Bills in the 2023 Regular Session, House.
Gregory Smith
Sponsored
Passed the House1
Prohibits major residential contractor from collecting or retaining more than 50 percent of original contract price before substantial completion of remodeling or repair of owner-occupied one-family or two-family residential structure if original contract price exceeds $40,000.
Out of committee2
Removes requirement that percentage-based allocation of lottery proceeds to County Fair Account not exceed certain amount.
Appropriates moneys to Oregon Business Development Department for distribution to recipients for industrial lands projects.
In committee7
Authorizes any combination of cities, counties and ports to designate enterprise zones together.
Removes requirement that public employer give preference to veteran or disabled veteran who seeks promotion.
Requires that moneys from corporate income and excise tax kicker be used for funding of school construction projects and infrastructure improvements.
Removes exception to rule that county acquires real property by foreclosure for delinquent taxes free from all liens and encumbrances.
Authorizes holder of water right certificate that authorizes storage of water to change point of diversion without losing priority of right under certain circumstances.
Requires State Department of Energy to study energy.
Provides that, for purpose of specifying prevailing rate of wage for electrical workers, locality is geographical area within which each local union is exclusive representative for local union's membership, and collective bargaining agreement is collective bargaining agreement to which local union is party.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 13
Requires Governor, in appointing members to Oregon State Board of Nursing, to balance diversity of setting in which nurse or certified nursing assistant members provide care.
Requires Health Licensing Office to establish process to receive and investigate complaints regarding temporary staffing agency.
Declares children who are deaf, hard of hearing or deaf-blind have same rights and potential as children who are not deaf, hard of hearing or deaf-blind.
Adds outdoor child care program to definition of "child care facility." Requires Early Learning Council to adopt rules governing the operation of outdoor child care programs.
Establishes pilot program at Portland State University and Eastern Oregon University to enhance hiring of public university students by nonprofit organizations.
Directs Oregon Business Development Department to provide financial assistance to eligible applicants to pay for allowable costs related to early child care infrastructure activities.
Directs State Board of Education to adopt rules that allow for reimbursement of school district expenses incurred for alternative transportation costs.
Limits terminations and rent increases for three years after tenants' housing is withdrawn from publicly supported housing.
Modifies definitions to allow for publication of legal notices in digital newspaper.
Requires Oregon Business Development Department to provide financial assistance to support broadband access, affordability and adoption.
Creates refundable child tax credit, calculated based on number of dependents of taxpayer that are qualifying children with respect to taxpayer and are under six years of age at close of tax year.
Requires pharmacy to report dispensation of prescription drugs classified in schedules II through V under federal Controlled Substances Act to electronic system established for monitoring and reporting prescription drugs when drug is prescribed and dispensed to individual for use by individual or individual's animal.
Appropriates moneys to Higher Education Coordinating Commission for distribution for purposes related to outdoor recreation economy.
Out of committee · 24
Establishes School Safety Construction Fund in State Treasury, separate and distinct from General Fund.
Removes requirement that amount of net proceeds from Oregon State Lottery allocated to County Fair Account not exceed $1.53 million annually.
Directs Department of Human Services to ensure provision of specified services to individuals receiving child welfare services who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to State Department of Agriculture for purpose of funding grant program related to establishments that process and sell meat products.
Appropriates moneys to Oregon Business Development Department for purpose of awarding grants for formation, improvement and operation of small business development centers .
Appropriates moneys to Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to Oregon Coast Visitors Association to be expended on various projects.
Appropriates moneys to Oregon Business Development Department for distribution for purposes related to outdoor recreation economy.
Allocates moneys to Oregon Business Development Department to develop and implement program to award grants to county fair operators in response to negative impact of COVID-19 pandemic on county fair operators' earned revenue.
Directs Department of Early Learning and Care to establish and adopt by rule child care assistance pilot program to provide assistance and support to long term care employees with child care needs.
Creates Oregon Soil Health Initiative.
Modifies provisions of Department of Transportation wildlife-vehicle collision program.
Creates income or corporate excise tax credit for electric utility that purchases electricity produced using a fuel source that is at least 50 percent qualifying western juniper biomass.
Requires schools to have wireless panic alert device in each classroom of each school building.
Appropriates moneys to Oregon Department of Administrative Services to provide grant to Regional Rural Revitalization Strategies Consortium to plan for and develop housing.
Establishes program within Higher Education Coordinating Commission for supporting strategic investments in maritime workforce development programs and activities.
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to provide grants to counties and soil and water conservation districts for treatment of western juniper.
Establishes Welcome and Reception Program within Office of Immigrant and Refugee Advancement to provide immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers with support services.
Requires Oregon Tourism Commission to establish and administer grant program to promote, develop and sustain opportunities for agricultural tourism in rural communities in this state.
Authorizes Oregon Advocacy Commissions Office, Commission on Hispanic Affairs, Commission on Black Affairs, Commission for Women and Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs to employ paid interns and staff necessary to supervise interns.
Extends to January 2, 2029, sunset of program for provision of rebate for construction or installation of solar electric system or paired solar and storage system, for residential customer or low-income service provider, on real property in Oregon.
Increases minimum total cost of eligible project under strategic investment program and indexes cost to increase, if any, in consumer price index.
Requires Housing and Community Services Department to provide grants for urban community housing supporting agricultural employees.
Requires Oregon Department of Administrative Services to adopt rules to govern procurements of clean energy technology.
Expresses commitment of Legislative Assembly to support specified bridge projects through investments of specified amounts.
In committee · 14
Requires Department of Education to transfer funds to school districts necessary to pay for school resource officers.
Provides that, before undertaking wildlife management activity involving aircraft, State Department of Fish and Wildlife must notify private landowners over whose land aircraft will fly, under specified circumstances.
Requires person that receives state financial incentive for development of renewable energy generation facility to maintain nameplate capacity of facility for period of at least 25 years.
Requires district school board or higher education governing board that adopts policy limiting possession of firearms by concealed handgun licensees on school grounds to install metal detectors at entrances to buildings subject to policy.
Establishes personal financial education as requirement for high school diploma.
Exempts receipts from sales of precious metals from commercial activity subject to corporate activity tax.
Directs Department of Education to conduct study to identify sources of funding to pay for costs of establishing secure, single point of entry for each public school.
Directs Department of Education to conduct study to identify costs and possible funding sources to improve school safety.
Directs Department of Education to conduct study related to hiring retired police officers to provide security in public schools.
Requires 10 percent of electricity sold in this state by each electric company that makes sales to 25,000 or more retail electricity consumers to be generated by small-scale renewable energy facilities or certain biomass facilities.
Requires power purchase agreements to permit qualifying facilities to provide energy or energy and capacity to third parties during periods of emergency.
Expands types of employers for purposes of occupational disease presumptions of certain employees.
Establishes Hillcrest Housing and Health Care Authority and specifies governance and duties.
Provides that, beginning on January 1, 2026, annual salary or wages paid to officer or employee of certain state agencies may not exceed 10 times lowest annual salary or wages paid to full-time officer or employee of agency.