Bills in the 2017 Regular Session, Senate.
Chuck Thomsen
Sponsored
Out of committee3
Directs Department of Transportation to establish Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area highway improvement program.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Health Authority for Senior Farm Direct Nutrition Program and Women, Infants and Children Farm Direct Nutrition Program.
Allows personal income and corporate excise taxpayers to subtract from taxable income amounts paid as principal of or interest on qualified education loans, if borrower is taxpayer or spouse, or dependent or employee of taxpayer.
In committee15
Repeals law prohibiting state agency or program from implementing Real ID Act of 2005.
Withdraws territory within mapped boundary of Boring Community Planning Organization from within incorporated boundaries of Metro.
Sunsets certain exemptions from disclosure for public records.
Requires Department of Revenue to conduct study of communication methods department has in place to answer questions from taxpayers or resolve issues that taxpayers have with Oregon tax laws.
Exempts from sick leave certain agricultural employers that experience lower than average commodity values.
Freezes minimum wage rate for certain agricultural employers that experience lower than average commodity values.
Enacts Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact.
Provides that certain small cities that imposed grandfathered local transient lodging tax may use net revenue from newly imposed or increased local transient lodging tax in same percentages and for same purposes as net revenue from grandfathered local transient lodging tax.
Requires State Fish and Wildlife Commission to adopt controlled hunt program for hunting cougars with dogs.
Directs Public Employees Retirement Board to study various approaches to providing retirement benefits to volunteer firefighters and report to committee or interim committee of Legislative Assembly no later than September 1, 2018.
Creates tax credit for employers that pay wages to youth workers, defined as workers between 16 and 25 years of age.
Requires Environmental Quality Commission to prepare certain revisions to Oregon's State Implementation Plan under federal Clean Air Act.
Provides credit against income taxes for taxpayer donating to Oregon Project Independence Fund.
Clarifies that moneys available for Ballot Measure 98 (2016) are to be in addition to moneys available through State School Fund.
Prohibits person from engaging in business as debt buyer unless person first obtains certificate of registration from Department of Consumer and Business Services.
Carried from the House
Became law3
Authorizes City of Portland to designate speed that is five miles per hour lower than statutory speed when highway is located in residence district and highway is not arterial highway.
Increases penalties for assault committed against flagger or highway worker who is performing official duties.
Permits Port of Hood River to enter into agreement for bridge project that is partially or completely within port's district.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 9
Requires institutions of higher education to provide to each applicable student information detailing amount of education loans received, amount of tuition and fees student has paid to institution, estimate of total payoff amount of education loans student has received , estimate of amount student will have to pay each month to service loans and percentage of borrowing limit student has reached for each type of federal loan.
Establishes Willamette Falls Locks Commission as advisory body for issues relating to repair, reopening, operation, maintenance and future transfer of ownership of navigational canal and locks.
Directs Early Learning Division to support Relief Nursery programs statewide.
Directs certain agencies to allow informational materials about human trafficking to be posted at roadside rest areas.
Adds Oregon Volunteer Firefighters Association to list of entities eligible for individual income tax return checkoff contribution.
Permits contracting agency to include woody biomass energy technology, as alternative to green energy technology, in construction, reconstruction or major renovation of public building for which contracting agency must set aside 1.5 percent of contract price.
Establishes standards for establishment of cider businesses on land zoned for exclusive farm use or on land zoned for mixed farm and forest use.
Amends Oregon Promise program to remove prohibition on awarding more than $10 million in grants per fiscal year.
Directs Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to study expenditure of public moneys on alcohol and drug treatment and report results to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to judiciary on or before September 15, 2019.
Out of committee · 3
Creates income tax credit for operation costs of housing for agricultural workers.
Directs Department of Transportation to issue Oregon Wounded Warrior parking permits to qualified applicants.
Provides that with respect to newborn screening, Oregon Health Authority shall specify that person providing newborn screening may conduct tests for conditions listed on most recent edition of Recommended Uniform Screening Panel by United States Department of Health and Human Services.
In committee · 6
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Military Department for Oregon Military Museum.
Requires State Department of Agriculture to conduct four-year pilot program for replacing noxious weeds that supply pollen and nectar to pollinating insects with noninvasive forage plants offering similar benefit for pollinating insects.
Extends ad valorem property tax exemption to existing qualified dwelling units of single-unit housing purchased by taxpayers seeking exemption.
Prohibits permanent rule from being in effect for longer than six years.
Specifies that new or increased fees adopted by state agency do not become effective unless approved by Legislative Assembly by law.
Declares policy of state to use zero-based budgeting in developing biennial budget plan.