Bills in the 2017 Regular Session, House.
Janeen Sollman
Sponsored
Passed the House1
Requires Health Evidence Review Commission to evaluate therapeutic and clinical effectiveness of hippotherapy for purpose of possible inclusion on prioritized list of health services provided in medical assistance program and report findings to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to health by December 31, 2017.
Out of committee1
Requires applicant for housing development containing at least 100 new housing units to give notice to Department of Education and school district.
In committee2
Provides that Department of State Lands shall distribute certain moneys that have been in Common School Fund Account for 25 years or more.
Creates crime of unlawful possession of prohibited container on public beach.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 43
Provides definitions relating to comparable work for purposes of pay equity provisions.
Modifies purposes for which school districts may receive grants to pay for costs incurred by school districts to purchase food produced or processed in state.
Provides that portion of U.S. Highway 20 shall be known as Oregon Medal of Honor Highway.
Permits licensed nurse practitioners to perform vasectomies.
Directs Oregon Medical Board, Oregon State Board of Nursing, Oregon Board of Naturopathic Medicine and Oregon Board of Dentistry to provide licensees of boards with opioid and opiate prescribing guidelines and recommendations established by association of licensee practitioners.
Requires each post-secondary institution of education to provide Higher Education Coordinating Commission with number of Oregon high school graduates from each school district enrolled at institution and graduation rate at institution for Oregon high school graduates from each school district.
Requires Department of Human Services to adopt rules to establish Oregon Foster Children's Sibling Bill of Rights.
Requires Department of Human Services to provide trauma-informed training to child welfare personnel.
Authorizes commercial tenant to install on premises and use electric vehicle charging station.
Authorizes residential tenant to install on premises and use electric vehicle charging station for personal, noncommercial use.
Allows pharmacists to prescribe and administer injectable hormonal contraceptives and prescribe and dispense self-administered hormonal contraceptives.
Eliminates State Department of Agriculture bee colony registration fee for colonies having primary purpose of producing new queens or workers to start new colony or add to existing colony.
Allows nonimmigrant authorized to enter United States under Compact of Free Association to be law enforcement officer.
Expands offense of vehicular assault to include contact with motorcycle, motorcycle operator or motorcycle passenger.
Requires long term care referral provider to be registered with Department of Human Services.
Directs Housing and Community Services Department to develop and implement Rent Guarantee Program to provide incentives and financial assistance to landlords that rent or lease to low income households by guaranteeing payments to landlords for unpaid rent and for eviction and property damage costs within certain limits.
Establishes official name of open resources program as "Oregon's Open Educational Resources (OER) Program." Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to regularly convene faculty, staff and librarians from public universities and community colleges for purpose of coordinating program in specified manner .
Requires payment of refund value of 10 cents for certain beverage containers on and after April 1, 2017, regardless of refund value indicated on beverage container.
Extends sunset for property tax exemption for alternative energy systems.
Authorizes Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to disburse moneys from National Board Certification Fund for reimbursement of certain costs related to national board certification of teachers.
Directs Department of Education to convene advisory group to develop statewide ethnic studies standards for adoption into existing statewide social studies standards for public kindergarten through grade 12.
Requires each community college and public university to establish process for recommending, and providing oversight for implementation of, cultural competency standards for institution and institution's employees.
Creates position of Veteran Volunteer Coordinator in Department of Veterans' Affairs and specifies responsibilities.
Requires school district board and public charter school governing body to adopt and implement policy that requires volunteers to undergo background check if district or school allows volunteers to have direct, unsupervised contact with school children.
Allows parent or legal guardian of child whose sixth birthday occurred on or before September 1 immediately preceding beginning of current school year to delay enrolling child in public full-time school for one year for purpose of better meeting child's needs for cognitive, social or physical development.
Prohibits state contracting agency from entering into public contract with prospective contractor that has not certified that prospective contractor has policy and practice of preventing sexual harassment, sexual assault and discrimination against members of protected classes of workers.
Modifies eligibility for Family Sentencing Alternative Pilot Program.
Permits Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services to develop and implement system that provides loan counseling to consumers who borrow from payday loan lenders and title loan lenders.
Establishes Oregon Agricultural Heritage Fund and continuously appropriates moneys in fund to Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board.
Requires Oregon Health Policy Board, in collaboration with Office of Rural Health and Oregon Health and Science University, to conduct assessment of health care workforce needs in Oregon.
Establishes procedures for conducting functional behavioral assessments and for developing, reviewing and revising behavior intervention plans for students with individualized education programs or 504 Plans.
Requires State Department of Agriculture to adopt rules governing posting of tax information by gas stations.
Requires Department of Education to develop and provide to public high schools written materials regarding apprenticeship opportunities.
