Bills in the 2023 Regular Session, Senate.
Suzanne Weber
Sponsored
Became law1
Requires certain cities and communities in Tillamook County to allow middle housing on residentially zoned lands, to adopt housing production strategies and to accommodate estimated housing needs upon lands inventoried as buildable lands.
Out of committee1
Creates refundable income tax credit for certain child care workers.
In committee3
Changes date of certain elections in presidential years from third Tuesday in May to first Tuesday in March.
Requires Department of Transportation to conduct review of specified portion of U.S. Highway 30 and present report to Joint Committee on Transportation no later than September 15, 2024.
Increases expenditure threshold for exemption of municipal corporation from audit requirement.
Carried from the House
Became law1
Directs schools or school districts to provide electronic communication to parents and guardians of students attending, and to school district employees employed at, school at which safety threat action occurred.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 9
Prohibits post-secondary institutions of education that are based in Oregon from refusing to provide transcript to current or former student because student owes debt to institution.
Permits adopted former foster children to have amount of tuition and all fees waived if attending defined institutions of higher education for purposes of pursuing initial undergraduate degree.
Allows exclusion from taxable estate for value of interest in farm, forestry or fishing business.
Makes certain changes to farm direct marketing law.
Authorizes community colleges to offer Bachelor of Science in nursing degrees.
Requires health benefit plan and health care service contract coverage of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome.
Modifies abbreviated school day program requirements.
Instructs State Forestry Department to endeavor to partner with federal agencies to undertake certain activities in federal forests related to fire prevention and request that federal agencies fund portions of activities.
Prohibits cost-sharing on certain health insurance coverage of supplemental and diagnostic breast examinations.
Passed the Senate · 4
Prescribes information related to courses of study offered by school district that district school board must ensure is provided on school district's website.
Allows motorcycle operator to travel between lanes of traffic under certain conditions.
Prohibits state from paying costs of travel to or from Oregon for employee in state service who telecommutes from principal worksite more than 60 miles outside this state, unless collective bargaining agreement provides otherwise or essential requirements of position make it necessary for employee to telecommute from outside this state.
Directs Director of Department of Revenue to reimburse worker leasing company for any employer contribution payments made by worker leasing company if Department of Revenue determines pursuant to amended combined quarterly report that refund is due.
Out of committee · 12
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to Salvage Chief (LSM380) Foundation for purpose of repairing and upgrading salvage vessel.
Creates crime of patronizing a trafficked child.
Establishes Summer and After-School Learning and Enrichment Grant Program.
Establishes pilot program to provide funding to school districts for purposes of increasing access to schools by homeless students and improving academic achievement of homeless students.
Establishes state policy that meaningful share of benefits from offshore wind energy development go to local and regional communities, ecosystems and environments and economies and that interconnection of offshore energy projects be carried out in manner that promotes electric grid reliability and resilience.
Establishes Nonviolent Crisis Intervention and Safe Communities Fund and appropriates moneys in fund to Department of Human Services for specified purposes related to expanding access to training in public programs, school districts and education service districts on nonviolent crisis intervention methods.
Requires Land Conservation and Development Commission to adopt rules by January 1, 2026, to allow soil bioengineering systems for shoreline stabilization.
Grants higher property tax exemption for property of veterans with disabilities.
Authorizes issuance of bonds under Article XI-Q of Oregon Constitution to support use of Oregon State Fair and Exposition Center as regional emergency and evacuee center.
Appropriates moneys to Invasive Species Council, out of General Fund, for certain purposes.
Directs Oregon Department of Emergency Management to develop and implement grant program to distribute moneys to certain counties to fund emergency preparedness coordinators.
Provides that maximum loading weight of motorboat means factory-specified dry gross weight of motorboat.
In committee · 37
Creates Oregon personal income tax subtraction for amounts received for renting out room in taxpayer's home.
Creates Oregon personal income tax subtraction for child care expenses paid by taxpayer during tax year.
Increases exempt amount and filing threshhold for purposes of corporate activity tax.
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to engage independent auditor to analyze expenditures from Drug Treatment and Recovery Services Fund for mental health purposes.
Establishes subtraction from personal taxable income for eligible rental payments made by eligible renters.
Prohibits abortion unless health care provider first determines probable gestational age of unborn child, except in case of medical emergency.
Directs Oregon State University Extension Service to collaborate with Department of Education for purpose of identifying and collecting student data relevant for maintenance of outdoor school programs.
Requires Oregon Facilities Authority to provide financing for infrastructure and predevelopment costs for moderate income housing.
Directs Department of Education, in consultation with STEM Investment Council, to develop statewide, long-term strategic plan to provide computer science education.
Requires school officials to provide parents or guardians of student who was subjected to act of harassment, intimidation or bullying or act of cyberbullying with notification that describes actions of school in responding to report of act of harassment, intimidation or bullying or act of cyberbullying.
Requires Department of Education to transfer funds to school districts necessary to pay for school resource officers.
Prevents local governments from prohibiting natural gas use in or availability for new or existing residential or commercial buildings.
Creates crime of controlled substances homicide.
Directs Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to classify crime of felon in possession of a firearm as crime category 8.
Appropriates $50 million to State Forestry Department to fund increased forest thinning operations in specified wildfire-prone counties.
Provides, for purposes of ad valorem property taxation, frozen assessed value for homestead of individual at least 68 years of age, or person with disability, if homestead and individual would be eligible for homestead property tax deferral program but for fact that homestead is pledged as security for reverse mortgage.
Allows certain local governments to amend urban growth boundaries to include lands to be used for needed housing.
Creates crime of threatening to commit a terroristic act.
Requires State Forester to actively manage state forestlands to achieve and maintain low forest fuel load levels.
Requires that all executive clemency actions by Governor be initiated by application and follow specified procedures.
Directs Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to ensure nontraditional pathways to licensure are available for prospective career and technical education teachers and to provide accommodations or otherwise reduce licensure requirements for licensed career and technical education teachers, or prospective and technical education teachers, who live in rural areas.
Requires Public Utility Commission to study rate impacts associated with implementing reduction of greenhouse gas emissions required by House Bill 2021 (2021).
Increases percentage of students in school district who may enroll in virtual public charter school not sponsored by school district without first receiving approval from school district.
Restores offense levels for unlawful possession of controlled substance offenses to levels that existed prior to enactment of House Bill 2355 (2017) and Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act of 2020 (Ballot Measure 110 (2020)).
Establishes personal financial education as requirement for high school diploma.
Removes restriction on distribution of Student Investment Account moneys to virtual public charter schools.
Requires each post-secondary institution of education that receives state moneys to make institution's budgets and expenditures publicly available on institution's website.
Requires State Forestry Department to establish by rule pilot grant program for purpose of managing wildfire risk by certain methods.
Requires Department of State Lands to petition United States Congress for transfer of certain public lands.
Prohibits Oregon Transportation Commission from establishing toll on Interstate 205 or Interstate 5.
Authorizes ports to assess public bodies for share of costs of removing sediment from port waters.
Establishes Ocean Beach Fund.
Requires Department of Revenue to make surplus revenue refunds, known as "kicker" refunds, in form of check.
Directs Legislative Assembly to allocate moneys to members for distribution.
Prohibits Department of Environmental Quality from imposing effluent limitations or other requirements in seafood processing wastewater permit that are more stringent than requirements established under federal law or that would result in substantial and widespread economic and social impacts on coastal communities.
Authorizes any person to submit complaint to Department of Environmental Quality if person reasonably believes that camping site of homeless individuals is causing discharge of wastes into state waters.
Sets $100 cap each year on sum of contributions that can be received by candidate or committee in cash from any source.