Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, House.
Paul Evans
Sponsored
Became law5
Requires persons who send or serve certain documents related to termination of tenancy, forcible entry or detainer and residential foreclosures to include certain information regarding assistance that may be available to veterans of armed forces.
Provides seven days of excused absences from school if pupil is dependent of member of Armed Forces of United States who is on active duty or who is called into active duty.
Expands higher education tuition grants offered to qualified members of Oregon National Guard by permitting grant to be used for undergraduate degree program at Oregon Health and Science University or qualifying private post-secondary institutions or for program or curriculum designed to lead to certificate of completion at community college, public university, Oregon Health and Science University or qualifying private post-secondary institution.
Removes requirement for person to have surety bond in effect before making, altering, repairing, transporting, storing, providing services for, supplying materials for or performing labor in connection with motor vehicle.
Permits dealer management system provider to condition dealer's or authorized integrator's access to and ability to receive, share, copy, use, write or transmit protected dealer data from or to dealer data system on dealer's or authorized integrator's compliance with security standards, require authorized integrator to have express written authorization from dealer before allowing authorized integrator to gain access to, receive, share, copy, use or transmit protected dealer data and deny access to dealer data system if dealer fails to pay amount due to dealer management system provider under lease, contract or other agreement.
Passed the House2
Requires division of Department of Human Services that administers Oregon Project Independence, in collaboration with area agencies, to study statewide expansion of Oregon Project Independence and resource needs of division if Oregon Project Independence is expanded statewide.
Alters commissioner composition of Higher Education Coordinating Commission by redesignating five current nonvoting positions as voting positions and by adding one additional position for graduate student attending public university.
Out of committee6
Establishes Oregon Public Places Are Safe Places Investment Fund.
Requires State Fish and Wildlife Commission to adopt certain requirements related to carcasses of returning hatchery fish.
Establishes Task Force on Seismic Event Preparation.
Directs Department of Land Conservation and Development to study methods to mitigate impacts of technology towers on aesthetics.
Establishes Task Force on Disaster Response and Recovery.
Modifies law regarding requirement that public employer grant preference to veteran or disabled veteran in selection process for civil service position.
In committee67
Expands potential recipients of levee project grants to include any public body.
Authorizes issuance of $10 million in lottery bonds for deposit in Levee Project Subaccount to be used for any purpose for which funds in subaccount may be used.
Directs school districts to make annual reports to Department of Education related to students placed on abbreviated school day programs.
Requires corporation that is incorporated in or authorized to transact business in this state to submit affidavit to Department of Revenue each year to attest that corporation has registered or attempted to register with United States Selective Service System.
Requires Governor to interview at least one candidate from underserved racial, ethnic or minority population when making appointment to Board of Commissioners of Port of Portland.
Excludes certain police officers from meaning of supervisory employee for purposes of public employment.
Creates Task Force on Disaster Response and Recovery.
Provides that governing body of county shall be nonpartisan board of five commissioners elected by people of county.
Creates income tax credit for investment in community gardens and food banks.
Clarifies meaning of "provide consultative services" to require Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services to provide incentive to small employers to participate in consultative services, to provide maximum allowable protection from fines and penalties to small employers that participate in consultative services and to promote consultative services to small business community.
Requires city with population of 200,000 or fewer to establish local standards to promote housing stability no later than July 1, 2021.
Authorizes Oregon Business Development Department to make grants to certain small cities for purposes of studying, developing and capitalizing public transit systems.
Requires student to demonstrate proficiency in civics in order to receive high school diploma.
Directs Oregon Business Development Department to conduct study regarding cost savings and expense reductions that may result to small businesses from cooperative resource sharing.
Authorizes Oregon Innovation Council to make grants to small businesses for seed and start-up capital and gap funding to create and support invention, innovation and economic development in rural areas of state.
Requires use of headlights when windshield wipers are on or there is fog.
Creates credit against personal income tax for cost of criminal history record check required by state law for transfer of firearm.
Creates income tax credit for certain employers that are required to provide paid sick leave.
Directs Occupational Safety and Health Division of Department of Consumer and Business Services to study potential safety benefits of screening replacement workers during labor dispute with employer that employs more than 100 employees in industry involving hazardous materials.
