Bills in the 2017 Regular Session, House.
Jeff Reardon
Sponsored
Became law3
Eliminates State Department of Agriculture bee colony registration fee for colonies having primary purpose of producing new queens or workers to start new colony or add to existing colony.
Extends sunset on Oregon Medical Insurance Pool Account to January 2, 2018, and continuously appropriates moneys in account to Department of Consumer and Business Services.
Establishes legislative findings and intent regarding State Workforce and Talent Development Board.
Out of committee6
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Education for training and professional development of school district personnel on contents and implementation of Comprehensive Guidance and Counseling Framework adopted by department.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to State Workforce Investment Board for distribution to Worksystems, Inc.
Establishes Oregon Opportunity Commission.
Requires State Department of Agriculture to conduct four-year pilot program for controlling noxious weeds and replacing noxious weeds with forage species suitable for pollination by insects.
Directs Department of Education to develop professional development courses related to guidance and counseling programs, to make courses electronically available and to provide technical assistance and other training related to courses.
Appropriates moneys to Housing and Community Services Department and Department of Land Conservation and Development to employ two full-time equivalent employees to perform services relating to increasing availability of affordable housing.
In committee6
Requires applicants for preliminary administrative license to complete coursework related to comprehensive school guidance and counseling programs.
Prescribes requirements for guidance counselors in schools.
Directs Oregon Transportation Commission to adopt rules establishing quantitative system for scoring and ranking transportation projects that are being considered by commission for inclusion in Statewide Transportation Improvement Program.
Requires Department of Human Services to seek approval from United States Department of Agriculture to administer pilot program in which supplemental nutrition assistance is calculated based on Department of Agriculture's low-cost food plan.
Directs Land Use Board of Appeals to award prevailing party actual damages equal to economic loss due to project delays caused by proceeding initiated based on position not well-founded in law or on fact.
Requires that request or petition to district school board demonstrate that proposed change of service area of school meets certain requirements.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 10
Directs Health Licensing Office to issue license to engage in practice of art therapy to qualified applicant.
Establishes official name of open resources program as "Oregon's Open Educational Resources (OER) Program." Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to regularly convene faculty, staff and librarians from public universities and community colleges for purpose of coordinating program in specified manner .
Directs Department of Education to convene advisory group to develop statewide ethnic studies standards for adoption into existing statewide social studies standards for public kindergarten through grade 12.
Extends ad valorem property tax exemption to existing qualified dwelling units of single-unit housing purchased by taxpayers seeking exemption.
Requires State Department of Agriculture to adopt rules governing posting of tax information by gas stations.
Requires Department of Education to develop and provide to public high schools written materials regarding apprenticeship opportunities.
Directs Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to prepare annual report related to duties, powers and functions of commission.
Requires health benefit plan coverage of specified health care services, drugs, devices, products and procedures related to reproductive health.
Extends sunset date for public safety fiscal emergency program for counties.
Prohibits public body from disclosing specified information concerning person unless required by state or federal law.
Passed the House · 2
Requires lobbyist statements filed with Oregon Government Ethics Commission to identify each bill or measure introduced before Legislative Assembly lobbyist lobbied on, whether lobbyist lobbied in favor of, in opposition to or for purpose of seeking amendments to bill or measure, each legislative topic that was not bill or measure that lobbyist lobbied on, each person or entity that hired lobbyist and how much moneys person or entity paid lobbyist.
Creates limited landscape construction professional license.
Out of committee · 4
Appropriates moneys to Department of Human Services for Oregon Hunger Response Fund program services.
Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to develop plan for enabling community colleges to offer associate's degree completed in coordination with credits earned in apprenticeship or training program.
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 · 13
Exempts from taxation amounts received from sale of real property to nonprofit corporation or housing authority.
Requires candidate for President or Vice President of United States, in order to appear on general election ballot or in general election voters' pamphlet, to provide Secretary of State with copy of candidate's federal income tax returns for five years preceding year of general election and with written consent for public disclosure of tax returns.
Allows person to continue to qualify for Oregon Promise if, after being awarded grant, person enters into service with career and technical student organization approved by Department of Education before attending community college.
Requires Department of Revenue to establish program to identify taxpayers that are eligible for, but did not claim, earned income tax credit in preceding tax year and release to qualified nonprofit organization information that would enable qualified nonprofit organization to contact taxpayer, inform taxpayer of eligibility and assist taxpayer, if necessary, to apply for earned income tax credit.
Requires transportation network company that operates in this state to obtain license from Department of Consumer and Business Services.
Requires Legislative Counsel to produce draft measures in order in which measures were requested.
Permits individual to create family medical leave savings account with financial institution to pay or reimburse qualified beneficiary's wage loss during family medical leave of absence from work.
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.
Creates income tax credit for taxpayers that provide apprenticeship opportunities.
Extends sunset on provisions allowing retired member of Public Employees Retirement System to be reemployed by participating public employer as teacher of career and technical education without loss of retirement benefits.
Provides that Department of State Lands shall distribute certain moneys that have been in Common School Fund Account for 25 years or more.
Establishes Age Three Through Grade Three Reading Initiative within Department of Education.
Revives tax credit for loss of limb function.