Bills in the 2017 Regular Session, Senate.
Richard Devlin
Sponsored
Became law2
Establishes Willamette Falls Locks Commission as advisory body for issues relating to repair, reopening, operation, maintenance and future transfer of ownership of navigational canal and locks.
Amends Oregon Promise program to remove prohibition on awarding more than $10 million in grants per fiscal year.
Out of committee1
Requires state to pay for ballot return envelopes that can be returned by business reply mail for each election held in this state.
In committee2
Requires Public Employees' Benefit Board and Oregon Educators Benefit Board to provide benefit plan option that includes Oregon Health and Science University as in-network provider.
Enacts Interstate Compact for Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote.
Carried from the House
Became law1
Requires health benefit plan coverage of specified health care services, drugs, devices, products and procedures related to reproductive health.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 14
Directs Department of Education to reimburse education provider for expenses incurred from providing vision screenings.
Requires institutions of higher education to provide to each applicable student information detailing amount of education loans received, amount of tuition and fees student has paid to institution, estimate of total payoff amount of education loans student has received , estimate of amount student will have to pay each month to service loans and percentage of borrowing limit student has reached for each type of federal loan.
Adds Oregon Volunteer Firefighters Association to list of entities eligible for individual income tax return checkoff contribution.
Creates offense of selling tobacco products or inhalant delivery systems to person under 21 years of age.
Allows person who is at least 16 years of age to register to vote.
Creates process for State Land Board, Department of State Lands and Legislative Assembly to coordinate transfer of certain trust lands managed for benefit of Common School Fund that have limited performance potential as assets of Common School Fund to certain other public bodies better positioned to manage lands for benefit of public.
Designates August 7 of each year as Oregon Purple Heart Recognition Day.
Authorizes State of Oregon to receive moneys pursuant to Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust Agreement, deposit agreement moneys in Clean Diesel Engine Fund and use moneys to award grants for reducing emissions from school buses powered by diesel engines.
Creates process by which certain persons who practice profession related to enforcing or providing for public health and safety and who, in performance of official duties, come into contact with blood, bodily fluid or other potentially infectious material of another person may petition court for order compelling testing of other person for communicable disease.
Ensures that private sector labor organizations and employers throughout state may enter into union security agreements to full extent allowed by federal law.
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.
Provides that presumptive sentence for certain sex crimes is life imprisonment without possibility of release or parole if defendant has certain prior conviction at time of offense.
Requires school districts, education service districts and public charter schools to adopt Healthy and Safe Schools Plan to address environmental conditions in facilities owned or leased by districts or schools where students or staff are present on regular basis.
Establishes specified reporting requirements to ensure legislative review of potential future costs in state government workforce.
Passed the Senate · 1
Directs state agency of executive department that establishes policy providing that agency will refrain from enforcing law to report to committee or interim committee of Legislative Assembly.
Out of committee · 4
Directs Department of Transportation to issue Oregon Wounded Warrior parking permits to qualified applicants.
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.
Designates Act as Oregon First-Time Home Buyer Savings Account Act.
Establishes Oregon Deaf, Deaf-Blind and Hard of Hearing Program within Department of Human Services.
In committee · 1
Requires State Department of Agriculture to conduct four-year pilot program for replacing noxious weeds that supply pollen and nectar to pollinating insects with noninvasive forage plants offering similar benefit for pollinating insects.