Bills in the 2016 Regular Session, House.
John Lively
Sponsored
Became law1
Permits cities outside Metro to complete evaluations and amendments of urban growth boundaries under statutes and administrative rules in effect on June 30, 2013.
Out of committee1
Requires Oregon Health Authority to analyze ground water contaminant data and provide education in areas with ground water contaminant problems.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 10
Updates and clarifies provisions related to regulation of industrial hemp.
Provides affirmative defense to public employee and certain nonprofit employee whistleblowers who provide lawfully accessed information to state or federal regulatory agency, law enforcement agency, manager employed by employer or employee's attorney .
Extends sunset for tax credit for university venture development fund contributions.
Directs Land Conservation and Development Commission to establish pilot program in which local governments may site and develop affordable housing.
Establishes Governor's Child Foster Care Advisory Commission to advise Governor and Director of Human Services regarding foster care system in this state.
Extends sunset of exemption from ad valorem property taxation for property of nonprofit corporation that, for tax year beginning on July 1, 2012, was actually offered, occupied or used as low-income housing and granted exemption by county.
Authorizes certain local governments to adopt ordinance or resolution providing property tax incentive programs that grant special assessment to brownfields or exemption to new and existing improvements and personal property on brownfields for period of up to 10 years, with additional period up to five years based on locally adopted criteria.
Provides for temporary lockout benefits, equal to weekly unemployment benefit amount of individual's most recent unemployment benefit claim, to individual who is unemployed due to lockout.
Requires Oregon Board of Dentistry, upon request of individual who has been disciplined by board, to remove from its website and other publicly accessible print and electronic publications information related to disciplining individual if individual meets certain criteria.
Increases percentage of federal earned income credit allowed to personal income taxpayer, based upon age of taxpayer's dependent.
Passed the House · 3
Adds secular organizations and current members of Legislative Assembly to list of persons and entities authorized to solemnize marriages.
Requires labeling of genetically engineered fish sold or offered for sale for human consumption.
Prohibits transfer of firearm by dealer or private party for 10 business days if Department of State Police is unable to determine whether recipient is qualified to receive firearm.
Out of committee · 3
Requires state contracting agency to determine whether contractor appears on list of liquidated or delinquent accounts that state agencies assign for collection or failed to make payment for more than 90 days on liquidated or delinquent account that state agency has not assigned for collection.
Requires public bodies to provide standardized acknowledgment of receipt of requests for public records within five business days of receipt of request.
Establishes Task Force on Utilization of the Earned Income Tax Credit.
In committee · 5
Creates Transit Expansion Fund.
Requires state contracting agency to provide in specifications for procurement and in public contract that contractor or supplier must use corrugated cardboard pallets in transporting, distributing, storing or otherwise transferring goods and to require contractors and suppliers to have similar requirements in contracts with common carriers and other third parties.
Directs Department of Education to conduct study related to virtual public charter schools.
Provides for licensing and regulation of anesthesiologist assistants.
Allows sick leave to be counted as fringe benefit for purpose of prevailing wage.