Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, House.
Cheri Helt
Sponsored
Became law2
Removes limit on number of full on-premises sales licenses that distillery licensee may hold.
Allows city with population greater than 75,000 not within metropolitan service district to adopt changes to its comprehensive plan and land use regulations authorizing mixed-use housing within up to 40 acres of lands zoned for employment uses.
Out of committee4
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 Human Services to establish and administer program to provide moneys for third-party child care for child in foster home.
Prohibits sale of mattress or children's product that incorporates or bears fire-retardant chemical in concentrations of more than one-tenth of one percent by mass.
Directs Department of Education to develop and administer grant program to distribute moneys to school districts and education service districts to create secure vestibules in school buildings.
In committee17
Requires counties to develop community mental health action plans to identify and address mental health concerns.
Appropriates to Department of Education for deposit in High School Graduation and College and Career Readiness Fund amount prescribed to be deposited under High School Graduation and College and Career Readiness Act (Ballot Measure 98 (2016)).
Extends by five years certain provisions that allow nonresident students to attend public schools as resident students for purposes of State School Fund distributions.
Creates offense of unlawful use of a bump-fire stock.
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.
Establishes program to improve cybersecurity of systems used to administer elections by encouraging independent technical experts, in cooperation with state election officials, local government election officials and election service providers, to identify and report election cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
Requires court issuing extreme risk protection order to further order community mental health program director to provide respondent with referral for mental health treatment within 12 hours of receiving notice of service of order.
Establishes School Support Fund consisting of moneys transferred from Oregon Marijuana Account.
Directs Department of Education to implement assessment system that limits number of content-based assessments and criterion-referenced assessments and to encourage school districts to use performance-based assessments.
Creates tax credit for workers at child care facilities rated three stars or higher with quality rating and improvement system.
Allows use of physical assistance of students in public education programs.
Provides that registered or certified child care facility is commercial use of property for zoning purposes.
Reduces time state or state agency may hold certain idle property before selling property.
Allows resident serving, or who has served, in Armed Forces of United States to obtain free licenses for hunting, angling or shellfish.
Requires Land Conservation and Development Commission to ensure that land use planning of local government allows for appropriate dense, mixed-use housing on employment lands.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 32
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.
Provides that person subject to certain court protective orders is prohibited from possessing firearms if person had opportunity to be heard on order and did not request hearing, failed to appear at hearing or withdrew request before hearing occurred.
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.
Designates May of each year as ALS Awareness Month.
Modifies culpable mental state for crime of unauthorized use of a vehicle when person takes, operates, exercises control over or otherwise uses vehicle, boat or aircraft without consent of owner.
Modifies definition of "energy facility" for purposes of regulation of energy facilities by Energy Facility Siting Council.
Removing population requirement for affordable housing pilot program if no qualifying nomination is received for city with population under 25,000.
Establishes Task Force on Access to Quality Affordable Child Care to study ways to increase use of and access to child care subsidies and to report recommendations to Legislative Assembly no later than December 31, 2020.
Directs Department of Education to coordinate with Oregon FFA Association to increase student achievement and improve college preparation and career placement for students enrolled in agricultural education courses.
Provides private right of action to recover for expenses in relation to veterinary care for abused domestic animal.
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.
Provides seven days of excused absences from school if pupil is dependent of member of Armed Forces of United States who is on active duty or who is called into active duty.
Expands types of entities that may receive grant from Farm-to-School Grant Program to purchase food produced or processed in state or to identify sources of foods or to process foods.
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.
Requires manufacturer of prescription drugs to report to Department of Consumer and Business Services specified increase in price of certain prescription drugs at least 60 days before date of increase.
Provides that brownfield granted property tax incentive benefit under chapter 96, Oregon Laws 2016, may be granted any other special assessment, exemption or partial exemption for which such property is eligible.
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.
Eliminates requirement that certificate issued to cosmetic practitioner include practitioner's address.
Establishes Oregon Conservation and Recreation Fund.
Requires State Department of Fish and Wildlife, in cooperation with Department of Transportation, to develop Wildlife Corridor Action Plan for use by state agencies.
Modifies provisions of state law regarding custody of children or youth who have run away from home or placement to apply to all runaways.
Modifies requirements for school to qualify as small high school for purposes of State School Fund distributions.
Establishes programs within Housing and Community Services Department to provide loans to one or more nonprofit corporations to develop programs that support manufactured dwelling park preservation and affordability for tenants.
Requires that for person who completes prior educational requirements to participate in Oregon Promise program while confined in correctional facility, six-month period to enroll in courses to participate in program begins after person is first released from correctional facility.
Directs Department of Education to create Oregon Education Support Professional of the Year Program.
Allows professional licensing board to issue nonrenewable temporary authorization to spouse of member of Armed Forces of United States stationed in Oregon and who holds eligible out-of-state authorization to provide occupational or professional service.
Expands membership of Justice Reinvestment Program Grant Review Committee.
Directs Department of Transportation to establish county safety corridor program.
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.
Prohibits school district, community college district and certain education service district elections from being conducted in manner that impairs ability of members of protected class to have equal opportunity to elect candidates of their choice as result of dilution or abridgment of rights of electors who are members of protected class.
Requires institutions of higher education to both adopt written policies and require certain individuals to participate in annual training on sexual harassment, sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking.
Provides that U.S. Highway 26 shall also be known as POW/MIA Memorial Highway.
Passed the House · 2
Removes ability of parent to decline required immunizations against restrictable diseases on behalf of child for reason other than child's indicated medical diagnosis.
Requires Department of Human Services to administer four-year pilot program to allow adult foster homes meeting specified requirements to care for up to seven residents.
Out of committee · 33
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Human Services to administer general assistance project.
Establishes Statewide School Safety and Prevention System.
