Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, Senate.
Betsy Johnson
Sponsored
Became law7
Repeals crime of unlawfully transporting hay.
Increases minimum wage exemption for purposes of garnishment and execution.
Prohibits person from, with intent to defraud, returning for refund value during one day 50 or more individual beverage containers that person knows were not sold in this state.
Authorizes Department of Revenue to make publicly available by posting online information about delinquent tax debtors.
Directs Department of Transportation to erect and maintain roadside memorial signs for firefighters killed in line of duty.
Directs State Board of Education to adopt rules for administration of naloxone or any similar medication designed to rapidly reverse overdose of opioid drug.
Requires State Department of Fish and Wildlife to produce survey of bay clam populations in priority areas of Tillamook Bay.
Out of committee2
Establishes Legislative Committee on Accountability as joint committee of Legislative Assembly composed of equal number of majority and minority members.
Adjusts allocation percentages of net revenue from new or increased local transient lodging tax to allow up to 30 percent of such revenue to be used to fund affordable workforce housing.
In committee6
Specifies that electricity generated by hydroelectric facility or other equipment that generates electricity through use of hydroelectric energy may be used to comply with renewable portfolio standard.
Repeals statute authorizing payment of support for child attending school.
Designates certain lands in Washington County that Metro designated as rural reserve land as urban reserve land.
Allows certain employers to permit employees to work more than 60 hours in one workweek to cover for employee absences.
Modifies definition of "fixed load vehicle" to exclude bucket trucks.
Restates existing requirement that public records requester make request for records in writing.
Carried from the House
Became law1
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.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
Repeals sunset on moratorium on oil, gas and sulfur leasing in territorial sea.
Makes person voluntarily fighting wildfire immune from civil liability for injury resulting from good faith performance of firefighting efforts.
Reduces length of time of parental desertion or abandonment of child resulting in forfeiture of parent's intestate share of child's estate or parent's interest in property transferred from child to parent by transfer on death deed in parental forfeiture action to one year if person who would benefit from forfeiture is child or sibling of deceased child or three years for all others.
Passed the Senate · 1
Grants higher property tax exemption for property of veterans with service-connected disabilities.
Out of committee · 7
Establishes Task Force on Maritime Sector Workforce Development.
Allows governing body of county, city or district to authorize persons to exercise authority regarding Emergency Conflagration Act.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to Salvage Chief (LSM380) Foundation for purpose of repairing and upgrading salvage vessel.
Provides state-funded program to pay unemployment benefits to employees of United States and active duty members of Armed Forces of United States who are required to perform service without compensation due to lapse of federal appropriations and who would otherwise be eligible for unemployment compensation for federal employees or ex-servicemembers under federal law.
Directs Public Employees' Benefit Board and Oregon Educators Benefit Board to establish pilot program allowing public employees to obtain health services from coordinated care organizations.
Requires pharmaceutical manufacturers to report to Department of Consumer and Business Services total amount of money spent on patient assistance programs, information on financial assistance provided to pharmacies, government agencies and advocacy organizations and total amount of financial incentives paid to each pharmacy benefit manager.
Repeals exemption for seafood processors from overtime requirements applicable to persons employed in canneries, driers and packing plants.
In committee · 6
Authorizes governing bodies of cities and counties to jointly form district for purposes of acquisition, design, construction, reconstruction, installation, operation, maintenance and repair of limited-access public highway projects within district boundaries.
Allows county to construct, modify and improve roads and highways on lands zoned for exclusive farm use and designated as urban or rural reserves.
Requires state agencies to provide summary of legal advice regarding validity or effect of proposed rule or written order.
Establishes criteria for determining existence or lack of new ground water use impairment or interference with water right having earlier priority date.
Changes qualification process for building officials and inspectors.
Authorizes municipalities to use independent contractors as building officials.