Bills in the 2015 Regular Session, House.
Ann Lininger
Sponsored
Became law6
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.
Requires Legislative Assembly to hold 10 public hearings throughout state prior to proposing congressional or legislative reapportionment plan, with at least one hearing held in each congressional district of state and at least one hearing held in areas that experienced largest population shift since previous reapportionment.
Makes changes to Ballot Measure 91 (2014).
Establishes privilege in civil, criminal, administrative and school proceedings for certain communications between persons seeking services related to domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking and victim services programs and advocates.
Requires chief sponsor or proponent of measure creating or expanding tax credit to submit statement of purpose to legislative committee on revenue.
Out of committee3
Requires State Department of Energy to conduct study to analyze programs adopted by state to support energy efficiency.
Directs Department of Land Conservation and Development to develop program to provide guidance to local governments and special districts regarding planning for natural disasters.
Provides that Superintendent of Public Instruction and State Board of Education may not make or authorize certain calculations related to aggregate days membership and weighted average daily membership .
In committee3
Provides that Oregon Liquor Control Commission may delay issuing licenses to applicants for processing marijuana products that are intended to be consumed as food or as potable liquid until July 1, 2016.
Prohibits Oregon Liquor Control Commission from issuing license to producer, processor or seller of marijuana if proposed premises for producing, processing or selling marijuana is within 1,000 feet of school.
Prohibits sale or transfer of certain types of marijuana products by person who holds license to sell marijuana at retail if marijuana products are not labeled.
Carried from the Senate
Became law2
Allows medical marijuana dispensaries, beginning October 1, 2015, to sell limited marijuana retail product to persons at least 21 years of age in accordance with certain conditions.
Establishes Task Force on Researching the Medical and Public Health Properties of Cannabis for purpose of studying and making report, including recommendations for legislation, on development of medical cannabis industry that provides patients with medical products that meet individual patient needs.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 26
Imposes tax on retail sale of marijuana items, to be imposed upon consumers and collected and remitted by marijuana retailers.
Requires Department of Human Services to convene work group to study consolidation of application processes for human and social services and to report recommendation to Legislative Assembly.
Requires state contracting agency to use solicitation template that Attorney General and Oregon Department of Administrative Services develop, approve and make available in advertising and soliciting procurements under Public Contracting Code and to use contract form or contract template, as appropriate, that Attorney General and department develop, approve and make available as basis for public contracts into which state contracting agency enters.
Requires school district to provide lunch free of charge to students who are eligible for reduced price lunches.
Defines "inhalant delivery system." Amends laws concerning sale of tobacco products to, and use of tobacco products by, minors so those laws equally apply to inhalant delivery systems.
Allows direct purchase and sale of bulk distilled liquor between distillery licensees for blending and manufacturing purposes.
Requires law enforcement agency to establish policies and procedures for use and retention of recordings from cameras worn upon police officer's person to record officer's interactions with members of public.
Provides that person who records another person's intimate areas commits crime of invasion of personal privacy.
Requires continuation of group health insurance coverage for employee on family leave on same terms as when employee is not on leave.
Requires ballot title for measure proposing local option tax to state that estimated tax cost may reflect impact of early payment discounts, compression and collection rate.
Amends definition of "rural area" to mean area outside urban growth boundary of city of 40,000 or more, as boundary is acknowledged on date on which application is submitted for strategic investment program.
Allows in-state tuition in certain circumstances for individuals who resided in Oregon but relocated due to position in military, government or humanitarian aid organization.
Authorizes court, as part of settlement or judgment in class action, to approve process for payment of damages.
Creates exemption to prohibition on recording conversations for person who openly and in plain view records law enforcement officer while officer is performing official duties and person is in place where person may lawfully be.
Modifies circumstances under which attorney fees may be awarded and amount of attorney fees awarded in workers' compensation claims.
Authorizes peace officer to apply for and circuit court to enter ex parte emergency protective order when court finds probable cause that person was victim of domestic disturbance or abuse and protective order is necessary to prevent abuse.
