Bills in the 2015 Regular Session, Senate.
Brian Boquist
Sponsored
Became law3
Authorizes person licensed to carry concealed handgun to present valid license instead of providing firearm to peace officer for examination when possessing firearm in public building.
Modifies certain penalties for wildlife law violations.
Establishes unlawful employment practice of employer requiring employee or applicant for employment to establish and maintain personal social media account or to authorize employer to advertise on personal social media account of employee or applicant.
Passed the Senate1
Allows taxicab driver to use mobile communication device while driving.
In committee39
Establishes International System of Units as state's official system of measurement.
Provides that crime of assault in the third degree includes causing physical injury to person acting within scope of employment as taxi operator.
Requires approval of 50 percent of owners to establish or increase amount of assessment imposed on owners by planned community for common expenses.
Requires school districts to provide firearm safety courses.
Permits motor vehicle drawing travel trailer to also draw boat.
Allows operators of motorcycles and mopeds to pass vehicles in same lane during traffic jams or slowdowns.
Requires Oregon Health Authority or Department of Human Services to screen applicants for medical assistance or public assistance for substance use disorders.
Prohibits courts from applying Sharia law.
Requires registration of certain bicycles.
Ends practice of returning voted ballots by mail by requiring electors to cast ballots in person on date of election.
Removes notification and certain examination requirements that apply to children who are taught by private teacher, parent or legal guardian.
Abolishes State Landscape Contractors Board.
Eliminates continuing education requirement for landscape construction professionals.
Exempts certain for-hire carriers of household goods from economic regulation.
Allows State Parks and Recreation Department to enter into agreement with Willamette River Channel Maintenance Group for performance of maintenance needed to improve river navigability and safety, to improve marine access to public parks, landings and other accesses and to encourage tourism and transportation.
Repeals moratorium on certain mining using any form of motorized equipment.
Directs Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to classify assault causing serious physical injury to child under six years of age as crime category 11.
Allows nonconforming public or private school on land zoned for exclusive farm use to expand on contiguous land acquired by school after school became nonconforming.
Exempts retired member of Public Employees Retirement System from limitations on reemployment if member is reemployed by fire department or rural fire protection district that serves population of fewer than 15,000 residents.
Requires registration of bicycles.
Makes case planning and placement decisions for wards in custody of Department of Human Services responsibility of case planning committee convened by department and composed of relevant parties and stakeholders with interest in ward's welfare, case planning and placement.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Justice for various public safety purposes in support of rural or fiscally distressed counties.
Amplifies materials that may be considered legislative history of statute.
Requires political parties to file organizational documents with Secretary of State setting forth organizational procedures.
Requires that candidate for United States Senator, Representative in Congress, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Attorney General, Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries, judge, state Senator or state Representative receive majority of votes cast in general election to be elected.
Removes sunset on authority of institution of higher education to sponsor public charter school.
Removes sunset on provisions that allow students whose legal residence is not within school district to attend school in district as resident if student receives written consent.
Eliminates daylight saving time adjustment to standard of time for State of Oregon.
Prohibits Department of Transportation, counties and cities from using more than five percent of moneys appropriated from State Highway Fund to cover administrative costs.
Repeals provision for award of damages to Department of Revenue for frivolous claim, defense or argument made by taxpayer.
Eliminates primary election as nominating election for major political party candidates.
Discontinues provisions requiring taxpayers, for Oregon tax purposes, to add to federal taxable income amount equal to federal deduction for qualified production activities income.
Creates income tax credit for adopting children from foster system.
Requires Department of Human Services to adopt procedures for issuance of assistance animal certificates.
Revises definitions.
Authorizes Oregon Business Development Department to make grants to small counties to provide assistance in obtaining affordable Internet access.
Requires filing of identifying information for all persons, political committees and petition committees making political contributions, regardless of amount.
Creates crime of receiving quid-pro-quo bribe.
Exempts from property taxes real and personal property of history museum or science museum if property is used to fulfill museum's mission and is used or occupied for certain other museum-related purposes.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
Directs Department of Revenue to make shared services distributions out of unreceipted revenue.
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to establish training program and specifies elements that program must include.
Requires Oregon Department of Administrative Services to transfer ownership of certain real property to City of Pendleton.
Requires public universities, community colleges and Oregon-based private universities and colleges to adopt written protocol for victims of sexual assault.
