Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, House.
Ron Noble
Sponsored
Became law2
Establishes as condition of enforceability of noncompetition agreement that employer provide signed, written copy of terms of agreement to employee within 30 days after termination of employee's employment.
Requires applicant for marijuana production license that does not own premises at which marijuana will be produced to submit signed informed consent of owner of premises to Oregon Liquor Control Commission.
Passed the House1
Sets uniform time for filing of estate tax return.
Out of committee4
Establishes prohibitions for registered pharmacy benefit managers.
Directs Department of Human Services to deduct expenses for medically necessary guardianship services from recipient's income when calculating eligibility for assistance provided by Oregon Supplemental Income Program.
Directs Department of Human Services to develop pilot program contracting with Yamhill County for provision of community-based child welfare services.
Requires that, to extent provided by Oregon Liquor Control Commission rules, if wine labeled with American viticultural area in Oregon is labeled with single grape variety as type designation, wine must meet specified content requirements.
In committee19
Requires Oregon Health Authority to establish or contract for establishment of statewide mental health crisis support access line to facilitate specified services for individuals experiencing behavioral health crises.
Modifies provisions relating to immunization records required for children attending schools and children's facilities.
Requires licensed health care provider to provide vaccine information packet to patient to whom licensed health care provider administers vaccine.
Prohibits Department of Human Services from disclosing records and reports related to child abuse investigations to certain entities unless court finds report of abuse is founded.
Requires all candidates for partisan office, regardless of political party affiliation or nonaffiliation, to appear on same unified primary election ballot, with two candidates receiving most votes advancing to general election ballot.
Modifies retirement plan options of persons elected or appointed as statewide elected officials or judges.
Permits school board to designate staff member to receive mandatory child abuse reports.
Prohibits caller from using automatic dialing and announcing device to solicit subscriber in this state for purposes of commerce.
Prohibits alarm monitoring company from locking out client from security alarm system or device.
Requires pharmaceutical manufacturers to report to Department of Consumer and Business Services total cost of patient assistance programs and information on financial assistance provided to pharmacies, government agencies and advocacy organizations.
Requires Oregon Government Ethics Commission to receive written findings of fact prepared by investigator directed by Legislative Assembly or legislative rule to determine whether lobbyist engaged in conduct prohibited under legislative branch personnel rules.
Provides that persons employed by participating public employers may not become members of pension program or individual account program of Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan on or after January 1, 2020.
Allows landlord to terminate residential tenancy with 30 days' written notice upon receipt of government notice that occupancy is unlawful.
Exempts retired member of Public Employees Retirement System from limitations on reemployment if member is reemployed for purposes of providing security to Governor's residence or judges or for purposes of law enforcement related to access and habitat programs.
Permits insurer to exclude from coverage under motor vehicle liability insurance policy person other than named insured based on certain specified criteria.
Imposes requirements upon mental health treatment professionals and programs to ensure culturally and linguistically affirmative mental health services for individuals who are deaf, deaf-blind or hard of hearing.
Requires county treasurer to distribute excess proceeds from sale of real property acquired by foreclosure of delinquent tax liens, or by exchange for land originally acquired by foreclosure of delinquent tax liens, to holders of liens unsatisfied at time of foreclosure and to property owner at time of foreclosure or any transferee or successor in interest of owner.
Modifies allocation formula for grants to regional assessment centers and community assessment centers.
Requires reporting of physical sexual harassment by legislative officials and registered lobbyists.
Carried from the Senate
Became law3
Prohibits law enforcement agencies from employing person as law enforcement officer unless person has completed psychological screening to determine person's fitness to serve as law enforcement officer.
Requires law enforcement agency to establish mental health wellness policy for addressing issues related to mental health wellness of law enforcement officers employed by agency.
Requires that, to extent provided by Oregon Liquor Control Commission rules, if appellation of origin on wine label is American viticultural area in Oregon that is in larger American viticultural area, label must also identify larger American viticultural area.
