Bills in the 2015 Regular Session, House.
Lew Frederick
Sponsored
Became law9
Directs law enforcement agencies to adopt written policies and procedures prohibiting profiling by January 1, 2016.
Provides that certain employees of Department of Human Services whose duties include care of residents of certain residential facilities qualify as police officers under Public Employees Retirement System.
Creates exemption to prohibition on recording conversations for person who openly and in plain view records law enforcement officer while officer is performing official duties and person is in place where person may lawfully be.
Directs Secretary of State to conduct audit of use of statewide summative assessment in public schools in this state.
Prohibits school district employee or volunteer from posting, publishing or making publicly available personally identifiable information in relation to results of performance-based assessment.
Requires public contracting agencies to provide as material condition of public contract that contractor remain certified as disadvantaged, minority, women or emerging small business enterprise during entire term of public contract if contracting agency awarded public contract, in whole or in part, on basis of contractor's certification.
Allows district school board to enter into transactions that are expected to reduce cost to district for school facilities.
Creates alternative definition of "low income" for purposes of nonprofit corporation low income housing.
Revises and renames the Minority Teacher Act of 1991.
In committee25
Requires law enforcement agencies to adopt procedures for accepting complaints that law enforcement officers engaged in profiling.
Prohibits law enforcement agencies and law enforcement officers from profiling based on specified personal characteristics or circumstances of individuals, except when characteristics or circumstances are tied to specific suspect description or credible information related to criminal incident or activity.
Renames crime of intimidation as bias crime.
Expands definition of "involved officer" to include officer involved in incident in which use of deadly physical force caused serious physical injury.
Increases number of sessions with mental health professional that law enforcement agency must pay for and requires involved officer to attend all sessions.
Requires Attorney General to appoint attorney from outside county in which peace officer uses deadly physical force to lead investigation into use of deadly physical force.
Requires law enforcement officers who are on duty and on patrol to operate video cameras mounted upon officer's person to record officer's interactions with members of public.
Changes standard in some circumstances for use of deadly physical force to belief by reasonable person in officer's or person's circumstances that other person is undertaking particular conduct.
Prohibits juvenile detention facility from imposing isolation upon detained juvenile except under specified circumstances.
Requires police officer to inform person stopped for traffic violation or upon suspicion of criminal activity that person has right to refuse request to search.
Requires operator of website, online service, online application or mobile application to implement and maintain reasonable security procedures and practices related to covered information of student, to protect covered information and to delete covered information when requested by school or school district.
Directs State Board of Education to adopt standards for rights of parents, legal guardians and students relating to student education records.
Directs Department of Education to issue privacy risk assessment of any data system, program or contract involving student education records.
Establishes standards relating to personal identifying information that State Board of Education must follow when adopting rules related to student education records.
Directs State Board of Education to adopt schedule of civil penalties for violations of rules related to creation, use, custody and disclosure, including access, of student education records.
Provides that parents have right to excuse student from statewide assessment and that school districts must provide notice of that right to parents.
Provides credit against income taxes for taxpayer creating jobs for certain removal and remedial actions.
Removes entering or remaining unlawfully in public transit vehicle or public transit station as manner of committing crime of interfering with public transportation.
Requires contract for public improvement to provide that contractor use biodegradable lubricant in contractor's operations related to public improvement and that contractor have similar requirement in contractor's subcontracts.
Provides for reduction of sentence for inmate convicted of crime related to marijuana and sentenced before July 1, 2015, who would not be culpable, or who would be culpable of committing lesser offense, if inmate had been sentenced on or after July 1, 2015.
Requires that value of returned funds taken as cash from person in custody must be equal to value of cash taken.
Requires law enforcement agency to notify Attorney General prior to beginning investigation when police officer uses deadly physical force.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to operate pilot projects in no fewer than six counties to test effectiveness of having coordinated care organizations contract with mental health providers to provide mental health services.
Makes various changes to statutes related to treatment of individuals who are found by court to have mental illness and to be in need of treatment.
Establishes guidelines and standards for placement of youth offenders in isolation in youth correction facilities and training camps.
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Directs Department of Education to develop and implement statewide education plan for early childhood through post-secondary education students who are black or African-American or not covered by existing statewide education plan and have experienced disproportionate educational results.
