Bills in the 2018 Regular Session, House.
Karin Power
Sponsored
Became law1
Makes calculation of projected future earning potential of plaintiff that takes into account race or ethnicity of plaintiff inadmissible in civil action.
In committee1
Requires court to award attorney fees, costs and necessary disbursements to tenant prevailing in action arising under rental agreement or landlord-tenant law.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 14
Requires prescription drug manufacturer to report annually information to Department of Consumer and Business Services regarding prices of prescription drugs and costs associated with developing and marketing prescription drugs.
Establishes Task Force on Addressing Racial Disparities in Home Ownership.
Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to provide grants to qualified members of Oregon National Guard to attend community colleges or public universities.
Permits State Mortuary and Cemetery Board to grant temporary operating permit for cemetery without operating license to perform interment.
Requires Department of Human Services to disregard as resources moneys held in specified pension and retirement accounts in determining eligibility for temporary assistance for needy families.
Directs Oregon Youth Authority to administer Juvenile Justice Information System in partnership with county juvenile departments.
Gives hemp research program currently operated by State Department of Agriculture name of Oregon Industrial Hemp Agricultural Pilot Program.
Allows Health Licensing Office to issue residential care facility administrator license to qualified applicant.
Establishes Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee to conduct studies and reviews of incidence of maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity.
Provides specific procedure for petitioning for removal of personally discriminatory restrictions from title of real property.
Establishes Advance Directive Adoption Committee for purpose of adopting form of advance directive to be used in this state.
Prohibits prosecuting attorney from conditioning plea offer on requirement that defendant or defense attorney stipulate to unconstitutionality of existing law.
Requires specified information to be shared with student, staff member or certain person following conclusion of investigation related to sexual harassment.
Prohibits public bodies from contracting with broadband Internet access service providers that engage in certain network management activities based on paid prioritization, content blocking or other discrimination.
Passed the House · 1
Includes class size as mandatory subject of school district collective bargaining.
Out of committee · 5
Requires Environmental Quality Commission to adopt by rule program that places cap on greenhouse gas emissions and that provides market-based mechanism for covered entities to demonstrate compliance.
Requires certain public improvement contracts to meet certain requirements related to use of diesel engines in course of performing public improvement contract.
Establishes Task Force on Motorboat Water Sports and Recreational Activities.
Establishes product stewardship program for household hazardous waste.
Establishes Oregon Energy Board as advisory body for State Department of Energy.
In committee · 8
Names certain scholarships offered by health care provider incentive program as Doctor Alan Bates Legacy Scholarship program.
Establishes Small Donor Elections program to enable candidates for office of state Representative and state Senator to receive 6-to-1 match on small dollar donations.
Requires hospitals, no later than January 1, 2019, to have charity care policy written in plain language and provided upon admission and with every billing or notice of amount owed to hospital by patient.
Allows facility providing therapy or counseling that incorporates activities utilizing nonclinical setting to be established in area zoned for exclusive farm use if certain conditions are met.
Establishes penalty to be imposed by Department of Consumer and Business Services on employers that offer health insurance coverage to employees but that have employees working at least 30 hours per week who receive health care coverage through medical assistance program.
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.
Permits disadvantaged business enterprise, minority-owned business, woman-owned business, business that service-disabled veteran owns or emerging small business to retain certification despite exceeding applicable cap on gross receipts if enterprise or business subcontracts to another certified enterprise or business not less than 20 percent of subcontract in which enterprise or business participates as required participant, enters into mentor relationship with other enterprise or business and o
Requires attorney who represents defendant in criminal action to inform defendant that disposition of criminal action may impact defendant's immigration status, including defendant's admissibility, deportability and eligibility for naturalization.