Bills in the 2015 Regular Session, House.
Jeff Reardon
Sponsored
Became law4
Authorizes City of Portland to operate fixed photo radar on urban high crash corridors.
Creates offense of unlawful parking in space reserved for alternative fuel vehicle refueling.
Establishes pollinator health outreach and education plan.
Requires state, when selling or disposing of real property, to grant right of first refusal to developers of affordable housing.
Out of committee7
Directs Department of Education to administer pilot program to increase students' exposure and access to career and technical education.
Directs Department of Education and Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to advance career and technical education opportunities by fulfilling specified requirements.
Authorizes State Treasurer to issue lottery bonds to finance grants from Department of Education to school districts to pay for acquisition, construction or improvement of school-based health centers.
Requires Department of State Lands, for purpose of identifying land that could be planned and zoned for residential use, to inventory department land, determine whether land is essential, useful or excessive in relation to plans of department, and report results to Legislative Assembly.
Modifies residential energy tax credit allowed for certain category one alternative energy devices that use solar radiation.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Higher Education Coordinating Commission for Oregon State University for bee health diagnostic facility at Honey Bee Lab.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Higher Education Coordinating Commission for Oregon State University Extension Service activities relating to pollinator health.
In committee5
Requires Housing and Community Services Department to include in state housing plan summary and assessment of actions taken by cities and counties to ensure that adequate supply of affordable housing is available.
Requires Department of Transportation, for purpose of identifying land that could be planned and zoned for residential use, to inventory department land, determine whether land is essential, useful or excessive in relation to transportation plans and report results to Legislative Assembly.
Increases maximum total amount of tax credits allowed to affordable housing lenders for fiscal year.
Prohibits school district from allowing certain promotional activities for food or beverage items that do not meet minimum nutritional standards.
Allows for additional weights in State School Fund distributions for students who are enrolled in and earn three or more credits for courses that are part of approved career and technical education program.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 39
Directs Department of Education to develop and implement statewide education plan for early childhood through post-secondary education students who are black or African-American or not covered by existing statewide education plan and have experienced disproportionate educational results.
Requires Department of Human Services to convene work group to study consolidation of application processes for human and social services and to report recommendation to Legislative Assembly.
Requires Director of Oregon Health Authority to notify Director of Veterans' Affairs upon receipt of certain written information from member or veteran of uniformed service, if authorized to do so by member or veteran.
Requires Oregon Health Authority and insurers offering health benefit plans that reimburse costs of physician services to reimburse community assessment center for child abuse medical assessment and related services.
Directs State Fish and Wildlife Commission to adopt rules prohibiting use of drones for certain purposes related to pursuit of wildlife.
Requires school district to provide lunch free of charge to students who are eligible for reduced price lunches.
Defines "inhalant delivery system." Amends laws concerning sale of tobacco products to, and use of tobacco products by, minors so those laws equally apply to inhalant delivery systems.
Requires health benefit plan to cover cost of colonoscopy for insured who is 50 years of age or older and who has positive fecal test result.
Allows direct purchase and sale of bulk distilled liquor between distillery licensees for blending and manufacturing purposes.
Requires law enforcement agency to establish policies and procedures for use and retention of recordings from cameras worn upon police officer's person to record officer's interactions with members of public.
Provides that person who records another person's intimate areas commits crime of invasion of personal privacy.
Requires truancy notice to inform parent or person in parental relation of right to request evaluation for individualized education program or review of individualized education program.
Requires continuation of group health insurance coverage for employee on family leave on same terms as when employee is not on leave.
Adds agricultural workforce housing to property used in relation to agricultural work that is eligible for property tax exemption.
Requires universities with institutional governing boards to continue to participate in shared services relating to listed employee benefits and to collective bargaining until July 1, 2019.
Disallows all filing fees, service fees and hearing fees in action for court's protective stalking order, even if stalking order is not only relief sought in action.
Requires owners of rental property subject to federal rural rental housing loans to provide at least one year's notice of date of maturity of loans to tenants, Housing and Community Services Department, housing authorities and local governments.
Requires public universities to establish priority enrollment system for qualified students who are active members of Armed Forces of the United States, who are qualified veterans or who receive veterans' educational benefits as federally qualified dependents of active members or qualified veterans.
Amends definition of "rural area" to mean area outside urban growth boundary of city of 40,000 or more, as boundary is acknowledged on date on which application is submitted for strategic investment program.
Allows in-state tuition in certain circumstances for individuals who resided in Oregon but relocated due to position in military, government or humanitarian aid organization.
Authorizes court, as part of settlement or judgment in class action, to approve process for payment of damages.
Creates exemption to prohibition on recording conversations for person who openly and in plain view records law enforcement officer while officer is performing official duties and person is in place where person may lawfully be.
Removes provision that public officer or employee who leaves position to perform military duty may not, while performing military duty, receive amount of pay entitled to before leave of absence.
Directs governing entity of public or private post-secondary institution of education that contracts with third party financial firm for student financial aid services to consider federal policies for contracting.
Requires ASPIRE programs to annually provide financial aid instruction to high school students and to make instruction available to students' families, including different types of loans available to students attending post-secondary institutions of education, potential use of individual development accounts and economic impact of each type of loan.
Directs Department of Education to administer process for providing funding for activities related to annual conference dedicated to Oregon civics and held on Oregon Civics Day for Teachers.
Creates Oregon Retirement Savings Board in office of State Treasurer.
Establishes Affordable Baccalaureate Degree Act.
Requires Clackamas County to develop pilot program for forestry products grown on nonforest land in county to be commercially produced and marketed through forestry product cooperative.
