Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, Senate.
Kim Thatcher
Sponsored
Became law3
Permits court to order equal parenting time when developing detailed parenting plan.
Abolishes annual one-hour change in time from standard time to daylight saving time and maintains Oregon on daylight saving time except in portion of Oregon in Mountain Time Zone.
Modifies procedures by which person convicted of felony initiates proceedings to obtain DNA testing.
Passed the Senate1
Makes owner, operator or lessee of quarry or mine located on property adjacent to Willamette River in Polk County and across river from City of Keizer liable for injuries resulting from bullets that stray outside boundaries of property if, after being notified that bullets have strayed, owner, operator or lessee fails to take reasonable measures to prevent additional bullets from straying.
In committee31
Provides that Oregon estate tax is imposed only on estates of decedents dying on or before December 31, 2018.
Authorizes sheriff of county to issue concealed handgun license to eligible person residing in adjoining county.
Provides person with privileges and legal defenses available to person with Oregon concealed handgun license if person is licensed to carry concealed handgun in another state that recognizes Oregon concealed handgun licenses.
Requires seller of property to include in disclosure statement whether property has been used for, or investigated or inspected for use of, manufacturing, distribution or disposal of illegal drugs.
Requires state agencies to use federal E-Verify employment verification system to verify employment eligibility of job applicants.
Establishes Joint Interim Legislative Committee to Review Economic Development Programs in Oregon.
Requires trial judge to inform jury of power to acquit even if guilt of defendant is proven beyond reasonable doubt.
Prohibits performance of late-term sex-selective abortion.
Directs court reviewing agency order to set aside or remand order if court finds that agency action, findings or conclusions were arbitrary or capricious.
Exempts transferee who is certified participant in Address Confidentiality Program from private firearm transfer criminal background check requirement.
Modifies provisions relating to immunization records required for children attending schools and children's facilities.
Prohibits abortion unless physician has first determined probable post-fertilization age of unborn child, except in case of medical emergency.
Requires licensed health care provider to provide vaccine information packet to patient to whom licensed health care provider administers vaccine.
Requires professional licensing board to consider experience in lieu of high school diploma or equivalent for licensure, certification or other authorization to provide certain occupational or professional services.
Requires state agencies to provide summary of legal advice regarding validity or effect of proposed rule or written order.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to recover, within 60 days, all overpayments to coordinated care organizations.
Provides tuition and fee remission for natural child of foster parent if natural child attends institution of higher education.
Directs Department of Human Services to conduct study that identifies ways to improve foster care system in Oregon and present report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to human services on or before September 15, 2020.
Provides for payment of program expenses of study abroad program for eligible students in foster care.
Directs Secretary of State to create Oregon Will Bank and Registry.
Increases value of estate for which small estate affidavit may be filed.
Prohibits court from allocating parenting time with child to parent if parent has been convicted of rape that resulted in conception of child.
Permits individual who has filed claim with insurer for benefits under insurance policy or brought action to seek compensation or damages for individual injury suffered as result of accident or crime to send written notice to health care provider to which individual owes debt for medical care or medical services stating that claim or action is pending.
Provides for award of attorney fees to prevailing plaintiff in claim for professional malpractice of attorney.
Creates crime of patronizing a trafficked child.
Increases criminal and civil penalties for subsequent and intentional violations of specified election laws.
Establishes Oregon Empowerment Scholarship Program for purpose of providing options in education to students of this state.
Directs Housing and Community Services Department to study and make recommendations on provisions of state law related to mold in residential properties that are listed for sale or rent.
Allows public body to disclose to federal immigration authority information about person convicted of violent crime.
Allows personal income taxpayers to subtract from taxable income amounts paid as principal of or interest on qualified education loans, if borrower is taxpayer, spouse or dependent of taxpayer.
Requires school district to make information about functions and programs of school district available at school district's office and on school district's website.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 16
Permits community colleges to offer applied baccalaureate degree programs under specified conditions and upon receiving approval from Higher Education Coordinating Commission.
Requires school district to adopt policy requiring comprehensive district plan on student suicide prevention.
Allows person issued disabled parking permit to park in parking space otherwise reserved for residents.
