Bills in the 2017 Regular Session, House.
Janelle Bynum
Sponsored
Became law3
Requires Oregon Health Authority and Department of Consumer and Business Services to make available online written materials about options available to breast cancer patients for insurance coverage of breast reconstruction surgery, breast prostheses and breast forms.
Directs Department of Transportation to conduct pilot program on prompt payment of certain contracts.
Directs school districts and public charter schools to waive high school diploma requirements that are not established by state law if student is or was foster child, homeless, runaway, child in military family, child of migrant worker or enrolled in Youth Corrections Education Program or Juvenile Detention Education Program.
In committee5
Provides that any business license issued by city or county must be transferable to benefit of purchaser of licensed business for remaining term of license without additional payment of business license tax.
Provides that no person may use mechanical restraint, chemical restraint, prone restraint, physical restraint or seclusion on student in public education program.
Directs Department of Transportation to offer extended weekday hours and Saturday operating schedules at field offices.
Directs school districts to establish procedure by which to resolve complaints regarding administrators of school districts.
Expands recipients eligible for subsidized employment-related child care to include persons looking for work.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 21
Provides definitions relating to comparable work for purposes of pay equity provisions.
Provides that portion of U.S. Highway 20 shall be known as Oregon Medal of Honor Highway.
Directs Legislative Counsel to prepare open government impact statement for measures that affect disclosure, or exemption from disclosure, of public records.
Directs Oregon Medical Board, Oregon State Board of Nursing, Oregon Board of Naturopathic Medicine and Oregon Board of Dentistry to provide licensees of boards with opioid and opiate prescribing guidelines and recommendations established by association of licensee practitioners.
Requires each post-secondary institution of education to provide Higher Education Coordinating Commission with number of Oregon high school graduates from each school district enrolled at institution and graduation rate at institution for Oregon high school graduates from each school district.
Establishes official name of open resources program as "Oregon's Open Educational Resources (OER) Program." Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to regularly convene faculty, staff and librarians from public universities and community colleges for purpose of coordinating program in specified manner .
Requires Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services to adopt construction standards for homes that have floor area of not more than 600 square feet.
Directs Department of Education to convene advisory group to develop statewide ethnic studies standards for adoption into existing statewide social studies standards for public kindergarten through grade 12.
Requires school district board and public charter school governing body to adopt and implement policy that requires volunteers to undergo background check if district or school allows volunteers to have direct, unsupervised contact with school children.
Prohibits state contracting agency from entering into public contract with prospective contractor that has not certified that prospective contractor has policy and practice of preventing sexual harassment, sexual assault and discrimination against members of protected classes of workers.
Requires Housing and Community Services Department, in collaboration with Oregon Health Authority, to disburse moneys in Housing for Mental Health Fund for development of community-based housing, crisis intervention services, rental subsidies and other housing-related services for individuals with mental illness and individuals with substance use disorders.
Requires peace officer to electronically record custodial interview with person under 18 years of age when investigating felony, or allegation that person under 18 years of age committed act that if committed by adult would constitute felony.
Permits city to authorize planning commission or hearings officer to conduct hearings and make final decisions on applications for amendments to city comprehensive plan map.
Requires Oregon Health Policy Board, in collaboration with Office of Rural Health and Oregon Health and Science University, to conduct assessment of health care workforce needs in Oregon.
Requires Department of Human Services, in collaboration with other agencies, to adopt rules related to prescription of psychotropic medications to elderly persons and persons with disabilities.
Requires State Department of Agriculture to adopt rules governing posting of tax information by gas stations.
Requires Department of Education to develop and provide to public high schools written materials regarding apprenticeship opportunities.
Modifies civil penalties, license regulation and licensing fees for certain facilities regulated by Department of Human Services.
Directs State Chief Information Officer to appoint Chief Data Officer to maintain web portal for publication of data of state agencies.
Directs Department of Corrections to include in inmate release plan information concerning transitional housing or treatment programs to which inmate has been accepted.
Removes special training requirement from statutes governing prescribing, dispensing and distributing naloxone.
Passed the House · 2
Requires lobbyist statements filed with Oregon Government Ethics Commission to identify each bill or measure introduced before Legislative Assembly lobbyist lobbied on, whether lobbyist lobbied in favor of, in opposition to or for purpose of seeking amendments to bill or measure, each legislative topic that was not bill or measure that lobbyist lobbied on, each person or entity that hired lobbyist and how much moneys person or entity paid lobbyist.
Creates limited landscape construction professional license.
Out of committee · 3
Establishes Task Force on Addressing Racial Disparities in Home Ownership.
Designates Act as Oregon First-Time Home Buyer Savings Account Act.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Transportation for deposit in Safe Routes to Schools Fund for grant awards under safe routes to schools program.
In committee · 10
Requires youth to consult with legal counsel in person, by telephone or by video conference prior to custodial interview with peace officer, and before waiver of constitutional rights.
Allows person to continue to qualify for Oregon Promise if, after being awarded grant, person enters into service with career and technical student organization approved by Department of Education before attending community college.
Directs State Registrar of Center for Health Statistics to send to Department of Consumer and Business Services each calendar quarter names of children born in Oregon to residents of this state.
Authorizes district school boards to take specified actions to facilitate creation and use of maker spaces.
Modifies law regarding requirement that public employer grant preference to veteran or disabled veteran in selection process for civil service position.
Increases speed limit on Oregon Route 138 between Roseburg and Glide.
Prohibits requiring high school diploma or General Educational Development (GED) certificate as qualification for obtaining limited specialty plumber license to install or replace residential water heaters.
Directs State Registrar of Center for Health Statistics to send to State Treasurer each calendar quarter names of children born in Oregon to residents of this state.
Requires Legislative Assembly to provide translator services free of charge, in order to facilitate witness participation in hearings or informal meetings with one or more members of Legislative Assembly, or as required by federal Americans with Disabilities Act.
Requires member of Legislative Assembly who has relative or member of household receiving salary for serving on member's personal legislative staff to file statement with Oregon Government Ethics Commission naming each such relative or member of household and stating amount of money each relative or member of household receives in salary.