Bills in the 2017 Regular Session, Senate.
Jeff Kruse
Sponsored
Became law1
Creates Task Force on Maritime Sector Workforce Development.
Passed the Senate1
Changes distribution of moneys collected by Department of Revenue as tax imposed on retail sale of marijuana items to transfers of moneys to cities and counties according to specified formula and uses of moneys for specified purposes related to education and public health and safety.
Out of committee3
Authorizes issuance of lottery bonds for purpose of repairing and improving docks, marine infrastructure and facilities owned by Port of Brookings Harbor.
Provides that new State Board of Education established under Oregon Constitution shall consist of 11 members appointed by Governor to represent kindergarten through grade 12, community colleges and public universities.
Appropriates $504,300 to Higher Education Coordinating Commission for distribution to Umpqua Community College for purpose of employing security patrol persons and information technology network security specialist.
In committee10
Allows operators of motorcycles or mopeds to travel between adjacent lanes of traffic traveling in same direction under certain circumstances.
Extends sunset on provision authorizing Department of Human Services to appear as party in juvenile court proceeding without appearance of Attorney General.
Modifies requirements applicable to step therapy protocol imposed by insurer.
Requires that labor negotiations be conducted in open meetings subject to notification requirements.
Allows rural county with no population growth, and other local governments in county, to adopt comprehensive land use plan without complying with statewide land use planning goals.
Modifies distribution and distribution formula for Medicaid supplemental reimbursement paid for emergency medical services.
Establishes automatic restraining order against petitioner in Family Abuse Prevention Act proceeding that restrains petitioner from directly or indirectly causing respondent to violate certain terms of Family Abuse Prevention Act order.
Requires county at higher risk of financial distress to withhold from taxing districts costs to county of assessing property and collecting property taxes.
Creates exemptions to Oregon Indoor Clean Air Act for using inhalant delivery systems to aerosolize or vaporize inhalants for purposes related to employees testing inhalant delivery systems and persons sampling inhalants.
Requires coordinated care organization to make available to members external review process to contest coordinated care organization decisions regarding care or services.
Carried from the House
Became law6
Permits city to issue citation for speeding using red light camera in conjunction with other technology that is capable of measuring speed.
Transfers authority over court appointed special advocates and CASA Volunteer Programs from Oregon Volunteers Commission for Voluntary Action and Service to Oregon Department of Administrative Services.
Authorizes ports to advertise activities of port and activities of others using port facilities.
Increases threshold, from $500,000 to $2 million, of real property value that requires port to obtain additional appraisal before purchase.
Modifies civil penalties, license regulation and licensing fees for certain facilities regulated by Department of Human Services.
Makes permissive rather than mandatory provision that noncompliant survey map that is not corrected by surveyor and returned to county surveyor within 30 days be forwarded by county surveyor to State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying for action.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 8
Directs Department of Consumer and Business Services to develop and report, no later than September 15, 2017, recommendations to Legislative Assembly and interim committees related to health for program to reimburse costs of oral health care for low-income individuals residing in Oregon under Compact of Free Association treaty.
Adds Oregon Volunteer Firefighters Association to list of entities eligible for individual income tax return checkoff contribution.
Defines "business day" for purposes of public records.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to convene work group to advise and assist in implementing targeted outreach and marketing for Health Care for All Oregon Children program.
Prohibits marijuana retailers from recording, retaining and transferring type of information that is contained on passport, driver license, military identification card or other identification card that bears picture of person.
Amends Oregon Promise program to remove prohibition on awarding more than $10 million in grants per fiscal year.
Declares state policy on ocean acidification and hypoxia.
Directs Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to study expenditure of public moneys on alcohol and drug treatment and report results to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to judiciary on or before September 15, 2019.
Passed the Senate · 1
Requires certain persons to not drive in far left lane unless passing.
Out of committee · 6
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Higher Education Coordinating Commission to provide matching funds for Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center at Oregon State University to receive federal funds for deepwater test facility for utility scale wave energy converters.
Changes calculation of final average salary for purposes of Public Employees Retirement System to use five years of salary instead of three years, for salary paid on and after January 1, 2018.
Redirects employee contributions made by member of system from individual account program to account to be used to pay for member's pension or other retirement benefits accrued on or after January 1, 2018.
Provides that with respect to newborn screening, Oregon Health Authority shall specify that person providing newborn screening may conduct tests for conditions listed on most recent edition of Recommended Uniform Screening Panel by United States Department of Health and Human Services.
Establishes Indian Health Scholarship Program to provide free tuition and fees for qualifying Indian health profession students in exchange for student commitment to work at tribal service site after graduation.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Health Authority for Senior Farm Direct Nutrition Program and Women, Infants and Children Farm Direct Nutrition Program.
In committee · 12
Requires State Parks and Recreation Department to conduct study on fines related to convictions of criminal mischief for activities occurring in state parks.
Permits city to issue citation for speeding using red light camera in conjunction with other technology that is capable of measuring speed.
Modifies limitation of liability for activities related to certain land improvement projects.
Prohibits permanent rule from being in effect for longer than six years.
Provides that, unless otherwise provided in charter of city, county or metropolitan service district, local government or special government body measure proposing increase in taxes may be approved only by three-fifths majority of voters casting votes on measure.
Provides that local government or special government body measure proposing increase in taxes may be submitted to people only at general election, unless otherwise provided in charter of city, county or metropolitan service district.
Establishes Oregon Empowerment Scholarship Program for purpose of providing options in education to students of this state.
Requires insurers offering health benefit plans to provide coverage for abuse-deterrent opioid analgesic drug products.
Authorizes law enforcement agency to transfer marijuana items forfeited to agency as result of conviction to nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary.
Specifies that new or increased fees adopted by state agency do not become effective unless approved by Legislative Assembly by law.
Declares policy of state to use zero-based budgeting in developing biennial budget plan.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Department of Administrative Services for payment to Douglas Timber Operators for purpose of implementing first phase of sediment study of lower Rogue River.