Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, House.
Nancy Nathanson
Sponsored
Became law7
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to conduct review of CASA Volunteer Programs and report results of review and make recommendations for legislation to Legislative Assembly.
Requires long term care facilities, conversion facilities and residential care facilities providing care to six or more residents to adopt specified protocols and procedures regarding preventing and reporting disease outbreaks.
Limits guardian's authority to limit protected person's preferred associations with third parties.
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.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to provide planning grants to 10 school districts or education service districts to evaluate community needs for school-based health services.
Authorizes operation of boats propelled by electric motors on named lakes and waters of this state under certain circumstances.
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.
Out of committee4
Appropriates moneys to Oregon Department of Administrative Services to increase size and diversity of group of court appointed special advocates.
Provides that certain public bodies and intergovernmental entities may not issue bonds to finance pension liabilities without first obtaining independent assessment of likelihood that investment returns on bond proceeds will exceed interest cost of bonds and issuing public report relating to proposed bond issuance.
Directs State Fire Marshal to enter into grant agreement with Eugene Springfield Fire to enable development of urban search and rescue capabilities.
Directs Department of Human Services to study and develop two-year and five-year plans for department to provide comprehensive funding for child welfare services, ensure adequate in-state services for children's therapeutic care and request sufficient funding for high level staff.
In committee6
Directs Department of Human Services to assign exactly one universal provider number to persons listed on registry of persons who provide long term care.
Modifies definitions of light-duty zero-emission vehicle and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle to include vehicles with at least three wheels.
Directs Department of Education to award grants to school districts to support safe schools by funding programs related to bullying prevention and youth empowerment.
Authorizes State Treasurer to issue Article XI-Q general obligation bonds to finance construction and improvement of courthouses.
Modifies requirement that start-up businesses that may be assisted by regional collaboration facilitated by Oregon Business Development Department have as purpose commercialization of university-based or university-assisted research and increasing number, and ensuring retention, of such businesses.
Increases amount of estimate of revenues that will be received from personal income taxes for biennium beginning July 1, 2017.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Specifies charges, convictions, arrests, deferred sentences, conditional discharges, referrals for diversion programs and pending indictments that may not be considered in fitness determinations.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
Eliminates requirement that person provide proof of legal presence before Department of Transportation issues noncommercial driver license, noncommercial driver permit or identification card.
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.
Excludes, for limited duration, certain employees of Oregon State Police from meaning of supervisory employee for purposes of public employment.
Out of committee · 2
Creates Task Force on Extending the Westside Express Service Commuter Line to Salem.
Directs Department of Human Services to distribute $1 million to Center for the Prevention of Abuse and Neglect to conduct Oregon Child Abuse Prevalence Study.
In committee · 5
Provides that certain hearsay statements related to certain sex crimes are not inadmissible in evidence even though declarant is available as witness.
Expands purposes for which physical restraint may be used on students.
Appropriates moneys to Oregon Business Development Department to make grants to nonprofit corporations for purpose of hiring staff to coordinate activities related to organization, administration and programming of innovation districts.
Establishes Task Force on Health Care Access to study and report on how to establish primary care trust model.
Makes unlawful employment practice for employer to request employee to enter agreement that would prevent employee from disclosing or discussing conduct that constitutes unlawful discrimination, including sexual assault.