Bills in the 2015 Regular Session, House.
Carla Piluso
Sponsored
Became law2
Creates position of Oregon Women Veterans Coordinator in Department of Veterans' Affairs and specifies responsibilities.
Modifies temporary assistance for needy families program.
Passed the House1
Phases in prohibition on manufacture and sale of personal care products and over-the-counter drugs that contain synthetic plastic microbeads.
In committee3
Requires Department of Human Services to prescribe income limits for temporary assistance to needy families program that are equal to 66 percent of federal poverty guidelines.
Increases refund value of beverage containers to 10 cents.
Directs Department of Education to distribute moneys as strategic investment under Oregon Early Reading Program to nonprofit organizations that provide academically-aligned, evidence-based literacy programs through volunteer mentors who are 50 years of age or older to school districts for purpose of increasing delivery of reading assistance to students in kindergarten through third grade.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 43
Makes imposition of disciplinary action against employee that inquires about or discloses wage information unlawful employment practice.
Directs Department of Human Services, in consultation with Early Learning Division and Office of Child Care, to adopt rules for subsidy programs for employment-related child care that, at minimum, provide for one year of eligibility regardless of change in employment, permit students enrolled in coursework and self-employed persons to receive subsidized employment-related child care, and provide for reduced copayments and incentive payments when child care provider meets specified minimum standa
Directs Department of Education to develop and implement statewide education plan for early childhood through post-secondary education students who are black or African-American or not covered by existing statewide education plan and have experienced disproportionate educational results.
Directs Oregon Health Authority, in consultation with coordinated care organizations and dental care organizations, to adopt rules and procedures for training and certifying certain health workers to provide oral disease prevention services.
Establishes Fund to End Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children.
Renames crime of patronizing a prostitute to commercial sexual solicitation.
Requires Department of Human Services to convene work group to study consolidation of application processes for human and social services and to report recommendation to Legislative Assembly.
Requires Director of Oregon Health Authority to notify Director of Veterans' Affairs upon receipt of certain written information from member or veteran of uniformed service, if authorized to do so by member or veteran.
Requires state contracting agency to use solicitation template that Attorney General and Oregon Department of Administrative Services develop, approve and make available in advertising and soliciting procurements under Public Contracting Code and to use contract form or contract template, as appropriate, that Attorney General and department develop, approve and make available as basis for public contracts into which state contracting agency enters.
Directs Department of Veterans' Affairs to enter into contract to conduct statewide study regarding delivery and use of, and barriers to access to, health care and medical services for women veterans no later than July 1, 2016.
Defines "inhalant delivery system." Amends laws concerning sale of tobacco products to, and use of tobacco products by, minors so those laws equally apply to inhalant delivery systems.
Requires law enforcement agency to establish policies and procedures for use and retention of recordings from cameras worn upon police officer's person to record officer's interactions with members of public.
Provides that person who records another person's intimate areas commits crime of invasion of personal privacy.
Requires truancy notice to inform parent or person in parental relation of right to request evaluation for individualized education program or review of individualized education program.
Requires utility that provides electric or natural gas service to residential customers to prepare report on utility's processes that mitigate, for nonpayment of delinquent accounts, termination of electric or natural gas service to certain residential customers under certain conditions.
Requires member of law enforcement agency who has probable cause to believe custodial interference or kidnapping with respect to child has occurred to notify Oregon State Police missing children clearinghouse within 24 hours .
Disallows all filing fees, service fees and hearing fees in action for court's protective stalking order, even if stalking order is not only relief sought in action.
Requires owners of rental property subject to federal rural rental housing loans to provide at least one year's notice of date of maturity of loans to tenants, Housing and Community Services Department, housing authorities and local governments.
Requires public universities to establish priority enrollment system for qualified students who are active members of Armed Forces of the United States, who are qualified veterans or who receive veterans' educational benefits as federally qualified dependents of active members or qualified veterans.
Directs State Board of Education to adopt specified standards related to student education records.
Allows in-state tuition in certain circumstances for individuals who resided in Oregon but relocated due to position in military, government or humanitarian aid organization.
Authorizes court, as part of settlement or judgment in class action, to approve process for payment of damages.
Requires public contracting agencies to provide as material condition of public contract that contractor remain certified as disadvantaged, minority, women or emerging small business enterprise during entire term of public contract if contracting agency awarded public contract, in whole or in part, on basis of contractor's certification.
Directs Department of Transportation to establish Portland Trail Blazers license plate program for issuance of special registration plate.
Requires school district to eliminate use of polystyrene foam plates, trays, food containers or food packaging in service of any meal unless school district recycles polystyrene foam.
Removes provision that public officer or employee who leaves position to perform military duty may not, while performing military duty, receive amount of pay entitled to before leave of absence.
Directs governing entity of public or private post-secondary institution of education that contracts with third party financial firm for student financial aid services to consider federal policies for contracting.
Requires that National League of Families' POW/MIA flag be displayed with Oregon State flag on public buildings in this state.
Establishes Task Force on Class Sizes to determine appropriate class sizes of students, identify methods to reduce class sizes and determine cost for methods to reduce class sizes.
Directs Department of Education to administer process for providing funding for activities related to annual conference dedicated to Oregon civics and held on Oregon Civics Day for Teachers.
Creates Oregon Retirement Savings Board in office of State Treasurer.
Requires public school students seven years of age or younger who are beginning educational program to have dental screening.
Limits biennial expenditures by Oregon Business Development Department from lottery moneys for funding of cooperative efforts of National Policy Consensus Center of Portland State University and community organizations related to western juniper harvesting and related manufacturing.