Authorizes reserve officers sponsored by law enforcement unit to pay for training as police with cash and G.I. Bill education benefits.
Changes term of office and qualifications for appointment of Adjutant General.
Directs Department of Veterans' Affairs to develop and implement one or more pilot programs statewide to provide training, job placement services, financial assistance, technical support and business creation assistance to veterans in construction and construction materials industries.
Makes corporations eligible to serve on juries.
Grants Governor authority to declare economic emergency.
Establishes criteria for state and United States flags to be official flags.
Establishes minimum education requirements for teachers of certain accelerated college credit program courses.
Creates income tax credit for employing youth workers.
Directs Department of Veterans' Affairs to develop program under which providers contracting with department provide credit guarantees for qualified borrowers for purpose of refinancing home mortgages.
Directs Department of Education to create Oregon Educational Support Professional of Year Program.
Requires city or county to approve all proposed vertical housing development projects that meet statutory requirements and additional criteria adopted by city or county and to deny certification to all proposed projects that do not.
Permits employees who are not union members to voluntarily consent to make in-lieu-of-dues payment to labor organization for organization's representation of nonmember employees in employment relations with public employer.
Allows subtraction from federal taxable income of gain from sale of opportunity zone property, defined as property in low-income census tract developed for affordable housing and held for stated period of time.
Establishes Oregon Quality Education Model Modernization Task Force.
Renames Office of Emergency Management as Oregon Department of Emergency Management.
Authorizes district school boards to take specified actions to facilitate creation and use of maker spaces.
Creates income tax credit for employing up to three students enrolled in at least four credit hours in institution of higher education.
Directs Oregon Tourism Commission to identify, designate and monitor tourism districts in this state.
Directs Oregon Military Department to create, fill and utilize certain positions within Office of Emergency Management.
Establishes Local Markets Small Business Capital Loan Program to be administered by Oregon Business Development Department for purpose of making interest-only loans to allow businesses with not more than 50 employees to hire new employees.
Requires Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services to make structural specialty code requirements for seismic force resistance applicable retroactively to existing unreinforced masonry structures two or more stories above grade.
Permits State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation to evaluate risk corporation has insured for employers during past three years and reduce premium corporation charges employer to reflect reductions or mitigations in risk that result from agreement between employer and corporation.
Creates income tax credit for unreimbursed expenses of certain public school teachers and adjunct instructors.
Establishes Oregon Educational and Workforce Development Bridge Loan Program in Department of Veterans' Affairs to conduct outreach and provide forgivable 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.
Restricts number of faculty personnel files that community college may maintain.
Creates Guaranteed Opportunity Program.
Permits Oregon Business Development Department to hire attorney for purpose of prosecuting patent for any invention that faculty, staff or students reduce to practice while employed by or enrolled in public high school in this state.
Creates crime of domestic terrorism.
Defines "ingest." Expands definition of "terminal disease." Creates Death with Dignity Advisory Committee within Oregon Health Authority.
Requires Department of Consumer and Business Services to study how Occupational Safety and Health Division enforces state rules.
Requires State Department of Fish and Wildlife to submit report on effects on Oregon wolf populations of removing gray wolf from state lists of threatened or endangered species.
Establishes Task Force on Oregon Domestic Use Water Supply.
Authorizes formation of bridge district in capital city region, consisting of Linn, Marion, Polk and Yamhill Counties.
Authorizes State Department of Fish and Wildlife to designate areas in this state as habitat critical for biodiversity.
Requires State Forestry Department to establish Western Oregon Regional Carbon Sink as geographical area and take certain actions regarding area on or before January 1, 2031.
Authorizes State Treasurer to issue general obligation bonds under Article XI-E of Oregon Constitution in amount that produces $500 million in net proceeds for Strategic Carbon Sequestration and Forestry Sustainability Program.
Creates Oregon Campaign Review Commission to investigate complaints of false statements made by candidates or political committees.
Prohibits public officials who are exempt employees of state government from serving in position in which public official has authority over relative or member of household of public official.
Requires school districts to withhold retainage when entering into public contract to provide services required by state or federal law.
Authorizes Environmental Quality Commission to adopt by rule schedule of enhanced civil penalties for violations involving cargo tank motor vehicles of certain environmental laws.