Passed the Senate3
Modifies definitions of "primary care" and "total medical expenditures" for purpose of reports on spending for primary care by insurance carriers, Public Employees' Benefit Board, Oregon Educators Benefit Board and coordinated care organizations.
Requires that, to extent provided by Oregon Liquor Control Commission rules, if wine labeled with American viticultural area in Oregon is labeled with single grape variety as type designation, wine must meet specified content requirements.
Requires that, to extent provided in Oregon Liquor Control Commission rules, wine using American viticultural area in this state as appellation of origin or implying American viticultural area as source be produced entirely from grapes grown in that American viticultural area.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 28
Allows farm tractors to operate on state highways that have speed limit or posted speed of more than 35 miles per hour.
Clarifies receivership proceedings and reporting and notice requirements for residential properties that city or county determines are threat to public health, safety or welfare.
Requires city or county to issue residential building permits upon substantial completion of construction of public improvements in residential subdivisions.
Designates May of each year as ALS Awareness Month.
Modifies culpable mental state for crime of unauthorized use of a vehicle when person takes, operates, exercises control over or otherwise uses vehicle, boat or aircraft without consent of owner.
Removing population requirement for affordable housing pilot program if no qualifying nomination is received for city with population under 25,000.
Requires district attorney to include sexual assault nurse examiner or hospital representative in sexual assault response team organized by district attorney to adopt protocols addressing response to sexual assault victims.
Directs Department of Education to coordinate with Oregon FFA Association to increase student achievement and improve college preparation and career placement for students enrolled in agricultural education courses.
Increases rate of tax for emergency communications.
Designates October 9 of each year as PANDAS/PANS Awareness Day.
Establishes Newborn Bloodspot Screening Advisory Board in Oregon Health Authority.
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to conduct review of CASA Volunteer Programs and report results of review and make recommendations for legislation to Legislative Assembly.
Limits guardian's authority to limit protected person's preferred associations with third parties.
Directs Department of Transportation to study train delays experienced by trains operated by Amtrak and report on findings to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to transportation on or before September 15, 2020.
Establishes statutory authority for Oregon Psychiatric Access Line program operated by Oregon Health and Science University and financed by Legislative Assembly through appropriations.
Appropriates moneys to Department of Consumer and Business Services to contract with vendor to conduct demographic study of dental needs and geographic distribution of COFA citizens in this state and to issue request for information to gauge interest and determine capacity of dental care organizations to provide oral health care to COFA citizens.
Expands Housing and Community Services Department's use of Home Ownership Assistance Account to support households with below area median income and to support organizations' homeownership programs with any percentage of home construction or rehabilitation costs.
Modifies provisions of state law regarding custody of children or youth who have run away from home or placement to apply to all runaways.
Modifies requirements for school to qualify as small high school for purposes of State School Fund distributions.
Requires that for person who completes prior educational requirements to participate in Oregon Promise program while confined in correctional facility, six-month period to enroll in courses to participate in program begins after person is first released from correctional facility.
Allows professional licensing board to issue nonrenewable temporary authorization to spouse of member of Armed Forces of United States stationed in Oregon and who holds eligible out-of-state authorization to provide occupational or professional service.
Allows political subdivision to convey real property to nonprofit, municipal or private corporation for purpose of providing broadband service.
Modifies processes relating to reporting, investigating and appealing findings related to sexual harassment in schools.
Modifies Family Abuse Prevention Act to authorize court to continue restraining order if abuse occurred within specified period, petitioner reasonably fears for petitioner's physical safety and respondent represents credible threat to physical safety of petitioner or petitioner's child.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to provide planning grants to 10 school districts or education service districts to evaluate community needs for school-based health services.
Directs Department of Transportation to establish county safety corridor program.
Allows person with hardship driver permit to provide necessary services to person or member of person's family.
Authorizes Long Term Care Ombudsman to hire up to 10 deputy ombudsmen.
