Bills in the 2018 Regular Session, House.
Brad Witt
Sponsored
Became law2
Describes fees required when person is applying to replace or renew current driver license with Real ID compliant driver license or is applying for new original driver license that is Real ID compliant.
Allows county governing body, upon remand of matter from Land Use Board of Appeals to county, to have planning commission or hearings officer conduct hearing and make decision regarding lands designated under statewide planning goal addressing agricultural lands or forestlands.
In committee1
Creates tax credit for short line railroad rehabilitation projects.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Authorizes Environmental Quality Commission to adopt program and rules to reduce public health risks from emissions of toxic air contaminants from individual stationary industrial and commercial air contamination sources.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 16
Makes calculation of projected future earning potential of plaintiff that takes into account race or ethnicity of plaintiff inadmissible in civil action.
Establishes Task Force on Addressing Racial Disparities in Home Ownership.
Requires Chief Education Office to prepare annual report on accelerated college credit programs.
Authorizes Department of Transportation to enter into intergovernmental agreement with city having population of 500,000 or more for purpose of removing certain personal property from locations owned by department.
Distributes civil forfeiture proceeds to scholarship program for children of deceased or disabled public safety officers.
Establishes requirements for seed production contracts and seed purchase contracts for seed other than agricultural seed.
Provides proceedings to escheat to State of Oregon matured United States savings bonds presumed abandoned and in custody of state.
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.
Directs Department of Veterans' Affairs to develop written material regarding apprenticeship opportunities and provide material to certain agencies, county veterans' service officers and veterans' organizations for distribution to veterans.
Modifies definitions, exceptions and affirmative defenses applicable to offense of driving a motor vehicle while using a mobile electronic device.
Allows Health Licensing Office to issue residential care facility administrator license to qualified applicant.
Establishes grant program under which Department of Education awards grants to school districts for percentage of certain student transportation costs for which school district does not receive any amount in distributions from State School Fund or any amount related to transit activities.
Provides specific procedure for petitioning for removal of personally discriminatory restrictions from title of real property.
Requires specified information to be shared with student, staff member or certain person following conclusion of investigation related to sexual harassment.
Out of committee · 8
Establishes Task Force on Rural Education.
Requires statement of economic interest to include certain information about sources of income for business in which public official or candidate, or member of household of public official or candidate, is officer or holds directorship if source of income has legislative or administrative interest and 10 percent or more of total gross annual income of business comes from that source of income.
Establishes standards for expansion of state airport on land zoned for exclusive farm use.
Requires State Department of Fish and Wildlife to biennially report to Legislative Assembly regarding estimated change in wolf population.
Directs Department of Environmental Quality and State Forestry Department to study opportunities for state actions to promote carbon sequestration and to include in study consideration of regional approaches for reducing greenhouse gas emissions through carbon sequestration.
Allows certain police officers commissioned by Oregon Health and Science University to elect to discontinue participation in alternative retirement program and elect to participate in Public Employees Retirement System for purposes of service performed as police officer commissioned by Oregon Health and Science University on and after date of election.
Requires person that owns, licenses, has control over or has access to personal information and was subject to breach of security to notify consumer to whom personal information pertains and, if number of consumers to whom person must send notice exceeds 250, to Attorney General.
Requires administrator of Oregon Prescription Drug Program to establish advisory committee to study and make recommendations regarding changes to program.
In committee · 5
Creates Task Force on Public Assistance Reform to study steps taken in Maine and Kansas to reduce public assistance expenditures.
Establishes Oregon Strategic Resiliency Commission.
Establishes Oregon Cash Depository Corporation as independent public corporation and prescribes corporation's purposes and powers.
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.
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.