Reduces length of time of parental desertion or abandonment of child resulting in forfeiture of parent's intestate share of child's estate or parent's interest in property transferred from child to parent by transfer on death deed in parental forfeiture action to one year if person who would benefit from forfeiture is child or sibling of deceased child or three years for all others.
Permits school district to provide abbreviated school day program to foster youth student only if student's foster parent is provided opportunity to participate in decision and school district provides certain written information to foster parent.
Directs Oregon Health Authority to collaborate with certain schools and facilities when developing plan for communication following suspected suicide.
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.
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.
Requires school districts to provide instruction about Holocaust and genocide beginning with 2020-2021 school year.
Directs State Board of Pharmacy to adopt rules to require that prescription drugs be labeled in English and other language upon request of practitioner, patient or patient representative.
Requires health benefit plans that cover radiation therapy for cancer to cover proton beam therapy on basis no less favorable than other covered benefits.
Modifies definition of "vulnerable user of a public way" to include persons operating or riding on moped or motorcycle.
Requires that, to extent provided by Oregon Liquor Control Commission rules, if appellation of origin on wine label is American viticultural area in Oregon that is in larger American viticultural area, label must also identify larger American viticultural area.
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 .
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.
Modifies allowed and prohibited uses of restraint of students by public education programs.
Passed the Senate · 3
Grants higher property tax exemption for property of veterans with service-connected disabilities.
Requires that, to extent provided by Oregon Liquor Control Commission rules, if wine labeled with American viticultural area in Oregon is labeled with single grape variety as type designation, wine must meet specified content requirements.
Requires that, to extent provided in Oregon Liquor Control Commission rules, wine using American viticultural area in this state as appellation of origin or implying American viticultural area as source be produced entirely from grapes grown in that American viticultural area.
Out of committee · 6
Increases daily juror fees and juror mileage reimbursement rates.
Establishes Task Force on Protecting Health Information.
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.
Establishes Task Force on Prison Education.
Exempts containers that contain certain oral rehydration products from bottle bill provisions.
Directs Department of Human Services to establish pilot program to encourage innovative strategies to strengthen families and build resilient neighborhoods.
In committee · 20
Requires Division of Audits to hire or contract with independent, third-party entity to conduct cost-benefit analysis of low carbon fuel standards and associated rules.
Increases enrollment percentage at which student must receive approval from school district before enrolling in virtual public charter school.
Establishes education savings account program.
Creates crime of threatening to commit a terroristic act.
Extends by five years certain provisions that allow nonresident students to attend public schools as resident students for purposes of State School Fund distributions.
Requires person applying for renewal of driver license or driver permit to pass knowledge test of traffic laws.
Establishes TriMet Crash Advisory Committee.
Changes date of certain elections from third Tuesday in May to first Tuesday in March.
Creates tax subtraction for crop loss due to fire.
Provides that property of company that is organized and located outside of this state and exclusively operates jet boat excursion business on boundary rivers of this state and not on rivers within this state is not subject to central assessment for purposes of property taxation.
Establishes criteria for determining existence or lack of new ground water use impairment or interference with water right having earlier priority date.
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.
Modifies public meeting notice requirements for meetings held in executive session.
Prohibits union security agreements between public employer and union.
Requires Department of Human Services to provide referral to counsel for child crime victims who are subject to oversight or involvement with department.
Provides protections for person who refuses to participate in procedure related to abortion or physician-assisted suicide if refusal is based on person's ethical, moral or religious convictions.
Provides that person applying for license to act as plumber, electrician, landscape professional or contractor is not required to possess high school diploma, modified diploma or equivalent or degree from post-secondary institution.
Requires party to nominate between three and five qualified persons to fill vacancy when vacancy occurs in partisan elective statewide office and individual last elected to office was affiliated with major political party.
Requires health care practitioner to exercise proper degree of care to preserve health and life of child born alive after abortion or attempted abortion.
Directs Department of Human Services to provide reimbursements for transportation expenses incurred on behalf of foster child if expenses are related to child's continuing participation in extracurricular activities child engaged in prior to child's placement in foster home or child-caring agency.