Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, House.
Jeff Reardon
Sponsored
Became law1
Requires seller disclosure form to include warning regarding flood insurance.
Out of committee3
Establishes Prosperity 1,000 Pilot Program to provide career coaching, occupational training and job placement services for at least 1,000 low-income job seekers residing in areas of concentrated poverty.
Increases percentage of federal earned income credit allowable as credit against Oregon personal income tax.
Directs Department of Education to coordinate with Oregon career and technical student organizations in support of organizations.
In committee7
Directs Department of Education to conduct study related to safety of career and technical education spaces.
Directs school districts to report participation and completion rates of accelerated college credit programs.
Directs Department of Transportation to develop and implement program to lend moneys to school districts for incremental costs of purchasing electric-powered school buses.
Creates income tax credit for taxpayer that employs community college student as apprentice.
Requires employers who are authorized to pay subminimum wages to individuals with disabilities to pay certain wage rates until June 30, 2023.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Higher Education Coordinating Commission for distribution to community colleges and community college service districts for various purposes.
Requires state agencies that provide moneys to certain entities to report annually in writing to Legislative Assembly on amount of moneys provided in each county and number of persons served in each county by such moneys.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Establishes goals that promote zero-emission vehicle use and requires entities of executive department to promote zero-emission vehicle use.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 21
Creates family and medical leave insurance program to provide partially or fully compensated time away from work to covered individual who meets certain criteria while covered individual is on family leave, medical leave or safe leave.
Eliminates requirement that person provide proof of legal presence before Department of Transportation issues noncommercial driver license, noncommercial driver permit or identification card.
Requires State Forestry Department to annually report to Legislative Assembly or interim committee regarding implementation and enforcement of property notifications and certifications required under Oregon Forestland-Urban Interface Fire Protection Act.
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.
Creates towed watersports program within State Marine Board.
Expands types of entities that may receive grant from Farm-to-School Grant Program to purchase food produced or processed in state or to identify sources of foods or to process foods.
Requires State Department of Energy to adopt by rule program for providing rebates for purchase, construction or installation of residential and certain nonresidential solar electric systems and paired solar and storage systems.
Directs Department of State Police to study how to increase and improve criminal justice resources relating to missing and murdered Native American women in Oregon and report to appropriate committee or interim committee of Legislative Assembly no later than September 15, 2020.
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.
Allows State Department of Fish and Wildlife to refuse or condition disclosure of information relevant to department ability to manage or protect described fish or wildlife species or individual members or populations of species.
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.
Prohibits court from inquiring into defendant's immigration status or requiring defendant to disclose defendant's immigration status at time of plea or at any other time during criminal proceeding.
Authorizes governing body of county with population of more than 570,000 to set maximum dollar amount of $25,000 or more, or dollar amount adopted by county, for total assessed value of all of taxpayer's manufactured structures taxable as personal property, below which such manufactured structures are not subject to ad valorem property taxation for assessment year.
Directs Department of Education to create Oregon Education Support Professional of the Year Program.
Provides that labor organization's charging certain employees reasonable fees and costs for representation that is unrelated to negotiation of collective bargaining agreement is not unfair labor practice.
Provides that agreement for conditional discharge for controlled substance offenses may not contain requirement that defendant enter plea of guilty or no contest.
Limits extension that Land Use Board of Appeals may provide petitioner whose objection to record is denied to 14 days from later of original deadline or date of denial.
Directs each covered manufacturer of covered drugs that are sold within this state to develop and implement drug take-back program for purpose of collecting from individuals and nonbusiness entities covered drugs for disposal.
Prohibits school district, community college district and certain education service district elections from being conducted in manner that impairs ability of members of protected class to have equal opportunity to elect candidates of their choice as result of dilution or abridgment of rights of electors who are members of protected class.
Requires financial estimate committee to file statement "MEASURE SPENDS MONEY WITHOUT IDENTIFYING A FUNDING SOURCE" with Secretary of State upon finding that ballot measure with no dedicated funding source will have financial effect on public expenditures in excess of $100,000.
