Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, Senate.
Herman Baertschiger Jr.
Sponsored
Became law1
Requires local governments to allow single-family dwellings within urban growth boundary of city with population greater than 25,000 in residential lots platted and zoned for such uses.
Passed the Senate1
Modifies law regarding requirement that public employer grant preference to veteran or disabled veteran in selection process for civil service position.
Out of committee3
Requires city to expand its urban growth boundary to include land designated as urban reserve that supports workforce housing and commercial development supportive of workforce housing if urban services are or can be made available.
Requires State Forestry Department, State Department of Fish and Wildlife and Department of Transportation to enter into interagency agreement allowing use of State Department of Fish and Wildlife and Department of Transportation personnel to provide staffing assistance to State Forestry Department during fire season.
Includes land used primarily for cultivating crops within definition of "rangeland" for purposes of organizing rangeland protection association and providing fire protection for rangeland.
In committee18
Prohibits Attorney General from accepting funds from sources other than public bodies of this state to pay cost of employing special legal assistants or private counsel.
Directs Department of Justice to report to appropriate committee or interim committee of Legislative Assembly no later than December 31, 2019, on special legal assistants and private counsel employed by department between January 1, 2008, and date of report.
Requires local governments conducting buildable lands review within urban growth boundary to consider impacts on various income levels, to analyze housing price ranges and to consider gentrification.
Prohibits application of annual farm income standard in defining dwelling or building customarily provided in conjunction with farm use on lands zoned for exclusive farm use.
Directs Department of Environmental Quality to conduct study on solid waste management.
Removes 10-year limitation on subsequent purchasers subdividing or partitioning property or establishing a dwelling authorized by Ballot Measure 49 (2007) final order.
Provides that members of Oregon Army National Guard and Oregon Air National Guard may receive training in wildland firefighting from public or private entities.
Requires State Department of Fish and Wildlife to annually establish special season during which holder of cougar tag or purchaser of sportspac may use dogs to hunt cougars.
Provides for immunity for landowner arising out of use of land for hunting, even if landowner charges for permission to use land for hunting.
Requires agency, board, commission or other instrumentality of state that lawfully seizes firearm to transfer firearm to Department of State Lands for disposition as unclaimed property.
Redirects employee contribution to Public Employees Retirement System to account to be transferred to School Districts Unfunded Liability Fund upon employee's retirement.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to State Workforce and Talent Development Board for distribution to local workforce development boards.
Appropriates moneys for distribution to State Workforce and Talent Development Board and local workforce development boards for expenditure, in accordance with federal workforce legislation, in support of job training opportunities.
Creates Sunset Advisory Committee.
Limits percentage of general purpose grants that school districts and education service districts may expend on administrative expenses.
Requires Oregon Liquor Control Commission to obtain approval of Legislative Assembly prior to implementing increase in markup percentage used to calculate distilled liquor retail pricing or imposing surcharge for distilled liquor.
Appropriates moneys to Department of State Police for 2019-2021 biennium for purpose of allowing State Fire Marshal to issue grants to rural fire districts that are newly formed within Josephine County.
Removes 10-year limitation on subsequent purchasers subdividing or partitioning property or establishing dwelling authorized by Ballot Measure 49 (2007) final order.
Co-sponsored
Out of committee · 1
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Higher Education Coordinating Commission for agricultural experiment station and branch stations, Oregon State University Extension Service and Forest Research Laboratory programs of Oregon State University.
In committee · 7
Requires person applying for renewal of driver license or driver permit to pass knowledge test of traffic laws.
Establishes TriMet Crash Advisory Committee.
Creates crime of patronizing a trafficked child.
Allows public body to disclose to federal immigration authority information about person convicted of violent crime.
Allows personal income taxpayers to subtract from taxable income amounts paid as principal of or interest on qualified education loans, if borrower is taxpayer, spouse or dependent of taxpayer.
Requires school district to make information about functions and programs of school district available at school district's office and on school district's website.
Requires health care practitioner to exercise proper degree of care to preserve health and life of child born alive after abortion or attempted abortion.