Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, House.
Carl Wilson
Sponsored
Out of committee1
Establishes Oregon Hemp Commission.
In committee6
Allows operator of motorcycle or moped to travel between lanes of traffic under certain conditions.
Requires State Board of Forestry to transfer ownership of former county forestland back to county, upon request, if former county forestland is 10 percent or less of all former county forestland owned by board.
Allows person responsible for marijuana grow site who is designated to grow marijuana by more than three registry identification cardholders to transfer usable marijuana to additional registry identification cardholders.
Provides that portion of McKenzie Highway shall also be known as Johnny Miner Memorial Highway.
Reimburses school districts for transportation costs from State School Fund based on fixed percentage of approved transportation costs.
Exempts persons designated to produce marijuana by three or more registry identification cardholders from specified fee.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 11
Designates May of each year as ALS Awareness Month.
Makes violation of permit requirements for service of alcoholic beverages punishable by maximum of $1,000 fine.
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.
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.
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.
Expands list of hospitals whose medical staff may qualify for specified income tax credit.
Allows student to wear dress uniform issued by Armed Forces of United States during high school graduation ceremony if certain conditions are met.
Requires State Forestry Department to report biennially to committee of Legislative Assembly regarding outcomes from all projects pursued in state under Good Neighbor Authority Agreement .
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.
Requires applicant for marijuana production license that does not own premises at which marijuana will be produced to submit signed informed consent of owner of premises to Oregon Liquor Control Commission.
Expands Telecommunication Devices Access Program to include provision of communication facilitators.
Passed the House · 2
Makes legislative findings regarding failure of United States Army Corps of Engineers to operate Cole M. Rivers Hatchery in conformance with fish return goals.
Permits adopted former foster children to have amount of tuition and all fees waived if attending defined institutions of higher education for purposes of pursuing initial undergraduate degree.
Out of committee · 9
Requires Oregon Health Authority to administer program to provide matching grants to registered sobering facilities.
Authorizes Department of Revenue to reimburse State Department of Agriculture, State Department of Energy and Water Resources Department for expenses incurred in administration and enforcement of activities related to cannabis.
Revises requirements for membership on State Fish and Wildlife Commission.
Establishes new subaccount within State Forestry Department Account.
Requires transportation network company that operates in this state to obtain license from Department of Transportation.
Requires Department of Veterans' Affairs, in its biennial agency request budget, to request certain level of funding.
Directs State Department of Agriculture to advance design of cannabis business certification program.
Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to provide pilot program grant to consortium to assist public post-secondary institutions of education in Klamath County, Jackson County and Josephine County.
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 · 28
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.
Prohibits State Board of Education from requiring, and school districts from administering, certain assessments to students enrolled or preparing to enroll in prekindergarten through grade two.
Provides that hours worked by school marshal providing security in school do not count for purposes of limitations on reemployment of retired member of Public Employees Retirement System.
Allows credit against net income taxes for portion of eligible costs of newly constructed single-family dwelling that sells for price affordable to household with annual income at or below 120 percent of area median income.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Higher Education Coordinating Commission for distribution to community colleges and community college service districts for various purposes.
Requires State Department of Fish and Wildlife to biennially report to Legislative Assembly regarding estimated change in wolf population.
For purposes of qualifying for enterprise zone benefits, expands definition of "eligible business firm" to include business firm engaged in providing services to general public as medical clinic, health care facility, substance abuse treatment provider or alcohol or drug rehabilitation center.
Exempts collection, storage or use of diffuse surface water from falling rain, melting snow or other precipitation from requirement to obtain water right permit or certificate.
Requires Oregon transparency website to contain itemized information about state agency advertising expenditures.
Provides that employee of public employer is liable to employer for wages paid to employee during period of administrative leave if employee was placed on leave as result of allegation that employee engaged in criminal conduct and if employee is thereafter convicted of crime by reason of conduct.
Provides that Oregon estate tax is imposed only on estates of decedents dying on or before December 31, 2018.
Requires that information concerning sex offenders convicted of certain offenses be released on website maintained by Department of State Police.
Requires Oregon Department of Administrative Services to include tribal boundaries on any legislative district maps department produces.
Prohibits person from performing or attempting to perform abortion if abortion is because of sex of unborn child.
Directs Department of Human Services to report to Legislative Assembly regarding transition to centralized child abuse hotline call center by May 1, 2019.
Prohibits abortion unless physician has first determined probable post-fertilization age of unborn child, except in case of medical emergency.
Prohibits person from soliciting or knowingly acquiring, receiving, transporting, implanting, processing, preserving, storing or accepting donation of human fetal tissue for purpose of transplanting the human fetal tissue into another person or animal under specified circumstances.
Extends statute of limitations for certain sex crimes.
Requires local governments to allow building across lot lines if owner has recorded covenant not to sell separately.
Establishes Task Force on Educator Health Benefits to review benefit plans provided through Oregon Educators Benefit Board, analyze benefits and administration of benefit plans and determine whether provisions related to board have resulted in cost savings.
Directs Department of Education to study insurance policies related to interns.
Directs State Board of Education to adopt by rule policy and process for criminal records checks of certain persons who are not employed by school districts but who may have direct, unsupervised contact with school children in two or more school districts.
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.
Requires health care practitioner to exercise proper degree of care to preserve health and life of child born alive after abortion or attempted abortion.
Allows resident serving, or who has served, in Armed Forces of United States to obtain free licenses for hunting, angling or shellfish.
Exempts receipts from sales of certain agricultural products from commercial activity subject to corporate activity tax.
Exempts receipts from sales of basic necessities from commercial activity subject to corporate activity tax.