Bills in the 2015 Regular Session, Senate.
Michael Dembrow
Sponsored
Became law5
Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to convene work group of stakeholders to determine most appropriate method for public universities and community colleges to report employment data for employees.
Authorizes Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries to issue warrants for collection of certain debts owed to bureau.
Directs Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development to select and implement uniform budget and accounting system for community college districts.
Directs Environmental Quality Commission to adopt rules requiring accredited inspector to perform asbestos survey for purpose of determining whether asbestos-containing materials are present at residence or residential building before demolition.
Extends eligibility for receiving Oregon financial aid scholarships and grants to certain students who qualify for exemption from paying nonresident tuition.
Passed the Senate1
For purposes of unemployment insurance benefits , provides that certain individuals who perform services in other than instructional, research or principal administrative capacity for educational institutions and who terminate employee-employer relationship for good cause do not have reasonable assurance of performing services for that employer in subsequent academic year or term.
Out of committee7
Establishes Task Force on Jurisdictional Transfers.
Requires court to appoint legal counsel for respondent or protected person in protective proceeding under certain circumstances.
Establishes Task Force on Land Value Taxation to compare methods of property taxation.
Establishes percentages of premiums for providing health care benefits that must be paid by part-time faculty members and by public institution or institutions employing part-time faculty member.
Establishes Organ Donor Registry and Public Awareness Fund.
Requires bidder that submits bid for contract for public works with estimated contract price of $5 million or more to demonstrate responsibility by belonging to local joint committee whose training agents, in aggregate, employed apprentices for 10 percent or more of hours that training agents' employees worked on contracts in previous calendar year or by showing that bidder employed apprentices for 10 percent or more of hours that bidder's employees worked on contracts during previous calendar y
Establishes Task Force to Investigate a Clean Diesel Program.
In committee11
Establishes Career and Technical Education Investment Council.
Directs Oregon Education Investment Board to evaluate methods for providing components of two-generation strategy to address poverty.
Increases membership on Oregon Health and Science University Board of Directors from 10 members to 12 by adding one faculty member and one nonfaculty staff member.
Directs Higher Education Coordinating Commission to convene work group of representatives from public universities and community colleges to determine whether 40-40-20 mission would be enhanced by enabling universities to award associate degrees.
Requires state to pay for postage prepaid return identification envelopes provided to electors for each primary, general or statewide special election.
Requires filing notice with State Forestry Department of proposed aerial application of pesticide or proposed use of fire as planned forest management activity on privately owned forestland.
Establishes Health Care for All Oregon Board to develop, implement and have oversight of Health Care for All Oregon Plan to be administered by Oregon Health Authority.
Allows for additional weights in State School Fund distributions for students who are enrolled in and earn three or more credits for courses that are part of approved career and technical education program.
Restricts vehicle idling and expands types of vehicles that are required to comply with idling restrictions.
Requires each school obtaining approval from Higher Education Coordinating Commission to offer academic degree to biennially obtain bond or letter of credit demonstrating school is financially sound and capable of fulfilling commitments to students.
Requires Environmental Quality Commission to adopt greenhouse gas cap-and-dividend program to reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions to meet certain benchmarks adopted by commission.
Carried from the House
Became law9
Directs law enforcement agencies to adopt written policies and procedures prohibiting profiling by January 1, 2016.
Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to work with representatives from public universities to evaluate best method for overseeing public universities to ensure universities interview at least one minority applicant when hiring head coach or athletic director.
Requires universities with institutional governing boards to continue to participate in shared services relating to listed employee benefits and to collective bargaining until July 1, 2019.
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.
Extends, for two years, sunset of provisions requiring Oregon Health Authority to study and make recommendations to Legislative Assembly on best option for financing health care in this state.
Directs Oregon Health Authority to disseminate to school districts information related to elevated levels of radon.
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 Higher Education Coordinating Commission to work with public universities to develop effective solutions to problem of students who enroll at public university, complete two or more years of coursework and leave university without graduating or receiving official recognition.
Requires each school obtaining approval from Higher Education Coordinating Commission to offer academic degree to annually obtain bond or letter of credit demonstrating school is financially sound and capable of fulfilling commitments to students.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
Allows food establishment located within residential dwelling to produce limited amounts of certain foods for sale to public without being regulated by State Department of Agriculture.
Repeals sunset on provisions related to low carbon fuel standards.
Requires all employers to implement sick time for employees.
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to establish training program and specifies elements that program must include.
Directs Oregon Health Authority to develop plan for communication among local mental health authorities and systems to improve notifications and information-sharing when death suspected to be suicide involves individual 24 years of age or younger.
Requires private person to complete transfer of firearm by appearing with transferee before gun dealer to request criminal background check or shipping or delivering firearm to gun dealer in certain circumstances.
Establishes Task Force on Reentry, Employment and Housing.
Out of committee · 8
Repeals state preemption of charter and statutory authority of local governments to set minimum wage requirements.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Military Department for Oregon Military Museum.
Increases Oregon minimum wage rate in graduated steps to $15 per hour by 2018.
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.
Instructs Bureau of Labor and Industries to increase investigatory staff devoted to investigating complaints of pay equity and gender discrimination by one full-time position.
Authorizes employee of certain employers to request flexible or predictable work schedule.
In committee · 8
Permits employee of contracting agency that conducts cost analysis or determines feasibility of procurement, or exclusive representative of employee's bargaining unit, to seek judicial review of cost analysis or determination.
Requires electric companies to reduce allocation of electricity from coal-derived generating resources to zero on or before January 1, 2025, to customers of electric company that are located in this state.
Requires Department of Corrections to adopt rules that prohibit department's correctional facilities from having contract with provider of telephone services under which department or facility receives payment for telephone services provided to inmates of facility.
Prohibits public universities from adopting school policies with respect to noncredit academic activities, or from refusing student application to, or enrollment or participation in, noncredit academic activity, solely on basis that student was not awarded standard high school diploma or General Educational Development (GED) certificate, or because student received modified or extended diploma.
Establishes Oregon Right to Rest Act.
Enacts Interstate Compact for Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote.
Requires ballots returned by mail to be postmarked not later than date of election.
Requires health insurance policies or certificates that include prescription drug benefits, health benefit plans and the state medical assistance program to cover costs of specified women's health care drugs and services.