Bills in the 2015 Regular Session, House.
Knute Buehler
Sponsored
Became law1
Provides that Land Conservation and Development Commission may permit cities to undergo periodic review for limited purpose of completing work relating to certain urban growth boundary amendments.
Out of committee2
Authorizes issuance of lottery bonds to finance projects, related to removal of Mirror Pond dam, for purpose of improving habitat for fish and wildlife, restoring and protecting parks and promoting economic development.
Allows school district and post-secondary institutions of education to apply for funding to form K-20 partnership.
In committee10
Increases maximum amounts of corporate excise tax credits allowed for qualified research activities.
Directs Oregon Health Authority to study effectiveness of replacing current tort system with administrative system for compensating patient injuries.
Requires state agencies to report findings of mandated five-year review of administrative rules to specified interim committees of Legislative Assembly.
Permits major political parties to establish membership duration requirements for primary candidates by certified party rule filed with Secretary of State.
Creates subtraction from taxable income for payment of interest on principal of loans used to attend institution of higher education in Oregon to obtain degree.
Provides that physician is agent of Oregon Health Authority under Oregon Tort Claims Act for purpose of medical services provided to person enrolled in Oregon Health Plan.
Directs Secretary of State to convene work group to make recommendations on establishment of commission to promote and encourage candidates to enter into agreements similar to People's Pledge and otherwise combat independent expenditure advertisements by third party organizations.
Expands cost-sharing program for primary care internships and residencies.
Creates unlawful employment practice for labor organization to retaliate against public employee whistleblower.
Prohibits retaliation against public employees for disclosing public records or other information related to unlawful conduct.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Expands duties of Central Oregon Health Council.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 22
Specifies requirements for hospital policies for discharge planning involving patient who is hospitalized for mental health treatment.
Provides that U.S. Highway 395 shall be known as World War I Veterans Memorial Highway.
Requires Oregon Health Authority and insurers offering health benefit plans that reimburse costs of physician services to reimburse community assessment center for child abuse medical assessment and related services.
Disallows all filing fees, service fees and hearing fees in action for court's protective stalking order, even if stalking order is not only relief sought in action.
Requires owners of rental property subject to federal rural rental housing loans to provide at least one year's notice of date of maturity of loans to tenants, Housing and Community Services Department, housing authorities and local governments.
Directs Oregon Health Authority to disseminate to school districts information related to elevated levels of radon.
Specifies additional conditions under which protected health information may be disclosed by health care provider that do not subject health care provider to civil liability.
Directs Department of Education to administer process for providing funding for activities related to annual conference dedicated to Oregon civics and held on Oregon Civics Day for Teachers.
Allows on-premises consumption of food and nonalcoholic beverages at certified smoke shops.
Requires public school students seven years of age or younger who are beginning educational program to have dental screening.
Requires Clackamas County to develop pilot program for forestry products grown on nonforest land in county to be commercially produced and marketed through forestry product cooperative.
Limits biennial expenditures by Oregon Business Development Department from lottery moneys for funding of cooperative efforts of National Policy Consensus Center of Portland State University and community organizations related to western juniper harvesting and related manufacturing.
Requires Oregon Business Development Department to provide economic development assistance to persons engaged in business of western juniper harvesting or of manufacturing products from western juniper, provide technical business assistance to western juniper harvesting and related manufacturing businesses and provide or fund workforce training assistance for potential western juniper harvesting and related manufacturing business workers.
Extends expiration date of driver license for persons volunteering outside of United States.
Requires insurer to offer health care provider method of reimbursement that does not impose fees or other charges on provider.
Directs school districts to allow students to use sun-protective clothing and sunscreen.
Changes governmental framework for conducting public health activities in this state and for providing public health services to residents of this state.
Allows applicant for licensing as landscape construction professional, or for issuance of limited or specialty license, to take practical skills test and attend class on landscape contracting business practices as alternative to taking written examination.
Establishes pollinator health outreach and education plan.
Increases speed limit for certain vehicles on specified portions of certain highways.
Creates position of Oregon Women Veterans Coordinator in Department of Veterans' Affairs and specifies responsibilities.
Directs Department of Corrections to establish Family Sentencing Alternative Pilot Program in partnership with circuit courts, county community corrections agencies and Department of Human Services.
Passed the House · 2
Directs Oregon Law Commission to study and make recommendations for changes to law relating to hearsay in criminal actions involving sex trafficking.
Prohibits declawing or devocalizing of animal unless procedure is performed by licensed veterinarian under certain conditions.
