Consumer Protection and Government Effectiveness

House Bill 3322 · Requires contracting agency before conducting procurement to conduct study concerning how procurement will affect local area in which work in connection with procurement will occur and to post results of study to contracting agency's website and to Oregon transparency website.

Sent March 6, 2015 · Reported out after 46 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 3346 · Creates Task Force on Public Contracting with Disadvantaged Business Enterprises and specifies membership of task force.

Sent March 6, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 122 days

House Bill 3234 · Requires collection agency to enter into or attempt to enter into mediation with debtor before bringing action to collect claim or account.

Sent March 5, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 123 days

House Bill 3248 · Requires public agency that terminates contract with qualified nonprofit agency for individuals with disabilities to provide in new contract with second qualified nonprofit agency for individuals with disabilities that second qualified nonprofit agency for individuals with disabilities must, for period of 90 days after date of new contract, offer employment to individuals with disabilities who performed work under contract that public agency terminated.

Sent March 5, 2015 · Reported out after 50 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 3262 · Requires Oregon transparency website to contain biennial budget of each state agency for advertising purposes and annual expenditures by agency for advertising purposes.

Sent March 5, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 123 days

House Bill 3267 · Establishes Federal Funds Commission.

Sent March 5, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 123 days

House Bill 3273 · Imposes one-year moratorium on adoption, amendment or repeal of any administrative rule that has fiscal impact on public of $50,000 or more.

Sent March 5, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 123 days

House Bill 3142 · Establishes private right of action for consumer that suffers ascertainable loss of money or property as result of person's failure to maintain reasonable safeguards to protect security, confidentiality and integrity of consumer's personal information.

Sent March 4, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 124 days

House Bill 3154 · Prohibits person from collecting and disclosing, selling, sharing, giving, distributing or otherwise transferring consumer's nonpublic personal information unless person obtains informed and affirmative consent from consumer.

Sent March 4, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 124 days

House Bill 3155 · Provides that consumer may cancel consumer contract for services and as consequence of cancellation pay only amount of subsidy, discount or other incentive offered as inducement to enter into contract and avoid future payments for services consumer does not receive as result of cancellation.

Sent March 4, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 124 days

House Bill 3088 · Increases minimum length of time that personal injury protection benefits are available after motor vehicle accident.

Sent March 2, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 126 days

House Bill 3099 · Transfers certain duties, functions and powers related to enterprise information technology and telecommunications from Oregon Department of Administrative Services to State Chief Information Officer.

Sent March 2, 2015 · Reported out after 50 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 3101 · Permits individual who has filed claim with insurer for benefits under insurance policy or brought action to seek compensation or damages for injury individual suffered as result of accident or crime to send written notice to health care provider to which individual owes debt for medical care or medical services stating that claim or action is pending.

Sent March 2, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 126 days

House Bill 3124 · Prohibits consumer contract that limits consumer's right to make statement about company, product or service.

Sent March 2, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 126 days

House Bill 3052 · Requires contract for public improvement to provide that contractor use biodegradable lubricant in contractor's operations related to public improvement and that contractor have similar requirement in contractor's subcontracts.

Sent February 27, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 129 days

House Bill 3056 · Specifies that crematorium may not be certified by State Mortuary and Cemetery Board if board determines that proposed crematorium presents danger to public health and safety as determined in consideration of standards for training and equipment used in practice of cremation that are based on national industry standards.

Sent February 27, 2015 · Reported out after 45 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate

House Bill 3057 · Includes person that engages in business of purchasing delinquent or charged-off debt for collection purposes in definitions of "debt collector," "collection agency" and "out-of-state collection agency" for purposes of collections laws.

Sent February 27, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 129 days

House Bill 3061 · Establishes Task Force on Family-Friendly Public Contracting and prescribes membership for task force.

Sent February 27, 2015 · Reported out after 52 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 3062 · Exempts prepaid transportation cards from Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act and related statutes.

Sent February 27, 2015 · Reported out after 14 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate

House Bill 3081 · Directs Department of Consumer and Business Services to adopt by rule standards to address conflicts of interest of manufactured structure dealers that are also residential landlords.

