Bills in the 2017 Regular Session, House.
Ron Noble
Sponsored
Became law2
Requires school district board and public charter school governing body to adopt and implement policy that requires volunteers to undergo background check if district or school allows volunteers to have direct, unsupervised contact with school children.
Changes term "osteopath" to "osteopathic physician." Clarifies that doctors of osteopathic medicine practice medicine as physicians.
Out of committee1
Imposes requirements upon mental health treatment providers and programs to ensure culturally and linguistically appropriate care for individuals who are deaf, deaf-blind or hard of hearing.
In committee2
Provides block grants to specified counties for two-year period to assume duties of Department of Human Services, Oregon Health Authority and Housing and Community Services Department with respect to community mental health services, developmental disability services, alcoholism and substance abuse treatment services, child welfare services and homelessness prevention and assistance services.
Creates income tax credit for taxpayers that provide apprenticeship opportunities.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 17
Expands laws regarding preservation of participating properties that are publicly supported housing.
Provides definitions relating to comparable work for purposes of pay equity provisions.
Modifies purposes for which school districts may receive grants to pay for costs incurred by school districts to purchase food produced or processed in state.
Provides that portion of U.S. Highway 20 shall be known as Oregon Medal of Honor Highway.
Requires Department of Human Services to adopt rules to establish Oregon Foster Children's Sibling Bill of Rights.
Expands offense of vehicular assault to include contact with motorcycle, motorcycle operator or motorcycle passenger.
Requires Oregon Health Authority and Department of Consumer and Business Services to make available online written materials about options available to breast cancer patients for insurance coverage of breast reconstruction surgery, breast prostheses and breast forms.
Authorizes Department of Human Services to immediately place conditions on license, certificate or other authorization of child-caring agency prior to hearing if department finds there is serious danger to public health or safety.
Establishes Affordable Housing Land Acquisition Revolving Loan Program within Housing and Community Services Department to make loans to eligible organizations to purchase land for affordable housing development and to provide supportive services to residents and low income households.
Prohibits public university, community college or Oregon-based private university or college to use threat or imposition of student discipline or other sanction to influence decision of victim of alleged incident of sexual assault, domestic violence or stalking regarding whether to report alleged incident or participate in investigation or adjudication of alleged incident.
Requires Housing and Community Services Department, in collaboration with Oregon Health Authority, to disburse moneys in Housing for Mental Health Fund for development of community-based housing, crisis intervention services, rental subsidies and other housing-related services for individuals with mental illness and individuals with substance use disorders.
Establishes Oregon Agricultural Heritage Fund and continuously appropriates moneys in fund to Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board.
Requires Department of Education to develop and provide to public high schools written materials regarding apprenticeship opportunities.
Modifies civil penalties, license regulation and licensing fees for certain facilities regulated by Department of Human Services.
Establishes Task Force on Assessments of Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.
Exempts person serving in Oregon National Guard from requirement to enroll in community college courses within six months of attaining previous highest level of education in order to qualify for Oregon Promise grant, provided that person enrolls in community college courses within six months of completing initial active duty training.
Requires owner or operator of dam with high hazard rating to develop emergency action plan for dam.
Passed the House · 1
Creates limited landscape construction professional license.
Out of committee · 12
Requires Oregon Health Authority and Department of Consumer and Business Services to report annually to Legislative Assembly on implementation of requirements to reimburse cost of child abuse medical assessments conducted by community assessment centers.
Directs Housing and Community Services Department to establish Affordable Homeownership Grant Program to provide grants to eligible nonprofit organizations with affordable homeownership programs to provide opportunities for homeownership to persons in low income households.
For purpose of tax credit for affordable housing lenders, requires Housing and Community Services Department to make annual determination of remaining balance of reserved but not certified tax credits.
Appropriates moneys to Department of Human Services for Oregon Hunger Response Fund program services.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Human Services to administer general assistance project.
Establishes Homeownership Repair and Rehabilitation Program within Housing and Community Services Department to provide grants to eligible nonprofit organizations to provide financial assistance to persons in low income households for repair and rehabilitation of residences.
Designates Act as Oregon First-Time Home Buyer Savings Account Act.
Increases, for purposes of tax credit allowed for crop donation, percentage of wholesale price allowed as amount of credit.
Requires Department of Education to be responsible for providing education of students for first 30 calendar days after eligible day treatment program or eligible residential treatment program begins operations or expands operations to different school district.
Directs Department of Veterans' Affairs to develop and implement one or more pilot programs statewide to provide training, job placement services, financial assistance, technical support and business creation assistance to veterans in construction and construction materials industries.
Establishes Task Force on Rural Medical Training Facilities.
Establishes refundable tax credit against income or corporate excise taxes for employers in specified industrial sectors for wages paid to employees at or below specified rate.
In committee · 15
Requires Governor to certify to United States Secretary of Commerce that terms of national marine sanctuary located within seaward boundary of Oregon are unacceptable unless Legislative Assembly confirms designation.
Requires court to impose mandatory minimum sentence of imprisonment if person is convicted of crime of fleeing or attempting to elude police officer under certain circumstances.
Modifies procedures of Commission on Judicial Fitness and Disability.
Allows employer to pay federal minimum wage to youth employee during employee's initial period of employment.
Repeals requirement that person who is not gun dealer obtain criminal background check prior to transferring firearm to another person who is not gun dealer.
Exempts certain transferees from private firearm transfer criminal background check requirement.
Prohibits abortion unless physician has first determined probable post-fertilization age of unborn child, except in case of medical emergency.
Requires Secretary of State to hire consultant to identify inefficiencies in state agencies.
Vests sole authority to regulate hunting ammunition and fishing gear with Legislative Assembly with specified exceptions.
Authorizes governing bodies of cities and counties to jointly form district for purposes of acquisition, design, construction, reconstruction, installation, operation, maintenance and repair of limited-access public highway projects within district boundaries.
Changes definition of foster parent who is "current caretaker.".
Modifies law regarding requirement that public employer grant preference to veteran or disabled veteran in selection process for civil service position.
Increases speed limit on Oregon Route 138 between Roseburg and Glide.
Prohibits requiring high school diploma or General Educational Development (GED) certificate as qualification for obtaining limited specialty plumber license to install or replace residential water heaters.
Provides that outside compensation of employee of public university or community college is not included in employee's salary for purposes of Public Employees Retirement System.