Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, Senate.
Tim Knopp
Sponsored
Out of committee4
Requires Department of Veterans' Affairs to conduct study to determine effects of employment discrimination against veterans on overall veteran unemployment rate in this state.
Increases weight allotted for children in poverty, in foster homes and in certain state-recognized facilities for purposes of State School Fund distributions.
Directs Public Employees Retirement Board to allow participating employers making certain lump sum payments to Public Employees Retirement System to choose starting date for amortization period for use of lump sum payment to offset contributions to system.
Increases percentage of federal earned income credit allowable as credit against Oregon personal income tax.
In committee41
Requires members of Public Employees Retirement System to elect to participate in pension programs and traditional individual account program, or to participate in alternative individual account program, on and after July 1, 2020.
Directs Public Employees Retirement Board to study options for allowing retired members of the Public Employees Retirement System to be reemployed by participating public employer and for member and employer to make contributions to system to be applied against unfunded liabilities of system.
Requires pharmacist to dispense controlled substance in Schedule II of federal Controlled Substances Act in lockable vial.
Requires that collective bargaining agreements with state agency within executive branch be negotiated and entered into in even-numbered year preceding biennium in which agreement takes effect.
Redirects employee contribution to Public Employees Retirement System to account to be used to pay for pension or other retirement benefits payable to member or member's beneficiary accrued on or after January 1, 2020.
Requires member of individual account program of Public Employees Retirement System and member's employer to each contribute three percent of member's salary to individual account program.
Provides that statutes providing for Oregon Retirement Savings Plan create contract between State of Oregon and participants in retirement plan providing that contributions to retirement plan may not be combined with moneys contained in Public Employees Retirement Fund.
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, 2020.
Appropriates to Department of Education for State School Fund amount determined by Quality Education Commission to be sufficient to ensure that state's system of kindergarten through grade 12 public education meets quality goals.
Removes sunset on provisions that allow certain nonresident students to attend public schools as resident students for purposes of State School Fund distributions.
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, 2020.
Eliminates option of members of individual account program of Public Employees Retirement System to receive distributions as installment payments upon retirement.
Specifies that new or increased fees adopted by state agency do not become effective unless approved by Legislative Assembly by law.
Prohibits permanent rule from being in effect for longer than six years.
Creates income tax credit for taxpayers that expand workforce with positions that pay above average wage by 10 percent or more in tax year.
Prohibits public body from using cell-site simulator device to obtain or use personal electronic data or personal electronic metadata unless public body obtains consent or pursuant to search warrant or established warrant exception.
Adjusts affordable housing pilot program qualifications to allow one project in city with population over 35,000 and one in city with population of 35,000 or less.
Establishes that decisions related to immunizations are personal health care decisions and that immunizations may not be mandated as condition of employment for registered nurses or other medical staff unless required by federal law.
Modifies crimes of intimidation in the second degree and intimidation in the first degree.
Requires State Forester to actively manage state forestlands to achieve and maintain low forest fuel load levels.
Establishes tax credit for reforestation of commercial forestland following loss from catastrophic fire event.
Allows certain local governments to include within urban growth boundary lands for needed housing.
Authorizes local government to waive requirements of land use planning goals to establish and maintain five-year supply of employment lands.
Creates credit against income tax for taxpayers with not more than 100 employees that create 10 or more new jobs during tax year.
Directs Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to immediately suspend license or registration of teacher or administrator if commission determines there is reasonable cause to support report that teacher or administrator engaged in specified behavior.
Establishes Task Force on California's Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975 to determine appropriateness and feasibility of adopting in Oregon any provisions relating to regulation of health maintenance organizations.
Requires vision examination as part of evaluation before initially receiving special education.
Establishes retirement benefits payable under Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan to persons who establish membership in Public Employees Retirement System on or after effective date of Act.
Creates crime of threatening to commit a terroristic act.
Creates crime of patronizing a trafficked child.
Provides that machinery and equipment used to compress and bale harvested straw, hay, grass or other plants for purpose of storage or shipment is tangible personal property exempt from ad valorem property taxation.
Authorizes certain providers of water from source within Deschutes River Basin to collect fee from water recipients on behalf of nonprofit corporation.
Provides that, for estate of decedents dying on or after January 1, 2019, Oregon estate tax is not due unless value of Oregon taxable estate equals or exceeds $11.4 million.
Defines "cohousing" and allows counties to permit cohousing in lands zoned for rural residential uses under established conditions.
Allows certain planned communities to deposit their funds into local government investment pool managed by State Treasurer.
Changes date of certain elections from third Tuesday in May to first Tuesday in March.
Establishes program to improve cybersecurity of systems used to administer elections by encouraging independent technical experts, in cooperation with state election officials, local government election officials and election service providers, to identify and report election cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
Requires car rental companies to make tire chains available in winter months.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to contract with statewide coordinated care organizations.
Prohibits Secretary of State and county clerks from engaging in specified campaign activities.
Imposes personal income tax at flat rate if taxpayer has adjusted gross income below threshold amount.
Carried from the House
Became law3
Removing population requirement for affordable housing pilot program if no qualifying nomination is received for city with population under 25,000.
