Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, House.
Barbara Smith Warner
Sponsored
Became law2
Increases maximum expenditure appropriation for tax supervising and conservation commissions and increases annual percentage increase in maximum expenditure appropriation.
Provides that funds held in trust by TriMet for purpose of paying post-employment benefits other than pensions are not surplus funds and may be invested in accordance with statutory standard of judgment and care for investment of public investment funds.
Out of committee3
Requires owner or possessor of firearm to secure firearm with trigger or cable lock or in locked container except in specified circumstances.
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.
Imposes annual assessment on manufacture of prescription opioids.
In committee3
Directs Governor, with recommendations from Oregon Health and Science University Board of Directors, to appoint Rare Disease Ombudsman.
Expands definition of "outdoor mass gathering" to include gathering that continues beyond 120 hours to provide ingress and egress from gathering provided that gathering is located at least 60 miles away from interstate highway.
Limits definition of terms "public building" or "property" to exclude convention or exposition centers, zoos, performing arts centers or other venues or attractions dedicated to tourism, travel, hospitality or entertainment for purposes of management by persons who are blind.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Requires school district to adopt policy requiring comprehensive district plan on student suicide prevention.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 22
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.
Extends authorized uses of moneys received by state pursuant to Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust Agreement and deposited in Clean Diesel Engine Fund.
Eliminates requirement that person provide proof of legal presence before Department of Transportation issues noncommercial driver license, noncommercial driver permit or identification card.
Requires public employer to grant reasonable paid time to public employee who is designated representative to engage in certain activities.
Repeals sunset date on temporary law and makes permanent law requiring public universities to interview qualified minority candidate when hiring head coach.
Prohibits retail establishments from providing single-use checkout bags to customers, except in certain cases.
Requires correctional facilities to provide tampons, sanitary pads, postpartum pads and panty liners to certain incarcerated persons at no cost.
Establishes Newborn Bloodspot Screening Advisory Board in Oregon Health Authority.
Provides that current or former foster child under 25 years of age is eligible for tuition waiver at institution of higher education if current or former foster child is enrolled in courses totaling one or more credit hours for purposes of pursuing initial undergraduate degree.
Clarifies that sexual orientation is not considered physical or mental impairment and that individual does not have disability solely by reason of individual's sexual orientation.
Conforms Oregon law related to expression of milk in workplace to federal law.
Prohibits use of hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas exploration and production.
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.
Directs Department of Corrections, in cooperation with Oregon Criminal Justice Commission, to establish pilot program to provide legal services that assist women who are incarcerated at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility to reenter and reintegrate into local communities, to reduce womens' vulnerability to domestic violence and to obtain employment, housing services and other benefits.
Requires manufacturer of prescription drugs to report to Department of Consumer and Business Services specified increase in price of certain prescription drugs at least 60 days before date of increase.
Clarifies that bicycle lane exists in intersection if bicycle lane is marked on opposite sides of intersection in same direction of travel.
Repeals exemption for property of company that builds, maintains and operates project constituting certain communication services infrastructure.
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.
Provides that agreement for conditional discharge for controlled substance offenses may not contain requirement that defendant enter plea of guilty or no contest.
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.
Limits authority of school district to become member of voluntary organization that administers interscholastic activities or that facilitates scheduling and programming of interscholastic activities unless organization addresses specified behavior.
Passed the House · 4
Restricts limitation on award of noneconomic damages to claims in actions for wrongful death.
Prohibits food vendor from using polystyrene container in selling, offering for sale, serving or dispensing prepared food to public.
Removes ability of parent to decline required immunizations against restrictable diseases on behalf of child for reason other than child's indicated medical diagnosis.
Alters commissioner composition of Higher Education Coordinating Commission by redesignating five current nonvoting positions as voting positions and by adding one additional position for graduate student attending public university.
Out of committee · 14
Requires Oregon Health Authority to develop plan for Medicaid Buy-In program or public option for Oregon residents who do not have access to health care.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Education for Title IX enforcement and compliance, sexual harassment prevention and gender discrimination prevention.
Appropriates moneys to Oregon Department of Administrative Services to increase size and diversity of group of court appointed special advocates.
Prohibits sale, purchase or use of pesticide products containing chlorpyrifos.
Expands eligibility for Women, Infants and Children Program nutrition assistance to mothers of children up to 12 months of age, paid for with state funds.
