Bills in the 2017 Regular Session, Senate.
Sara Gelser Blouin
Sponsored
Became law13
Establishes Task Force on Student Mental Health Support.
Modifies crime of official misconduct in the first degree to include commission of official misconduct in the second degree when public servant, while acting as supervisory employee, is aware of and consciously disregards fact that violation creates risk of physical injury to vulnerable person, commission of sex crime against vulnerable person or withholding of necessities from vulnerable person.
Makes evidence about sexual behavior or predisposition inadmissible in civil proceeding except under certain circumstances.
Limits school district's ability to require students to participate in abbreviated school day program.
Requires Department of Human Services to make records regarding investigation of report of child abuse occurring at school or in educational setting that involves child with disability available to Disability Rights Oregon.
Prohibits form of marriage application, license or record from requiring address for entity authorized to solemnize marriage.
Exempts sexual assault victims and persons assisting sexual assault victims from arrest or prosecution for offense related to purchase or possession of alcoholic beverage by person under 21 years of age if evidence of offense was obtained because of contact with law enforcement agency or emergency medical services to report assault or obtain assistance.
Expands parameters of duties and responsibilities of Critical Incident Response Team assigned by Department of Human Services upon becoming aware of fatality of child that was result of abuse or neglect.
Expands provisions establishing privilege for and confidentiality of certain communications and records of certified advocate at qualified victim services program to include program administered by tribal government.
Changes definition of foster parent who is "current caretaker.".
Requires Department of Human Services to develop and present proposal for creation of human rights commission to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to human services and health no later than December 1, 2017.
Prohibits use of physical restraints in juvenile court proceedings on youth, youth offender or young person with exceptions.
Prohibits Department of Human Services and Oregon Health Authority from seeking payment from amounts in ABLE account.
Passed the Senate1
Requires law enforcement agency to adopt and enforce policies and procedures for law enforcement officer responding to suicide attempt by individual to encourage individual to authorize officer to call suicide prevention and intervention hotline on individual's behalf.
Out of committee2
Requires Department of Human Services to permit access by child, ward, youth or youth offender who is 15 years of age or older and who is in legal custody of department to confidential information of child, ward, youth or youth offender and to permit child, ward, youth or youth offender to sign own release of information.
Requires video transmissions of executive department and legislative department to be closed-captioned for access by hearing-impaired persons.
In committee18
Repeals provision requiring city whose laws require petition proposing annexation of territory to be submitted to electors to annex territory without vote upon receipt of petition for annexation submitted by all owners of land in territory, provided territory is included within urban growth boundary of city or Metro, territory is, or will be, subject to acknowledged comprehensive plan of city, at least one lot or parcel in territory is contiguous to city limits, and proposal conforms to all othe
Limits landlord to charging single applicant screening charge for applicant applying to rent multiple dwelling units owned or managed by landlord.
Adds sex to list of characteristics of victim of crimes of intimidation in the second degree and intimidation in the first degree.
Establishes timelines by which evaluations must be completed to determine eligibility for special education.
Requires school districts to ensure that all students of school district have equal access to educational facilities.
Directs Department of Human Services to conduct monthly, in-person visits with child or ward in substitute care that include updates on academic status and progress.
Directs Department of Human Services to create and maintain website containing information about prospective adoptive children and prospective adoptive parents to increase awareness and provide resources about children who are available for adoption in state.
Provides that victim of sexual assault or domestic violence crime has right to obtain law enforcement records relating to crime.
Directs Department of Education to provide technical assistance and support to school districts and community colleges to prevent and respond to interpersonal violence.
Requires Department of Corrections to adopt rules that prohibit correctional facilities, and requires cities and counties to adopt ordinances that prohibit local correctional facilities, from having contract with provider of telephone services under which department, city, county or facility receives payment for telephone services provided to inmates of facility.
Exempts work performed on recreational vehicles from plumbing and electrical licensing requirements.
