Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, Senate.
James Manning Jr.
Sponsored
Became law4
Includes assistant attorneys general among public employees who are prohibited from striking.
Specifies certain presumptions as to compensability of covered employee's claim of benefits under workers' compensation law for death, disability or impairment of health .
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.
Modifies juvenile code to prohibit placement of children and wards taken into protective custody in detention facilities.
Passed the Senate1
Expands eligibility for support service brokerage services to individuals who are 14 to 17 years of age.
Out of committee3
Directs governmental agencies of this state to use electronic records and electronic signatures by July 1, 2020.
Establishes product stewardship program for mattresses.
Extends sunset for property tax exemption for low income rental housing.
In committee4
Allows base pay of attorneys who are employed by public corporation, nonprofit organization, public university or city or county in this state and who perform substantially similar work to be used for comparison of compensation for assistant attorneys general.
Requires owner or possessor of firearm to secure firearm with trigger or cable lock or in locked container except in specified circumstances.
Declares legislative findings for best system for delivery and financing of health care.
Prohibits placing official ballot drop site on private property unless governing body of county follows specified procedure and Secretary of State determines placement on private property is necessary.
Carried from the House
Became law6
Eliminates requirement that person provide proof of legal presence before Department of Transportation issues noncommercial driver license, noncommercial driver permit or identification card.
Prohibits use of hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas exploration and production.
Expands Housing and Community Services Department's use of Home Ownership Assistance Account to support households with below area median income and to support organizations' homeownership programs with any percentage of home construction or rehabilitation costs.
Prohibits court from inquiring into defendant's immigration status or requiring defendant to disclose defendant's immigration status at time of plea or at any other time during criminal proceeding.
Provides that agreement for conditional discharge for controlled substance offenses may not contain requirement that defendant enter plea of guilty or no contest.
Creates civil cause of action against person who knowingly summons police officer with intent to cause specified harm.
Passed the House1
Permits testing of highly automated vehicles on highways of this state under certain circumstances.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 41
Requires Land Use Board of Appeals to award local governments and applicants their expenses and attorney fees against petitioners if affirming local government's approval of publicly supporting housing.
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.
Extends sunset for property tax exemption for multiple-unit housing.
Modifies provisions for emergency commitment of individuals in Indian country.
Modifies procedures by which person convicted of felony initiates proceedings to obtain DNA testing.
Allows county to approve certain divisions of land zoned for exclusive farm use for purposes of siting utility facilities necessary for public service.
Establishes procedures for persons with qualifying marijuana convictions to file motion requesting court to enter order setting aside conviction.
Prohibits law enforcement agencies from employing person as law enforcement officer unless person has completed psychological screening to determine person's fitness to serve as law enforcement officer.
Requires law enforcement agency to establish mental health wellness policy for addressing issues related to mental health wellness of law enforcement officers employed by agency.
Allows person issued disabled parking permit to park in parking space otherwise reserved for residents.
Requires certain institutions of higher education to require contractors to employ apprentices and to establish and execute plan for outreach, recruitment and retention of women and minority individuals for certain work relating to improvements to real property.
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.
Imposes certain requirements related to private security providers who contract with or are employed by institutions of higher education to provide private security services on campus and special campus security officers commissioned by governing boards of public universities.
Renames crime of intimidation as bias crime.
Authorizes Governor to enter into agreement with another state for purposes of cross-jurisdictional coordination and enforcement of marijuana-related businesses and cross-juridictional delivery of marijuana items.
Makes person holding resident disabled veteran hunting license eligible for additional preference points in controlled hunt permit preference system.
Provides that if person reports commission of person felony to emergency communications system or law enforcement agency, evidence of prostitution obtained as result of making report may not be used against person in prosecution for prostitution or attempted prostitution.
Authorizes use of pseudonym, initials or other signifier instead of name of victim, or witness if witness is also victim, in indictment when specified requirements are met.
Prohibits landlord from terminating month-to-month tenancy without cause after 12 months of occupancy.
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.
Requires school districts to provide instruction about Holocaust and genocide beginning with 2020-2021 school year.
Directs State Board of Pharmacy to adopt rules to require that prescription drugs be labeled in English and other language upon request of practitioner, patient or patient representative.
Specifies charges, convictions, arrests, deferred sentences, conditional discharges, referrals for diversion programs and pending indictments that may not be considered in fitness determinations.
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.
Requires agencies of state government to conduct criminal records checks relating to employment by agency through Department of State Police.
Modifies definition of "vulnerable user of a public way" to include persons operating or riding on moped or motorcycle.
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.
Directs professional licensing boards, in certain circumstances, to accept individual taxpayer identification number or other federally-issued identification number in lieu of Social Security number on applications for issuance or renewal of authorization to practice occupation or profession.
Directs professional licensing boards to study manner in which persons who are immigrants or refugees become authorized to practice occupation or profession.
Exempts graduate students at public universities who qualify for tuition equity from having to pay nonresident tuition.
