Bills in the 2017 Regular Session, House.
Caddy McKeown
Sponsored
Became law4
Exempts certain towing vessels and their towed barges from requirement that Oregon Board of Maritime Pilots licensee pilot vessel.
Permits community college district measures relating to bonding to be included in state voters' pamphlet if certain conditions are met.
Expands exemption from public records law of records of Office of Small Business Assistance, and directs office to maintain specified records confidentially.
Modifies civil penalties, license regulation and licensing fees for certain facilities regulated by Department of Human Services.
Out of committee3
Establishes 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.
Authorizes issuance of lottery bonds to finance repair or replacement of Siuslaw River bulkhead.
Modifies requirements relating to evacuation of residents of adult foster homes.
In committee9
Directs Department of State Lands to conduct study to assess options to address low water levels at Tenmile Lakes.
Defines two unique service areas for Columbia Gorge Community College District and Southwestern Oregon Community College District.
Requires Department of Transportation to study options for improving highway infrastructure in this state.
Directs State Department of Fish and Wildlife to conduct study on health of shellfish populations in this state.
Directs Department of Human Services to study necessary improvements to regulation of community-based care, including but not limited to residential care facilities and adult foster homes, and report to appropriate committee or interim committee of Legislative Assembly.
Directs Department of Human Services to study necessary improvements in regulation of memory care facilities and report to appropriate committee or interim committee of Legislative Assembly.
Requires Office of Rural Health to conduct study and develop recommendations on whether to allow health care practitioner students who do not attend Oregon Health and Science University to participate in Scholars for a Healthy Oregon Initiative.
Modifies provisions relating to care facilities regulated by Department of Human Services.
Revives tax credit for loss of limb function.
Carried from the Senate
Passed the Senate1
Requires that notice of nonpayment of wages or compensation to employer include statement that payment of unpaid wages or compensation to employee within 12 days limits penalty to 100 percent of unpaid wages or compensation owed to employee.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 21
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.
Directs Oregon Medical Board, Oregon State Board of Nursing, Oregon Board of Naturopathic Medicine and Oregon Board of Dentistry to provide licensees of boards with opioid and opiate prescribing guidelines and recommendations established by association of licensee practitioners.
Requires each post-secondary institution of education to provide Higher Education Coordinating Commission with number of Oregon high school graduates from each school district enrolled at institution and graduation rate at institution for Oregon high school graduates from each school district.
Authorizes any state agency or department to enter into agreements with any political subdivision for collection, enforcement, administration and distribution of local transient lodging taxes of such political subdivision.
Extends age range of youth eligible to participate in youth hunter mentoring program to persons between nine and 16 years of age.
Renames offense of operating motor vehicle while using mobile communication device as offense of driving motor vehicle while using mobile electronic device.
Transfers authority over court appointed special advocates and CASA Volunteer Programs from Oregon Volunteers Commission for Voluntary Action and Service to Oregon Department of Administrative Services.
Requires Oregon Health Authority and Department of Consumer and Business Services to make available online written materials about options available to breast cancer patients for insurance coverage of breast reconstruction surgery, breast prostheses and breast forms.
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 .
Provides that ports may enter into intergovernmental agreements for any purpose permitted under ORS chapter 190.
Authorizes ports to advertise activities of port and activities of others using port facilities.
Increases threshold, from $500,000 to $2 million, of real property value that requires port to obtain additional appraisal before purchase.
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 hospital to adopt policy for release of patients from emergency department following treatment for behavioral health crisis.
Requires State Fish and Wildlife Director to, before appointing Oregon Hatchery Research Center Board members, consult with organizations that represent certain interests and take into consideration nominations or recommendations received in course of consultation.
Requires development of plan for Oregon Coast Trail.
Authorizes Department of Revenue and units of local government to disclose to each other information related to administration of transient lodging tax laws.
Requires Oregon Health Policy Board, in collaboration with Office of Rural Health and Oregon Health and Science University, to conduct assessment of health care workforce needs in Oregon.
Requires Department of Human Services, in collaboration with other agencies, to adopt rules related to prescription of psychotropic medications to elderly persons and persons with disabilities.
Requires Department of Education to develop and provide to public high schools written materials regarding apprenticeship opportunities.
Removes special training requirement from statutes governing prescribing, dispensing and distributing naloxone.
Passed the House · 2
Modifies requirements relating to donating game meat to charitable organizations.
Requires lobbyist statements filed with Oregon Government Ethics Commission to identify each bill or measure introduced before Legislative Assembly lobbyist lobbied on, whether lobbyist lobbied in favor of, in opposition to or for purpose of seeking amendments to bill or measure, each legislative topic that was not bill or measure that lobbyist lobbied on, each person or entity that hired lobbyist and how much moneys person or entity paid lobbyist.
Out of committee · 7
Allocates $350,000 to Nursing Faculty Loan Repayment Program.
Appropriates moneys to Department of Human Services for Oregon Hunger Response Fund program services.
Establishes subtraction from personal income taxes for amounts that taxpayers pay in student loan interest.
Increases, for purposes of tax credit allowed for crop donation, percentage of wholesale price allowed as amount of credit.
Appropriates moneys to State Forestry Department for 2017-2019 biennium to carry out integrated pest management program to combat Sudden Oak Death.
Directs Oregon Health Authority to conduct evaluation related to behavioral health services provided to public school students.
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 · 6
Requires Governor to certify to United States Secretary of Commerce that terms of national marine sanctuary located within seaward boundary of Oregon are unacceptable unless Legislative Assembly confirms designation.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Department of Administrative Services for payment to River Docs, LLC for purpose of implementing first phase of sediment study of lower Rogue River.
Establishes Ocean Beach Fund.
Provides that county is exempt from applicability of statute banning use of dogs to hunt or pursue cougars if voters approve county measure proposed by initiative petition or referred to people by governing body of county.
Excludes certain Portland employers from sick leave requirements if employer is located in Portland on temporary or seasonal basis and has permanent location outside city.
Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to conduct study and develop recommendations on how to ensure students have greatest practicable opportunity to transfer credits earned at community colleges to baccalaureate degrees awarded at public universities.