Sent February 27, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 129 days

Senate Bill 411 · Requires insurer to pay claims up to maximum coverage under policy of uninsured motorist coverage based on insured's total damages for personal injuries.

Sent February 25, 2015 · Reported out after 7 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 3031 · Requires caller that uses automatic dialing and announcing device in prerecorded or synthesized voice message that device plays to subscriber to provide method by which subscriber may enter single dual-tone multifrequency signal or enter or speak one-digit code to notify caller that subscriber does not want to receive future calls from caller.

Sent February 24, 2015 · Reported out after 41 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2987 · Removes requirement for contracting agency to hold in account or otherwise reserve moneys for including green energy technology in constructing, reconstructing or performing major renovation on public building if contracting agency determines that including green energy technology is not appropriate.

Sent February 20, 2015 · Reported out after 59 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2975 · Specifies that new or increased fees adopted by state agency do not become effective unless approved by Legislative Assembly by law.

Sent February 18, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 138 days

House Bill 2976 · Prohibits employee who separates from contracting agency, for two years after date of employee's separation, from becoming, or seeking employment with, contractor with which contracting agency enters or has entered into public contract.

Sent February 18, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 138 days

House Bill 2909 · Prohibits person from sending to consumer check, draft, payment instrument or other negotiable instrument that is with, part of or related to solicitation for or offer of credit or loan, unless the consumer previously requested or consented to receive check, draft, payment instrument or other negotiable instrument.

Sent February 13, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 143 days

House Bill 2910 · Repeals obsolete laws relating to agricultural experiment stations.

Sent February 13, 2015 · Reported out after 24 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2911 · Deletes obsolete references to terms of court and constables.

Sent February 13, 2015 · Reported out after 24 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2912 · Deletes obsolete and outdated provisions in transportation and motor vehicle laws.

Sent February 13, 2015 · Reported out after 24 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2913 · Deletes outdated and obsolete provisions and updates references in laws relating to human services programs or services.

Sent February 13, 2015 · Reported out after 24 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2914 · Permits employee of contracting agency that conducts cost analysis or determines feasibility of procurement, or exclusive representative of employee's bargaining unit, to seek judicial review of cost analysis or determination.

Sent February 13, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 143 days

House Bill 2917 · Directs Department of Consumer and Business Services to study impacts of paycheck discounting and report to Legislative Assembly on or before September 15, 2015.

Sent February 13, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 143 days

House Bill 2925 · Prohibits qualified nonprofit agency for individuals with disabilities from paying less than state minimum wage to employees who are individuals with disabilities if employees perform services at facility or site other than facility or site that qualified nonprofit agency for individuals with disabilities owns or leases.

Sent February 13, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 143 days

House Bill 2850 · Provides that insurer may not issue individual long term care insurance policy until insurer receives written designation of full name and residential address of at least one person to whom insurer can send notice of lapse or termination because of failure to pay premium, or receives written waiver of right to designate person to receive notice.

Sent February 11, 2015 · Reported out after 47 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2856 · Requires state agency to report to Director of Oregon Department of Administrative Services when any budgeted position is vacant for six months.

Sent February 11, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 145 days

House Bill 2857 · Provides that insurer may not offer or issue policy, contract or certificate of insurance that provides that insurer has sole right or right that is superior to right of insured to interpret terms and conditions of policy, contract or certificate or that specifies standard of interpretation or review that is inconsistent with laws of this state.

Sent February 11, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 145 days

House Bill 2884 · Establishes Task Force on Data Centers.

Sent February 11, 2015 · Reported out after 13 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 2891 · Prohibits person that manufactures or distributes prescription contact lenses from preventing retailer from advertising or selling prescription contact lenses at price for consumers that is less than price that person sets or specifies.

Sent February 11, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 145 days

House Bill 2843 · Authorizes Department of Consumer and Business Services to enter into interagency agreements for Construction Contractors Board to perform duties on behalf of department related to state building code.

Sent February 6, 2015 · Reported out after 26 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2845 · Establishes conditions under which person may sell guaranteed asset protection waiver in connection with sale or lease of motor vehicle.

