Bills in the 2018 Regular Session, House.
David Brock Smith
Sponsored
Out of committee1
Directs Department of Environmental Quality and State Forestry Department to study opportunities for state actions to promote carbon sequestration and to include in study consideration of regional approaches for reducing greenhouse gas emissions through carbon sequestration.
In committee1
Allows credit against net income taxes for portion of eligible costs of newly constructed single-family dwelling that sells for price affordable to household with annual income at or below 120 percent of area median income.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Authorizes State Fish and Wildlife Commission to adopt record keeping requirements for person engaged in taking, landing, buying or selling of food fish for commercial purposes or otherwise dealing in food fish for commercial purposes.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 21
Requires prescription drug manufacturer to report annually information to Department of Consumer and Business Services regarding prices of prescription drugs and costs associated with developing and marketing prescription drugs.
Makes calculation of projected future earning potential of plaintiff that takes into account race or ethnicity of plaintiff inadmissible in civil action.
Permits state agency to locate devices or facilities for providing electricity to public for electric motor vehicles in locations sufficient to meet demand for devices or facilities.
Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to provide grants to qualified members of Oregon National Guard to attend community colleges or public universities.
Modifies description of types of interscholastic activities in which homeschooled students and students who attend public charter schools must be allowed to participate if students are in any grade from kindergarten through grade eight.
Provides that outside compensation of employee of Oregon Health and Science University, public university or community college is not included in employee's salary for purposes of Public Employees Retirement System.
Modifies laws related to vehicular hit and run.
Distributes civil forfeiture proceeds to scholarship program for children of deceased or disabled public safety officers.
Establishes requirements for seed production contracts and seed purchase contracts for seed other than agricultural seed.
Provides proceedings to escheat to State of Oregon matured United States savings bonds presumed abandoned and in custody of state.
Gives hemp research program currently operated by State Department of Agriculture name of Oregon Industrial Hemp Agricultural Pilot Program.
Directs Department of Veterans' Affairs to develop written material regarding apprenticeship opportunities and provide material to certain agencies, county veterans' service officers and veterans' organizations for distribution to veterans.
Modifies definitions, exceptions and affirmative defenses applicable to offense of driving a motor vehicle while using a mobile electronic device.
Expresses state policy regarding pursuit of projects under Good Neighbor Authority Agreement.
Allows county governing body, upon remand of matter from Land Use Board of Appeals to county, to have planning commission or hearings officer conduct hearing and make decision regarding lands designated under statewide planning goal addressing agricultural lands or forestlands.
Allows Health Licensing Office to issue residential care facility administrator license to qualified applicant.
Establishes grant program under which Department of Education awards grants to school districts for percentage of certain student transportation costs for which school district does not receive any amount in distributions from State School Fund or any amount related to transit activities.
Establishes Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee to conduct studies and reviews of incidence of maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity.
Provides specific procedure for petitioning for removal of personally discriminatory restrictions from title of real property.
Imposes tax on rental price of construction, mining, earthmoving or industrial equipment, together with attachments and other equipment and tools, that is mobile and held primarily for rental.
Requires State Fire Marshal to issue grants to sheriffs' offices of Multnomah County and Hood River County for expenses related to wildfire recovery, mitigation and preparedness.
Out of committee · 4
Provides that fixed percentage of certain forecasted video lottery revenues be transferred to counties for economic development.
Requires State Department of Fish and Wildlife to biennially report to Legislative Assembly regarding estimated change in wolf population.
Modifies retirement plan options of persons elected or appointed as statewide elected officials or judges.
Requires Housing and Community Services Department to establish and administer program that provides incentive payments to construction contractors undertaking energy improvement projects on residential structures and provides grants for energy improvement projects for manufactured dwellings.
In committee · 7
Creates Task Force on Public Assistance Reform to study steps taken in Maine and Kansas to reduce public assistance expenditures.
Prohibits abortion unless physician has first determined probable post-fertilization age of unborn child, except in case of medical emergency.
Provides that certain real property in Washington County designated by Metro as rural reserve be redesignated as urban reserve.
Provides that "eligible location," for purposes of certain property tax benefits, includes location not formerly used for industrial purposes.
Establishes Oregon Strategic Resiliency Commission.
Allows facility providing therapy or counseling that incorporates activities utilizing nonclinical setting to be established in area zoned for exclusive farm use if certain conditions are met.
Prohibits performance of late-term sex-selective abortion.