Bills in the 2017 Regular Session, House.
Dallas Heard
Sponsored
Became law2
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.
Passed the House1
Creates limited landscape construction professional license.
Out of committee1
Establishes Task Force on Rural Medical Training Facilities.
In committee2
Increases speed limit on Oregon Route 138 between Roseburg and Glide.
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.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Allows professional licensing board to consider experience in lieu of high school diploma or equivalent for licensure, certification or other authorization to provide certain occupational or professional services.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 11
Modifies purposes for which school districts may receive grants to pay for costs incurred by school districts to purchase food produced or processed in state.
Provides that portion of U.S. Highway 20 shall be known as Oregon Medal of Honor Highway.
Directs Housing and Community Services Department to develop and implement Rent Guarantee Program to provide incentives and financial assistance to landlords that rent or lease to low income households by guaranteeing payments to landlords for unpaid rent and for eviction and property damage costs within certain limits.
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 .
For purposes of determining which public buildings must comply with existing requirement to display Oregon State flag and National League of Families' POW/MIA flag, expands definition of "public building" to include all other county, municipal, school district and special district buildings upon which or near which it is customary and suitable to display United States flag.
Requires judgment creditor to file satisfaction document upon receipt of proceeds of execution sale of real property.
Requires school district board and public charter school governing body to adopt and implement policy that requires volunteers to undergo background check if district or school allows volunteers to have direct, unsupervised contact with school children.
Requires development of plan for Oregon Coast Trail.
Directs Department of Transportation to conduct pilot program on prompt payment of certain contracts.
Establishes Task Force on Assessments of Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.
Exempts person serving in Oregon National Guard from requirement to enroll in community college courses within six months of attaining previous highest level of education in order to qualify for Oregon Promise grant, provided that person enrolls in community college courses within six months of completing initial active duty training.
Out of committee · 6
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to issue grant to organization dedicated to addressing community needs relating to October 1, 2015, shooting on campus of Umpqua Community College.
Appropriates moneys to Department of Human Services for Oregon Hunger Response Fund program services.
Increases, for purposes of tax credit allowed for crop donation, percentage of wholesale price allowed as amount of credit.
Directs Housing and Community Services Department to provide funds to assist first-time home buyers from low income households through programs administered by department and grants to eligible nonprofit organizations, housing authorities and local governments.
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 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 · 10
Establishes criteria for state and United States flags to be official flags.
Requires drug testing for unlawful use of controlled substances of individual making initial application for unemployment insurance benefits if individual was terminated by most recent employer for unlawful use of controlled substances or suitable work is available for individual only in occupation that regularly conducts drug testing.
Modifies existing administrative rule review process to require legislative approval of newly adopted administrative rules in order for rules to take effect.
Repeals requirement that person who is not gun dealer obtain criminal background check prior to transferring firearm to another person who is not gun dealer.
Exempts certain transferees from private firearm transfer criminal background check requirement.
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.
Prohibits abortion unless physician has first determined probable post-fertilization age of unborn child, except in case of medical emergency.
Provides that any business license issued by city or county must be transferable to benefit of purchaser of licensed business for remaining term of license without additional payment of business license tax.
Authorizes district school boards to take specified actions to facilitate creation and use of maker spaces.
Creates income tax credit for taxpayers that provide apprenticeship opportunities.