Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, House.
Margaret Doherty
Sponsored
Became law8
Designates May of each year as ALS Awareness Month.
Requires one member of State Board of Education to be engaged in teaching as licensed teacher.
Requires district school board or hearings officer to conduct hearing in executive session or privately if hearing pertains to or involves examination of confidential records of student.
Requires correctional facilities to provide tampons, sanitary pads, postpartum pads and panty liners to certain incarcerated persons at no cost.
Requires each community college and each college and university operating in this state that offers baccalaureate degree programs and receives state financial aid to adopt written policy on hazing, provide on-campus policy training on hazing and annually report to Legislative Assembly number of hazing incidents reported and investigated by community college, college or university during previous academic year.
Requires long term care facilities, residential facilities and adult foster homes to provide residents with information developed by Long Term Care Ombudsman describing availability and services of Long Term Care Ombudsman.
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.
Directs Department of Education to create Oregon Education Support Professional of the Year Program.
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Prohibits virtual public school from using moneys received as distributions from State School Fund or from other state or local public sources for paying expenses incurred for advertising or other promotional materials of school.
Directs Higher Education Coordinating Commission to conduct study to determine whether state should recognize more than one high school equivalency test.
Increases threshold under which school district may receive additional State School Fund moneys for student eligible for special education.
Establishes School Breakfast and Lunch Reimbursement Account for purpose of reimbursing school districts for certain costs incurred in providing breakfast and lunch.
Establishes Universal School Meal Account for purpose of reimbursing school districts for certain costs incurred in providing federally reimbursable meals.
Requires school district that provides breakfast to make breakfast available after start of school day.
Provides that hours worked by certain law enforcement employees do not count for purposes of limitations on reemployment of retired member of Public Employees Retirement System.
Directs Youth Development Division to develop and administer statewide youth reengagement system.
Directs Department of Education to award grants to enable school districts to provide courses in computer science as part of career and technical education program.
Establishes Task Force on Educator Attraction and Retention.
Identifies types of businesses eligible to deliver distilled liquor, malt beverages, wine or cider to person taking possession at residential address for personal or social use.
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Requires residential landlords to provide voter registration card to new tenants.
Prohibits state agencies from suspending or revoking license required to pursue commercial activity, trade, occupation or profession because licensee is delinquent in paying student loan debt.
Prohibits public universities from decreasing amount of financial aid previously awarded to student due to student's receipt of merit-based scholarships.
Establishes Financial Literacy Account for purpose of supporting implementation and development of curricula related to financial literacy.
Creates income tax credit for taxpayers that purchase certain emergency preparedness supplies.
Allows appointed agent or distillery retail outlet agent for Oregon Liquor Control Commission to deliver distilled liquor to retail purchaser.
Alters period during which former member of Legislative Assembly is prohibited from being paid lobbyist from sine die of next regular session that begins after person ceases to be member to two years after person ceases to be member.
Includes class size as mandatory subject of school district collective bargaining.
Requires Oregon Liquor Control Commission to prorate fee for brewery-public house license issued for less than year.
Requires residential tenancies to prorate rent calculated based on full days of tenant's occupancy.
Requires Department of Revenue to calculate effect of laws passed during previous two years on combined personal income tax and corporate income and excise tax liability of persons who have expended $10,000 or more on lobbying activities during previous two years.
Prohibits sponsor or public charter school from entering into contract or other agreement with for-profit entity to provide specified percentage of educational services for public charter school.
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.
Creates crime of misrepresenting an animal as an assistance animal.
Allows school district to seek reimbursement for amounts incurred from providing school meals as required by state law.
Requires candidate for President or Vice President of United States, in order to appear on general election ballot or in general election voters' pamphlet, to provide Secretary of State with copy of candidate's federal income tax returns for five years preceding year of general election and with written consent for public disclosure of tax returns.
Eliminates exception that allows for-profit entity to be employer of administrator of virtual public charter school.
Prohibits landlord in evaluating applicant for residential tenancy from requesting information about applicant's criminal history and from considering criminal history prior to performing criminal screening.
Provides that fire department may operate unmanned aircraft systems and acquire and disclose information through such operation for purposes of emergency incident response.
Prohibits Secretary of State from imposing civil penalty on person who violates prohibitions on political activities by public employees if person's actions were sanctioned by relevant legal counsel.
Extends sunset for pilot programs that use trauma-informed approach to decreasing rates of school absenteeism.
