Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, Senate.
Jeff Golden
Sponsored
Out of committee1
Establishes Task Force on Forest Health Enhancement to develop recommendations for certain forest-related activities.
In committee1
Directs Department of Human Services to provide reimbursements for transportation expenses incurred on behalf of foster child if expenses are related to child's continuing participation in extracurricular activities child engaged in prior to child's placement in foster home or child-caring agency.
Carried from the House
Became law2
Requires public employer to grant reasonable paid time to public employee who is designated representative to engage in certain activities.
Requires covered organizations that make political expenditures in excess of specified amount to file with Secretary of State donor identification list that identifies donors that made donations above $10,000 during election cycle to covered organization.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 12
Requires school district to adopt policy requiring comprehensive district plan on student suicide prevention.
Repeals sunset on moratorium on oil, gas and sulfur leasing in territorial sea.
Reduces length of time of parental desertion or abandonment of child resulting in forfeiture of parent's intestate share of child's estate or parent's interest in property transferred from child to parent by transfer on death deed in parental forfeiture action to one year if person who would benefit from forfeiture is child or sibling of deceased child or three years for all others.
Prohibits use of dog to extract inmate from cell in correctional facilities .
Prohibits Department of Corrections from entering into contract with inmate telephone services provider that authorizes department to receive fee or commission other than reimbursement for expenses.
Directs Oregon Health Authority to design, implement and maintain voluntary statewide program to provide nurse home visiting services to families with infants up to six months of age.
Requires research facilities that use dogs or cats for laboratory research to offer dogs or cats no longer used for research for adoption prior to euthanasia.
Makes unlawful employment practice for employer to enter agreement that would prevent employee from disclosing or discussing conduct that constitutes unlawful discrimination, including sexual assault.
Requires health benefit plans that cover radiation therapy for cancer to cover proton beam therapy on basis no less favorable than other covered benefits.
Establishes Task Force on Universal Health Care charged with recommending to Legislative Assembly design of Health Care for All Oregon Plan, administered by Health Care for All Oregon Board to provide publicly funded, equitable, affordable, comprehensive and high quality health care to all Oregon residents.
Exempts graduate students at public universities who qualify for tuition equity from having to pay nonresident tuition.
Enacts Interstate Compact for Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote.
Passed the Senate · 2
Authorizes formation of children's service districts.
Prohibits person from conducting or participating in contest, competition, tournament or derby that has objective of taking coyotes for prizes .
Out of committee · 7
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Ocean Science Trust, State Department of Fish and Wildlife and Higher Education Coordinating Commission in certain amounts for certain purposes related to ocean chemistry.
Directs State Board of Pharmacy to study feasibility of implementing, and to develop plan to implement, program to allow wholesale importation of prescription drugs into Oregon.
Establishes Task Force on Protecting Health Information.
Establishes procedure for aggrieved person, whistleblower or representative organization to bring action in name of state to recover civil penalties for violations of certain laws related to labor and employment.
Increases percentage of federal earned income credit allowable as credit against Oregon personal income tax.
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.
Requires pharmaceutical manufacturers to report to Department of Consumer and Business Services total amount of money spent on patient assistance programs, information on financial assistance provided to pharmacies, government agencies and advocacy organizations and total amount of financial incentives paid to each pharmacy benefit manager.
In committee · 11
Requires owner or possessor of firearm to secure firearm with trigger or cable lock or in locked container except in specified circumstances.
Adds consumer advocate as nonvoting member of Higher Education Coordinating Commission.
Authorizes juvenile offender charged with offense subject to mandatory minimum sentence, who receives mandatory minimum sentence or other sentence of imprisonment, to be eligible for conditional release after serving at least one-half of sentence imposed.
Creates Outdoor Education and Recreation Grant Program.
Provides for regulation by Oregon Liquor Control Commission of consumption and sale of marijuana items at temporary events, including licensure of premises on which temporary events are held.
Requires licensed health care provider to provide vaccine information packet to patient to whom licensed health care provider administers vaccine.
Creates crime of unlawful storage of firearm.
Establishes program to improve cybersecurity of systems used to administer elections by encouraging independent technical experts, in cooperation with state election officials, local government election officials and election service providers, to identify and report election cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
Allows brewery licensee or brewery-public house licensee to sell and dispense malt beverages at special event from mobile sources at nonfixed locations.
Prohibits sale, purchase or use of pesticide chlorpyrifos.
Prohibits expenditures from caucus political committees that are coordinated with candidates for office of state Senator or state Representative from qualifying as independent expenditures.