Bills in the 2013 Regular Session, House.
Lew Frederick
Sponsored
Became law5
Prohibits owner of foreclosed residential real property from neglecting foreclosed residential real property during period of vacancy.
Directs Department of Education to conduct evaluation of means by which impact of poverty on educational attainment is addressed by state law.
Creates Task Force on Procuring Through Small and Local Businesses.
Expands definition of "place of public accommodation" to include places owned or maintained by public body and services provided by public body.
Extends certain employee protections to interns performing work for educational purposes.
Out of committee5
Requires Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to study and evaluate disparities in race and ethnicity of persons stopped, arrested and subjected to use of force by police officers.
Directs Department of Education to conduct evaluation of use of standardized tests in public schools in this state.
Directs Department of Education to provide technical expertise to assist schools, school districts and education service districts in complying with standards adopted by State Board of Education pertaining to student education records.
Directs Oregon Business Development Department, in consultation with Department of Environmental Quality, to provide financial assistance to public and private owners of brownfields and other properties contaminated with hazardous substances to assess need for environmental action.
Renames crime of intimidation as bias crime.
In committee12
Provides credit against income taxes for taxpayer creating jobs for certain removal and remedial actions.
Requires Department of Environmental Quality to study issues related to contaminated properties and to report to certain interim legislative committees on or before November 1, 2013.
Renames crime of intimidation as hate crime.
Modifies element of plan adopted by county deadly physical force planning authority to consist of outreach and training regarding reasonable use of deadly physical force.
Requires Department of Public Safety Standards and Training to study training for police officers regarding police response to incidents.
Expands definition of "involved officer" to include officer involved in incident in which use of deadly physical force caused serious physical injury.
Directs Oregon Business Development Department to conduct study of sites ready for industrial development.
Prohibits Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services from approving rate filing for health benefit plan that reimburses serious adverse events.
Requires insurer to notify affected policyholders, and persons who requested notification, of rate filing for certain premium rate increases.
Specifies condition under which insurer is exempt from requirement to notify insured in writing of cancellation due to nonpayment of premium.
Allows parties to good neighbor agreement to file agreement with Oregon Liquor Control Commission.
Requires peace officers to inform stopped persons that giving consent to search is optional.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Broadens definition of term "minority" for purpose of Minority Teacher Act.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 28
Directs Legislative Revenue Officer to submit report for each tax credit scheduled to expire in following even-numbered year.
Requires Commission on Hispanic Affairs, Commission on Black Affairs, Commission for Women and Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs to meet at least annually in joint session to consider and act on issues of mutual concern.
Modifies crime of compelling prostitution.
Directs State Board of Education to adopt standards for school district board to incorporate into any policy that requires student to wear, carry or use item with radio frequency identification device for purpose of locating or tracking student or taking attendance.
Adds large woody debris to definition of "material" for purposes of removal-fill provisions.
Requires Director of Transportation to notify Director of Veterans' Affairs upon receipt of certain written information from member or veteran of uniformed service, if authorized to do so by member or veteran.
Requires Director of Human Services to inform Director of Veterans' Affairs of receipt of written information from member or veteran of uniformed service only when authorized by member or veteran and upon implementation or upgrade of electronic delivery system.
Directs district school boards to adopt policies for use of personal electronic devices in schools of school district.
Prohibits cost-sharing for health services, medications and supplies medically necessary for management of diabetes during pregnancy through six weeks postpartum.
Prohibits court from considering party's disability in determining child custody unless court finds behaviors or limitations related to party's disability endanger or will endanger health, safety or welfare of child.
Provides that certain boards may adopt rules under which board may require person authorized to practice profession regulated by board to receive cultural competency continuing education.
Defines "honorable conditions" with regard to honorable discharge status of veteran as having meaning given in rules adopted by Department of Veterans' Affairs.
Directs public education programs to submit specified information about number of students and number of licensed or registered teachers regularly assigned to students.
Eliminates sunset for mandatory cancellation of property tax assessment for manufactured structures with total value less than $12,500 in certain counties.
Provides that certain students are entitled to exemption from nonresident tuition and fees at public universities.
