Bills in the 2017 Regular Session, Senate.
Bill Hansell
Sponsored
Became law9
Permits health care provider to disclose protected health information of inmate of correctional facility to physician of employee of correctional facility or Oregon Corrections Enterprises who is exposed to bodily fluids of inmate if exposure is substantial and inmate has tested positive for HIV, hepatitis B or C or other communicable disease.
Prohibits insurer from denying claim for reimbursement of health care services provided to insured who is in detention facility pending adjudication by juvenile court.
Requires State Fish and Wildlife Commission to adopt rules for issuance of wildlife salvage permits to salvage deer or elk accidentally killed as result of vehicle collision.
Requires State Fish and Wildlife Commission to adopt pilot program for urban deer population control.
Authorizes Department of Transportation to issue driver licenses, driver permits and identification cards that meet requirements of federal Real ID Act of 2005.
Directs certain agencies to allow informational materials about human trafficking to be posted at roadside rest areas.
Adds Oregon Volunteer Firefighters Association to list of entities eligible for individual income tax return checkoff contribution.
Requires certain notices related to real estate loans to be mailed to all addresses on file for recipient, including post office boxes.
Requires county or city governing body to submit notice of tentative plan to certain special districts for district approval prior to approval by governing body.
Out of committee1
Requires State Parks and Recreation Department to set aside certain number of campsites to be available for reservation only by disabled veterans during first 30 days of any applicable reservation period.
In committee15
Requires law enforcement officer to perform lethality assessment after making mandatory arrest for domestic assault.
Establishes mandatory minimum sentence of 48 months' imprisonment for assault committed by correctional facility inmate against corrections officer.
Requires employee of certain premises who holds service permit to make report if employee has reasonable belief that sex trafficking is occurring at premises or that minor is employed as performer at premises in manner violating Oregon Liquor Control Commission rules.
Directs Department of Justice to conduct study on prosecuting facilitation of sex trafficking in locations other than Oregon and to report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to judiciary on or before February 1, 2018.
Provides that county is exempt from applicability of statute banning use of dogs to hunt or pursue cougars if voters approve county measure proposed by initiative petition or referred to people by governing body of county.
Requires Senate confirmation of appointments by Governor of directors of Housing and Community Services Department and State Department of Energy.
Provides that Governor may appoint Director of Oregon Business Development Department, in consultation with Oregon Business Development Commission.
For purposes of estate tax, modifies definition of Oregon taxable estate to exclude basic exclusion amount applicable to federal estate.
Raises threshold of contract price at which contracting agency may directly appoint architect, engineer, photogrammetrist, transportation planner or land surveyor to $500,000.
Creates offense of driving with dog in driver's lap.
Revises method by which irregular attendance is determined for pupils.
Requires State Department of Agriculture to conduct four-year pilot program for replacing noxious weeds that supply pollen and nectar to pollinating insects with noninvasive forage plants offering similar benefit for pollinating insects.
Directs Land Conservation and Development Commission to request information from state agencies to update state agency coordination program by September 15, 2017.
Requires certain public entities to ensure that discharge of storm water into canal or infrastructure of other entity complies with state and federal water quality standards.
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.
Carried from the House
Became law1
Establishes Task Force on Assessments of Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.
Passed the House1
Requires snowmobiles and certain all-terrain vehicles to cross highway at intersection or more than 100 feet from intersection.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
Directs Department of Consumer and Business Services to develop and report, no later than September 15, 2017, recommendations to Legislative Assembly and interim committees related to health for program to reimburse costs of oral health care for low-income individuals residing in Oregon under Compact of Free Association treaty.
Directs Department of Education to reimburse education provider for expenses incurred from providing vision screenings.
Establishes Willamette Falls Locks Commission as advisory body for issues relating to repair, reopening, operation, maintenance and future transfer of ownership of navigational canal and locks.
Directs Early Learning Division to support Relief Nursery programs statewide.
Designates August 7 of each year as Oregon Purple Heart Recognition Day.
Creates process by which certain persons who practice profession related to enforcing or providing for public health and safety and who, in performance of official duties, come into contact with blood, bodily fluid or other potentially infectious material of another person may petition court for order compelling testing of other person for communicable disease.
Directs Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to study expenditure of public moneys on alcohol and drug treatment and report results to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to judiciary on or before September 15, 2019.
Out of committee · 5
Directs Department of Education to coordinate with Oregon FFA Association to increase student achievement and improve college attendance and career placement for students enrolled in agricultural education courses.
Changes calculation of final average salary for purposes of Public Employees Retirement System to use five years of salary instead of three years, for salary paid on and after January 1, 2018.
Redirects employee contributions made by member of system from individual account program to account to be used to pay for member's pension or other retirement benefits accrued on or after January 1, 2018.
Establishes Oregon Deaf, Deaf-Blind and Hard of Hearing Program within Department of Human Services.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Health Authority for Senior Farm Direct Nutrition Program and Women, Infants and Children Farm Direct Nutrition Program.
In committee · 6
Authorizes use of pseudonym, initials or other signifier instead of name of witness or victim in indictment when specified requirements are met.
Allows operators of motorcycles or mopeds to travel between adjacent lanes of traffic traveling in same direction under certain circumstances.
Prohibits permanent rule from being in effect for longer than six years.
Establishes Oregon Empowerment Scholarship Program for purpose of providing options in education to students of this state.
Revises definition of "beneficiary." Modifies requirements for trustee to foreclose trust deed by advertisement and sale.
Declares policy of state to use zero-based budgeting in developing biennial budget plan.