Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, House.
Gregory Smith
Sponsored
Out of committee2
Requires Oregon Business Development Department to prepare and report master plan for county fairground capital construction.
Extends sunset of exemption from property taxation for qualified machinery and equipment that is used in food processing.
In committee13
Renames Port of Newport as Oregon International Port of Newport.
Establishes Task Force on Green Energy Corridors.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to establish program for periodic health inspection of hotel or inn guest facilities.
Specifies that electricity generated by hydroelectric facility or other equipment that generates electricity through use of hydroelectric energy may be used to comply with renewable portfolio standard.
Requires district school board to prohibit school district from being member of, or paying fees to, voluntary organization that administers interscholastic activities or that facilities scheduling and programming of interscholastic activities if organization schedules any interscholastic activities on legal holidays or on weekends preceding or following legal holidays.
Increases penalties for crime of riot if, during commission of riot, person conceals person's face with intent to facilitate commission of riot.
Adds Department of State Lands and State Department of Agriculture to state agencies whose employees and representatives may be included in regional solutions teams.
Directs state agencies to consult with Office of Small Business Assistance in preparing statement of cost of compliance effect on small businesses as part of rulemaking process.
Requires, for purposes of extending tax benefits of enterprise zones, rural renewable energy development zones and long-term tax incentives for rural enterprise zones beyond three years, zone sponsor to consult with public safety agencies within whose boundaries any portion of tax-benefited property of business firm is located before entering into written agreement with business firm.
Prohibits abusive conduct by parents or students toward school employees.
Provides definitions for certain terms relating to transportation of freight.
Exempts receipts from sales of certain agricultural products from commercial activity subject to corporate activity tax.
Repeals weight-mile tax.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Allows county to approve certain divisions of land zoned for exclusive farm use for purposes of siting utility facilities necessary for public service.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 11
Allows refund of personal income tax to be made by direct deposit into account designated by taxpayer.
Defines "public library" as public agency providing to all residents of local government unit free and equal access to library and information services that are suitable for persons of all ages.
Designates May of each year as ALS Awareness Month.
Directs Department of Education to coordinate with Oregon FFA Association to increase student achievement and improve college preparation and career placement for students enrolled in agricultural education courses.
Increases rate of tax for emergency communications.
Establishes programs within Housing and Community Services Department to provide loans to one or more nonprofit corporations to develop programs that support manufactured dwelling park preservation and affordability for tenants.
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.
Allows person with hardship driver permit to provide necessary services to person or member of person's family.
Excludes, for limited duration, certain employees of Oregon State Police from meaning of supervisory employee for purposes of public employment.
Directs each covered manufacturer of covered drugs that are sold within this state to develop and implement drug take-back program for purpose of collecting from individuals and nonbusiness entities covered drugs for disposal.
Authorizes Long Term Care Ombudsman to hire up to 10 deputy ombudsmen.
Out of committee · 15
Establishes Prosperity 1,000 Pilot Program to provide career coaching, occupational training and job placement services for at least 1,000 low-income job seekers residing in areas of concentrated poverty.
Provides that fixed percentage of certain forecasted video lottery revenues be transferred to counties for economic development.
Establishes Statewide School Safety and Prevention System.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to administer program to provide matching grants to registered sobering facilities.
Appropriates moneys to Oregon Department of Administrative Services to increase size and diversity of group of court appointed special advocates.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board for purposes related to programs for grants from Oregon Agricultural Heritage Fund.
Establishes program within Housing and Community Services Department to provide supplementary loans to individuals for new energy efficient manufactured dwellings.
Establishes program within Housing and Community Services Department to provide grants for decommissioning and disposing of manufactured dwellings.
Establishes Early Childhood Equity Fund.
Requires school district to report on number of incidents during which students of classroom were removed from classroom because other student in classroom was acting in manner that would threaten to cause harm to student, to injure other person or to damage school property.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Human Services for development of gatekeeper programs to serve seniors and people with disabilities in local communities statewide.
Requires Department of Human Services to request in agency request budget and Governor to include in Governor's budget specified amount of General Fund moneys for distribution to centers for independent living.
Requires Department of Veterans' Affairs, in its biennial agency request budget, to request certain level of funding.
Appropriates moneys to fund engineering and design work necessary for adding bicycle and pedestrian lane to Bridge of the Gods.
Requires certain state agencies and colleges at Oregon State University to conduct certain studies on opportunities for greenhouse gas sequestration by and emissions reductions from activities related to Oregon's natural and working lands and in Oregon's forest products, agricultural and building materials industries, transportation sector and electricity sector.
In committee · 22
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.
Prohibits State Board of Education from requiring, and school districts from administering, certain assessments to students enrolled or preparing to enroll in prekindergarten through grade two.
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.
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 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.
Establishes Emergency Department Boarding Pilot Project in Oregon Health Authority.
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 Department of Human Services to adopt by rule program that provides financial assistance to recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance for purchasing locally grown fruits and vegetables from participating farmers' markets, farm share sites and retail outlets.
Requires counties to develop community mental health action plans to identify and address mental health concerns.
Expands purposes for which physical restraint may be used on students.
Modifies crime of promoting prostitution to include knowingly recruiting, persuading or encouraging, or attempting to recruit, persuade or encourage, another person to engage in prostitution.
Prohibits person from performing or attempting to perform abortion if abortion is because of sex of unborn child.
Allows student subjected to substantiated act of harassment, intimidation, bullying or cyberbullying to request transfer to another school.
Prohibits abortion unless physician has first determined probable post-fertilization age of unborn child, except in case of medical emergency.
Prohibits person from soliciting or knowingly acquiring, receiving, transporting, implanting, processing, preserving, storing or accepting donation of human fetal tissue for purpose of transplanting the human fetal tissue into another person or animal under specified circumstances.
Extends statute of limitations for certain sex crimes.
Requires pharmaceutical manufacturers to report to Department of Consumer and Business Services total cost of patient assistance programs and information on financial assistance provided to pharmacies, government agencies and advocacy organizations.
Establishes Excessive Elk Damage Pilot Program.
Creates credit against income taxes for amounts paid by veteran as principal or interest on qualified education loans.
Requires health care practitioner to exercise proper degree of care to preserve health and life of child born alive after abortion or attempted abortion.
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.