Requires Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services to amend Low-Rise Residential Dwelling Code to require alternative energy collection or generation by December 15, 2020.
Requires businesses receiving more than 20 percent of gross receipts from public contracts to include statement of amount received with tax return filed with Department of Revenue.
Requires nonprofit corporations that meet certain requirements, including receipt of public funds, to comply with open meetings law and public records law, to post copy of corporation's proposed annual budget to corporation's public website and to submit to and cooperate with audit.
Requires publicly traded corporation that makes political expenditure of more than $100 in calendar year to first obtain approval for political expenditure from shareholders by affirmative vote of majority of shares entitled to vote.
Requires directors and senior executives of businesses that receive $10 million or more in public moneys over five year period to file statement of economic interest.
Removes assistance animals from existing offense of interfering with assistance, search and rescue or therapy animal.
Establishes Oregon Cash Depository Corporation as independent public corporation and prescribes corporation's purposes and powers.
Renames Office of Emergency Management as Oregon Department of Emergency Management.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 24
Creates family and medical leave insurance program to provide partially or fully compensated time away from work to covered individual who meets certain criteria while covered individual is on family leave, medical leave or safe leave.
Eliminates requirement that person provide proof of legal presence before Department of Transportation issues noncommercial driver license, noncommercial driver permit or identification card.
Requires public employer to grant reasonable paid time to public employee who is designated representative to engage in certain activities.
Prohibits Department of Transportation from charging fee for issuing, renewing or replacing parking identification cards.
Limits amount of overtime nursing staff who work in correctional facility may be required to work.
Allows farm tractors to operate on state highways that have speed limit or posted speed of more than 35 miles per hour.
Designates May of each year as ALS Awareness Month.
Exempts from required disclosure pursuant to public records request, home address, home phone number and other specified personal information of county juvenile department employees who primarily perform duties related to youth offenders confined in detention facilities.
Expands types of entities that may receive grant from Farm-to-School Grant Program to purchase food produced or processed in state or to identify sources of foods or to process foods.
Directs Department of Transportation to study train delays experienced by trains operated by Amtrak and report on findings to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to transportation on or before September 15, 2020.
Directs Department of State Police to study how to increase and improve criminal justice resources relating to missing and murdered Native American women in Oregon and report to appropriate committee or interim committee of Legislative Assembly no later than September 15, 2020.
Removes prohibition on payment of unemployment insurance benefits to nonprofessional employees of educational institution providing facilities or janitorial services for weeks of unemployment commencing during period between two successive academic years or terms.
Appropriates moneys to Department of Consumer and Business Services to contract with vendor to conduct demographic study of dental needs and geographic distribution of COFA citizens in this state and to issue request for information to gauge interest and determine capacity of dental care organizations to provide oral health care to COFA citizens.
Requires communications made in support of or opposition to candidate to state name of persons that paid for communication.
Permits contracting agency, in conducting procurement for architectural, engineering, photogrammetric mapping, transportation planning and land surveying services, to consider pricing policies, proposals and other pricing information as part of screening and selection of consultants in specified circumstances.
Allows student to wear dress uniform issued by Armed Forces of United States during high school graduation ceremony if certain conditions are met.
Requires that for person who completes prior educational requirements to participate in Oregon Promise program while confined in correctional facility, six-month period to enroll in courses to participate in program begins after person is first released from correctional facility.
Directs Department of Education to create Oregon Education Support Professional of the Year Program.
Provides that labor organization's charging certain employees reasonable fees and costs for representation that is unrelated to negotiation of collective bargaining agreement is not unfair labor practice.
Allows professional licensing board to issue nonrenewable temporary authorization to spouse of member of Armed Forces of United States stationed in Oregon and who holds eligible out-of-state authorization to provide occupational or professional service.
Expands Telecommunication Devices Access Program to include provision of communication facilitators.
Excludes, for limited duration, certain employees of Oregon State Police from meaning of supervisory employee for purposes of public employment.
Requires financial estimate committee to file statement "MEASURE SPENDS MONEY WITHOUT IDENTIFYING A FUNDING SOURCE" with Secretary of State upon finding that ballot measure with no dedicated funding source will have financial effect on public expenditures in excess of $100,000.