Directs administrator of Oregon Prescription Drug Program to cooperate with State of California in bulk purchase of prescription drugs.
Authorizes administrator of Oregon Prescription Drug Program to cooperate with Canadian provinces or territories in bulk purchase of prescription drugs.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to design program to import wholesale prescription drugs from Canada.
Establishes Early Childhood Equity Fund.
Creates family and medical leave insurance program to provide employee who is eligible for coverage with portion of wages while employee is on family and medical leave or military family leave.
Requires State Department of Agriculture to review current scientific data regarding safety of pesticide products containing chlorpyrifos.
Extends from July 1, 2019, to July 1, 2023, period of time public universities must provide scope and value of specified employee benefits.
Allows gun dealer or person transferring firearms, firearm accessories, firearm components, ammunition or ammunition components for purchase at gun show, or business engaged in repairing or servicing firearms to establish minimum age of 21 years for such purchases, repairs or services.
Disallows, for purposes of personal income taxation, mortgage interest deduction for residence other than taxpayer's principal residence, unless taxpayer sells residence or actively markets residence for sale.
In committee · 30
Allows individuals who do not qualify for medical assistance or premium tax credits under Affordable Care Act to enroll in coordinated care organizations by paying premiums that cover actuarial value of health services.
Authorizes Department of State Lands to perform work to acquire and restore operation of Willamette Falls navigation canal and locks.
Adds businesses that individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender own to list of businesses eligible for certification by Certification Office for Business Inclusion and Diversity as necessary participants in certain public contracts.
Provides that student who legally entered United States under Compact of Free Association treaty between United States and Republic of Palau, Republic of the Marshall Islands or Federated States of Micronesia qualifies for exemption from nonresident tuition and fees at public universities if student meets other tuition equity requirements.
Provides that persons representing or speaking on behalf of certain taxpayers may be subject to sanction by either house of Legislative Assembly if they make false statement or misrepresentation to legislative official concerning tax liability or tax consequences of law or proposed law.
Prohibits restaurant from providing single-use plastic straw to consumer unless consumer requests straw.
Authorizes City of Portland to designate speed on highways city has jurisdiction of as road authority.
Requires carrier to offer, in at least 25 percent of carrier's health benefit plans at each coverage level, flat dollar copayments that meet specified criteria for prescription drug coverage.
Prohibits full-service restaurant from providing single-use plastic straw to consumer unless consumer requests single-use plastic straw.
Provides that certain hearsay statements related to certain sex crimes are not inadmissible in evidence even though declarant is available as witness.
Requires Department of Human Services to adopt by rule program that provides financial assistance to recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance for purchasing locally grown fruits and vegetables from participating farmers' markets, farm share sites and retail outlets.
Requires counties to develop community mental health action plans to identify and address mental health concerns.
Expands health benefit plan coverage of childbirth and pregnancy-related health care expenses.
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.
Expands purposes for which physical restraint may be used on students.
Requires manufacturer to disclose in any advertisement for prescription drug wholesale price in Oregon of prescription drug.
Allows student enrolled in program provided by school district or education service district to earn General Educational Development (GED) certificate to participate in interscholastic activities.
Requires law enforcement agencies to adopt policies on responding to officer-involved domestic violence.
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.
Increases total amount allowed in tax year to all taxpayers as tax credits for donations to fiduciary organizations for distribution to individual development accounts.
Requires person who owns assault weapon on effective date of Act to register assault weapon or take other specified action within one year of effective date of Act.
Establishes Task Force on Health Care Access to study and report on how to establish primary care trust model.
Prohibits possession of large-capacity magazine 180 days after effective date of Act.
Explicitly authorizes political contributions received by candidate, principal campaign committee of candidate or principal campaign committee of holder of public office to be used to defray caregiving expenses for relative of candidate or office holder if expenses would not exist without campaign activity or holding of public office.
Makes unlawful employment practice for employer to request employee to enter agreement that would prevent employee from disclosing or discussing conduct that constitutes unlawful discrimination, including sexual assault.
Prohibits police officer from conducting or participating in activities intended to determine whether person has paid certain user charges, fees or tolls imposed by mass transit district.
Prohibits sale or use of two-cycle gasoline-powered leaf blowers.
Establishes salary threshold for employees who are exempt from overtime requirements.
Establishes TriMet Crash Advisory Committee.