Specifies requirements for hospital policies for discharge planning involving patient who is hospitalized for mental health treatment.
Adds civil code enforcement officers to public officials who may request exemption from required disclosure under public records law of specified personal information.
Requires Oregon Health Authority and insurers offering health benefit plans that reimburse costs of physician services to reimburse community assessment center for child abuse medical assessment and related services.
Requires state contracting agency to use solicitation template that Attorney General and Oregon Department of Administrative Services develop, approve and make available in advertising and soliciting procurements under Public Contracting Code and to use contract form or contract template, as appropriate, that Attorney General and department develop, approve and make available as basis for public contracts into which state contracting agency enters.
Requires school district to provide lunch free of charge to students who are eligible for reduced price lunches.
Defines "inhalant delivery system." Amends laws concerning sale of tobacco products to, and use of tobacco products by, minors so those laws equally apply to inhalant delivery systems.
Requires covered entities to report annually on system safeguards for protecting confidentiality of personally identifiable and protected health information.
Creates process by which person found guilty except for insanity can apply to court for order setting aside judgment of guilty except for insanity.
Requires health benefit plan to cover cost of colonoscopy for insured who is 50 years of age or older and who has positive fecal test result.
Allows direct purchase and sale of bulk distilled liquor between distillery licensees for blending and manufacturing purposes.
Requires law enforcement agency to establish policies and procedures for use and retention of recordings from cameras worn upon police officer's person to record officer's interactions with members of public.
Provides that person who records another person's intimate areas commits crime of invasion of personal privacy.
Requires truancy notice to inform parent or person in parental relation of right to request evaluation for individualized education program or review of individualized education program.
Requires universities with institutional governing boards to continue to participate in shared services relating to listed employee benefits and to collective bargaining until July 1, 2019.
Disallows all filing fees, service fees and hearing fees in action for court's protective stalking order, even if stalking order is not only relief sought in action.
Requires public universities to establish priority enrollment system for qualified students who are active members of Armed Forces of the United States, who are qualified veterans or who receive veterans' educational benefits as federally qualified dependents of active members or qualified veterans.
Directs State Board of Education to adopt specified standards related to student education records.
Allows in-state tuition in certain circumstances for individuals who resided in Oregon but relocated due to position in military, government or humanitarian aid organization.
Prohibits use of results of statewide summative assessment developed by multistate consortium to establish summative ratings of schools or to make summative evaluations of teachers or administrators.
Authorizes court, as part of settlement or judgment in class action, to approve process for payment of damages.
Authorizes local government to create by ordinance or resolution Land Bank Authority as municipal corporation.
Modifies circumstances under which attorney fees may be awarded and amount of attorney fees awarded in workers' compensation claims.
Directs governing entity of public or private post-secondary institution of education that contracts with third party financial firm for student financial aid services to consider federal policies for contracting.
Establishes Task Force on Incarcerated Veterans to research, study and make recommendations regarding outreach to and assistance for incarcerated veterans.
Requires that hospital rules granting admitting privileges to licensed, certified nurse midwife nurse practitioner meet specified requirements.
Prescribes salary calculation for substitute teachers in school district that has class schedule based on four-day week.
Specifies additional conditions under which protected health information may be disclosed by health care provider that do not subject health care provider to civil liability.
Creates Oregon Retirement Savings Board in office of State Treasurer.
Limits biennial expenditures by Oregon Business Development Department from lottery moneys for funding of cooperative efforts of National Policy Consensus Center of Portland State University and community organizations related to western juniper harvesting and related manufacturing.
Requires Oregon Business Development Department to provide economic development assistance to persons engaged in business of western juniper harvesting or of manufacturing products from western juniper, provide technical business assistance to western juniper harvesting and related manufacturing businesses and provide or fund workforce training assistance for potential western juniper harvesting and related manufacturing business workers.
Establishes Oregon Hatchery Research Center Fund.
Allows establishment of wildlife food plots on small forestland subject to reforestation requirements .
Appropriates moneys to Higher Education Coordinating Commission to be expended for grant program that distributes moneys to community colleges, or any foundations of community colleges, to increase number of underserved, low-income and first-generation college-bound students who enroll in community college and make progress toward degree or certificate.
