Bills in the 2015 Regular Session, Senate.
Mark Hass
Sponsored
Became law3
Decreases compulsory school age from seven to six years of age.
Directs Higher Education Coordinating Commission to convene work group to identify methods for improving success rate of, and educational outcomes for, students receiving state-administered waiver of tuition, or state-administered grant for amount of tuition, for courses taken at community college.
Directs Department of Education to designate dyslexia specialist and develop list of training opportunities related to dyslexia.
In committee3
Establishes funding mechanism for fifth year high school programs.
Adjusts methods by which State School Fund distributions are made to school districts for students enrolled in English as a second language program.
Allows for additional weights in state school fund distributions for historically underserved students who have made specified progress in ninth grade.
Carried from the House
Passed the House1
Grants exemption to certain improvements located in most populous city of county with population of 650,000 or more that increase energy efficiency of property or reduce greenhouse gas emissions from property built before 2008.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 11
Directs Department of Revenue to make shared services distributions out of unreceipted revenue.
Authorizes Oregon Business Development Department to appoint Pacific Northwest Manufacturing Partnership Advisory Committee to advise department regarding Pacific Northwest Manufacturing Partnership and manufacturing economic development in geographic regions located within Willamette Valley and Columbia River corridor.
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to establish training program and specifies elements that program must include.
Permits coach to allow member of school athletic team and nonschool athletic team to participate in athletic event or training at any time after athletic trainer determines that member has not suffered concussion.
Directs Oregon Health Authority to develop plan for communication among local mental health authorities and systems to improve notifications and information-sharing when death suspected to be suicide involves individual 24 years of age or younger.
Increases membership of Behavior Analysis Regulatory Board.
Establishes Task Force on Reserve Funds to study performance of Education Stability Fund and Oregon Rainy Day Fund and make recommendations to next odd-numbered year regular session of Legislative Assembly.
Authorizes public charter school to implement weighted lottery for students who are historically underserved.
Requires State Board of Education to adopt rules under which school personnel may administer medications that treat adrenal insufficiency to students experiencing adrenal crisis.
Requires schools and children's facilities to make available certain information related to immunizations.
Requires private person to complete transfer of firearm by appearing with transferee before gun dealer to request criminal background check or shipping or delivering firearm to gun dealer in certain circumstances.
Passed the Senate · 1
Authorizes county to exempt first $250,000 of assessed value of homestead of surviving spouse of fire service professional or police officer killed in line of duty from property taxes imposed by all taxing jurisdictions.
Out of committee · 4
Prohibits distributing, selling or allowing to be sold flavored tobacco products in this state.
Appropriates moneys to Department of Education to be expended for purpose of awarding grants under Career and Technical Education Revitalization Grant Program.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Health Authority for Senior Farm Direct Nutrition Program and Women, Infants and Children Farm Direct Nutrition Program.
Instructs Bureau of Labor and Industries to increase investigatory staff devoted to investigating complaints of pay equity and gender discrimination by one full-time position.
In committee · 5
Requires State Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision or supervisory authority to prohibit contact with member of victim's immediate family as condition of post-prison supervision or parole for person convicted of sex crime.
Authorizes county governing bodies to appoint county volunteer veterans' ombudsmen to provide support services and assistance to veterans and their spouses, dependents and survivors that are not provided by county veterans' service officers.
Establishes Kindergarten Through Grade Three Reading Initiative Program to assist school districts in implementing early reading literacy programs.
Enacts Interstate Compact for Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote.
Prohibits person that manufactures or distributes prescription contact lenses from preventing retailer from advertising or selling prescription contact lenses at price for consumers that is less than price that person sets or specifies.