Directs Department of Human Services to provide staff support, including full-time equivalent policy analyst, for Governor's Child Foster Care Advisory Commission.
Establishes Task Force on Use of Surplus Public Lands for Housing.
Requires school districts to provide coordinated comprehensive school counseling program.
Directs Office of Emergency Management to study and make recommendations regarding funding of search and rescue operations.
Appropriates moneys to Oregon Department of Administrative Services to increase size and diversity of group of court appointed special advocates.
Directs Youth Development Division to administer pilot program to coordinate delivery of youth development services through Youth Development Hubs.
Directs Department of Education to distribute grants for purpose of developing and diversifying education workforce for prekindergarten through grade 12.
Provides funding to peer-run organizations in Portland metropolitan area, southern Oregon region and eastern and central Oregon region to operate peer respite centers to provide peer respite services to individuals with mental illness who experience acute distress, anxiety or emotional pain.
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.
Establishes advisory committee on manufactured housing within Housing and Community Development Department.
Establishes program within Housing and Community Services Department to provide supplementary loans to individuals for new energy efficient manufactured dwellings.
Establishes program within Housing and Community Services Department to provide grants for decommissioning and disposing of manufactured dwellings.
Establishes Early Childhood Equity Fund.
Establishes new subaccount within State Forestry Department Account.
Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission and Department of Veterans' Affairs to adopt by rule additional minimum standards regarding source of tuition revenue for licensing of career schools and schools authorized to confer degrees.
Directs Department of Human Services to deduct expenses for medically necessary guardianship services from recipient's income when calculating eligibility for assistance provided by Oregon Supplemental Income Program.
Establishes Task Force on Educator Attraction and Retention.
Increases percentage of federal earned income credit allowable as credit against Oregon personal income tax.
Requires Department of Veterans' Affairs, in its biennial agency request budget, to request certain level of funding.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Health Authority for Senior Farm Direct Nutrition Program and Women, Infants and Children Farm Direct Nutrition Program.
Modifies allocation formula for grants to regional assessment centers and community assessment centers.
Directs Department of Human Services to distribute $1 million to Center for the Prevention of Abuse and Neglect to conduct Oregon Child Abuse Prevalence Study.
Modifies allocation formula for grants to regional assessment centers and community assessment centers.
Directs Department of Human Services to study and develop two-year and five-year plans for department to provide comprehensive funding for child welfare services, ensure adequate in-state services for children's therapeutic care and request sufficient funding for high level staff.
Authorizes Oregon Business Development Department to award matching grants to membership organizations and business accelerators in outdoor gear and apparel industry.
Requires eight percent of electricity sold in this state by each electric company that makes sales to 25,000 or more retail electricity consumers to be generated by small-scale renewable energy facilities or certain biomass facilities.
Allows dependent care income tax credit to be claimed for expenses to allow taxpayer or spouse to attend school as enrolled degree-seeking student.
Modifies annual salaries of judges of Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, circuit courts and Oregon Tax Court.
Permits Oregon Health Authority to take steps necessary to ensure that authority pays lowest cost for prescription drugs purchased for recipients of medical assistance, including by entering into agreement with third party to be purchasing agent .
Directs Early Learning Division to develop multi-level system of certification of early learning professionals.
Requires certain state agencies and colleges at Oregon State University to conduct certain studies on opportunities for greenhouse gas sequestration by and emissions reductions from activities related to Oregon's natural and working lands and in Oregon's forest products, agricultural and building materials industries, transportation sector and electricity sector.
In committee · 23
Modifies provisions regarding division of land by eliminating purchase requirement when land is acquired by provider of public parks or open space, or by not-for-profit land conservation organization.
Directs Department of Education to create Oregon Educational Support Professional of Year Program.
Removes sunset on provisions that allow certain nonresident students to attend public schools as resident students for purposes of State School Fund distributions.
Establishes Oregon Youth Aging Out of Foster Care Task Force.
Exempts from taxation amounts received from sale of real property to housing authority or community development corporation.
Requires Department of Human Services to adopt by rule program that provides financial assistance to recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance for purchasing locally grown fruits and vegetables from participating farmers' markets, farm share sites and retail outlets.
Creates income tax credit for foster parents.
Requires vision examination as part of evaluation before initially receiving special education.
Expands purposes for which physical restraint may be used on students.
Appropriates moneys to Oregon Business Development Department to make grants to nonprofit corporations for purpose of hiring staff to coordinate activities related to organization, administration and programming of innovation districts.
Requires Department of Human Services to present options for living independently to adults with developmental disabilities who need placement.
Directs Housing and Community Services Department to conduct study to estimate amount of additional homeless shelter capacity necessary in each county and cost of building or acquiring such capacity.
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.
Requires public institutions of higher education to bypass developmental educational requirements and placement tests for each student who receives grade on approved high school equivalency test indicating student is fully qualified to bypass requirements and tests.
Requires agencies to adopt rules specifying time period during which agency will approve or deny application for license after applicant has amended or modified original application.
Extends statute of limitations for certain sex crimes.
Creates credit against income taxes for amounts paid by veteran as principal or interest on qualified education loans.
Directs Oregon Health Authority to disclose to district attorney and law enforcement agencies addresses of marijuana grow sites in county over which district attorney and law enforcement agencies have jurisdiction.
Establishes Rural System Development Charges Program within Housing and Community Services Department to pay system development charges for rural affordable multifamily housing.
Requires reporting of physical sexual harassment by legislative officials and registered lobbyists.
Requires amendment of state building code to include special inspections to detect construction defects in exterior waterproofing system of common property of homeowners association, residential dwelling in planned community served by homeowners association or condominium.
Designates April of each year as Arab-American Heritage Month.
Exempts receipts from sales of basic necessities from commercial activity subject to corporate activity tax.