Directs Department of Education to convene advisory group related to English language learner programs.
Modifies civil penalties, license regulation and licensing fees for certain facilities regulated by Department of Human Services.
Directs State Chief Information Officer to appoint Chief Data Officer to maintain web portal for publication of data of state agencies.
Requires health benefit plan coverage of specified health care services, drugs, devices, products and procedures related to reproductive health.
Establishes Task Force on Assessments of Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.
Exempts person serving in Oregon National Guard from requirement to enroll in community college courses within six months of attaining previous highest level of education in order to qualify for Oregon Promise grant, provided that person enrolls in community college courses within six months of completing initial active duty training.
Establishes legislative findings and intent regarding State Workforce and Talent Development Board.
Removes special training requirement from statutes governing prescribing, dispensing and distributing naloxone.
Describes actions school districts are required to take or are prohibited from taking regarding students who are unable to pay for meals.
Prohibits public body from disclosing specified information concerning person unless required by state or federal law.
Passed the House · 7
Requires employers with 100 or more employees to provide 60 days' notice to employees and certain officials before ceasing operations, relocating or ordering mass layoff involving 50 or more employees.
Requires lobbyist statements filed with Oregon Government Ethics Commission to identify each bill or measure introduced before Legislative Assembly lobbyist lobbied on, whether lobbyist lobbied in favor of, in opposition to or for purpose of seeking amendments to bill or measure, each legislative topic that was not bill or measure that lobbyist lobbied on, each person or entity that hired lobbyist and how much moneys person or entity paid lobbyist.
Imposes moratorium until December 31, 2027, on use of hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas exploration and production.
Enacts Interstate Compact for Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote.
Creates tax credit for taxpayer located in qualifying county who establishes and implements employee training program in collaboration with local community college.
Creates limited landscape construction professional license.
Modifies eligibility for Family Sentencing Alternative Pilot Program.
Out of committee · 12
Establishes Oregon Energy and Climate Board as oversight and advisory body for Oregon Department of Energy and Climate.
Directs Department of Education to establish program to develop and maintain statewide school nursing services.
Appropriates moneys to plan, establish and operate new school-based health centers, to increase student access to school-based mental health providers and to fund pilot program that uses trauma-informed approaches.
Directs Department of Education to distribute moneys to support career and technical student organizations.
Establishes Oregon Quality Education Model Modernization Task Force.
Appropriates moneys to Department of Human Services for Oregon Hunger Response Fund program services.
Establishes product stewardship program for household hazardous waste.
Establishes Task Force on Family Engagement in Education.
Directs Department of Education to administer pilot program to offer summer education to elementary school students in high poverty, low performing schools with high populations of English language learners.
Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to develop plan for enabling community colleges to offer associate's degree completed in coordination with credits earned in apprenticeship or training program.
Establishes Task Force on Rural Medical Training Facilities.
Establishes refundable tax credit against income or corporate excise taxes for employers in specified industrial sectors for wages paid to employees at or below specified rate.
In committee · 12
Requires health benefit plan coverage of specified health care services, drugs, devices, products and procedures related to reproductive health.
Allows person who is at least 16 years of age to register to vote.
Requires candidate for President or Vice President of United States, in order to appear on general election ballot or in general election voters' pamphlet, to provide Secretary of State with copy of candidate's federal income tax returns for five years preceding year of general election and with written consent for public disclosure of tax returns.
Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to conduct study and develop recommendations on how to ensure students have greatest practicable opportunity to transfer credits earned at community colleges to baccalaureate degrees awarded at public universities.
Directs State Board of Education to adopt by rule standards for provision of occupational therapy to students who have individualized education programs.
Increases speed limit on Oregon Route 138 between Roseburg and Glide.
Prohibits requiring high school diploma or General Educational Development (GED) certificate as qualification for obtaining limited specialty plumber license to install or replace residential water heaters.
Directs Department of Education to identify and adopt procedures for reporting and collecting data related to acts of harassment, intimidation or bullying and acts of cyberbullying.
Creates income tax credit for taxpayers that provide apprenticeship opportunities.
Extends sunset on provisions allowing retired member of Public Employees Retirement System to be reemployed by participating public employer as teacher of career and technical education without loss of retirement benefits.
Requires Legislative Assembly to provide translator services free of charge, in order to facilitate witness participation in hearings or informal meetings with one or more members of Legislative Assembly, or as required by federal Americans with Disabilities Act.
Requires member of Legislative Assembly who has relative or member of household receiving salary for serving on member's personal legislative staff to file statement with Oregon Government Ethics Commission naming each such relative or member of household and stating amount of money each relative or member of household receives in salary.