Bills in the 2015 Regular Session, House.
Paul Holvey
Sponsored
Became law2
Authorizes electric company to offer residential electricity consumer rate option for electricity associated with specific energy resource.
Removes requirement for contracting agency to hold in account or otherwise reserve moneys for including green energy technology in constructing, reconstructing or performing major renovation on public building if contracting agency determines that including green energy technology is not appropriate.
Out of committee2
Imposes tax on harvest of timber from forestlands in Oregon of $10 per thousand feet, board measure, to fund fire suppression, to fund watershed conservation and for distribution to counties.
Establishes Oregon Center of Cyber-Excellence.
In committee18
Requires State Department of Agriculture to adopt rules prohibiting application of pesticide products containing nitro-group neonicotinoids.
Enacts uniform sales and use tax administration provisions.
Requires urban renewal agency to exercise its powers by board including one member representing each taxing district other than municipality with jurisdiction in municipality that activates agency.
Establishes principal Act for organization of broadband district to build, maintain and operate fiber-optic network for delivery of high speed broadband and other telecommunications services.
Prescribes salary for chief administrative law judge of Office of Administrative Hearings.
Provides that employees of Oregon State Hospital who are classified by superintendent of Oregon State Hospital as other than secretarial or clerical personnel qualify as police officers under Public Employees Retirement System.
Establishes State Apprenticeship Education and Training Fund and continuously appropriates moneys in fund to State Apprenticeship and Training Council and Bureau of Labor and Industries for specified purposes.
Provides that contractor may award subcontract only to responsible subcontractor.
Creates income tax credit for anaerobic digester production of energy from food processing residues, calculated based on tipping fees paid to disposal sites.
Expands Oregon's Heat Smart Program to provide wood pellet subsidies.
Makes legislative findings and declarations regarding genetically engineered food.
Prohibits farming, cultivation, incubation or inducement to spawn in this state of Atlantic salmon or genetically engineered fish that may come into contact with or spread contagious diseases to native anadromous fish.
Prohibits consumer contract that limits consumer's right to make statement about company, product or service.
Prohibits person from collecting and disclosing, selling, sharing, giving, distributing or otherwise transferring consumer's nonpublic personal information unless person obtains informed and affirmative consent from consumer.
Provides that consumer may cancel consumer contract for services and as consequence of cancellation pay only amount of subsidy, discount or other incentive offered as inducement to enter into contract and avoid future payments for services consumer does not receive as result of cancellation.
Increases fee that governing body of county may impose for issuing marriage license or registering Declaration of Domestic Partnership.
Imposes severance tax on harvest of timber from forestlands in Oregon to fund income tax credit for milling of logs in Oregon, income tax credit for production or collection of biomass, fire suppression, watershed enhancement programs and woodstove certification program, and for distribution to counties.
Requires state agency or local government to keep records of pesticide applications made by public applicator or public trainee employed by state agency or local government.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 18
Requires state contracting agency to use solicitation template that Attorney General and Oregon Department of Administrative Services develop, approve and make available in advertising and soliciting procurements under Public Contracting Code and to use contract form or contract template, as appropriate, that Attorney General and department develop, approve and make available as basis for public contracts into which state contracting agency enters.
Requires school district to provide lunch free of charge to students who are eligible for reduced price lunches.
Defines "inhalant delivery system." Amends laws concerning sale of tobacco products to, and use of tobacco products by, minors so those laws equally apply to inhalant delivery systems.
Allows direct purchase and sale of bulk distilled liquor between distillery licensees for blending and manufacturing purposes.
Requires truancy notice to inform parent or person in parental relation of right to request evaluation for individualized education program or review of individualized education program.
Requires utility that provides electric or natural gas service to residential customers to prepare report on utility's processes that mitigate, for nonpayment of delinquent accounts, termination of electric or natural gas service to certain residential customers under certain conditions.
Provides that certain employees of Department of Human Services whose duties include care of residents of certain residential facilities qualify as police officers under Public Employees Retirement System.
Disallows all filing fees, service fees and hearing fees in action for court's protective stalking order, even if stalking order is not only relief sought in action.
Allows in-state tuition in certain circumstances for individuals who resided in Oregon but relocated due to position in military, government or humanitarian aid organization.
Authorizes court, as part of settlement or judgment in class action, to approve process for payment of damages.
Requires public contracting agencies to provide as material condition of public contract that contractor remain certified as disadvantaged, minority, women or emerging small business enterprise during entire term of public contract if contracting agency awarded public contract, in whole or in part, on basis of contractor's certification.
Directs governing entity of public or private post-secondary institution of education that contracts with third party financial firm for student financial aid services to consider federal policies for contracting.
Directs Department of Education to administer process for providing funding for activities related to annual conference dedicated to Oregon civics and held on Oregon Civics Day for Teachers.
Creates Oregon Retirement Savings Board in office of State Treasurer.
Limits biennial expenditures by Oregon Business Development Department from lottery moneys for funding of cooperative efforts of National Policy Consensus Center of Portland State University and community organizations related to western juniper harvesting and related manufacturing.
Requires insurer to offer health care provider method of reimbursement that does not impose fees or other charges on provider.
Appropriates moneys to Higher Education Coordinating Commission to be expended for grant program that distributes moneys to community colleges, or any foundations of community colleges, to increase number of underserved, low-income and first-generation college-bound students who enroll in community college and make progress toward degree or certificate.
Requires insurers that cover prescription contraceptives to cover refills at specified frequency.
Passed the House · 1
Phases in prohibition on manufacture and sale of personal care products and over-the-counter drugs that contain synthetic plastic microbeads.
Out of committee · 10
Requires transportation network company to maintain insurance policy to cover private passenger motor vehicle when vehicle's registered owner or designated operator actively participates as driver with transportation network company.
Establishes Oregon Spirits Board.
Directs Department of Education to administer pilot program to increase students' exposure and access to career and technical education.
Directs Department of Education and Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to advance career and technical education opportunities by fulfilling specified requirements.
Authorizes State Treasurer to issue lottery bonds to finance grants from Department of Education to school districts to pay for acquisition, construction or improvement of school-based health centers.
Funds free transit passes for secondary school students residing in service area of Lane Transit District.
Allows personal income taxpayers to subtract certain amounts paid as interest on qualified education loans from taxable income, subject to same income limitations applicable to federal education loan interest deduction.
Modifies residential energy tax credit allowed for certain category one alternative energy devices that use solar radiation.
Requires State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries and Department of Environmental Quality to conduct review and prepare report on laws applicable to hydraulic fracturing in this state.
Requires Environmental Quality Commission to adopt by rule statewide greenhouse gas emissions limits for years 2020 and 2050 and to adopt interim statewide greenhouse gas emissions limits consistent with 2050 limit every five years.
In committee · 6
Allows person who is at least 16 years of age to register to vote.
Requires school district to prepare annual summary that describes special education and related services provided by school district during previous school year.
Excludes certain police officers from meaning of supervisory employee for purposes of public employment.
Defines "wages" for certain wage claims.
Requires governing boards of public universities to include graduate student employee and undergraduate student as voting members.
Requires business entity that intends to make political expenditure to first obtain approval from shareholders or members by affirmative vote of majority of members or shares entitled to vote.