Bills in the 2015 Regular Session, House.
Sherrie Sprenger
Sponsored
Became law1
Requires Oregon Health Authority to identify duties that tourist facility landlord may contractually delegate to tenant renting or leasing all or part of tourist facility for certain purposes.
Out of committee1
Directs Oregon State University Extension Service to perform certain duties relating to outdoor school programs and to assist school districts and education service districts in providing outdoor school programs.
In committee7
Prohibits performance of late-term sex-selective abortion.
Directs State Department of Fish and Wildlife to create pilot program that allows persons hunting or pursuing cougars to use dogs.
Revises definition of "ambulatory surgical center" to include facility operated substantially for purpose of performing abortions.
Provides that, if public body agrees to pay or provide benefit to retired employees other than payments required or provided for in statutes, public body must create separate accounts for funding of those benefits and make annual contributions to accounts in amounts necessary to amortize liability for benefits in 25 years or less.
Directs Secretary of State to conduct analysis on most effective and cost-efficient method or methods for candidates to provide voters' pamphlet statements in special district elections.
Prohibits State Board of Education from adopting rules or imposing sanctions related to use of mascots by public schools.
Prohibits use of Native American mascot by public school unless certain conditions met.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Directs Oregon State University Extension Service to assist school districts and education service districts in providing outdoor school programs.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 15
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.
Requires Department of Human Services to issue specified types of public assistance through electronic benefits transfer card.
Requires Oregon State Lottery to hold lottery prize in excess of $600 that is owed to person that has not repaid overpayment of certain public benefits.
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.
Authorizes peace officer to apply for and circuit court to enter ex parte emergency protective order when court finds probable cause that person was victim of domestic disturbance or abuse and protective order is necessary to prevent abuse.
Directs Chief Education Officer to convene work group to produce report on how State School Fund expenditures relate to educational achievements of students from families in poverty.
Extends expiration date of driver license for persons volunteering outside of United States.
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.
Creates Wildfire Damage Housing Relief Account within Oregon Housing Fund.
Establishes teacher authorization pilot program for purpose of determining effectiveness of alternative requirements for teachers of noncore courses.
Extends sunset from January 2, 2019, to July 1, 2019, for law imposing general prohibition on growing of canola in Willamette Valley Protected District.
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 · 2
Modifies crime of displaying obscene materials to minors.
Requires legislative measures to contain brief and impartial statement of problem measure is intended to solve.
Out of committee · 4
Directs Department of Land Conservation and Development to study and report on statewide land use planning system to identify and evaluate opportunities to decrease time required to site and develop industrial uses.
Grants income tax credit to firefighters who provide volunteer services to rural fire protection districts or fire departments.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to administer program to provide loans to hospitals for establishing new primary care residency programs.
Creates Rural Medicaid Access and Development Act to provide financial support to rural hospitals and health care providers and to establish primary care residency programs.
In committee · 14
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.
Removes requirement for State Department of Agriculture to monitor ethanol fuel production and issue notice when ethanol production reaches specified level.
Prohibits Department of Education from requiring school districts to align instruction or assessments with common core state standards and from penalizing school districts for failure to align instruction or assessments with common core state standards.
Defines "vapor products." Amends laws related to use of tobacco products by minors to include use of vapor products by minors, including crime of endangering welfare of minor and other criminal offenses and civil penalties related to use or acquisition of tobacco products by minor.
Directs school districts to prepare and file annual reports related to students enrolled in English as second language program.
Requires that referrals to dental specialists, of medical assistance recipients who are pregnant, occur within 60 days.
Allows landlord to charge pet security deposit to tenant with disability for service animal or companion animal if landlord requests, and tenant does not provide, documentation that physician has recommended use of service animal or companion animal to mitigate symptoms or effects of disability.
Directs Department of Education to evaluate methods to improve ability of students to transfer to schools in other school districts.
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 hospital that does not offer family medicine residency program to make payment to Area Health Education Center program in order to defray costs of family medicine residency network created by Area Health Education Center program.
Expands cost-sharing program for primary care internships and residencies.
Removes requirement that state, during prosecution for unlawful transfer of firearm, prove defendant knew or should have known that recipient of transferred firearm was prohibited from possessing firearms.
Prohibits receiving compensation for collecting and returning ballots and assisting electors if compensation is based on number of ballots collected and returned or number of electors assisted.