Bills in the 2015 Regular Session, Senate.
Arnie Roblan
Sponsored
Became law9
Requires proprietary authorization from Department of State Lands to construct or operate ocean renewable energy facility in Oregon's territorial sea.
Allows food establishment located within residential dwelling to produce limited amounts of certain foods for sale to public without being regulated by State Department of Agriculture.
Identifies upland placement of dredged material by port district as productive use of solid waste for Environmental Quality Commission rules.
Directs Oregon State University Extension Service to assist school districts and education service districts in providing outdoor school programs.
Allows school district and public charter school to be considered single legal entity for purpose of public charter school law if public charter school is only school in school district and other conditions are met.
Authorizes public charter school to implement weighted lottery for students who are historically underserved.
Prohibits school districts from receiving State School Fund distributions for certain students who have satisfied requirements for high school diploma and who are enrolled in one or more college-level courses.
Makes limitation on state liability for nonproperty claims applicable to State Fair Council.
Establishes process by which future interests in specified properties in Klamath County may be extinguished.
Out of committee4
Appropriates moneys to Higher Education Coordinating Commission for 2015 biennium for agricultural experiment station and branch station, Oregon State University Extension Service and Forest Research Laboratory programs of Oregon State University.
Changes water management and conservation plan approval condition for extension of time to develop permit for municipal use of water.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to State Department of Fish and Wildlife for activities related to certain spring chinook salmon hatchery programs.
Modifies percentage of amounts school districts must pay from State School Fund to public charter schools that are not virtual public charter schools.
In committee9
Requires State Department of Fish and Wildlife to adopt policy for coordinating management of species that prey on endangered species.
Permits employee of contracting agency that conducts cost analysis or determines feasibility of procurement, or exclusive representative of employee's bargaining unit, to seek judicial review of cost analysis or determination.
Authorizes Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington Counties each to designate one large-lot industrial reserve of 150 to 500 acres.
Creates task force to study potential for merging two or more agencies or agency divisions that regulate construction contracting, building trades, building codes or other matters impacting construction industry.
Creates income or corporate excise tax credit for contributions for funding outdoor school programs for students.
Establishes grant program for outdoor school programs to be administered by Oregon State University Extension Service.
Increases threshold under which school district may receive additional State School Fund moneys for student eligible for special education.
Limits additional distributions of State School Fund moneys to school districts for students enrolled in English as a second language program to no more than seven school years for each student.
Provides definition for determining undeveloped portion of water right for municipal use.
Carried from the House
Became law8
Authorizes Environmental Quality Commission to adopt by rule procedures for implementing alternative ballast water management strategies for vessels with empty ballast tanks.
Establishes Oregon Hatchery Research Center Fund.
Authorizes creation of sand control districts for purpose of controlling drifting sand.
Authorizes rural ports to acquire and operate telecommunications facilities.
Requires that portion of surcharge moneys from salmon registration plate program directed to fund controlled by Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board be used only for projects to protect or restore native salmon habitat or to remove artificial obstructions to native salmon migration.
Increases membership of All-Terrain Vehicle Advisory Committee.
Directs Department of Education to convene advisory group related to budgets and spending for English language learner programs.
Designates fourth week in April each year as Oregon Oyster Week.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 14
Provides that pharmacies shall electronically report to Oregon Health Authority information under prescription monitoring program not later than 72 hours after dispensing prescription drug.
Directs Land Conservation and Development Commission to adopt or amend rules relating to transportation improvements.
Directs Department of Revenue to make shared services distributions out of unreceipted revenue.
Decreases compulsory school age from seven to six years of age.
Repeals sunset on provisions related to low carbon fuel standards.
Permits presiding judge of seventh judicial district, with approval of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, to enter into memorandum of understanding with Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs regarding adjudication and disposition of youths and youth offenders.
Requires provision of method for users to offer suggestions on form and content of Oregon transparency website.
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.
Imposes limits on instances when student in fifth grade or lower may be subjected to out-of-school suspension or expulsion from school.
Prohibits use of expulsion to address truancy.
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.
Directs Department of Education to designate dyslexia specialist and develop list of training opportunities related to dyslexia.
Requires Oregon Department of Administrative Services to transfer ownership of certain real property to City of Pendleton.
Requires schools and children's facilities to make available certain information related to immunizations.
Passed the Senate · 1
For purposes of unemployment insurance benefits , provides that certain individuals who perform services in other than instructional, research or principal administrative capacity for educational institutions and who terminate employee-employer relationship for good cause do not have reasonable assurance of performing services for that employer in subsequent academic year or term.
Out of committee · 9
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Health Authority to establish parity in funding formula for school-based health centers, for planning and administration to develop new school-based health centers and for technical assistance contracts with nonprofit organization with expertise in school-based health centers.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Health Authority to establish 11 new school-based health centers.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Military Department for Oregon Military Museum.
Directs Department of Education to assist school districts in achieving specified goals related to school discipline.
Creates Oregon Retirement Savings Board in office of State Treasurer.
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.
Establishes task force to study essential indigenous anadromous salmonid habitat and its relationship to ditches and other man-made water conveyance channels.
Directs Department of Corrections to enter into contracts with nonprofit entities to create program to assist children of incarcerated parents.
In committee · 10
Directs Oregon Business Development Department, in consultation with Department of Consumer and Business Services, to conduct study regarding state regulation of businesses and persons engaged in occupations.
Requires law enforcement agency to establish policies and procedures for retaining recordings from cameras worn upon police officer's person to record officer's interactions with members of public.
Establishes funding mechanism for fifth year high school programs.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Health Authority for planning and administration necessary to accommodate new school-based health centers.
Creates position of State School Nursing Consultant in Oregon Health Authority and specifies duties.
Transfers administration of Scholars for a Healthy Oregon Initiative from Oregon Health and Science University to Office of Rural Health.
Provides that public body has no responsibility to post warnings related to dangers of ocean.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to convene learning collaborative to develop payment method to support provision of care through patient centered primary care homes.
Exempts, for purposes of state law, dishonorable discharges from Armed Forces of the United States that are based solely on sexual orientation.
Requires health insurance policies or certificates that include prescription drug benefits, health benefit plans and the state medical assistance program to cover costs of specified women's health care drugs and services.