Directs that moneys appropriated from General Fund for payment of expenses of members of Legislative Assembly that are unexpended and uncommitted at end of biennium be transferred to Public Employees Retirement Fund to be applied against liabilities of Public Employees Retirement System.
Designates February of each year as Future Business Leaders of America Month.
Directs Trust for Cultural Development Board to study issues related to administration of Trust for Cultural Development Account and report to appropriate committee or interim committee of Legislative Assembly.
Directs Higher Education Coordinating Commission to conduct study to determine best method for reducing amount of student debt owed by individuals who graduate from community colleges and public universities.
Directs Department of Education to conduct study to determine if any modifications are required for public charter school law.
Requires community colleges and public universities to permit applicant to use test results applicant received on Smarter Balanced test taken when applicant was in 11th grade in place of requirement that applicant provide nationwide standardized test results.
Restricts requirement that local governments apply clear and objective standards to only buildable lands.
Requires Department of Transportation to study feasibility of imposing statewide assessment on transportation network companies.
Requires each post-secondary institution of education that operates in Oregon and enrolls students who receive federal financial aid or state financial aid to provide specified data on current and former students to Higher Education Coordinating Commission.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Includes assistant attorneys general among public employees who are prohibited from striking.
Co-sponsored
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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.
Eliminates requirement that person provide proof of legal presence before Department of Transportation issues noncommercial driver license, noncommercial driver permit or identification card.
Repeals sunset date on temporary law and makes permanent law requiring public universities to interview qualified minority candidate when hiring head coach.
Modifies list of mandatory reporters of suspected child abuse to include animal control officers.
Provides right to collectively bargain with State of Oregon to health care interpreters .
Makes unlawful employment practice for employer to , because of known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition of job applicant or employee, take certain actions related to reasonable accommodations to known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition.
Requires Department of Land Conservation and Development to receive, consolidate and organize public record information concerning shellfish mariculture in Oregon.
Alters period during which former member of Legislative Assembly is prohibited from being paid lobbyist from sine die of next regular session that begins after person ceases to be member to one year after person ceases to be member.
Requires long term care facilities, conversion facilities and residential care facilities providing care to six or more residents to adopt specified protocols and procedures regarding preventing and reporting disease outbreaks.
Limits guardian's authority to limit protected person's preferred associations with third parties.
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.
Appropriates moneys to Department of Consumer and Business Services to contract with vendor to conduct demographic study of dental needs and geographic distribution of COFA citizens in this state and to issue request for information to gauge interest and determine capacity of dental care organizations to provide oral health care to COFA citizens.
Permits contracting agency, in conducting procurement for architectural, engineering, photogrammetric mapping, transportation planning and land surveying services, to consider pricing policies, proposals and other pricing information as part of screening and selection of consultants in specified circumstances.
Excludes, for limited duration, certain employees of Oregon State Police from meaning of supervisory employee for purposes of public employment.
Directs each covered manufacturer of covered drugs that are sold within this state to develop and implement drug take-back program for purpose of collecting from individuals and nonbusiness entities covered drugs for disposal.
Requires financial estimate committee to file statement "MEASURE SPENDS MONEY WITHOUT IDENTIFYING A FUNDING SOURCE" with Secretary of State upon finding that ballot measure with no dedicated funding source will have financial effect on public expenditures in excess of $100,000.
Authorizes Long Term Care Ombudsman to hire up to 10 deputy ombudsmen.
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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.
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Authorizes issuance of lottery bonds to finance acquisition and restoration of Willamette Falls navigation canal and locks.
Provides funding for 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.
Directs Department of Education to develop and implement statewide education plan for students in early childhood through post-secondary education who are Latino or Hispanic and have experienced disproportionate educational results.
Requires owner or possessor of firearm to secure firearm with trigger or cable lock or in locked container except in specified circumstances.
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.
Appropriates moneys to Oregon Military Department to expand and increase access to statewide 2-1-1 system.
Directs Department of Justice to administer violence prevention funding program in consultation with Attorney General's Sexual Assault Task Force.
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.
Allows school district and public charter school to implement nationally recognized high school assessment in mathematics, science or English if assessment complies with specified criteria.
Directs Department of Education to distribute grants for purpose of developing and diversifying education workforce for prekindergarten through grade 12.
Establishes Early Childhood Equity Fund.
Requires school district to report on number of incidents during which students of classroom were removed from classroom because other student in classroom was acting in manner that would threaten to cause harm to student, to injure other person or to damage school property.
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.
Directs Department of Human Services to establish and administer program to provide moneys for third-party child care for child in foster home.