Out of committee · 17
Authorizes issuance of lottery bonds to finance acquisition and restoration of Willamette Falls navigation canal and locks.
Provides that fixed percentage of certain forecasted video lottery revenues be transferred to counties for economic development.
Requires school districts to provide coordinated comprehensive school counseling program.
Requires owner or possessor of firearm to secure firearm with trigger or cable lock or in locked container except in specified circumstances.
Establishes Universal School Meal Account for purpose of reimbursing school districts for certain costs incurred in providing federally reimbursable meals.
Requires school district that provides breakfast to make breakfast available after start of school day.
Requires Integrated Pest Management Coordinating Committee to make available to public specified meeting materials and provide opportunities for public comment on biennial report to interim committee of Legislative Assembly.
Establishes Early Childhood Equity Fund.
Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission and Department of Veterans' Affairs to adopt by rule additional minimum standards regarding source of tuition revenue for licensing of career schools and schools authorized to confer degrees.
Establishes Task Force on Educator Attraction and Retention.
Requires State Department of Agriculture to review current scientific data regarding safety of pesticide products containing chlorpyrifos.
Permits duplicate health benefit plan coverage for public employees.
Extends from July 1, 2019, to July 1, 2023, period of time public universities must provide scope and value of specified employee benefits.
Imposes assessment on large employers with employees who receive or who have minor children who receive certain types of public assistance in this state, in amount equal to public assistance paid.
Appropriates moneys to fund engineering and design work necessary for adding bicycle and pedestrian lane to Bridge of the Gods.
Permits local government or Department of Transportation to license and regulate vehicle-for-hire services and hired drivers.
Directs Early Learning Division to develop multi-level system of certification of early learning professionals.
In committee · 21
Authorizes Department of State Lands to perform work to acquire and restore operation of Willamette Falls navigation canal and locks.
Requires Department of Consumer and Business Services to review state building code for purpose of identifying provisions that unnecessarily prohibit, restrict or create disincentives for conversion of single-family dwellings into structures with two to four dwelling units designed primarily for permanent occupancy.
Directs Department of Education to create Oregon Educational Support Professional of Year Program.
For purposes of taxpayer election of reduced tax rate for certain pass-through income, reduces tax rates, reduces maximum eligible income and modifies employment requirements.
Exempts from taxation amounts received from sale of real property to housing authority or community development corporation.
Directs Oregon Health Authority and specified professional regulatory boards to require licensees regulated by authority or board to complete six hours of continuing education related to suicide risk assessment, treatment and management every six years and to report completion of continuing education to authority or board.
Requires certain insurers to reimburse cost of specified services provided by local mental health authorities.
Establishes Oregon Youth Council.
Provides that certain hearsay statements related to certain sex crimes are not inadmissible in evidence even though declarant is available as witness.
Requires counties to develop community mental health action plans to identify and address mental health concerns.
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.
Requires vision examination as part of evaluation before initially receiving special education.
Appropriates to Department of Education for deposit in High School Graduation and College and Career Readiness Fund amount prescribed to be deposited under High School Graduation and College and Career Readiness Act (Ballot Measure 98 (2016)).
Expands purposes for which physical restraint may be used on students.
Requires Department of Human Services to complete investigations regarding applications for certificates to operate foster homes for care of children under 21 years of age no later than 120 days after department receives application.
Directs Higher Education Coordinating Commission to establish Oregon work study pilot program to assist post-secondary students.
Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds for Interstate 205: Stafford Road to State Highway 213 Project.
Establishes Excessive Elk Damage Pilot Program.
Creates credit against income taxes for amounts paid by veteran as principal or interest on qualified education loans.
Excludes credits earned in accelerated college credit programs from applying when determining eligibility for receiving Oregon Promise program grant or renewal of grant.
Requires amendment of state building code to include special inspections to detect construction defects in exterior waterproofing system of common property of homeowners association, residential dwelling in planned community served by homeowners association or condominium.