Establishes Task Force on Reserve Funds to study performance of Education Stability Fund and Oregon Rainy Day Fund and make recommendations to next odd-numbered year regular session of Legislative Assembly.
Requires State Board of Education to adopt rules under which school personnel may administer medications that treat adrenal insufficiency to students experiencing adrenal crisis.
Creates position of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Coordinator in Department of Veterans' Affairs to provide outreach and assistance to veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, and to spouses and dependents of such veterans.
Out of committee · 11
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Military Department for Oregon Military Museum.
Requires medical marijuana facilities and marijuana retailers to post at facility or on premises of retail location notice of potential harmful effects of marijuana on pregnant women, fetuses and breastfeeding infants .
Provides for annual adjustment of judges' salaries based on Consumer Price Index.
Creates Office for Deaf, Deaf-Blind and Hard of Hearing Services in Department of Human Services.
Requires Department of Human Services to identify applicants for and recipients of assistance under temporary assistance for needy families program who are victims of sexual assault or at risk for being victims of sexual assault.
Appropriates moneys to Higher Education Coordinating Commission for 2015 biennium for agricultural experiment station and branch station, Oregon State University Extension Service and Forest Research Laboratory programs of Oregon State University.
Appropriates moneys to Department of Education to be expended for purpose of awarding grants under Career and Technical Education Revitalization Grant Program.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Health Authority for Senior Farm Direct Nutrition Program and Women, Infants and Children Farm Direct Nutrition Program.
Directs presiding judge of each judicial district to instruct grand jury to record proceedings except for deliberations and voting .
Establishes task force to study essential indigenous anadromous salmonid habitat and its relationship to ditches and other man-made water conveyance channels.
Authorizes county to exempt first $250,000 of assessed value of homestead of surviving spouse of fire service professional or police officer killed in line of duty from property taxes .
In committee · 26
Requires law enforcement agency to establish policies and procedures for retaining recordings from cameras worn upon police officer's person to record officer's interactions with members of public.
Permits contracting agency in procurement for goods or services to give preference to bidder or proposer that is located in distressed area.
Directs Department of Veterans' Affairs to submit report to interim legislative committees, no later than July 1, 2016, regarding implementation of veterans' and servicemembers' specialty treatment courts.
Requires name of member or committee of Legislative Assembly requesting set of proposed amendments to legislative measure to be identified on proposed amendments.
Modifies definition of "physical injury" for purposes of criminal code.
Modifies existing administrative rule review process to require legislative approval of newly adopted administrative rules in order for rules to take effect.
Creates credit against income taxes for amounts paid as interest on qualified education loans.
Removes provision that public officer or employee who leaves position to perform military duty may not, while performing military duty, receive amount of pay entitled to before leave of absence.
Reduces required age for concealed handgun license applicant to 18 years of age if applicant is servicemember.
Authorizes county governing bodies to appoint county volunteer veterans' ombudsmen to provide support services and assistance to veterans and their spouses, dependents and survivors that are not provided by county veterans' service officers.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Higher Education Coordinating Commission for Community College Support Fund for distribution to community colleges and community college service districts.
Requires that candidate for state Senate or state Representative receive majority of votes cast in general election to be elected.
Establishes personal income tax credit of $250 per dependent child.
Creates income tax credit for certain employers that provide paid sick leave, with restrictions.
Creates income tax credit for certain employers that provide paid family leave, with restrictions.
Increases amount of working family child care credit by doubling applicable percentage of taxpayer's child care expenses allowed as credit.
Enacts Interstate Compact for Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Human Services for deposit in Oregon Project Independence Fund.
Exempts certain transferors of firearms from requesting criminal history record check if purchaser or recipient has concealed handgun license.
Provides persons licensed to carry concealed handgun in another state with protections provided to persons with Oregon concealed handgun license if other state has no less stringent requirements for obtaining license than Oregon.
Provides that person commits crime of arson in the second degree or arson in the first degree if person manufactures controlled substance and causes fire or explosion that damages property.
Requires State Forester to carry out appraisal and sale of forest products on state-owned forestland damaged by wildfire.
Requires health care facilities to publish, in manner prescribed by Oregon Health Authority, price data regarding health care services offered.
Allows court to award attorney fees to prevailing party in action to acquire fee simple title to real property by adverse possession in which adverse possessor is not prevailing party.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to operate 24-hour nurse advice hotline for Oregon residents beginning January 1, 2016.
Changes method by which surplus "kicker" refunds are made to personal income taxpayers from tax credit to refund payment.