Provides that federally recognized Indian tribes in Oregon may apply for grants under emergency preparedness equipment grant program.
Passed the House · 2
Restricts limitation on award of noneconomic damages to claims in actions for wrongful death.
Provides that diagnostic services are compensable under workers' compensation law after industrial accident or occupational disease has been determined to be compensable and if diagnostic services are reasonable and necessary to identify nature or extent of medical condition that may be related to industrial accident or occupational disease.
Out of committee · 24
Creates Task Force on Extending the Westside Express Service Commuter Line to Salem.
Establishes Local Government Technical Assistance Program within Housing and Community Services Department.
Authorizes issuance of lottery bonds to finance acquisition and restoration of Willamette Falls navigation canal and locks.
Allows State Forester to order use of wildfire suppression personnel, equipment and services on federal lands within state borders.
Requires school districts to provide coordinated comprehensive school counseling program.
Directs Office of Emergency Management to study and make recommendations regarding funding of search and rescue operations.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Education for Title IX enforcement and compliance, sexual harassment prevention and gender discrimination prevention.
Appropriates moneys to Oregon Department of Administrative Services to increase size and diversity of group of court appointed special advocates.
Increases threshold under which school district may receive additional State School Fund moneys for student eligible for special education.
Extends sunset for property tax exemption for multiple-unit housing.
Directs Department of Justice to establish program for awarding grants to law enforcement agencies and local governments for training of groups and agencies that interact with persons who have experienced trauma.
Establishes Universal School Meal Account for purpose of reimbursing school districts for certain costs incurred in providing federally reimbursable meals.
Requires school district that provides breakfast to make breakfast available after start of school day.
Provides that hours worked by certain law enforcement employees do not count for purposes of limitations on reemployment of retired member of Public Employees Retirement System.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to analyze ground water contaminant data and provide education in areas with ground water contaminant problems.
Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission and Department of Veterans' Affairs to adopt by rule additional minimum standards regarding source of tuition revenue for licensing of career schools and schools authorized to confer degrees.
Creates family and medical leave insurance program to provide employee who is eligible for coverage with portion of wages while employee is on family and medical leave or military family leave.
Permits duplicate health benefit plan coverage for public employees.
Extends from July 1, 2019, to July 1, 2023, period of time public universities must provide scope and value of specified employee benefits.
Requires Department of Veterans' Affairs, in its biennial agency request budget, to request certain level of funding.
Directs State Fire Marshal to enter into grant agreement with Eugene Springfield Fire to enable development of urban search and rescue capabilities.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Health Authority for Senior Farm Direct Nutrition Program and Women, Infants and Children Farm Direct Nutrition Program.
Imposes assessment on large employers with employees who receive or who have minor children who receive certain types of public assistance in this state, in amount equal to public assistance paid.
Directs Department of Human Services to develop pilot program contracting with Yamhill County for provision of community-based child welfare services.
In committee · 48
Changes date of primary election from third Tuesday in May to second Tuesday in March.
Requires State Department of Fish and Wildlife to develop and implement program to provide Oregon businesses, communities and landowners with technical assistance regarding nonlethal methods to reduce conflict between humans and wildlife.
Directs Department of Human Services to report information regarding prescription of psychotropic medications to children in foster care.
Creates income tax credit for operation costs of housing for agricultural workers.
Exempts from property taxation property consisting of machinery, equipment, tools, implements or fixtures used primarily in agricultural or horticultural activities or animal husbandry, regardless of whether property is considered real property, and adds such property to definition of "tangible personal property." Adds farming tools and implements to tax-exempt personal property and adds preparing farm crops for shipping as tax-exempt use of personal property.
Renames Port of Newport as Oregon International Port of Newport.
Authorizes school district to allow firearm safety instruction on school property.
Establishes tax credit against personal income taxes for purchase of qualifying gun safes or locking mechanisms.
Allows Oregon Liquor Control Commission to enter into interstate agreements with agencies of other states for purpose of ensuring multistate enforcement of standards for wine consistent with standards of state where wine was produced.
Authorizes Department of State Lands to perform work to acquire and restore operation of Willamette Falls navigation canal and locks.
Creates crime of threatening a mass injury event.
