Bills in the 2015 Regular Session, Senate.
Kim Thatcher
Sponsored
Became law2
Requires provision of method for users to offer suggestions on form and content of Oregon transparency website.
Provides that defendant has right to appear as witness before grand jury in certain circumstances.
Out of committee1
Establishes state preemption of authority to require mandatory provision of employment benefits to employees of private employers.
In committee24
Creates Director of Legislative Audit Office appointed by Joint Legislative Audit Committee.
Abolishes daylight saving time on January 1, 2021.
Directs Oregon Business Development Department, in consultation with Department of Consumer and Business Services, to conduct study regarding state regulation of businesses and persons engaged in occupations.
Creates Joint Legislative Committee to Review Agency Regulation of Oregon Businesses.
Establishes Joint Interim Legislative Committee to Review Economic Development Programs in Oregon.
Directs Governor and Legislative Assembly, in developing outcomes-based budget, to use process identifying priorities of government.
Requires state agencies to use federal E-Verify employment verification system to verify employment eligibility of job applicants.
Creates Sunset Advisory Committee.
Directs Department of Public Safety Standards and Training to establish handgun safety instructor program.
Allows conviction for certain traffic violations to be set aside.
Prohibits performance of late-term sex-selective abortion.
Requires Secretary of State to designate statistical sampling technique to identify percentage of active electors not legally entitled to vote.
Requires persons registering to vote in this state for first time to supply acceptable evidence of identification.
Prohibits school district or public charter school from advancing student beyond third grade if student is not reading at or above third grade level.
Removes six-month county residence requirement for legal resident applicant for concealed handgun license.
Directs Department of Transportation to conduct study of data collection methods relating to driving while under influence of intoxicants and to report findings to Legislative Assembly.
Continues ignition interlock device requirement under certain circumstances.
Directs Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to conduct study of efficacy of short-term transitional leave program.
Establishes Oregon Empowerment Scholarship Program for purpose of providing options in education to students of this state.
Requires that offer of just compensation for condemned property may not be less than real market value of property as determined by county assessor or Department of Revenue.
Increases penalties for certain sex crimes when specified criteria are proven.
Creates crime of patronizing a trafficked child.
Provides that student whose legal residency is not in school district is considered resident of school district if student attended public charter school located in school district for at least four years and completed highest grade offered by public charter school located in school district.
Permits elector or chief petitioner to file action in circuit court to challenge determination by Secretary of State or elections official to reject elector's signature on initiative or referendum petition during signature verification process.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
Allows food establishment located within residential dwelling to produce limited amounts of certain foods for sale to public without being regulated by State Department of Agriculture.
Authorizes use of accrued sick leave or personal business leave by certain employees who are victims of domestic violence, harassment, sexual assault or stalking.
Requires Oregon Department of Administrative Services to transfer ownership of certain real property to City of Pendleton.
Authorizes scrap metal business to make payment by electronic funds transfer, stored value card or stored value device.
Prohibits counties and districts from imposing vehicle registration fee on vehicles registered to employment address when registered owner's residence address is not in same county as employment address.
Passed the Senate · 1
Authorizes county to exempt first $250,000 of assessed value of homestead of surviving spouse of fire service professional or police officer killed in line of duty from property taxes imposed by all taxing jurisdictions.
Out of committee · 3
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Military Department for Oregon Military Museum.
Instructs Bureau of Labor and Industries to increase investigatory staff devoted to investigating complaints of pay equity and gender discrimination by one full-time position.
Establishes task force to study essential indigenous anadromous salmonid habitat and its relationship to ditches and other man-made water conveyance channels.
In committee · 16
Requires name of member or committee of Legislative Assembly requesting set of proposed amendments to legislative measure to be identified on proposed amendments.
Eliminates sunset date of homestead property tax deferral program.
Provides that Oregon estate tax is not due unless value of Oregon taxable estate equals or exceeds $5 million.
Reduces required age for concealed handgun license applicant to 18 years of age if applicant is servicemember.
Increases ceiling amount of total assessed value of taxable personal property for purposes of exemption from property taxation.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Higher Education Coordinating Commission for Community College Support Fund for distribution to community colleges and community college service districts.
Establishes personal income tax credit of $250 per dependent child.
Creates income tax credit for certain employers that provide paid family leave, with restrictions.
Increases amount of working family child care credit by doubling applicable percentage of taxpayer's child care expenses allowed as credit.
Requires human fetuses in infectious waste stream to be incinerated, cremated or buried.
Requires trial judge to inform jury of power to acquit even if guilt of defendant proven beyond reasonable doubt.
Establishes pilot project designed to assist small school districts in identifying and using diverse funding sources for capital construction costs.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Higher Education Coordinating Commission for distribution to public universities.
Allows court to award attorney fees to prevailing party in action to acquire fee simple title to real property by adverse possession in which adverse possessor is not prevailing party.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to operate 24-hour nurse advice hotline for Oregon residents beginning January 1, 2016.
Changes method by which surplus "kicker" refunds are made to personal income taxpayers from tax credit to refund payment.