Passed the House · 5
Allows pharmacist to prescribe and dispense pseudoephedrine to person who is at least 18 years of age and who provides to pharmacist person's valid government-issued photo identification.
Allows counties to partition and rezone up to 200 acres of lands within Eastern Oregon Border Economic Development Region from exclusive farm use to residential uses.
Requires division of Department of Human Services that administers Oregon Project Independence, in collaboration with area agencies, to study statewide expansion of Oregon Project Independence and resource needs of division if Oregon Project Independence is expanded statewide.
Permits adopted former foster children to have amount of tuition and all fees waived if attending defined institutions of higher education for purposes of pursuing initial undergraduate degree.
Requires Department of Human Services to administer four-year pilot program to allow adult foster homes meeting specified requirements to care for up to seven residents.
Out of committee · 24
Establishes Local Government Technical Assistance Program within Housing and Community Services Department.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Human Services to administer general assistance project.
Establishes Statewide School Safety and Prevention System.
Appropriates moneys to Oregon Department of Administrative Services to increase size and diversity of group of court appointed special advocates.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to contract with at least four Recovery Community Organizations, in accordance with criteria adopted by Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission, to operate four recovery community centers in four different counties.
Directs Youth Development Division to administer pilot program to coordinate delivery of youth development services through Youth Development Hubs.
Extends sunset for property tax exemption for multiple-unit housing.
Revises requirements for membership on State Fish and Wildlife Commission.
Directs Department of Justice to establish program for awarding grants to law enforcement agencies and local governments for training of groups and agencies that interact with persons who have experienced trauma.
Establishes Homeownership Repair and Rehabilitation Program within Housing and Community Services Department to provide grants to entities providing financial assistance to persons in low income households for repair and rehabilitation of residences.
Provides funding to peer-run organizations in Portland metropolitan area, southern Oregon region and eastern and central Oregon region to operate peer respite centers to provide peer respite services to individuals with mental illness who experience acute distress, anxiety or emotional pain.
Provides that hours worked by certain law enforcement employees do not count for purposes of limitations on reemployment of retired member of Public Employees Retirement System.
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to enter into contract with nonprofit organization to create trauma-informed practice integration program.
Creates tax credit for short line railroad rehabilitation projects.
Requires Department of Veterans' Affairs, in its biennial agency request budget, to request certain level of funding.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Health Authority for Senior Farm Direct Nutrition Program and Women, Infants and Children Farm Direct Nutrition Program.
Modifies allocation formula for grants to regional assessment centers and community assessment centers.
Directs Department of Human Services to distribute $1 million to Center for the Prevention of Abuse and Neglect to conduct Oregon Child Abuse Prevalence Study.
Modifies allocation formula for grants to regional assessment centers and community assessment centers.
Directs Department of Human Services to study and develop two-year and five-year plans for department to provide comprehensive funding for child welfare services, ensure adequate in-state services for children's therapeutic care and request sufficient funding for high level staff.
Allows dependent care income tax credit to be claimed for expenses to allow taxpayer or spouse to attend school as enrolled degree-seeking student.
Establishes Vacation Occupancy Task Force.
Modifies annual salaries of judges of Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, circuit courts and Oregon Tax Court.
Requires certain state agencies and colleges at Oregon State University to conduct certain studies on opportunities for greenhouse gas sequestration by and emissions reductions from activities related to Oregon's natural and working lands and in Oregon's forest products, agricultural and building materials industries, transportation sector and electricity sector.
In committee · 41
Exempts from property taxation property consisting of machinery, equipment, tools, implements or fixtures used primarily in agricultural or horticultural activities or animal husbandry, regardless of whether property is considered real property, and adds such property to definition of "tangible personal property." Adds farming tools and implements to tax-exempt personal property and adds preparing farm crops for shipping as tax-exempt use of personal property.
Establishes process of earned review for certain young offenders serving terms of imprisonment in custody of Oregon Youth Authority.
