Bills in the 2015 Regular Session, House.
Mike McLane
Sponsored
Became law3
Creates Wildfire Damage Housing Relief Account within Oregon Housing Fund.
Provides that registered nurse who is employed by public or private school may accept order from physician licensed to practice medicine or osteopathy in another state or territory of United States if order is related to treatment of student who has been enrolled at school for not more than 90 days.
Limits enforceability of noncompetition agreement to 18 months.
Out of committee2
Requires private pay home care workers registered with Home Care Commission to be subject to at least same standards as licensed in-home care agencies.
Directs Department of Land Conservation and Development to study and report on statewide land use planning system to identify and evaluate opportunities to decrease time required to site and develop industrial uses.
In committee6
Prohibits distribution of list of electors that indicates whether elector cast ballot in election until day after date of election.
Increases, for purposes of tax credit allowed for crop donation, percentage of wholesale price allowed as amount of credit.
Directs Department of Education to evaluate methods to improve ability of students to transfer to schools in other school districts.
Modifies subtraction from personal income tax for military pay.
Modifies definition of resident for purposes of personal income taxation to exclude certain members of Armed Forces if home of record is located outside state.
Directs Secretary of State to develop statewide document retention schedule.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 20
Directs Department of Education to develop and implement statewide education plan for early childhood through post-secondary education students who are black or African-American or not covered by existing statewide education plan and have experienced disproportionate educational results.
Provides that U.S. Highway 395 shall be known as World War I Veterans Memorial Highway.
Limits liability of owners of land for damages resulting from use of land for aviation purposes.
Requires Director of Oregon Health Authority to notify Director of Veterans' Affairs upon receipt of certain written information from member or veteran of uniformed service, if authorized to do so by member or veteran.
Requires Director of Oregon State Lottery to provide information about lottery prize recipient to Department of Human Services within seven days after paying lottery prize of $1,250 or more.
Requires that annual report by State Forester to Emergency Board include private property loss information for fires of 1,000 acres or more.
Permits individual in hospice program, or next of kin or personal representative of individual who has died, to terminate, without penalty, residential cable service or residential telecommunications service.
Disallows all filing fees, service fees and hearing fees in action for court's protective stalking order, even if stalking order is not only relief sought in action.
Allows on-premises consumption of food and nonalcoholic beverages at certified smoke shops.
Establishes Affordable Baccalaureate Degree Act.
Allows establishment of wildlife food plots on small forestland subject to reforestation requirements .
Changes definition of "grandparent" in laws pertaining to notice to grandparents of juvenile dependency hearings regarding grandchildren, and that authorize grandparents to request visitation or other contact or communication with grandchildren when grandchildren are in legal custody of Department of Human Services.
Allows increased use of flashing lights in certain school zones.
Appropriates moneys to Higher Education Coordinating Commission to be expended for grant program that distributes moneys to community colleges, or any foundations of community colleges, to increase number of underserved, low-income and first-generation college-bound students who enroll in community college and make progress toward degree or certificate.
Expands definition of "lender" for purposes of Beginning and Expanding Farmer Loan Program to include person selling agricultural land to beginning farmers pursuant to owner-financed agreement or sales contract, institution organized and existing under Farm Credit Act of 1971 and other persons or entities as defined by rule adopted by Oregon Business Development Department.
Modifies standard by which geothermal energy qualifies as type of green energy technology for which at least 1.5 percent of total contract price of certain public improvement contract for construction or certain reconstruction or major renovation of public school building must be spent.
Increases speed limit for certain vehicles on specified portions of certain highways.
Provides that property owner that enters into contract to allow nonprofit organization or certain educational provider to use property or facilities may not require in separate agreement individual to indemnify property owner for damages not caused by individual during use of property or facilities.
Increases penalty for crime of strangulation when committed knowing victim was pregnant.
Requires person that engages in surface mining activities at levels below thresholds for applicability of operating permit and reclamation requirements to obtain exclusion certificate from State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries and to pay fee.
Passed the House · 1
Requires legislative measures to contain brief and impartial statement of problem measure is intended to solve.
Out of committee · 4
Modifies program through which Department of Education distributes grant moneys for school food programs.
Appropriates moneys to State Department of Agriculture for biennium beginning July 1, 2015, to carry out department program for pesticide regulation.
Creates Rural Medicaid Access and Development Act to provide financial support to rural hospitals and health care providers and to establish primary care residency programs.
Repeals sunset of tax credit for compensation for loss of livestock due to wolf depredation.
In committee · 6
Provides parents with alternative educational choices if student fails to achieve reading proficiency by end of third grade.
Increases limit on fair market value of estate that may be administered as small estate.
Creates special certification requirements for pesticide applicators and public applicators who spray or otherwise apply pesticides by aircraft.
Requires governing board of Pesticide Analytical and Response Center to adopt rules establishing standardized operating procedures for state agencies represented on governing board to receive and investigate complaints regarding use of pesticides.
Requires State Department of Agriculture to establish telephone line for persons concerned about misuse or alleged misuse of pesticides.
Prohibits receiving compensation for collecting and returning ballots and assisting electors if compensation is based on number of ballots collected and returned or number of electors assisted.