Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, House.
Jennifer Williamson
Sponsored
Became law8
Creates family and medical leave insurance program to provide partially or fully compensated time away from work to covered individual who meets certain criteria while covered individual is on family leave, medical leave or safe leave.
Provides that person subject to certain court protective orders is prohibited from possessing firearms if person had opportunity to be heard on order and did not request hearing, failed to appear at hearing or withdrew request before hearing occurred.
Prohibits Department of Transportation from charging fee for issuing, renewing or replacing parking identification cards.
Requires cities and counties to exempt certain CCRCs from requirements to include affordable housing within development.
Expands Telecommunication Devices Access Program to include provision of communication facilitators.
Provides that client has right to privately communicate with lawyer and representative of lawyer.
Excludes, for limited duration, certain employees of Oregon State Police from meaning of supervisory employee for purposes of public employment.
Requires institutions of higher education to both adopt written policies and require certain individuals to participate in annual training on sexual harassment, sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking.
Out of committee6
Repeals driving privilege suspension and eliminates imposition of driving privilege restrictions for failure to pay fine.
Repeals statutory authority for nonunanimous jury verdicts in criminal trials.
Creates family and medical leave insurance program to provide employee who is eligible for coverage with portion of wages while employee is on family and medical leave or military family leave.
Requires Department of Human Services to administer program to make support service providers available to individuals who are deaf-blind.
Allows gun dealer or person transferring firearms, firearm accessories, firearm components, ammunition or ammunition components for purchase at gun show, or business engaged in repairing or servicing firearms to establish minimum age of 21 years for such purchases, repairs or services.
Prohibits prosecuting attorney from conditioning plea offer on waiver of specified rights, eligibilities and legal challenges.
In committee8
Prohibits full-service restaurant from providing single-use plastic straw to consumer unless consumer requests single-use plastic straw.
Appropriates moneys to Oregon Business Development Department to make grants to nonprofit corporations for purpose of hiring staff to coordinate activities related to organization, administration and programming of innovation districts.
Requires Department of Consumer and Business Services to study and make recommendations concerning changes to Insurance Code that address managing, investigating and enforcing violations identified in complaints against person that is subject to Insurance Code.
Directs Bureau of Labor and Industries to conduct study regarding noncompetition agreements in employment contracts and to report results to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to business and labor on or before February 1, 2021.
Directs Department of Justice to conduct study on implementation of laws prohibiting certain provisions in plea and release agreements and present report on findings to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to judiciary on or before September 15, 2020.
Allows gun dealer or person transferring firearm at gun show to establish minimum age of at least 21 years of age for purchase of firearms.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to provide medical assistance to reimburse costs of outpatient dialysis for noncitizens who qualify for medical assistance program that covers only emergency services.
Directs Department of State Police to conduct study on reporting of attempted unlawful firearm transfers and present report on findings to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to judiciary on or before September 15, 2020.
Carried from the Senate
Became law3
Requires Department of Corrections to offer immunization against influenza virus to each inmate in physical custody of department.
Prohibits use of dog to extract inmate from cell in correctional facilities .
Prohibits Department of Corrections from entering into contract with inmate telephone services provider that authorizes department to receive fee or commission other than reimbursement for expenses.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 27
Extends authorized uses of moneys received by state pursuant to Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust Agreement and deposited in Clean Diesel Engine Fund.
Requires specified professional regulatory boards to require persons authorized to practice professions regulated by board to complete cultural competency continuing education.
Eliminates requirement that person provide proof of legal presence before Department of Transportation issues noncommercial driver license, noncommercial driver permit or identification card.
Requires public employer to grant reasonable paid time to public employee who is designated representative to engage in certain activities.
Modifies list of mandatory reporters of suspected child abuse to include animal control officers.
Designates May of each year as ALS Awareness Month.
Modifies culpable mental state for crime of unauthorized use of a vehicle when person takes, operates, exercises control over or otherwise uses vehicle, boat or aircraft without consent of owner.
Makes violation of permit requirements for service of alcoholic beverages punishable by maximum of $1,000 fine.
Requires correctional facilities to provide tampons, sanitary pads, postpartum pads and panty liners to certain incarcerated persons at no cost.
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to conduct review of CASA Volunteer Programs and report results of review and make recommendations for legislation to Legislative Assembly.
Clarifies that sexual orientation is not considered physical or mental impairment and that individual does not have disability solely by reason of individual's sexual orientation.
Conforms Oregon law related to expression of milk in workplace to federal law.
Prohibits use of hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas exploration and production.
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.
Directs Department of Corrections, in cooperation with Oregon Criminal Justice Commission, to establish pilot program to provide legal services that assist women who are incarcerated at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility to reenter and reintegrate into local communities, to reduce womens' vulnerability to domestic violence and to obtain employment, housing services and other benefits.
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.
Allows student to wear dress uniform issued by Armed Forces of United States during high school graduation ceremony if certain conditions are met.
Requires that for person who completes prior educational requirements to participate in Oregon Promise program while confined in correctional facility, six-month period to enroll in courses to participate in program begins after person is first released from correctional facility.
