Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, Senate.
Kathleen Taylor
Sponsored
Became law10
Extends eligibility for Rent Guarantee Program to individuals between 16 and 26 years of age who were wards within past 10 years.
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 name of county clerk or filing officer from appearing in official capacity on voters' pamphlet, return identification envelope, secrecy envelope or other ballot information provided to electors if county clerk or filing officer is on ballot.
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 owner or person in possession or control of solar project to file, on or before December 31 preceding first property tax year to which agreement with county for payment of fee in lieu of property taxes on solar project property relates, nameplate capacity of project and copy of agreement with county assessor and Department of Revenue.
Modifies requirement to notify Attorney General of elder abuse proceeding, making failure to notify not jurisdictional defect.
Authorizes, during five assessment years following correction of real market value by Department of Revenue or tribunal, change to real market value indicated by subsequent sale of property.
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.
Out of committee2
Requires certain persons that service student loans in this state to obtain or renew license.
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.
In committee2
Clarifies that "live entertainer" is employee and not independent contractor.
Changes name of Oregon Global Warming Commission to Oregon Climate Change Commission.
Carried from the House
Became law5
Creates family and medical leave insurance program to provide partially or fully compensated time away from work to covered individual who meets certain criteria while covered individual is on family leave, medical leave or safe leave.
Makes unlawful employment practice for employer to , because of known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition of job applicant or employee, take certain actions related to reasonable accommodations to known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition.
Clarifies that sexual orientation is not considered physical or mental impairment and that individual does not have disability solely by reason of individual's sexual orientation.
Conforms Oregon law related to expression of milk in workplace to federal law.
Modifies Family Abuse Prevention Act to authorize court to continue restraining order if abuse occurred within specified period, petitioner reasonably fears for petitioner's physical safety and respondent represents credible threat to physical safety of petitioner or petitioner's child.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 20
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.
Prohibits insurer from receiving reimbursement or subrogation for personal injury protection benefits or health benefits insurer provided to person injured in motor vehicle accident from any recovery injured person obtains in action for damages except to extent that injured person first receives full compensation for injured person's injuries and reimbursement or subrogation is paid only from total amount of recovery in excess of amount that fully compensates for injured person's injuries.
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 prospective contractor to state in bid or proposal for public contract whether and extent to which prospective contractor will use conflict minerals in performing public contract and whether prospective contractor's disclosures, policies, practices and procedures with respect to procuring conflict minerals comply with Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas.
Specifies certain presumptions as to compensability of covered employee's claim of benefits under workers' compensation law for death, disability or impairment of health .
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.
Makes person holding resident disabled veteran hunting license eligible for additional preference points in controlled hunt permit preference system.
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.
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.
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.
Provides that form or document issued by public body asking person to identify person's race or ethnicity must allow person to select multiple races or ethnicities .
Permits county clerk to decide whether to conduct hand count of ballots or risk-limiting audit following each primary, general or special election.
Modifies allowed and prohibited uses of restraint of students by public education programs.
Establishes TriMet Crash Advisory Committee.
Passed the Senate · 1
Grants higher property tax exemption for property of veterans with service-connected disabilities.
Out of committee · 16
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 Ocean Science Trust, State Department of Fish and Wildlife and Higher Education Coordinating Commission in certain amounts for certain purposes related to ocean chemistry.
Establishes product stewardship program for mattresses.
Directs Department of Education to provide reimbursements for vision screenings of students to person that provided vision screening.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to Tucker Maxon School for capital improvements.
Establishes Statewide School Safety and Prevention System.
Directs Youth Development Division to develop and administer statewide youth reengagement system.
Provides state-funded program to pay unemployment benefits to employees of United States and active duty members of Armed Forces of United States who are required to perform service without compensation due to lapse of federal appropriations and who would otherwise be eligible for unemployment compensation for federal employees or ex-servicemembers under federal law.
Requires Department of Human Services to contract with nonprofit organization to implement and administer program to assist recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance in purchasing locally grown fruits and vegetables from farmers' markets, farm share sites and retail outlets that participate in program.
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.
Increases percentage of federal earned income credit allowable as credit against Oregon personal income tax.
Establishes Task Force on Forest Health Enhancement to develop recommendations for certain forest-related activities.
Directs Public Employees' Benefit Board and Oregon Educators Benefit Board to establish pilot program allowing public employees to obtain health services from coordinated care organizations.
Directs school district board to adopt child sexual abuse prevention instructional program that addresses sex trafficking of children.
Increases total amount allowed in tax year to all taxpayers as tax credits for donations to fiduciary organizations for distribution to individual development accounts.
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.
In committee · 13
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.
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.
Establishes TriMet Crash Advisory Committee.
Directs Board on Public Safety Standards and Training to require all police officers and certified reserve officers to be trained to recognize, investigate and report cases involving labor trafficking and sex trafficking of children and adults.
Directs Attorney General's Sexual Assault Task Force to study ways of preventing disclosure of personal medical information of sexual assault victims and report results to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to judiciary on or before September 15, 2020.
Provides that action based on sexual assault or knowingly allowing, permitting or encouraging sexual assault that occurs when person is 18 years of age or older must be commenced within seven years from date person discovers, or in exercise of reasonable care should have discovered, causal connection between sexual assault and injury.
Creates crime of unlawful storage of firearm.
Prohibits sale, purchase or use of pesticide chlorpyrifos.
Prohibits court from allocating parenting time with child to parent if parent has been convicted of rape that resulted in conception of child.
Creates crime of unlawful disclosure of information about victim of sexual assault or sex trafficking.
Directs Department of Justice, in consultation with Oregon District Attorneys Association and Oregon State Bar, to study rule and statutory changes to encourage prosecution of sex crimes and to report results to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to judiciary on or before September 15, 2020.