Directs governing entity of public or private post-secondary institution of education that contracts with third party financial firm for student financial aid services to consider federal policies for contracting.
Requires ASPIRE programs to annually provide financial aid instruction to high school students and to make instruction available to students' families, including different types of loans available to students attending post-secondary institutions of education, potential use of individual development accounts and economic impact of each type of loan.
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.
Creates Oregon Retirement Savings Board in office of State Treasurer.
Appropriates moneys to Higher Education Coordinating Commission to be expended for grant program that distributes moneys to community colleges, or any foundations of community colleges, to increase number of underserved, low-income and first-generation college-bound students who enroll in community college and make progress toward degree or certificate.
Permits any person convicted of aggravated murder or felony with relevant DNA evidence to file motion for DNA testing.
Requires insurers that cover prescription contraceptives to cover refills at specified frequency.
Increases frequency of days for which State Fish and Wildlife Commission may authorize persons to angle for fish or take shellfish without licenses or tags.
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
Prohibits inclusion, in instrument conveying or contracting to convey real property or in declaration or bylaws of planned community or condominium, of provisions prohibiting installation and use of solar panels for obtaining solar access.
Changes criteria for acquiring industrial hemp license or agricultural hemp seed production permit.
Out of committee · 10
Repeals state preemption of charter and statutory authority of local governments to set minimum wage requirements.
Requires employers that employ six or more employees to implement paid sick time for employees and employers that employ fewer than six employees to implement unpaid sick time for employees.
Increases Oregon minimum wage rate in graduated steps to $15 per hour by 2018.
Establishes Oregon Spirits Board.
Directs Department of Education and Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to advance career and technical education opportunities by fulfilling specified requirements.
Establishes Task Force on Vision Zero: Achieving Zero Traffic Crashes, Injuries and Fatalities.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Education for State School Fund distributions made for purpose of developing and implementing marijuana abuse prevention curricula and public information programs.
Requires State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries to develop comprehensive landslide hazard assessment program.
Requires State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries and Department of Environmental Quality to conduct review and prepare report on laws applicable to hydraulic fracturing in this state.
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.
In committee · 17
Provides that unused gift cards become abandoned property.
Requires Oregon Business Development Commission and Oregon Business Development Department to ensure that agreement with recipient of financial incentives made by department establishes specific job creation or job retention performance measures which, if not achieved, will result in requirement that recipient pay back amount of financial incentives granted, and is drafted in accordance with best practice standards for contractual agreements involving financial incentives.
Modifies provisions allowing for optional reduced rates of personal income tax on nonpassive income attributable to partnership or S corporation by limiting amount of income for which reduced rate may be claimed and by decreasing number of annual hours of work required for employee of entity.
Requires law enforcement agency to establish policy for using cameras worn upon police officer's body to record officer's interactions with members of public.
Increases penalty for crime of strangulation when committed knowing victim was pregnant.
Repeals state preemption of charter and statutory authority of local governments to set minimum wage requirements.
Directs Department of Transportation to establish Mt.
Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to develop plan for public universities to have ratio of at least 7 to 1 of public employees to supervisory employees.
Defines "wages" for certain wage claims.
Directs Department of Transportation to establish breast cancer awareness registration plate program for issuance of special registration plate.
Requires business entity that intends to make political expenditure to first obtain approval from shareholders or members by affirmative vote of majority of members or shares entitled to vote.
Modifies definition of "terminal disease" in Oregon Death With Dignity Act.
Provides for reduction of sentence for inmate convicted of crime related to marijuana and sentenced before July 1, 2015, who would not be culpable, or who would be culpable of committing lesser offense, if inmate had been sentenced on or after July 1, 2015.
Imposes fee on certain large employers who pay employees less than specified amount.
Directs Legislative Fiscal Office to conduct study and report findings regarding Oregon Liquor Control Commission revenue distribution recipients.
Increases amount of estimate of revenues that will be received from General Fund revenue sources other than corporate income and excise taxes for biennium beginning July 1, 2013.
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.