Prohibits court from inquiring into defendant's immigration status or requiring defendant to disclose defendant's immigration status at time of plea or at any other time during criminal proceeding.
Expands membership of Justice Reinvestment Program Grant Review Committee.
Modifies processes relating to reporting, investigating and appealing findings related to sexual harassment in schools.
Modifies Family Abuse Prevention Act to authorize court to continue restraining order if abuse occurred within specified period, petitioner reasonably fears for petitioner's physical safety and respondent represents credible threat to physical safety of petitioner or petitioner's child.
Provides that agreement for conditional discharge for controlled substance offenses may not contain requirement that defendant enter plea of guilty or no contest.
Directs district attorney of each county to, no later than December 1, 2020, develop and adopt policies relating to discovery, charging decisions, sentencing and program recommendations and other specified subjects, and to make policies available to public on website.
Directs each covered manufacturer of covered drugs that are sold within this state to develop and implement drug take-back program for purpose of collecting from individuals and nonbusiness entities covered drugs for disposal.
Prohibits school district, community college district and certain education service district elections from being conducted in manner that impairs ability of members of protected class to have equal opportunity to elect candidates of their choice as result of dilution or abridgment of rights of electors who are members of protected class.
Limits authority of school district to become member of voluntary organization that administers interscholastic activities or that facilitates scheduling and programming of interscholastic activities unless organization addresses specified behavior.
Passed the House · 5
Restricts limitation on award of noneconomic damages to claims in actions for wrongful death.
Prohibits anyone other than patient from administering medication to end patient's life in humane and dignified manner.
Requires division of Department of Human Services that administers Oregon Project Independence, in collaboration with area agencies, to study statewide expansion of Oregon Project Independence and resource needs of division if Oregon Project Independence is expanded statewide.
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.
Alters commissioner composition of Higher Education Coordinating Commission by redesignating five current nonvoting positions as voting positions and by adding one additional position for graduate student attending public university.
Out of committee · 10
Requires owner or possessor of firearm to secure firearm with trigger or cable lock or in locked container except in specified circumstances.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Education for Title IX enforcement and compliance, sexual harassment prevention and gender discrimination prevention.
Directs Department of Justice to administer violence prevention funding program in consultation with Attorney General's Sexual Assault Task Force.
Directs Department of Justice to establish program for awarding grants to law enforcement agencies and local governments for training of groups and agencies that interact with persons who have experienced trauma.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Human Services for development of gatekeeper programs to serve seniors and people with disabilities in local communities statewide.
Requires Department of Veterans' Affairs, in its biennial agency request budget, to request certain level of funding.
Directs office of public defense services established by Public Defense Services Commission to distribute moneys to Metropolitan Public Defender Services for establishment and administration of pilot program according to specifications, collection of certain program data and submission of data to office.
Provides that bonds may be issued under Article XI-Q of Oregon Constitution if Chief Justice of Supreme Court determines that remodeling, renovation or expansion of court facilities is necessary or desirable.
Modifies annual salaries of judges of Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, circuit courts and Oregon Tax Court.
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.
In committee · 19
Directs Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to conduct study on criminal sentencing outcomes and present report on findings to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to judiciary on or before September 15, 2020.
Directs State Board of Education to adopt by rule complaint process to report school district policy in violation of state law prohibiting harassment, intimidation, bullying and cyberbullying.
Provides that Oregon School for the Deaf serve children who are zero through 20 years of age.
Establishes Task Force on Impacts of Mandatory Overtime on Corrections Staff.
Enacts Interstate Compact for Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to Historic Portland Public Market Foundation for predevelopment expenses for James Beard Public Market.
Requires certain insurers to reimburse cost of specified services provided by local mental health authorities.
Expands purposes for which physical restraint may be used on students.
Requires insurance coverage of pelvic examinations and Pap smear examinations to include reimbursement for medical devices and items that clinician determines best suit needs of patient.
Requires that State Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision hearings be presided over by hearings officer.
Provides that person appearing before State Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision for specified hearings has right to counsel and, if financially eligible, to have counsel appointed by Public Defense Services Commission at state expense.
Directs Department of Corrections to study and report on creating inmate anatomical donation program to allow donor-eligible inmates to voluntarily donate bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cells.
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.
Makes unlawful employment practice for employer to request employee to enter agreement that would prevent employee from disclosing or discussing conduct that constitutes unlawful discrimination, including sexual assault.
Removes entering or remaining unlawfully in or on public transit vehicle or public transit station as manner of committing crime of interfering with public transportation.
Provides that use of certain name other than name displayed on government-issued identification document does not constitute crime of giving false information to a peace officer in connection with a citation or warrant.
Prohibits police officer from conducting or participating in activities intended to determine whether person has paid certain user charges, fees or tolls imposed by mass transit district.
Requires coordinated care organization to make available to members of coordinated care organization advocates for victims of domestic violence, sexual violence or stalking.
Designates April of each year as Arab-American Heritage Month.