Requires Oregon Business Development Department to provide economic development assistance to persons engaged in business of western juniper harvesting or of manufacturing products from western juniper, provide technical business assistance to western juniper harvesting and related manufacturing businesses and provide or fund workforce training assistance for potential western juniper harvesting and related manufacturing business workers.
Allows increased use of flashing lights in certain school zones.
Appropriates moneys to Higher Education Coordinating Commission to be expended for grant program that distributes moneys to community colleges, or any foundations of community colleges, to increase number of underserved, low-income and first-generation college-bound students who enroll in community college and make progress toward degree or certificate.
Provides that tax-exempt nonprofit organization may supply to Oregon Liquor Control Commission informational materials about human trafficking, including adhesive stickers, provided that materials contain objectively verifiable information only about human trafficking.
Requires insurers that cover prescription contraceptives to cover refills at specified frequency.
Establishes pollinator health outreach and education plan.
Provides that release decision for defendant charged with sex crime or crime constituting domestic violence must include order prohibiting attempted contact with victim and third-party contact with victim while defendant is in custody.
Increases penalty for crime of strangulation when committed knowing victim was pregnant.
Establishes privilege in civil, criminal, administrative and school proceedings for certain communications between persons seeking services related to domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking and victim services programs and advocates.
Directs Department of Corrections to establish Family Sentencing Alternative Pilot Program in partnership with circuit courts, county community corrections agencies and Department of Human Services.
Passed the House · 1
Requires legislative measures to contain brief and impartial statement of problem measure is intended to solve.
Out of committee · 9
Requires employers that employ six or more employees to implement paid sick time for employees and employers that employ fewer than six employees to implement unpaid sick time for employees.
Directs Oregon Health Authority to develop and implement pilot program through which authority and Department of Education provide services related to oral health education, use of fluoride varnish and daily brushing and flossing for children.
Modifies criteria to qualify for grant to be used to provide instructional time during summer program.
Directs Department of Education to administer pilot program to increase students' exposure and access to career and technical education.
Directs Department of Education and Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to advance career and technical education opportunities by fulfilling specified requirements.
Directs State Library to distribute grants to school districts for early reading programs provided during summer.
Establishes Pay It Forward program.
Directs Department of Veterans' Affairs to develop program under which department, pursuant to contracts with financial institutions, provides loan guarantees or credit guarantees for qualified veterans for purpose of refinancing existing purchase-money mortgages or similar mortgages of homes used primarily as principal residence by veterans.
Directs Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to conduct study on mental health courts and present report on findings to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to judiciary on or before September 15, 2016.
In committee · 28
Makes practice of paying employees of opposite sex who hold equivalent jobs at different wage rates unlawful employment practice.
Authorizes employee of certain employers to request flexible, predictable or stable work schedule.
Requires hospital or provider of residential treatment that discharges individual with mental illness to provide case management services to assist individual in transitioning to outpatient mental health treatment.
Requires Legislative Administrator to establish and maintain database to catalog issues reported by constituents to members of Legislative Assembly, state agencies or other public bodies.
Requires community colleges and public universities to include cost of required course materials as part of tuition and mandatory fees.
Includes finding of guilty except for insanity as conviction that may be expunged.
Establishes State Apprenticeship Education and Training Fund and continuously appropriates moneys in fund to State Apprenticeship and Training Council and Bureau of Labor and Industries for specified purposes.
Requires Oregon Business Development Commission and Oregon Business Development Department to ensure that agreement with recipient of financial incentives made by department establishes specific job creation or job retention performance measures which, if not achieved, will result in requirement that recipient pay back amount of financial incentives granted, and is drafted in accordance with best practice standards for contractual agreements involving financial incentives.
Requires school district to prepare annual summary that describes special education and related services provided by school district during previous school year.
Prohibits discrimination in employment on basis of familial status of employee.
Directs Oregon Business Development Department to submit report to interim legislative committees regarding innovation in economic development no later than July 1, 2016.
Requires law enforcement agency to establish policy for using cameras worn upon police officer's body to record officer's interactions with members of public.
Allocates lottery moneys to further economic development by assisting veterans to apply for federal and state veterans' benefits and aid.
Excludes certain police officers from meaning of supervisory employee for purposes of public employment.
Funds free, or reduced-fare, transit passes for students attending public secondary schools and increased transit service in vicinity of public secondary schools.
Requires that referrals to dental specialists, of medical assistance recipients who are pregnant, occur within 60 days.
Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to develop plan for public universities to have ratio of at least 7 to 1 of public employees to supervisory employees.
Creates income tax credit for member of military organization that contributes financial resources to Veterans' Educational Aid Account prior to dissolution.
Establishes Task Force on Safety of Police Officers to study officer safety.
Directs Department of Transportation to establish breast cancer awareness registration plate program for issuance of special registration plate.
Requires governing boards of public universities to include graduate student employee and undergraduate student as voting members.
Establishes unlawful employment practice of subjecting employee or intern to, or permitting employee or intern to be subjected to, harassment, intimidation or bullying in workplace.
Limits independent medical examinations in litigation to body part or parts or specific condition in controversy.
Directs Department of Transportation to establish Portland Trail Blazers license plate program for issuance of special registration plate.
Directs Legislative Fiscal Office to conduct study and report findings regarding Oregon Liquor Control Commission revenue distribution recipients.
Requires every state agency, county and district to make available to Secretary of State information required for voter registration contained in any database in possession of agency, county or district.
Directs Secretary of State to develop statewide document retention schedule.
Directs State Parks and Recreation Department to remove official State of Mississippi flag from Walk of Flags display at State Capitol State Park and replace with Mississippi Magnolia Flag.