Bills in the 2017 Regular Session, Senate.
Lew Frederick
Sponsored
Became law2
Modifies penalties for crime of interfering with public transportation.
Directs each county to establish community service exchange program for persons who have served sentence with Department of Corrections and who are serving active period of parole or post-prison supervision.
Passed the Senate1
Renames crime of intimidation as bias crime.
Out of committee1
Creates refundable income tax credit for donating shipping container for storage of emergency supplies in or near public building.
In committee18
Requires that value of returned funds taken as cash from person in custody must be equal to value of cash taken.
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.
Expands definition of "involved officer" to include officer involved in incident in which use of deadly physical force caused serious physical injury.
Requires police officer involved in incident that resulted in death or serious physical injury of person to attend at least six sessions with mental health professional.
Expands eligibility for Women, Infants and Children nutrition assistance program.
Prohibits public schools from using Native American mascots.
Directs Secretary of State to conduct audit of use of statewide summative assessment in public schools in this state.
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.
Establishes Task Force on the High School Graduation and College and Career Readiness Act.
Modifies process for revising form or notice sent to parents or adult students regarding statewide summative assessments.
Requires law enforcement agency to notify Attorney General prior to beginning investigation when police officer uses deadly physical force.
Modifies requirements for appearance in small claims department of circuit court or justice court.
Provides credit against income taxes for taxpayer creating jobs for certain removal and remedial actions.
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.
Changes legal rate of interest from nine percent per annum to greater of one percent per annum or rate equal to weekly average one-year constant maturity Treasury yield.
Directs Department of Education to conduct study on methods for improving safety of work environments for staff involved in special education and related services.
Prohibits employer of public safety officer from comparing number of citations issued by public safety officer with number of citations issued by another public safety officer for purpose of discipline, investigation or job performance.
Allows local government to inhibit or prevent production or use of seed or seed products for purpose of protecting seed or products that are not genetically engineered from adverse impacts of genetically engineered seed or products or if enforcing local measure approved by county voters on May 20, 2014.
Carried from the House
Became law2
Directs Oregon Health Authority, in coordination with Traditional Health Workers Commission, to biennially review, and revise if necessary, any reimbursement rates for doulas.
Directs Department of Education to convene advisory group to develop statewide ethnic studies standards for adoption into existing statewide social studies standards for public kindergarten through grade 12.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 11
Establishes Task Force on Student Mental Health Support.
Establishes Willamette Falls Locks Commission as advisory body for issues relating to repair, reopening, operation, maintenance and future transfer of ownership of navigational canal and locks.
Adds Oregon Volunteer Firefighters Association to list of entities eligible for individual income tax return checkoff contribution.
Establishes procedures for petitioning for and issuing Certificate of Good Standing.
Allows person who is at least 16 years of age to register to vote.
Requires large employers in specified industries to provide new employee with estimated work schedule and to provide current employee with seven days' notice of employee work schedule.
Prohibits use of physical restraints in juvenile court proceedings on youth, youth offender or young person with exceptions.
Authorizes establishment of programs by cities for demolition of residences or residential buildings.
Authorizes State of Oregon to receive moneys pursuant to Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust Agreement, deposit agreement moneys in Clean Diesel Engine Fund and use moneys to award grants for reducing emissions from school buses powered by diesel engines.
Amends Oregon Promise program to remove prohibition on awarding more than $10 million in grants per fiscal year.
Directs Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to study expenditure of public moneys on alcohol and drug treatment and report results to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to judiciary on or before September 15, 2019.
Vetoed · 1
Reestablishes Task Force on Reentry, Employment and Housing.
Out of committee · 7
Provides that part-time faculty member at public institution of higher education who qualifies for health care benefits will pay 10 percent of insurance premiums, with remaining 90 percent paid by state.
Appropriates moneys to Department of Education for purposes of developing academic content standards for Oregon Studies and preparing materials to support teacher training and classroom instruction in Oregon Studies.
Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission by rule to specify guidelines for reimbursing students who are residents of this state for tuition expenses that students incur for upper-division classes in mathematics at public university.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Public Defense Services Commission for pre-entry pilot program.
Increases maximum transitional leave from 90 days to 180 days for Department of Corrections inmates not subject to certain specified sentences.
Establishes Oregon Deaf, Deaf-Blind and Hard of Hearing Program within Department of Human Services.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Health Authority for Senior Farm Direct Nutrition Program and Women, Infants and Children Farm Direct Nutrition Program.
In committee · 14
Directs Department of Education to conduct study related to school social workers.
Modifies requirements applicable to step therapy protocol imposed by insurer.
Eliminates certain driving privilege suspensions.
Directs Department of Education to administer pilot program to provide professional development and instructional resources to component school districts through education service districts.
Requires each governing board of public university to include one voting undergraduate student member and one voting graduate student member.
Requires State Department of Agriculture to classify neonicotinoids as restricted use pesticides.
Provides that youth offenders sentenced to mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment for certain crimes committed at 15, 16 or 17 years of age are eligible for conditional release hearing if they are in custody of Oregon Youth Authority upon attaining 24 years and six months of age.
Requires employer operating certain facility to submit annual materials balance report on facility's input and output of hazardous materials to Department of Environmental Quality.
Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to conduct study and develop recommendations regarding most effective voter registration methods for students attending public universities and community colleges.
Requires Secretary of State to ensure that there is at least one official ballot drop site at each public high school and on campus of each school of higher education.
Establishes Health Care for All Oregon Board to develop, implement and oversee Health Care for All Oregon Plan to be administered by Oregon Health Authority.
Specifies that new or increased fees adopted by state agency do not become effective unless approved by Legislative Assembly by law.
Expands scope of investigations of abuse of persons with mental illness that may be conducted by Department of Human Services.
Requires Environmental Quality Commission to adopt carbon pollution market by rule.