Permits Department of Transportation to enter into agreements with transportation departments in Washington State and British Columbia regarding Cascades Rail Corridor.
Authorizes Oregon Health Authority to operate Farm Direct Nutrition Program to enable participants in Women, Infants and Children Program to purchase fresh produce at farmers' markets or roadside stands and to operate Senior Farm Direct Nutrition Program to enable low income seniors to purchase fresh produce at farmers' markets or roadside stands.
Requires public school students seven years of age or younger who are beginning educational program to have vision screening or eye examination.
Requires disclosure of shipping and handling charges in sale or advertisement of consumer good.
Requires school district that is sponsor of public charter school to include public charter school annual audit to Department of Education as part of audit report for school district.
Exempts electronic mail addresses in possession or custody of executive department, local government, local service district or special government body from required disclosure under public records law, except for electronic mail addresses assigned by public body to public employees for use in ordinary course of employment.
Extends period of applicability of emergency communications tax.
Prohibits beneficiary from requiring as condition of short sale, except in certain circumstances, that nonprofit entity that purchases property in short sale, or that purchases note from beneficiary, enter into agreement with beneficiary or grantor that limits or bars grantor from owning or occupying residential property after short sale or sale of note.
Defines "natural hair care." Specifies that person who is certified to practice hair design or barbering is authorized to practice natural hair care.
Directs Oregon Health Authority to establish registration system for medical marijuana facilities for transferring usable marijuana and immature marijuana plants from registry identification cardholders, designated primary caregivers of registry identification cardholders or marijuana grow sites to medical marijuana facilities and from medical marijuana facilities to registry identification cardholders or designated primary caregivers of registry identification cardholders.
Allows student or parent or legal guardian of student to request that student not participate in mental health screening conducted for all students in specified grade or classroom.
Removes certain exemptions from fees and taxation for out-of-state banks, extranational institutions or foreign associations that engage in certain activities within this state.
Establishes Task Force on Minority Language Voting Materials.
Passed the House · 3
Directs Oregon Historical Society to undertake fund-raising and commissioning of statue of Mark Odom Hatfield, to be placed in National Statuary Hall in United States Capitol.
Adds two members to Oregon Education Investment Board.
Requires notice of trustee's sale in connection with foreclosure of residential property to include language that warns prospective purchasers that residential property may have been used in manufacturing methamphetamines.
Out of committee · 10
Creates crime of patronizing a trafficked child.
Authorizes State Treasurer to issue Article XI-P general obligation bonds to provide matching funds to school districts for improvements to school security infrastructure.
Establishes Task Force on Human Trafficking to conduct study and make recommendations for legislation addressing issues related to human trafficking in Oregon.
Authorizes issuance of Article XI-P general obligation bonds to finance capital costs of educational technology initiative.
Requires that public bodies develop and implement policies for securely removing personal information from digital data storage devices and other electronic data storage devices owned by public body, leased by public body or otherwise under control of public body before selling, donating, recycling or otherwise disposing of device.
Requires Department of Human Services to establish advisory committee to assist department in developing recommendations for general assistance program to serve low-income, childless adults with disabilities and to report recommendations to Legislative Assembly.
Increases percentage of federal earned income credit allowable as credit against Oregon personal income tax in each of four consecutive tax years.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Health Authority for nutrition programs for eligible individuals through Women, Infants and Children Program.
Establishes Career and Technical Student Organization Grant Program for purpose of funding expenses associated with participation in career and technical student organizations.
Establishes Healthy Vending Task Force to study matters related to nutritional requirements for food and beverage items sold in public buildings.
In committee · 42
Creates or adjusts sunset for certain income and corporate excise tax expenditures not required under federal law or Oregon Constitution.
Directs Legislative Revenue Officer to prepare statement for each legislative measure that extends sunset of tax credit.
Directs Department of Transportation to consult with Oregon State University Marine Mammal Institute when designing Gray Whale registration plate.
Increases period of supervision required when person is convicted of promoting prostitution or compelling prostitution.
Requires Environmental Quality Commission to adopt by rule provisions requiring that certain permit applications include analysis regarding toxic air emissions.
Directs Director of Human Services to create or include in existing survey of teens questions about teen dating violence.