Requires state to pay for ballot return envelopes that can be returned by business reply mail, or other mailing service determined by Secretary of State to be more cost effective or efficient, for each election held in this state.
Enacts Interstate Compact for Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote.
Allows defendant in eviction action to apply for order setting aside judgment.
Permits county clerk to decide whether to conduct hand count of ballots or risk-limiting audit following each primary, general or special election.
Directs certifying agencies to certify to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, within specified time, victim helpfulness in detecting, investigating or prosecuting qualifying criminal activity.
Authorizes appointment of health care advocate to make health care decisions for individual with developmental disability receiving services through individualized written service plan if individual does not have guardian or health care representative.
Passed the Senate · 4
Grants higher property tax exemption for property of veterans with service-connected disabilities.
Authorizes formation of children's service districts.
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 · 24
Requires health benefit plan, other than employer-sponsored plan, that covers cost of pregnancy care and childbirth to cover cost of pregnancy care and childbirth for enrollee who is surrogate.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Business Development Department for distribution to certain entities for purposes of building entrepreneurial capacity in rural regions of this state, developing regional assets to support entrepreneurial growth and building network of statewide resources to leverage and accelerate access to resources regardless of location.
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.
Provides that student who legally entered United States under Compact of Free Association treaty between United States and Republic of Palau, Republic of the Marshall Islands or Federated States of Micronesia and who has not previously established residence in any state or territory of United States other than Oregon qualifies for exemption from nonresident tuition and fees at public universities and is eligible to receive state and university scholarships or other financial aid.
Requires certain persons that service student loans in this state to obtain or renew license.
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.
Modifies requirement that start-up businesses that may be assisted by regional collaboration facilitated by Oregon Business Development Department have as purpose commercialization of university-based or university-assisted academic activities and increasing number, and ensuring retention, of such businesses.
Prohibits State Board of Education, school district or public charter school from requiring student to pass test to demonstrate proficiency in Essential Learning Skills in order to receive diploma.
Establishes State Board of Towing within Department of Transportation.
Establishes Statewide School Safety and Prevention System.
Establishes Outdoor Therapy Grant Program within State Parks and Recreation Department for purpose of awarding grants to enhance outdoor environmental, ecological, agricultural or other natural resource-based therapy programs serving residents of this state.
Adjusts allocation percentages of net revenue from new or increased local transient lodging tax to allow up to 30 percent of such revenue to be used to fund affordable workforce housing.
Requires individual and group health insurance policies to reimburse services provided by naturopathic physicians within scope of their practice if services are reimbursed when provided by licensed physicians.
Directs Department of Human Services to conduct annual in-person case planning with ward 14 years of age or older during which department informs ward that ward is eligible for transition services and provides ward with assistance in accessing transition services, if applicable.
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.
Amends definition of "employment relations" to include class size and caseload limits as mandatory collective bargaining subjects for school districts.
Establishes Task Force on Prison Education.
Prescribes requirements for Oregon Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Program.
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 for employee coverage and 50 percent of increase in premium cost for employee and dependent coverage.
Establishes Oregon Office of New Americans in Governor's office.
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.
Requires that court hold hearing on petition to appoint fiduciary filed by Oregon Public Guardian and Conservator or county public guardian and conservator.
Modifies child abuse reporting requirements to add hotelkeepers and innkeepers as mandatory reporters of child abuse.
Appropriates moneys to Higher Education Coordinating Commission for purposes of prison education programs.
In committee · 17
Renames crime of intimidation as bias crime.
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.
Modifies provisions relating to arbitration award that orders reinstatement of public employee or otherwise relieves public employee of responsibility for misconduct.
Clarifies that Oregon vehicle dealers selling or trading otherwise taxable motor vehicles to other Oregon vehicle dealers for resale are not liable for motor vehicle dealer privilege tax on such sales or trades.
Adds consumer advocate as nonvoting member of Higher Education Coordinating Commission.
Provides that sexual assault restraining order is of indefinite duration and continues until order is terminated by court.
Creates Outdoor Education and Recreation Grant Program.
Repeals $500,000 limitation on awards of noneconomic damages in civil actions seeking damages for bodily injury, death or property damage.
Requires ballots returned by mail to be postmarked not later than Saturday before date of election.
Requires each professional licensing board to study criminal background criteria and character standards for licensure, certification or other authorization to provide occupational or professional service regulated by board.
Modifies procedure for expunction of juvenile records.
Eliminates driving suspension for failure to appear on citation for traffic offense.
Expands eligibility of Certificate of Good Standing to include persons convicted of person felony or person Class A misdemeanor.
Creates crime of unlawful storage of firearm.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to compile health care expenditure report concerning expenditures related to medical assistance, Medicare, commercial insurance and self-insurance.
Prohibits sale, purchase or use of pesticide chlorpyrifos.
Authorizes city, county, metropolitan service district or port operating certain commercial airports to adopt ordinance regulating or prohibiting possession of firearms in public buildings by concealed handgun licensees.