Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, Senate.
Alan Olsen
Sponsored
Became law1
Directs Department of Corrections to provide audit report prescribed by Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 to Legislative Assembly no later than February 1 following completion of audit report.
Passed the Senate1
Grants higher property tax exemption for property of veterans with service-connected disabilities.
Out of committee3
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Youth Development Division to provide grants to certain community-based youth development programs.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Higher Education Coordinating Commission for Community College Support Fund for distribution to community colleges and community college service districts.
Creates personal income tax subtraction for adopting dogs and cats from animal rescue entities.
In committee13
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Education for purpose of awarding grants under Career and Technical Education Revitalization Grant Program.
Transfers duties, functions and powers of State Department of Energy related to issuance of loans for small scale local energy projects to Oregon Business Development Department.
Exempts residential construction contractor meeting criteria from continuing education requirement.
Requires person arrested for sex crime to submit to providing buccal sample.
Requires Division of Audits to hire or contract with independent, third-party entity to conduct cost-benefit analysis of low carbon fuel standards and associated rules.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Higher Education Coordinating Commission for distribution to public universities.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Education for State School Fund.
Prohibits agency from imposing civil penalty on small business under certain circumstances.
Reduces, to 0.15 percent, percentage of energy resource supplier's gross operating revenue that annual energy resource supplier assessment may not exceed.
Requires State Department of Energy to conduct study on department's contributions to leading State of Oregon to safe, clean and sustainable energy future.
Requires State Department of Energy to conduct study related to Energy Facility Siting Council and report findings to interim committees of Legislative Assembly by September 15, 2021.
Requires State Department of Energy to conduct study related to Energy Facility Siting Council and report findings to interim committees of Legislative Assembly by September 15, 2021.
Provides exception from offense of driving motor vehicle while using mobile electronic device for person operating school bus, if person is using communication device designed for school bus dispatch communication.
Carried from the House
Became law1
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.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
Establishes standards for establishment of farm breweries on lands zoned for exclusive farm use or mixed farm and forest use for breweries that annually produce under 150,000 barrels of malt beverages total with under 15,000 barrels produced on farm brewery site.
Prohibits use of cyanide devices to control wildlife.
Makes person holding resident disabled veteran hunting license eligible for additional preference points in controlled hunt permit preference system.
Requires health benefit plans that cover radiation therapy for cancer to cover proton beam therapy on basis no less favorable than other covered benefits.
Requires that, to extent provided by Oregon Liquor Control Commission rules, if appellation of origin on wine label is American viticultural area in Oregon that is in larger American viticultural area, label must also identify larger American viticultural area.
Passed the Senate · 3
Provides that person who served in United States Naval Construction Force, or "Seabees," is eligible to receive veterans' recognition registration plate.
Requires that, to extent provided by Oregon Liquor Control Commission rules, if wine labeled with American viticultural area in Oregon is labeled with single grape variety as type designation, wine must meet specified content requirements.
Requires that, to extent provided in Oregon Liquor Control Commission rules, wine using American viticultural area in this state as appellation of origin or implying American viticultural area as source be produced entirely from grapes grown in that American viticultural area.
Out of committee · 3
Extends sunset for tax credit for crop donation.
Directs Department of Education to provide reimbursements for vision screenings of students to person that provided vision screening.
Prescribes requirements for Oregon Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Program.
In committee · 10
Requires Environmental Quality Commission to prepare certain revisions to Oregon's State Implementation Plan under federal Clean Air Act.
Specifies that electricity generated by hydroelectric facility or other equipment that generates electricity through use of hydroelectric energy may be used to comply with renewable portfolio standard.
Expands definition of "green energy technology" for purposes of public improvement contracts.
Requires that collective bargaining agreements with state agency within executive branch be negotiated and entered into in even-numbered year preceding biennium in which agreement takes effect.
Establishes criteria for determining existence or lack of new ground water use impairment or interference with water right having earlier priority date.
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 party to nominate between three and five qualified persons to fill vacancy when vacancy occurs in partisan elective statewide office and individual last elected to office was affiliated with major political party.