Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, Senate.
Fred Girod
Sponsored
Became law2
Raises statutory threshold for requiring public utility to receive Public Utility Commission approval for disposition of certain property from $100,000 to $1 million.
Allows Oregon Board of Dentistry to accept results of national standardized examinations under specified circumstances when determining fitness of applicant to practice dentistry or dental hygiene.
Out of committee3
Establishes prudent maximum amount of outstanding General Fund-supported debt as amount for which debt service due in biennium equals five percent of General Fund revenues estimated to be received in biennium.
Provides that State Treasurer may not recommend prudent maximum amount of lottery bonds that would cause combined existing and proposed lottery bond debt service to exceed 25 percent of unobligated net lottery proceeds.
Provides for remuneration paid to certain employee of public charter school who resides and performs service in United States to be treated as if remuneration were includable in employee's taxable income during continuous period of employment with public charter school.
In committee22
Provides that school districts and education service districts are not authorized to issue bonds to finance pension liabilities.
Declares policy of state to use zero-based budgeting in developing biennial budget plan.
Requires Department of Environmental Quality to enforce three basin rule equitably.
Increases weight allotted for children in poverty for purposes of State School Fund distributions.
Establishes exception to gift limitation for food and beverages consumed by members of Legislative Assembly and candidates for office as members of Legislative Assembly.
Requires public employer to include certain information about contributions to retirement plans and payments for health insurance or benefits in itemized pay statement provided to employees.
Requires school districts to describe amount of moneys received from local, state, federal and other sources for each student of school district and to make information available at school district's office and on school district's website.
Prohibits use of gillnets and tangle nets for fishing.
Creates credit against income taxes for amounts paid as interest on qualified education loans.
Prohibits local governments from restricting use of lawful dwellings for vacation occupancy.
Requires State Department of Fish and Wildlife to make special cougar tags available that allow use of dogs to hunt cougars.
Limits types of new vehicles person may register on and after January 1, 2025, if person resides in county with large population.
Requires public universities to establish common application for undergraduate admission.
Modifies crimes of intimidation in the second degree and intimidation in the first degree.
Amends definitions of "actual conflict of interest" and "potential conflict of interest" to apply to members of public official's household, rather than to all relatives of public official.
Transfers duties, functions and powers of State Department of Fish and Wildlife relating to tax exemption for riparian land, special assessment for qualified wildlife habitat, identification or designation of threatened or endangered species, exception of nongame wildlife and forest health policies to Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board.
Requires Department of Transportation to give preference to procuring wood products that are sourced, fabricated or processed within this state for all public improvement projects or public works projects for which department advertises or solicits bid or proposal for public contract.
Modifies intake conditions for motorized suction dredge in motorized in-stream placer mining.
Exempts equipment run on recirculating water systems from ban on in-stream placer mining in salmonid habitat.
Removes provisions relating to limitations on hospital reimbursement rates for Public Employees' Benefit Board and Oregon Educators Benefit Board.
Requires at least 50 percent of total annual amount of all civil penalties imposed by Environmental Quality Commission or Department of Environmental Quality for violations of water quality rules or standards to be deposited in Waterway Enhancement Fund.
Directs Department of State Lands to pursue methods to coordinate removal-fill permitting process with Department of Environmental Quality water quality certification process.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 2
Permits community colleges to offer applied baccalaureate degree programs under specified conditions and upon receiving approval from Higher Education Coordinating Commission.
Requires that, to extent provided by Oregon Liquor Control Commission rules, if appellation of origin on wine label is American viticultural area in Oregon that is in larger American viticultural area, label must also identify larger American viticultural area.
Passed the Senate · 3
Grants higher property tax exemption for property of veterans with service-connected disabilities.
Requires that, to extent provided by Oregon Liquor Control Commission rules, if wine labeled with American viticultural area in Oregon is labeled with single grape variety as type designation, wine must meet specified content requirements.
Requires that, to extent provided in Oregon Liquor Control Commission rules, wine using American viticultural area in this state as appellation of origin or implying American viticultural area as source be produced entirely from grapes grown in that American viticultural area.
Out of committee · 2
Directs Public Employees' Benefit Board and Oregon Educators Benefit Board to establish pilot program allowing public employees to obtain health services from coordinated care organizations.
Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to design question allowing each student to identify whether student is parent or person acting as parent or legal guardian that will be placed on one or more forms used on annual basis to collect demographic information by public post-secondary institutions of education.
In committee · 9
Prohibits use of gillnets and tangle nets for fishing.
Establishes criteria for determining existence or lack of new ground water use impairment or interference with water right having earlier priority date.
Provides protections for person who refuses to participate in procedure related to abortion or physician-assisted suicide if refusal is based on person's ethical, moral or religious convictions.
Creates crime of patronizing a trafficked child.
Allows public body to disclose to federal immigration authority information about person convicted of violent crime.
Allows personal income taxpayers to subtract from taxable income amounts paid as principal of or interest on qualified education loans, if borrower is taxpayer, spouse or dependent of taxpayer.
Requires school district to make information about functions and programs of school district available at school district's office and on school district's website.
Requires party to nominate between three and five qualified persons to fill vacancy when vacancy occurs in partisan elective statewide office and individual last elected to office was affiliated with major political party.
Requires health care practitioner to exercise proper degree of care to preserve health and life of child born alive after abortion or attempted abortion.