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 hospital with emergency department to perform sexual assault medical assessment, and collect sexual assault forensic evidence kit, upon request by victim.
Requires law enforcement agency that takes custody of firearms under firearms surrender protocol to establish procedures to notify certain individuals of law enforcement agency's anticipated return of firearm.
Directs Department of Justice to conduct study on creating bill of rights for sexual assault survivors and to report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to judiciary on or before February 1, 2018.
Increases maximum container capacity for dispensing alcoholic beverages into securely covered containers supplied by consumer.
Expands scope of investigations of abuse of persons with mental illness that may be conducted by Department of Human Services.
Directs Department of Human Services to accomplish various objectives to improve skills of and provide ongoing support for child welfare services employees.
Carried from the House
Became law6
Requires Department of Human Services to adopt rules to establish Oregon Foster Children's Sibling Bill of Rights.
Allows nonimmigrant authorized to enter United States under Compact of Free Association to be law enforcement officer.
Requires Housing and Community Services Department, in collaboration with Oregon Health Authority, to disburse moneys in Housing for Mental Health Fund for development of community-based housing, crisis intervention services, rental subsidies and other housing-related services for individuals with mental illness and individuals with substance use disorders.
Requires hospital to adopt policy for release of patients from emergency department following treatment for behavioral health crisis.
Specifies behavioral health services that must be provided by coordinated care organization.
Establishes procedures for conducting functional behavioral assessments and for developing, reviewing and revising behavior intervention plans for students with individualized education programs or 504 Plans.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 11
Establishes procedures for person to file motion to vacate judgment of conviction for prostitution if person was victim of sex trafficking at or around time of offense.
Creates affirmative defense to crime of prostitution if, at time of alleged offense, defendant was victim of certain trafficking crimes.
Directs certain agencies to allow informational materials about human trafficking to be posted at roadside rest areas.
Adds Oregon Volunteer Firefighters Association to list of entities eligible for individual income tax return checkoff contribution.
Requires medical assessment provider or law enforcement officer to contact victim advocate and make reasonable efforts to ensure that victim advocate is present and available at medical facility.
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.
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.
Ensures that private sector labor organizations and employers throughout state may enter into union security agreements to full extent allowed by federal law.
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.
Requires school districts, education service districts and public charter schools to adopt Healthy and Safe Schools Plan to address environmental conditions in facilities owned or leased by districts or schools where students or staff are present on regular basis.
Out of committee · 1
Establishes Oregon Deaf, Deaf-Blind and Hard of Hearing Program within Department of Human Services.
In committee · 15
Allows operators of motorcycles or mopeds to travel between adjacent lanes of traffic traveling in same direction under certain circumstances.
Permits city to issue citation for speeding using red light camera in conjunction with other technology that is capable of measuring speed.
Provides definitions relating to comparable work for purposes of pay equity provisions.
Requires each governing board of public university to include one voting undergraduate student member and one voting graduate student member.
Enacts Interstate Compact for Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote.
Enacts Interstate Compact for Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote.
Requires Department of Education, in consultation with Oregon Health Authority, to disseminate information, processes and model plans regarding school testing for elevated levels of toxics.
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.
For counties with 35,000 or more electors, increases number of required voting booths and requires specified number of voting booth locations.
Requires county clerk of each county to develop ballot tracking program that uses electronic mail and telephone text messages to inform participating elector when ballot is mailed to elector, when elector's completed ballot is received by county clerk and whether completed ballot has nonmatching signature or other defect that requires further action by elector in order for elector's vote to be counted.
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.
Requires Department of Education to develop model plan for conducting tests for certain environmental hazards in facilities owned or leased by school districts or public charter schools where students or staff are present on regular basis and for reporting test results.
Specifies that new or increased fees adopted by state agency do not become effective unless approved by Legislative Assembly by law.
Requires Environmental Quality Commission to adopt carbon pollution market by rule.