Permits duplicate health benefit plan coverage for public employees.
Extends from July 1, 2019, to July 1, 2023, period of time public universities must provide scope and value of specified employee benefits.
Removes sunset on provisions that allow foreign exchange students residing in dormitories to be considered resident students for purpose of State School Fund distributions.
Requires Department of Veterans' Affairs, in its biennial agency request budget, to request certain level of funding.
Imposes assessment on large employers with employees who receive or who have minor children who receive certain types of public assistance in this state, in amount equal to public assistance paid.
Permits local government or Department of Transportation to license and regulate vehicle-for-hire services and hired drivers.
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Allows Oregon Liquor Control Commission to enter into interstate agreements with agencies of other states for purpose of ensuring multistate enforcement of standards for wine consistent with standards of state where wine was produced.
Authorizes Department of State Lands to perform work to acquire and restore operation of Willamette Falls navigation canal and locks.
Requires public or private safety agency to display message listing 9-1-1 emergency number on websites or printed materials that list contact phone number for agency and are intended for general public use, viewing or distribution.
Directs State Board of Education to adopt by rule complaint process to report school district policy in violation of state law prohibiting harassment, intimidation, bullying and cyberbullying.
Creates income tax credit for teachers in rural schools.
Establishes conditions of enforceability for certain employment contracts or agreements.
Extends operation of public purpose charges until January 1, 2036.
Requires health benefit plan, health care service contract and medical assistance coverage of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome.
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.
Directs Department of Education to award grants to school districts to support safe schools by funding programs related to bullying prevention and youth empowerment.
Provides that public universities and community colleges must waive all tuition and fees for enrolled students who are members of Native American tribe historically based in Oregon.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Higher Education Coordinating Commission for distribution to community colleges and community college service districts for various purposes.
Requires original equipment manufacturer to make available to owner of digital electronic equipment or independent repair provider on fair and reasonable terms any part, tool, service manual or other device, implement or information that original equipment manufacturer makes available to authorized repair provider for purpose of diagnosing, maintaining or repairing digital electronic equipment that original equipment manufacturer makes or supplies.
For purposes of corporate excise tax, includes corporation incorporated in United States or foreign country in determination of unitary relationship among corporations.
Permits person who will be 17 years old on date of primary election and 18 years old on date of general election to vote at primary election for candidates of major political party with which person is affiliated if major political party has adopted rule to this effect.
For purposes of taxpayer election of reduced tax rate for certain pass-through income, reduces tax rates, reduces maximum eligible income and modifies employment requirements.
Requires incarceration facilities to provide tampons, sanitary napkins and undergarments to female persons in custody at no charge.
Prohibits retail pet store from selling or offering to sell dog, cat or rabbit acquired from source other than animal shelter or rescue organization.
Clarifies meaning of "because of age" in employment discrimination law.
Establishes Oregon Youth Council.
Requires counties to develop community mental health action plans to identify and address mental health concerns.
Requires vision examination as part of evaluation before initially receiving special education.
Expands purposes for which physical restraint may be used on students.
Allows subtraction from federal taxable income for purchase of qualifying gun safe.
Requires Department of Human Services to complete investigations regarding applications for certificates to operate foster homes for care of children under 21 years of age no later than 120 days after department receives application.
Modifies crime of promoting prostitution to include knowingly recruiting, persuading or encouraging, or attempting to recruit, persuade or encourage, another person to engage in prostitution.
Requires that Secretary of State provide official Military or Overseas Elector Ballot for Presidential Nominating Contests that permits military or overseas electors to rank candidates for party nomination for President of United States by order of preference.
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.
Permits school board to designate staff member to receive mandatory child abuse reports.
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.
Creates tax credit for workers at child care facilities rated three stars or higher with quality rating and improvement system.
Establishes Task Force on Health Care Access to study and report on how to establish primary care trust model.
Directs State Board of Education, in consultation with State Library, to adopt standards for school library program and academic content standards for library and media studies.
Prohibits possession of large-capacity magazine 180 days after effective date of Act.
Creates credit against income taxes for amounts paid by veteran as principal or interest on qualified education loans.
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.
Excludes credits earned in accelerated college credit programs from applying when determining eligibility for receiving Oregon Promise program grant or renewal of grant.
Establishes salary threshold for employees who are exempt from overtime requirements.
Requires reporting of physical sexual harassment by legislative officials and registered lobbyists.
Designates April of each year as Arab-American Heritage Month.