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.
Creates crime of sexual harassment by electronic means.
Allows Oregon Liquor Control Commission to enter into interstate agreements with agencies of other states for purpose of ensuring multistate enforcement of standards for wine consistent with standards of state where wine was produced.
Allows operator of motorcycle or moped to travel between lanes of traffic under certain conditions.
Establishes Foster Parent Ombudsman in Department of Human Services and prescribes duties.
Allows credit against net income taxes for portion of eligible costs of newly constructed single-family dwelling that sells for price affordable to household with annual income at or below 120 percent of area median income.
Establishes right of consumer to be educated about ways to reduce cost of prescription drugs.
Requires Department of Consumer and Business Services to adopt rules concerning sale of short term health insurance policies with terms of 12 months or less.
Requires State Board of Forestry to transfer ownership of former county forestland back to county, upon request, if former county forestland is 10 percent or less of all former county forestland owned by board.
Requires State Department of Fish and Wildlife to biennially report to Legislative Assembly regarding estimated change in wolf population.
Directs State Court Administrator to implement education program for state judges that focuses on issues that arise in international custody disputes.
Removes sunset on provisions that allow certain nonresident students to attend public schools as resident students for purposes of State School Fund distributions.
Establishes Oregon Youth Aging Out of Foster Care Task Force.
Exempts from taxation amounts received from sale of real property to housing authority or community development corporation.
Directs Department of Corrections to enter into written agreement with nonprofit organization to jointly establish prison-based animal program to provide inmates with opportunity to develop pet care vocational skills.
Clarifies meaning of "because of age" in employment discrimination law.
Directs Director of Transportation to require each region described in Act to conduct jurisdictional transfer evaluation and present report on evaluations to Joint Committee on Transportation no later than September 15, 2020.
Creates income tax credit for attendance by taxpayer dependent of private school, home school or virtual public charter school.
Requires vision examination as part of evaluation before initially receiving special education.
Extends by five years certain provisions that allow nonresident students to attend public schools as resident students for purposes of State School Fund distributions.
Exempts collection, storage or use of diffuse surface water from falling rain, melting snow or other precipitation from requirement to obtain water right permit or certificate.
Requires pharmacist to dispense controlled substance in Schedule II of federal Controlled Substances Act in lockable vial.
Includes students admitted to health care program at private or public institution of higher education in this state other than Oregon Health and Science University in Scholars for a Healthy Oregon Initiative program.
Requires Department of Corrections to prioritize assigning inmate with minor child to facility within reasonable distance of minor child.
Directs Department of Human Services to report to Legislative Assembly regarding transition to centralized child abuse hotline call center by May 1, 2019.
Extends statute of limitations for certain sex crimes.
Increases total amount allowed in tax year to all taxpayers as tax credits for donations to fiduciary organizations for distribution to individual development accounts.
Authorizes self-service dispensing of Class 1 flammable liquids at retail dispensary.
Establishes Task Force on Health Care Access to study and report on how to establish primary care trust model.
Redefines crime of aggravated murder.
Removes future dangerousness as factor for jury to determine when deciding on sentence of death.
Creates credit against income taxes for amounts paid by veteran as principal or interest on qualified education loans.
Requires person that provides mental health care or services to prevent substance abuse to make certain disclosures in any advertisement for or following any communication regarding person's services or facilities.
Increases state transient lodging tax rate and provides for transfer of moneys attributable to increase to county in which taxes were collected.
Requires health care practitioner to exercise proper degree of care to preserve health and life of child born alive after abortion or attempted abortion.
Establishes TriMet Crash Advisory Committee.
Allows resident serving, or who has served, in Armed Forces of United States to obtain free licenses for hunting, angling or shellfish.
Exempts receipts from sales of certain agricultural products from commercial activity subject to corporate activity tax.
Exempts receipts from sales of basic necessities from commercial activity subject to corporate activity tax.