Out of committee · 12
Expands allowable purposes for establishing individual development account.
Directs Oregon Health Authority to develop and implement pilot program through which authority and Department of Education provide services related to oral health education, use of fluoride varnish and daily brushing and flossing for children.
Increases maximum amount of corporate excise tax credit allowed for qualified research activities.
Requires Department of State Lands, for purpose of identifying land that could be planned and zoned for residential use, to inventory department land, determine whether land is essential, useful or excessive in relation to plans of department, and report results to Legislative Assembly.
Requires Housing and Community Services Department, in making distributions of moneys from County Assessment and Taxation Fund that were deposited in certain housing accounts, to take into account counties from which fees deposited into housing accounts were charged and collected.
Authorizes counties to establish programs for forestry products grown on nonforest lands in counties to be commercially produced and marketed through forestry product cooperatives.
Directs Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to conduct study on mental health courts and present report on findings to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to judiciary on or before September 15, 2016.
Requires private pay home care workers registered with Home Care Commission to be subject to at least same standards as licensed in-home care agencies.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to administer program to provide loans to hospitals for establishing new primary care residency programs.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Higher Education Coordinating Commission for Oregon State University Extension Service activities relating to pollinator health.
Directs Land Conservation and Development Commission to develop guidelines for tsunami resilience planning and to require local governments that have communities at substantial risk of experiencing severe impact from tsunami inundation to plan for tsunami resilience.
Repeals sunset of tax credit for compensation for loss of livestock due to wolf depredation.
In committee · 27
Vests sole authority to regulate hunting ammunition and fishing gear with Legislative Assembly with specified exceptions.
Provides that Department of Public Safety Standards and Training may not deny, suspend or revoke certification of corrections officer because corrections officer seeks help with mental health issues, substance abuse or other counseling needs.
Requires Oregon Business Development Department, in cooperation with Oregon State University Extension Service, to develop program to increase harvesting of Western Juniper and manufacture and distribution of products made from Western Juniper.
Removes sunset on provisions that allow students whose legal residence is not within school district to attend school in district as resident if student receives written consent.
Provides funding for instruction of talented and gifted children based on amount per student.
Allows parents to submit petition to school district board to transform school that is in bottom 20 percent of schools of state.
Allows student to choose to satisfy one or more high school diploma credits by successful completion of one online course.
Prohibits landlord from requiring applicant or tenant to declaw or devocalize animal otherwise allowed on premises or to advertise in manner that discourages application from potential applicant with otherwise allowed animal that has not been declawed or devocalized.
Adds woody biomass to types of green energy technology for which contracting agency must set aside 1.5 percent of contract price to include in public building.
Requires Legislative Assembly or Secretary of State to provide any data purchased or used to create congressional or legislative reapportionment plan.
Directs Legislative Assembly to appropriate amount equal to one percent of total amount of General Fund appropriations and lottery allocations for next biennium to both Oregon Rainy Day Fund and Education Stability Fund if state unemployment rate for previous year is six percent or less at time of last economic and revenue forecast of biennium.
Specifies that new or increased fees adopted by state agency do not become effective unless approved by Legislative Assembly by law.
Requires school districts and public charter schools to implement statewide assessment system in civics and require students to demonstrate level of proficiency required by naturalization test required for United States citizenship.
Requires that referrals to dental specialists, of medical assistance recipients who are pregnant, occur within 60 days.
Establishes Task Force on Medical Professional Recruitment and Retention.
Creates income tax credit for physician providing clinical training to medical students during tax year.
Directs Department of Transportation to establish breast cancer awareness registration plate program for issuance of special registration plate.
Reduces corporate excise tax rates for taxpayer that increases average monthly employment for tax year from immediately preceding tax year.
Exempts unprofitable corporation from corporate minimum tax.
Establishes Task Force on Nuclear Power.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to reimburse freestanding birthing center based on median cost to birthing centers in this state of providing services.
Makes various changes to statutes related to treatment of individuals who are found by court to have mental illness and to be in need of treatment.
Revises provisions relating to liability arising out of skiing.
Prohibits State Fish and Wildlife Commission from including gray wolf on list of threatened or endangered species.
Prohibits receiving compensation for collecting and returning ballots and assisting electors if compensation is based on number of ballots collected and returned or number of electors assisted.
Decreases certain biennial appropriations made from General Fund to specified state agencies.
Directs State Parks and Recreation Department to remove official State of Mississippi flag from Walk of Flags display at State Capitol State Park and replace with Mississippi Magnolia Flag.