Sent February 5, 2015 · Reported out after 60 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2132 · Allows county that collects forest protection district assessment or surcharge to retain percentage of collected moneys for purpose of paying county administrative costs.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 171 days

House Bill 2174 · Deletes requirement that Secretary of State prescribe form of contract for conduct of municipal audits.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Reported out after 52 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2175 · Deletes requirement that state agencies file with Division of Audits of Secretary of State documentation regarding transmittal of certain state funds to State Treasurer.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Reported out after 32 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2180 · Specifies that if General Fund appropriation balances are held by executive branch state agencies at end of biennium, one-half of amount is retained by state agency and one-half is transferred to school capital matching fund.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 171 days

House Bill 2220 · Requires Legislative Administrator to establish and maintain database to catalog issues reported by constituents to members of Legislative Assembly, state agencies or other public bodies.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 171 days

House Bill 2238 · Directs state agencies to make available on Oregon transparency website copies of reports agency is required by law to produce.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 171 days

House Bill 2248 · Includes insurance in definition of real estate, goods and services that are subject to penalties for unlawful trade practices.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 171 days

House Bill 2249 · Requires smartphone that person sells in this state to include technological capability to render inaccessible or inoperative smartphone's essential features, to permit authorized user to restore essential features to accessibility or operability and to otherwise prevent unauthorized user from circumventing technological capability.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 171 days

House Bill 2250 · Authorizes Oregon Department of Administrative Services to adopt rules related to electronic fingerprint capture services.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Reported out after 80 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2252 · Requires person that engages in business as debt buyer in this state to obtain registration from Department of Consumer and Business Services.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Reported out after 101 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 2253 · Directs each city with population of 15,000 or more to set maximum rates for towing and related services when tower tows motor vehicle without consent or authorization of owner or operator.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 171 days

House Bill 2255 · Suspends during 2015-2017 biennium application of requirement that state agencies attain 11 to 1 ratio of nonsupervisory employees to supervisory employees.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Reported out after 94 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2256 · Requires personal injury protection policy to include coverage for injury or death that person who operates or rides upon bicycle or other human-powered vehicle suffers as a result of insured vehicle striking person.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 171 days

House Bill 2257 · Permits plaintiff to file action against insurer or other person for committing or performing unfair claim settlement practice.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 171 days

House Bill 2258 · Prevents insurers from considering individual's driving record when determining rates for and whether to issue or renew policy of personal insurance that provides certain types of coverage, except in specified circumstances when insurer may consider abstract of individual's nonemployment driving record to make determinations.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Reported out after 61 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2309 · Establishes Task Force on Internet Privacy.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 171 days

House Bill 2352 · Establishes Task Force on Internet Vendor Accountability with 11 members appointed by President of Senate, Speaker of House of Representatives, Governor, Attorney General and Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 171 days

House Bill 2375 · Requires state contracting agency to use solicitation template that Attorney General and Oregon Department of Administrative Services develop, approve and make available in advertising and soliciting procurements under Public Contracting Code and to use contract form or contract template, as appropriate, that Attorney General and department develop, approve and make available as basis for public contracts into which state contracting agency enters.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Reported out after 94 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2377 · Prohibits person from soliciting, requesting or otherwise inducing another person to provide personal information by representing or implying that person is third person, without third person's knowledge, authorization and consent.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Reported out after 42 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2383 · Requires telephonic seller that solicits purchase of business opportunity to make certain disclosures before completing transaction.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Reported out after 42 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2438 · Transfers Office of Administrative Hearings from Employment Department to Oregon Department of Administrative Services.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Reported out after 45 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 2467 · Directs Department of Consumer and Business Services to adopt rules to regulate penalties, fees and charges that insurer imposes for early withdrawal from individual deferred annuity policy.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Reported out after 42 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2470 · Exempts document, material or other information from disclosure if Department of Consumer and Business Services produces or collects document, material or other information in connection with active and ongoing investigation of compliance with law that department administers and if Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services possesses document, material or other information.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 171 days