Limits biennial expenditures by Oregon Business Development Department from lottery moneys for funding of cooperative efforts of National Policy Consensus Center of Portland State University and community organizations related to western juniper harvesting and related manufacturing.
Requires Oregon Business Development Department to provide economic development assistance to persons engaged in business of western juniper harvesting or of manufacturing products from western juniper, provide technical business assistance to western juniper harvesting and related manufacturing businesses and provide or fund workforce training assistance for potential western juniper harvesting and related manufacturing business workers.
Directs school districts to allow students to use sun-protective clothing and sunscreen.
Appropriates moneys to Higher Education Coordinating Commission to be expended for grant program that distributes moneys to community colleges, or any foundations of community colleges, to increase number of underserved, low-income and first-generation college-bound students who enroll in community college and make progress toward degree or certificate.
Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to work with public universities to develop effective solutions to problem of students who enroll at public university, complete two or more years of coursework and leave university without graduating or receiving official recognition.
Directs Secretary of State to conduct audit related to Teacher Standards and Practices Commission.
Requires insurers that cover prescription contraceptives to cover refills at specified frequency.
Extends sunset from January 2, 2019, to July 1, 2019, for law imposing general prohibition on growing of canola in Willamette Valley Protected District.
Authorizes county to enter into agreement, for period not to exceed 20 years, with owner or person in possession or control of solar project pursuant to which property constituting solar project is exempt from property taxation and owner pays fee in lieu of taxes.
Modifies temporary assistance for needy families program.
Passed the House · 4
Prohibits inclusion, in instrument conveying or contracting to convey real property or in declaration or bylaws of planned community or condominium, of provisions prohibiting installation and use of solar panels for obtaining solar access.
Directs Department of Transportation to erect and maintain Fallen Hero roadside memorial sign for Specialist Mabry James Anders.
Enacts Interstate Compact for Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote.
Phases in prohibition on manufacture and sale of personal care products and over-the-counter drugs that contain synthetic plastic microbeads.
Out of committee · 8
Establishes Oregon Spirits Board.
Modifies criteria to qualify for grant to be used to provide instructional time during summer program.
Establishes Pay It Forward program.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Education for purpose of funding proficiency-based teaching and learning demonstration sites.
Authorizes counties to establish programs for forestry products grown on nonforest lands in counties to be commercially produced and marketed through forestry product cooperatives.
Establishes Oregon Center of Cyber-Excellence.
Authorizes State Board of Education to adopt variable ratios for local funds required to match capital grants and loans to school districts financed with Article XI-P general obligation bonds.
Allows personal income taxpayers to subtract certain amounts paid as interest on qualified education loans from taxable income, subject to same income limitations applicable to federal education loan interest deduction.
In committee · 27
Requires Department of Human Services to prescribe income limits for temporary assistance to needy families program that are equal to 66 percent of federal poverty guidelines.
Requires vehicle repair shop to post sign that advises customer of certain rights.
Requires person convicted of certain animal crimes to register with law enforcement agencies.
Provides that unused gift cards become abandoned property.
Requires permit for operation of motor vehicle with studded tires.
Authorizes residential tenant to install on premises and use electric vehicle charging station for personal, noncommercial use.
Prohibits inclusion, in instrument conveying or contracting to convey real property or in declaration or bylaws of planned community or condominium, of provisions prohibiting installation and use of solar panels for obtaining solar access.
Makes legislative finding regarding benefit of state building code requiring that new construction of certain parking facilities include electrical supply capacity and conduit system capable of supporting electric vehicle charging.
Adds two members to Oregon Education Investment Board to represent school district boards and parents.
Establishes State Apprenticeship Education and Training Fund and continuously appropriates moneys in fund to State Apprenticeship and Training Council and Bureau of Labor and Industries for specified purposes.
Requires police officer or certified reserve officer employed or utilized by law enforcement unit that employs at least 20 police officers to have associate degree.
Requires school district to prepare annual summary that describes special education and related services provided by school district during previous school year.
Requires police officer to inform person stopped for traffic violation or upon suspicion of criminal activity that person has right to refuse request to search.
Requires operator of website, online service, online application or mobile application to implement and maintain reasonable security procedures and practices related to covered information of student, to protect covered information and to delete covered information when requested by school or school district.
Provides that language-based computer coding may satisfy any world language requirements in public schools and second language requirements in community colleges and post-secondary institutions of education.
Adds woody biomass to types of green energy technology for which contracting agency must set aside 1.5 percent of contract price to include in public building.
Directs Department of Transportation to establish Mt.
Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to develop plan for public universities to have ratio of at least 7 to 1 of public employees to supervisory employees.
Defines "wages" for certain wage claims.
Creates income tax credit for member of military organization that contributes financial resources to Veterans' Educational Aid Account prior to dissolution.
Provides that funds held in trust by mass transit district for purpose of paying post-employment benefits other than pensions are not surplus funds and may be invested in accordance with standard of judgment and care for investment of investment funds set forth in ORS 293.726.
Directs Department of Transportation to establish breast cancer awareness registration plate program for issuance of special registration plate.
Requires governing boards of public universities to include graduate student employee and undergraduate student as voting members.
Re-establishes Task Force on Apprenticeship in State Contracting with 14 members appointed by President of Senate, Speaker of House of Representatives and Governor.
Directs Department of Transportation to establish Portland Trail Blazers license plate program for issuance of special registration plate.
Establishes Computer Science, Invention, Technology and Engineering Revitalization Grant Program within Department of Education.
Directs State Parks and Recreation Department to remove official State of Mississippi flag from Walk of Flags display at State Capitol State Park and replace with Mississippi Magnolia Flag.