Prohibits state agencies from suspending or revoking license required to pursue commercial activity, trade, occupation or profession because licensee is delinquent in paying student loan debt.
Creates income tax credit for taxpayers that purchase certain emergency preparedness supplies.
Allows appointed agent or distillery retail outlet agent for Oregon Liquor Control Commission to deliver distilled liquor to retail purchaser.
Requires Oregon Liquor Control Commission to prorate fee for brewery-public house license issued for less than year.
Provides that persons representing or speaking on behalf of certain taxpayers may be subject to sanction by either house of Legislative Assembly if they make false statement or misrepresentation to legislative official concerning tax liability or tax consequences of law or proposed law.
Directs Department of Revenue to deliver vouchers to certain personal income taxpayers who fail to use income tax credit for political contribution in previous tax year.
Requires Department of Revenue to calculate effect of laws passed during previous two years on combined personal income tax and corporate income and excise tax liability of persons who have expended $10,000 or more on lobbying activities during previous two years.
Requires certain persons that service student loans in this state to obtain or renew license.
Directs Department of Education to award grants to school districts to support safe schools by funding programs related to bullying prevention and youth empowerment.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to establish or contract for establishment of statewide mental health crisis support access line to facilitate specified services for individuals experiencing behavioral health crises.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Higher Education Coordinating Commission for distribution to community colleges and community college service districts for various purposes.
Permits duplicate health benefit plan coverage for public employees.
Enacts Interstate Compact for Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote.
Permits person who will be 17 years old on date of primary election and 18 years old on date of general election to vote at primary election for candidates of major political party with which person is affiliated if major political party has adopted rule to this effect.
Requires Secretary of State or county clerk, rather than filer, to designate argument filed for publication in voters' pamphlet as either supporting or opposing ballot measure.
Directs Oregon Liquor Control Commission to develop Internet-based system to enable ordering and delivery of cannabis for medical use to registry identification cardholders.
For purposes of taxpayer election of reduced tax rate for certain pass-through income, reduces tax rates, reduces maximum eligible income and modifies employment requirements.
Requires candidate for President or Vice President of United States, in order to appear on general election ballot or in general election voters' pamphlet, to provide Secretary of State with copy of candidate's federal income tax returns for five years preceding year of general election and with written consent for public disclosure of tax returns.
Requires incarceration facilities to provide tampons, sanitary napkins and undergarments to female persons in custody at no charge.
Prohibits full-service restaurant from providing single-use plastic straw to consumer unless consumer requests single-use plastic straw.
Clarifies meaning of "because of age" in employment discrimination law.
Establishes Oregon Youth Council.
Expands purposes for which physical restraint may be used on students.
Requires that Secretary of State provide official Military or Overseas Elector Ballot for Presidential Nominating Contests that permits military or overseas electors to rank candidates for party nomination for President of United States by order of preference.
Directs Higher Education Coordinating Commission to establish Oregon work study pilot program to assist post-secondary students.
Requires that building permit must show contractor's Construction Contractors Board license number if contractor is known.
Increases amount of estimate of revenues that will be received from personal income taxes for biennium beginning July 1, 2017.
Creates tax credit for workers at child care facilities rated three stars or higher with quality rating and improvement system.
Provides that registered or certified child care facility is commercial use of property for zoning purposes.
Establishes Task Force on Health Care Access to study and report on how to establish primary care trust model.
Creates credit against income taxes for amounts paid by veteran as principal or interest on qualified education loans.
Requires health care providers to include CPT codes in bills sent to consumers and insurers.
Prohibits person from collecting or receiving for purpose of recovering or defraying costs of sending printed copy of invoice or bill, or receiving or processing printed check, money order or cash as payment from consumer, any surcharge, fee or other amount in excess of amount person charges consumer for goods or services the consumer purchased and any of person's actual and verifiable expenses for shipping and handling or taxes that are directly related to transaction for goods or services.
Requires reporting of physical sexual harassment by legislative officials and registered lobbyists.
Establishes TriMet Crash Advisory Committee.
Allows resident serving, or who has served, in Armed Forces of United States to obtain free licenses for hunting, angling or shellfish.
Exempts receipts from sales of certain agricultural products from commercial activity subject to corporate activity tax.