House Bill 2476 · Authorizes Oregon Department of Administrative Services to adopt by rule uniform policies or procedures.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Reported out after 42 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2477 · Requires Oregon Health Authority to exercise procurement authority under Public Contracting Code and under supervision of Oregon Department of Administrative Services, except in limited circumstances.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 171 days

House Bill 2496 · Requires vehicle repair shop to post sign that advises customer of certain rights.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 171 days

House Bill 2514 · Prohibits insurer from declaring motor vehicle total loss unless loss to motor vehicle totals 85 percent or more of vehicle's market value, as shown in vehicle valuation catalog, database or other printed or electronically published reference guide that motor vehicle dealers, distributors and other persons that engage in business of buying and selling motor vehicles generally regard as authoritative.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 171 days

House Bill 2528 · Establishes Task Force on Citizen Review of Public Works Projects.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Reported out after 87 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 2531 · Prohibits operation of amusement ride or device for more than 180 days during annual permit period unless inspected by Department of Consumer and Business Services or amusement ride inspector.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 171 days

House Bill 2532 · Requires lender, or agent or affiliate of lender, in any advertisement or communication intended as inducement to apply for or enter into reverse mortgage to include summary of certain provisions of reverse mortgage contract.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Reported out after 56 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2543 · Provides that unused gift cards become abandoned property.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 171 days

House Bill 2549 · Allows state agency to decline to assign debt of estate to private collection agency if state agency has notice that estate has closed.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Reported out after 32 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2578 · Permits individual in hospice program, or next of kin or personal representative of individual who has died, to terminate, without penalty, residential cable service or residential telecommunications service.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Reported out after 87 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2580 · Prohibits merchant from requiring statement of account as condition for cardholder to obtain refund of amount in payment card transaction.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 171 days

House Bill 2582 · Prohibits association of owners for, or declarant of, planned community or condominium from prohibiting display of signs based on content of sign.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 171 days

House Bill 2584 · Prohibits association of owners for, or declarant of, planned community or condominium from making records of association confidential or exempt from disclosure to owners of real property in planned community or condominium.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 171 days

House Bill 2599 · Requires utility that provides electric or natural gas service to residential customers to prepare report on utility's processes that mitigate, for nonpayment of delinquent accounts, termination of electric or natural gas service to certain residential customers under certain conditions.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Reported out after 98 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2617 · Provides that contractor may award subcontract only to responsible subcontractor.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 171 days

House Bill 2637 · Prohibits person from knowingly omitting from advertisement for mortgage credit product clear and conspicuous statement that identifies person that offers or promotes mortgage credit product.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Reported out after 77 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate

House Bill 2663 · Requires financial institutions to permit individual convicted of crime to access banking and financial services.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 171 days

House Bill 2664 · Subjects university with governing board, or not-for-profit organization or other entity that university with governing board controls, to certain provisions of Public Contracting Code.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Reported out after 87 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2689 · Reorganizes statute to clarify that cost of carpet cleaning that landlord may deduct from security deposit is not considered default or damage of tenant.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 171 days

House Bill 2708 · Requires operator of website, online service, online application or mobile application to implement and maintain reasonable security procedures and practices related to covered information of student, to protect covered information and to delete covered information when requested by school or school district.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 171 days

House Bill 2716 · Requires public contracting agencies to provide as material condition of public contract that contractor remain certified as disadvantaged, minority, women or emerging small business enterprise during entire term of public contract if contracting agency awarded public contract, in whole or in part, on basis of contractor's certification.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Reported out after 63 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2724 · Authorizes agency to adopt criteria to waive application of rule, in whole or in part, in specified circumstance.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 171 days

House Bill 2743 · Establishes Task Force on Executive Compensation Among State Contractors.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 171 days

House Bill 2780 · Provides that escrow agent or other person that engages in real estate closing escrow may not accept funds, property or documents if principal to real estate closing escrow is 65 years of age or older and selling price of property is more than 20 percent below appraised or assessed value and if escrow agent or other person reasonably believes that principal does not understand nature or terms of transaction.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 171 days

House Bill 2794 · Prohibits person that is not authorized reseller from selling admission ticket to entertainment event if operator of entertainment event has not released admission tickets for sale.

Sent January 16, 2015 · Stopped in committee after 171 days