher Education Coordinating Commission to issue grant to University of Oregon to construct seismic stations for earthquake early warning system. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds under Article XI-Q of Oregon Constitution for seismic stations. Directs office to develop and administer earthquake safety educational outreach campaign. Creates advisory committee to advise office on campaign. Sunsets committee on January 2, 2024. Directs Oregon Homeland Security Council to identify 10 locations to serve as staging areas for emergency response. Directs council to determine minimum requirements for staging areas. Directs office to develop and administer program to issue grants to establish and maintain staging areas and incident management teams. Directs office to fund one staging area and one incident management team, to be operational before September 30, 2022. Directs office to develop strategic plan to develop additional teams. Directs Water Resources Department to evaluate dams for structural and other safety issues. Creates task force to study prioritization and funding of projects. Sunsets task force on January 2, 2022. Directs State Resilience Officer and Seismic Safety Policy Advisory Commission to update Oregon Resilience Plan. Directs commission to initiate public process to update boundaries of tsunami inundation zone. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Its course

January 27 to March 8, 2020, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action7 actions on 5 days

In the SenateJan 27 to Mar 8 · stopped41 days

Waiting for a committeeJan 27 to Feb 37 days

General Government and Emergency PreparednessFeb 3 to Feb 63 days

Ways and MeansFeb 6 to Mar 8 · stopped31 days

Text

Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.

In the Senate Jan 27 – Mar 8

  1. Jan 27Filed before the session
  2. Feb 3Introduced
  3. Sent to General Government and Emergency Preparedness
  4. Feb 5Heard in General Government and Emergency Preparedness
  5. Feb 6General Government and Emergency Preparedness recommended it, and that it go to Ways and Means
  6. Sent to Ways and Means
  7. Mar 8Died when the session ended
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Jan 27Presession Released to the Public.Senate
  2. Feb 3Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.Senate
  3. Feb 3Referred to General Government and Emergency Preparedness, then Ways and Means.Senate
  4. Feb 5Public Hearing and Work Session held.Senate
  5. Feb 6Recommendation: Do pass and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.Senate
  6. Feb 6Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.Senate
  7. Mar 8In committee upon adjournment.Senate