Increases filing fee for candidates for office of state Senator and state Representative.
Requires telecommunications contract between telecommunications utility and residential customer to allow customer to terminate contract without penalty if customer enters hospice program.
Requires person convicted of certain animal crimes to register with law enforcement agencies.
Requires each transfer, assignment or other conveyance of beneficial ownership or beneficial interest in note or other instrument that is evidence of obligation grantor owes and that is secured by trust deed on residential property to be recorded with county clerk within 15 calendar days in order for trustee to foreclose trust deed by advertisement and sale.
Removes exemption for certain beneficiaries from requirement to enter into mediation with grantor before initiating foreclosure of residential trust deed by advertisement and sale.
Establishes process for issuance of certificate of approval for operating autonomous vehicles on highways of state.
Authorizes establishment of master plans and service districts regarding cultural services.
Creates defense to prostitution for person under 18 years of age.
Modifies scope of justifiable use of physical force for purposes of criminal prosecution.
Establishes process for Oregon Liquor Control Commission to adopt rule declaring alcohol impact area upon petition by municipality.
Repeals provision that prevents local governments from imposing conditions on approved permits that effectively establish sales price for residential development or limit purchase to class or group of purchasers.
Establishes Affordable Health Care for All Oregon Plan, operated by Oregon Health Authority according to policies established by Affordable Health Care for All Oregon Board.
Requires district school board that allows student to attend school of other school district under contract or by giving consent to adopt specified standards for admittance.
Requires State Board of Higher Education to adopt rules that prohibit public university within Oregon University System from providing information about student enrolled in public university to person that is engaged in business of extending or offering to extend credit by means of credit card unless student gives public university express written consent and from advertising or permitting another person to advertise any offer to extend credit by means of credit card in official publication
Exempts entire value of homestead from sale on execution, lien of judgment or liability for debts of owner if debt arises directly from or as result of "catastrophic or terminal illness or injury.
Requires financial institution that has contract with state agency to disburse government benefit to individual by means of debit card to disclose fees for using debit card or in connection with debit card to individual and state agency.
Includes siblings as family members for purposes of family leave.
Directs Department of Transportation and designated voter registration agency to provide Secretary of State with monthly list of individuals who have changed address.
Requires statements of independent expenditures to be filed with Secretary of State using electronic filing system.
Creates State Agency Innovation Fund.
Directs State Department of Energy to conduct study of renewable thermal energy and renewable gas.
Requires contracting agency to give preference to bidder or proposer that releases smaller total amount of atmospheric carbon dioxide, methane and ozone during or as result of manufacturing, transporting and disposing of goods or while providing services that are subject of procurement.
Prohibits discrimination or retaliation against employee who expresses concerns about wage inequity based on sex.
Prohibits discrimination against members of certain protected classes in payment of wages for work of comparable character that requires comparable skills to perform.
Requires consumer contract that provides for early termination fee to include clear and conspicuous disclosure of amount of fee and total amount consumer must pay under consumer contract to avoid early termination fee.
Permits contracting agency that uses public funds to procure goods or services under Public Contracting Code to give preference to bidder or proposer that is headquartered or owned locally, will obtain equipment, material and supplies locally or will employ workers locally.
Directs all students who are eligible to participate in certain mental health screenings or assessments to participate unless student or parent or legal guardian of student requests in writing that student not participate.
Creates crime of unlawful possession or transfer of assault weapon or large capacity magazine.
Establishes Task Force on Mining.
Modifies requirements for returning or retaining all or portion of security deposit or prepaid rent paid for residential tenancy.
Creates disclosure requirements related to use of refund anticipation payment instruments by tax consultants and tax preparers.
Requires Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to create, upon request of member of Legislative Assembly, racial and ethnic impact statement for proposed legislation or state measure.
Establishes James Beard Public Market Project within Oregon Business Development Department to award grants, make loans and provide other financial assistance for James Beard Public Market.
Creates Task Force on Bridges Across the Willamette River in Multnomah County.
Requires Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries to disclose data and information commissioner uses to determine prevailing rate of wage.
Requires washing machine sold in this state to carry warning label stating potential risk to small children of serious injury or drowning.