Bills in the 2015 Regular Session, House.
Paul Evans
Sponsored
Became law2
Establishes Task Force on Incarcerated Veterans to research, study and make recommendations regarding outreach to and assistance for incarcerated veterans.
Authorizes Attorney General to file action on behalf of Department of Human Services employee for stalking citation or stalking protective order upon request that has been approved in writing by Director of Human Services or designee and sets forth sufficient facts and evidence, and that in opinion of Attorney General is likely to succeed.
Out of committee8
Allows credit against income taxes for employment of qualified military veterans.
Establishes Oregon Educational and Workforce Development Bridge Loan Program in Department of Veterans' Affairs to conduct outreach and provide loans to veterans and disabled veterans who are enrolled in approved course of study, approved professional training, approved workforce development program or approved apprenticeship in connection with institution of higher education, and who are eligible to receive federal educational aid or other financial assistance that is temporarily unavailable.
Directs Department of Veterans' Affairs to develop program under which department, pursuant to contracts with financial institutions, provides loan guarantees or credit guarantees for qualified veterans for purpose of refinancing existing purchase-money mortgages or similar mortgages of homes used primarily as principal residence by veterans.
Increases amount of reimbursement from Oregon Production Investment Fund that is available to local filmmaker or media production services company.
Establishes Task Force on Innovative Housing Strategies for Veterans.
Creates income tax credit for unreimbursed expenses of teachers and adjunct instructors.
Authorizes reserve officers sponsored by law enforcement unit to pay for training as police with cash and G.I. Bill education benefits.
Establishes Oregon All Funds Crisis and Disaster Resourcing Task Force.
In committee24
Requires use of headlights when windshield wipers are on or there is fog.
Increases maximum allowable amount of political contribution income tax credit.
Allocates lottery moneys to further economic development by assisting veterans to apply for federal and state veterans' benefits and aid.
Creates subtraction from taxable income for start-up expenditures.
Creates crime of domestic terrorism.
Creates income tax credit for member of military organization that contributes financial resources to Veterans' Educational Aid Account prior to dissolution.
Establishes minimum education requirements for high school teachers of dual credit courses.
Provides that amounts appropriated from any fund for unemployment insurance-related purposes and programs may not be expended for any purpose or program not directly related to purposes and programs authorized or required under provisions of unemployment insurance statutes.
Creates income tax credit for investment in community gardens and food banks.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to provide for specified drug and alcohol treatment programs.
Authorizes local governments to adopt additional criteria encouraging energy efficiency and energy generation on property granted certain exemptions from ad valorem property taxation.
Grants Governor authority to declare economic emergency.
Makes corporations eligible to serve on juries.
Establishes Oregon Public Utility Homeland Security Commission.
Requires student to demonstrate proficiency in civics to earn high school diploma.
Establishes Oregon Quality Education Model Modernization Task Force.
Directs Department of Corrections to enter into interagency agreement with community college and public university for purpose of establishing program that provides post-secondary education to inmates.
Changes term of office and qualifications for appointment of Adjutant General.
Establishes Task Force on State Public Safety Coordination.
Establishes Task Force on Cyber Security Preparedness.
Directs Office of Emergency Management of Oregon Military Department to increase staffing level of office to better coordinate and facilitate private sector and governmental response to, and recovery from, natural and human-caused emergencies.
Modifies credit against wine privilege tax for marketing activity by allowing credit for promotion of specific brands of wine or wine products and by increasing percentage of costs allowed as credit.
Creates income tax credit for certain employers that are required to provide paid sick leave, with restrictions.
Creates credit against personal income tax for cost of criminal history record check required by state law for transfer of firearm.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 35
Directs Department of Human Services, in consultation with Early Learning Division and Office of Child Care, to adopt rules for subsidy programs for employment-related child care that, at minimum, provide for one year of eligibility regardless of change in employment, permit students enrolled in coursework and self-employed persons to receive subsidized employment-related child care, and provide for reduced copayments and incentive payments when child care provider meets specified minimum standa
Directs Department of Education to develop and implement statewide education plan for early childhood through post-secondary education students who are black or African-American or not covered by existing statewide education plan and have experienced disproportionate educational results.
Authorizes individuals acting under authority of broadcasters to enter geographic area subject to declaration of emergency to maintain essential broadcast equipment.
Requires Director of Oregon Health Authority to notify Director of Veterans' Affairs upon receipt of certain written information from member or veteran of uniformed service, if authorized to do so by member or veteran.
Directs Department of Human Services to appoint advisory committee to advise department regarding policies and procedures to coordinate statewide planning for delivery of services to runaway and homeless youth and their families.
Directs Department of Human Services to create advisory committee within Office of Adult Abuse Prevention and Investigations to advise regarding residential care for children, youth or youth offenders.
Directs Department of Consumer and Business Services to develop, no later than September 15, 2016, recommendations to Legislative Assembly for creation of premium assistance program to enable low-income individuals residing in Oregon under Compact of Free Association to purchase health insurance through health insurance exchange.
Directs Higher Education Coordinating Commission to develop standards related to transferability of credits for community colleges and public universities.
Directs Department of Veterans' Affairs to enter into contract to conduct statewide study regarding delivery and use of, and barriers to access to, health care and medical services for women veterans no later than July 1, 2016.
Requires school district to provide lunch free of charge to students who are eligible for reduced price lunches.
Allows direct purchase and sale of bulk distilled liquor between distillery licensees for blending and manufacturing purposes.
Provides that person who records another person's intimate areas commits crime of invasion of personal privacy.