Prohibits school district, community college district and certain education service district elections from being conducted in manner that impairs ability of members of protected class to have equal opportunity to elect candidates of their choice as result of dilution or abridgment of rights of electors who are members of protected class.
Provides that U.S. Highway 26 shall also be known as POW/MIA Memorial Highway.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 11
Prohibits campaign moneys and public moneys from being used to make payments in connection with nondisclosure agreement relating to workplace harassment.
Requires public employers to adopt policies to prevent workplace harassment.
Directs Oregon Health Authority to design, implement and maintain voluntary statewide program to provide nurse home visiting services to families with infants up to six months of age.
Imposes certain requirements related to private security providers who contract with or are employed by institutions of higher education to provide private security services on campus and special campus security officers commissioned by governing boards of public universities.
Requires school districts to provide instruction about Holocaust and genocide beginning with 2020-2021 school year.
Directs State Board of Pharmacy to adopt rules to require that prescription drugs be labeled in English and other language upon request of practitioner, patient or patient representative.
Makes unlawful employment practice for employer to enter agreement that would prevent employee from disclosing or discussing conduct that constitutes unlawful discrimination, including sexual assault.
Provides that form or document issued by public body asking person to identify person's race or ethnicity must allow person to select multiple races or ethnicities .
Permits county clerk to decide whether to conduct hand count of ballots or risk-limiting audit following each primary, general or special election.
Directs certifying agencies to certify to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, within specified time, victim helpfulness in detecting, investigating or prosecuting qualifying criminal activity.
Modifies allowed and prohibited uses of restraint of students by public education programs.
Passed the Senate · 1
Grants higher property tax exemption for property of veterans with service-connected disabilities.
Out of committee · 17
Requires certain persons that service student loans in this state to obtain or renew license.
Directs Department of Education to provide reimbursements for vision screenings of students to person that provided vision screening.
Prohibits State Board of Education, school district or public charter school from requiring student to pass test to demonstrate proficiency in Essential Learning Skills in order to receive diploma.
Establishes Statewide School Safety and Prevention System.
Directs Youth Development Division to develop and administer statewide youth reengagement system.
Establishes Task Force on Protecting Health Information.
Authorizes issuance of Article XI-Q bonds to finance seismic and life safety improvements to State Capitol building and grounds.
Directs Department of Education to develop and provide system of supports and technical assistance for school districts that is related to abbreviated school day programs for students with individualized education program.
Requires Department of Human Services to contract with nonprofit organization to implement and administer program to assist recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance in purchasing locally grown fruits and vegetables from farmers' markets, farm share sites and retail outlets that participate in program.
Requires individual and group health insurance policies to reimburse services provided by naturopathic physicians within scope of their practice if services are reimbursed when provided by licensed physicians.
Directs Department of Human Services to conduct annual in-person case planning with ward 14 years of age or older during which department informs ward that ward is eligible for transition services and provides ward with assistance in accessing transition services, if applicable.
Exempts retired member of Public Employees Retirement System from limitations on reemployment if member is reemployed as teacher by school district or education service district.
Directs Public Employees' Benefit Board and Oregon Educators Benefit Board to establish pilot program allowing public employees to obtain health services from coordinated care organizations.
Directs school district board to adopt child sexual abuse prevention instructional program that addresses sex trafficking of children.
Increases total amount allowed in tax year to all taxpayers as tax credits for donations to fiduciary organizations for distribution to individual development accounts.
Prescribes requirements for Oregon Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Program.
Requires health benefit plans, state medical assistance program, Public Employees' Benefit Board and Oregon Educators Benefit Board to pay for standard fertility preservation services for covered individual who will undergo medical treatment that is likely to result in iatrogenic infertility.
In committee · 12
Establishes proceeding whereby person may obtain court order temporarily excluding legislator or other elected official from Capitol or other workplace, if court determines that reasonable cause exists for physical presence of legislator or elected official in Capitol or other workplace to create hostile environment for others.
Exempts transferee who is certified participant in Address Confidentiality Program from private firearm transfer criminal background check requirement.
Requires licensed health care provider to provide vaccine information packet to patient to whom licensed health care provider administers vaccine.
Increases enrollment percentage at which student must receive approval from school district before enrolling in virtual public charter school.
Establishes TriMet Crash Advisory Committee.
Provides that action based on sexual assault or knowingly allowing, permitting or encouraging sexual assault that occurs when person is 18 years of age or older must be commenced within seven years from date person discovers, or in exercise of reasonable care should have discovered, causal connection between sexual assault and injury.
Authorizes public schools to provide firearm safety and accident prevention class to all students in first grade.
Provides protections for person who refuses to participate in procedure related to abortion or physician-assisted suicide if refusal is based on person's ethical, moral or religious convictions.
Creates crime of patronizing a trafficked child.
Allows public body to disclose to federal immigration authority information about person convicted of violent crime.
Allows personal income taxpayers to subtract from taxable income amounts paid as principal of or interest on qualified education loans, if borrower is taxpayer, spouse or dependent of taxpayer.
Requires health care practitioner to exercise proper degree of care to preserve health and life of child born alive after abortion or attempted abortion.