Requires insurers that cover prescription contraceptives to cover refills at specified frequency.
Provides that party to proceeding in open court in justice or municipal court may arrange for recording or reporting of proceeding.
Increases frequency of days for which State Fish and Wildlife Commission may authorize persons to angle for fish or take shellfish without licenses or tags.
Provides that release decision for defendant charged with sex crime or crime constituting domestic violence must include order prohibiting attempted contact with victim and third-party contact with victim while defendant is in custody.
Increases penalty for crime of strangulation when committed knowing victim was pregnant.
Establishes privilege in civil, criminal, administrative and school proceedings for certain communications between persons seeking services related to domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking and victim services programs and advocates.
Directs Department of Corrections to establish Family Sentencing Alternative Pilot Program in partnership with circuit courts, county community corrections agencies and Department of Human Services.
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Prohibits inclusion, in instrument conveying or contracting to convey real property or in declaration or bylaws of planned community or condominium, of provisions prohibiting installation and use of solar panels for obtaining solar access.
Out of committee · 11
Requires employers that employ six or more employees to implement paid sick time for employees and employers that employ fewer than six employees to implement unpaid sick time for employees.
Establishes Oregon Spirits Board.
Modifies criteria to qualify for grant to be used to provide instructional time during summer program.
Establishes Pay It Forward program.
Allows Oregon Health Authority to seek out and apply for funding for, and appropriates moneys from General Fund to pay for, residential care for individuals with mental illness, addictions or co-occurring disorders.
Allows credit against income taxes for employment of qualified military veterans.
Establishes Oregon Educational and Workforce Development Bridge Loan Program in Department of Veterans' Affairs to conduct outreach and provide loans to veterans and disabled veterans who are enrolled in approved course of study, approved professional training, approved workforce development program or approved apprenticeship in connection with institution of higher education, and who are eligible to receive federal educational aid or other financial assistance that is temporarily unavailable.
Establishes insurance coverage requirements for drivers who offer or provide rides to passengers that are arranged via digital networks operated by transportation network companies.
Authorizes State Board of Education to adopt variable ratios for local funds required to match capital grants and loans to school districts financed with Article XI-P general obligation bonds.
Authorizes tenant to whom real estate has been leased by landlord to install and use electric vehicle charging station for personal, noncommercial use.
Allows personal income taxpayers to subtract certain amounts paid as interest on qualified education loans from taxable income, subject to same income limitations applicable to federal education loan interest deduction.
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Requires hospital or provider of residential treatment that discharges individual with mental illness to provide case management services to assist individual in transitioning to outpatient mental health treatment.
Permits playing of social games, poker games and poker tournaments in certain establishments if authorized by city or county.
Adds two members to Oregon Education Investment Board to represent school district boards and parents.
Provides that employees of Oregon State Hospital who are classified by superintendent of Oregon State Hospital as other than secretarial or clerical personnel qualify as police officers under Public Employees Retirement System.
Requires school district to prepare annual summary that describes special education and related services provided by school district during previous school year.
Repeals state preemption of charter and statutory authority of local governments to set minimum wage requirements.
Defines "wages" for certain wage claims.
Directs Department of Education to reimburse school districts for costs incurred in providing certain vision screenings.
Directs Department of Transportation to establish breast cancer awareness registration plate program for issuance of special registration plate.
Requires governing boards of public universities to include graduate student employee and undergraduate student as voting members.
Requires business entity that intends to make political expenditure to first obtain approval from shareholders or members by affirmative vote of majority of members or shares entitled to vote.
Requires school districts and Department of Education to provide information related to confirmed acts of harassment, intimidation or bullying, or acts of cyberbullying.
Authorizes State Department of Agriculture to require person holding or applying for license to engage in seed transactions for commercial purposes to report grass seed supply information.
Finds and declares that Baker, Crook, Harney, Lake and Malheur Counties are qualitatively different and unique sage grouse habitat, making counties separate and distinct class for purposes of levying state tax assessment.
Directs State Parks and Recreation Department to remove official State of Mississippi flag from Walk of Flags display at State Capitol State Park and replace with Mississippi Magnolia Flag.