Requires universities with institutional governing boards to continue to participate in shared services relating to listed employee benefits and to collective bargaining until July 1, 2019.
Disallows all filing fees, service fees and hearing fees in action for court's protective stalking order, even if stalking order is not only relief sought in action.
Requires public universities to establish priority enrollment system for qualified students who are active members of Armed Forces of the United States, who are qualified veterans or who receive veterans' educational benefits as federally qualified dependents of active members or qualified veterans.
Requires school district to eliminate use of polystyrene foam plates, trays, food containers or food packaging in service of any meal unless school district recycles polystyrene foam.
Removes provision that public officer or employee who leaves position to perform military duty may not, while performing military duty, receive amount of pay entitled to before leave of absence.
Requires that National League of Families' POW/MIA flag be displayed with Oregon State flag on public buildings in this state.
Increases amount transferred from State School Fund to High Cost Disabilities Account each fiscal year.
Establishes Task Force on Class Sizes to determine appropriate class sizes of students, identify methods to reduce class sizes and determine cost for methods to reduce class sizes.
Directs Department of Education to administer process for providing funding for activities related to annual conference dedicated to Oregon civics and held on Oregon Civics Day for Teachers.
Requires Clackamas County to develop pilot program for forestry products grown on nonforest land in county to be commercially produced and marketed through forestry product cooperative.
Requires insurer to offer health care provider method of reimbursement that does not impose fees or other charges on provider.
Appropriates moneys to Higher Education Coordinating Commission to be expended for grant program that distributes moneys to community colleges, or any foundations of community colleges, to increase number of underserved, low-income and first-generation college-bound students who enroll in community college and make progress toward degree or certificate.
Specifies conditions under which farm implement supplier has good cause to terminate, cancel or not renew retailer agreement, or to cause change in competitive circumstances for retailer.
Expands definition of "lender" for purposes of Beginning and Expanding Farmer Loan Program to include person selling agricultural land to beginning farmers pursuant to owner-financed agreement or sales contract, institution organized and existing under Farm Credit Act of 1971 and other persons or entities as defined by rule adopted by Oregon Business Development Department.
Permits Certification Office for Business Inclusion and Diversity to certify business that service-disabled veteran owns as business enterprise that is eligible for certain preferences in public contracting.
Increases speed limit for certain vehicles on specified portions of certain highways.
Increases frequency of days for which State Fish and Wildlife Commission may authorize persons to angle for fish or take shellfish without licenses or tags.
Provides that release decision for defendant charged with sex crime or crime constituting domestic violence must include order prohibiting attempted contact with victim and third-party contact with victim while defendant is in custody.
Increases penalty for crime of strangulation when committed knowing victim was pregnant.
Establishes privilege in civil, criminal, administrative and school proceedings for certain communications between persons seeking services related to domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking and victim services programs and advocates.
Creates position of Oregon Women Veterans Coordinator in Department of Veterans' Affairs and specifies responsibilities.
Directs Department of Corrections to establish Family Sentencing Alternative Pilot Program in partnership with circuit courts, county community corrections agencies and Department of Human Services.
Establishes Oregon Main Street Revitalization Grant Program within State Parks and Recreation Department for purpose of awarding grants to acquire, rehabilitate and construct buildings in designated downtown areas statewide and to facilitate community revitalization.
Passed the House · 2
Enacts Interstate Compact for Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote.
Phases in prohibition on manufacture and sale of personal care products and over-the-counter drugs that contain synthetic plastic microbeads.
Out of committee · 9
Increases Oregon minimum wage rate in graduated steps through 2017.
Establishes Oregon Spirits Board.
Establishes Pay It Forward program.
Increases maximum amount of corporate excise tax credit allowed for qualified research activities.
Authorizes counties to establish programs for forestry products grown on nonforest lands in counties to be commercially produced and marketed through forestry product cooperatives.
Establishes Oregon Center of Cyber-Excellence.
Creates subtraction from federal taxable income for benefits paid to surviving spouse or dependent child of service member.
Authorizes State Board of Education to adopt variable ratios for local funds required to match capital grants and loans to school districts financed with Article XI-P general obligation bonds.
Grants income tax credit to firefighters who provide volunteer services to rural fire protection districts or fire departments.
In committee · 12
Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to establish for every entering undergraduate class at each public university with governing board minimum percentage of students who must be Oregon residents.
Requires employer to grant unpaid leave of absence to employee serving in firefighting forces during declared fire emergency.
Adds woody biomass to types of green energy technology for which contracting agency must set aside 1.5 percent of contract price to include in public building.
Excludes certain police officers from meaning of supervisory employee for purposes of public employment.
Permits person 18 years of age or older to operate motorcycle without wearing approved motorcycle helmet if person has motor vehicle liability insurance that provides personal injury protection benefits.
Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to develop plan for public universities to have ratio of at least 7 to 1 of public employees to supervisory employees.
Directs Legislative Revenue Officer to report to Legislative Assembly on taxpayer use of deduction allowed for expensing of depreciable business assets and to make recommendations for improving benefit to state.
Directs Department of Transportation to establish breast cancer awareness registration plate program for issuance of special registration plate.
Requires business entity that intends to make political expenditure to first obtain approval from shareholders or members by affirmative vote of majority of members or shares entitled to vote.
Directs Department of Transportation to establish Portland Trail Blazers license plate program for issuance of special registration plate.
Requires every state agency, county and district to make available to Secretary of State information required for voter registration contained in any database in possession of agency, county or district.
Directs State Parks and Recreation Department to remove official State of Mississippi flag from Walk of Flags display at State Capitol State Park and replace with Mississippi Magnolia Flag.