Bills in the 2023 Regular Session, House.
Hoa Nguyen
Sponsored
Became law2
Directs Department of Education to develop and implement statewide education plan for students who are Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.
Increases membership of State Board of Education to include additional representative of congressional district and to include member engaged as classified staff member for public school or education service district.
In committee1
Directs county clerk to keep residence address of elector exempt from disclosure as public record if elector is education board member.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 29
Establishes Oregon Housing Needs Analysis in Oregon Department of Administrative Services.
Modifies provisions relating to reproductive health rights.
Directs Department of Early Learning and Care to adopt standards and processes to reduce barriers that impede international early childhood professionals from entering early learning workforce in Oregon.
Changes operative date from January 1, 2026, to effective date of Act, for law removing authority of Teacher Standards and Practices Commission from establishing and collecting fee from educator preparation provider based on number of license applications received by commission from provider or type of educator preparation programs offered by provider.
Requires that dental and vision are included in health benefits available to part-time faculty members.
Requires Department of Education to conduct study to identify best methodology for determining appropriate number of students on workload for certain school-based health practitioners.
Modifies Department of Justice crime victim compensation program.
Adds outdoor child care program to definition of "child care facility." Requires Early Learning Council to adopt rules governing the operation of outdoor child care programs.
Directs Department of Land and Conservation and Development to convene work group to examine strategies for expanding early learning and care facilities in this state.
Allows district school board to choose to provide directors with monthly stipend and individual directors to decline to receive stipend.
Expands and provides funding for coordinated crisis services system including 9-8-8 suicide prevention and behavioral health crisis hotline.
Establishes requirements for approving recovery schools.
Creates Oregon tax subtraction for amounts of personal casualty loss that are barred from deduction on federal tax return because loss is not attributable to federally declared disaster.
Designates August 4 of each year as Bracero Program Day.
Directs Department of Early Learning and Care to commission independent study regarding barriers to attaining high quality early childhood workforce.
Directs Oregon Business Development Department to provide financial assistance to eligible applicants to pay for allowable costs related to early child care infrastructure activities.
Directs State Board of Education to adopt rules that allow for reimbursement of school district expenses incurred for alternative transportation costs.
Requires school districts undertaking HVAC infrastructure improvements for which state and federal funds are made specifically available to expend such funds on certain activities aimed at improving indoor air ventilation quality in schools.
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.
Revises provisions relating to chemicals in children's products.
Clarifies process of Senate confirmation of members of State Fish and Wildlife Commission.
Preserves additional funding for small school districts that merge with one or more school districts if certain conditions are met.
Establishes Task Force on Tribal Consultation and specifies task force membership.
Establishes Early Literacy Success Initiative.
Modifies calculation of required minutes of physical education for middle school students to be based on weekly calculation.
Creates refundable child tax credit, calculated based on number of dependents of taxpayer that are qualifying children with respect to taxpayer and are under six years of age at close of tax year.
Requires State Department of Energy to report on rate of heat pump technology adoption and to collaborate with designated state agencies to reduce barriers to home energy efficiency and resilience.
Prohibits landlords from terminating lease or taking other specified actions due to status of tenant as victim of bias crime.
Establishes Sexual Misconduct Survey Council.
Vetoed · 1
Establishes State Public Bank Task Force.
Out of committee · 12
Establishes School Safety Construction Fund in State Treasury, separate and distinct from General Fund.
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.
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to prepare tentative budget for funding of State School Fund.
Establishes Imagination Library of Oregon Program to provide free book each month to eligible children, encourage children to develop love of reading and learning, and improve third-grade reading proficiency and high school graduation rates.
Expands regular employment protections afforded for performance of legislative duties by members of Legislative Assembly by requiring employers, at option of member , to grant time off for less than full-day absence to member to perform legislative duties.
Directs Department of Human Services to establish program to provide grants to assist noncitizens who do not possess valid immigration documentation change immigration status or obtain lawful permanent resident status.
Establishes Community Green Infrastructure Grant Program.
Directs Department of Early Learning and Care, in consultation with Department of Human Services, to convene work group to study optimal use of child care navigators to support access to and enrollment in child care and early learning programs.
Authorizes Higher Education Coordinating Commission to award "Hunger Free Campus" designation to public universities and community colleges that demonstrate required actions taken to combat hunger.
Requires schools to have wireless panic alert device in each classroom of each school building.
Establishes Welcome and Reception Program within Office of Immigrant and Refugee Advancement to provide immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers with support services.
Directs State Board of Education to adopt uniform standards related to collection of specified data.
In committee · 15
Alters composition of governing boards of public universities by increasing number of student, faculty and nonfaculty staff members and requiring these members to be voting members of board.
Reduces lot size of rural residential lots on which accessory dwelling units may be sited.
Reduces lot size of rural residential lots on which accessory dwelling units may be sited.
Clarifies meaning of "because of age" in employment discrimination law.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to adopt by rule qualification criteria for community education workers as additional category of traditional health workers.
Prohibits operating boat carrying child under 16 years of age unless child is wearing properly sized and secured personal flotation device.
Directs Department of Early Learning and Care to establish and implement child care provider incentive program.
Establishes Universal School Meal Account for purpose of reimbursing school districts for certain costs incurred in providing federally reimbursable meals.
Permits individual who is 16 or 17 years of age and registered to vote to cast ballot in school district elections.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to Multnomah County for Earthquake Ready Burnside Bridge project.
Provides that unit of government may not assess toll on state highways or interstate highways located in tri-county area unless Department of Transportation conducts and submits equity plan for approval by affected counties.
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to award grant to nonprofit organization to plan and develop community center that provides resources relevant to Vietnamese speakers.
Prohibits, in specified areas of law, discrimination or harassment against persons based on caste.
Prohibits tolling on state highways until January 2, 2026.
Requires original equipment manufacturer to make available to owner of consumer electronic equipment or independent repair provider on fair and reasonable terms any documentation, tool, part or other device or implement that original equipment manufacturer makes available to authorized service provider for purpose of diagnosing, maintaining or repairing consumer electronic equipment.