Bills in the 2017 Regular Session, Senate.
Ted Ferrioli
Sponsored
Became law3
Modifies applicability of certain statutes to person who unintentionally discovers archaeological object.
Requires snowmobiles and certain all-terrain vehicles to cross highway at intersection or more than 100 feet from intersection.
Provides that industrial hemp grower may transfer industrial hemp, and that industrial hemp handler may transfer industrial hemp concentrates and extracts, to marijuana processor licensed by Oregon Liquor Control Commission under certain circumstances.
Passed the Senate1
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 committee4
Repeals sunset of income tax credit allowed to eligible business operating new business facility in reservation enterprise zone or reservation partnership zone.
Allows county with no population growth, and city within county with no population growth, to adopt exception to any statewide land use planning goal for certain purposes, with exceptions.
Creates Task Force on Wildfire Damage Financial Relief.
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.
In committee59
Prohibits adoption or enforcement of local ordinance or regulation prohibiting or limiting use of accessory dwelling unit under certain circumstances.
Creates income tax credit for taxpayer working as medical clerk or medical preceptor in rural area.
Clarifies total number of mature marijuana plants and immature marijuana plants and total amount of usable marijuana, medical cannabinoid products, cannabinoid concentrates and cannabinoid extracts that patients and caregivers registered under Oregon Medical Marijuana Act may possess.
Designates Act as Oregon First-Time Home Buyer Savings Account Act.
Prohibits public employer from participating in collection of labor organization dues.
Authorizes common school district, union high school district or education service district that is self-insured or that has independent health insurance trust to provide or contract for employee benefit plan other than plan provided and administered by Oregon Educators Benefit Board.
Establishes Whistleblower Commission.
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to make budget and spending information about state agencies available online.
Prohibits discrimination based on age, expected length of life, present or predicted disability, degree of medical dependency or quality of life in determination of medical services covered by state medical assistance program, in coverage under medical retainer practice and in issuance of health benefit plans.
Directs Department of Revenue to distribute annually to counties amount equal to total amount of personal income tax revenue attributable to individuals employed in county by public bodies or federal government.
Repeals law authorizing Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries to issue warrants to collect unpaid debt.
Allows President of Senate, Speaker of House of Representatives, Minority Leader of Senate or Minority Leader of House of Representatives to petition Supreme Court for injunction requiring agency of executive department to execute law.
Creates income tax credit for certain employers that provide paid family leave to employees, including paid sick time taken to care for family members of employees.
Creates income tax credit for certain employers that provide paid sick time.
Exempts agricultural workers from sick leave other than for agricultural worker who uses leave because of domestic violence, harassment, sexual assault, stalking or harm as result of certain felonies.
Limits availability of paid and unpaid sick leave to employee who uses leave because of domestic violence, harassment, sexual assault, stalking or harm as result of certain felonies.
Removes provisions providing for automatic enrollment of employees in Oregon Retirement Savings Plan.
Repeals provisions establishing Oregon Retirement Savings Plan.
Creates income tax credit for certain employers to defray costs of increase in minimum wage.
Limits application of tiered minimum wage rate to employer that employs more than 50 employees.
Freezes minimum wage rate for agricultural workers at July 1, 2016, rate, adjusted annually for inflation.
Repeals minimum wage increases that have not yet become operative.
Allows local government to opt out of minimum wage increases in effect after July 1, 2016, with annual adjustment based on consumer price index.
Allows certain local governments, charter schools, school districts and education service districts to freeze minimum wage at rate in effect on July 1, 2016, and opt out of future increases, with annual adjustment based on consumer price index.
Allows local governments, charter schools, school districts and education service districts located in Idaho border counties to freeze minimum wage at rate in effect on July 1, 2016, and opt out of future increases, with annual adjustment based on consumer price index.
Expands definition of "green energy technology" for purposes of public improvement contracts.
Specifies that electricity generated by hydroelectric facility or other equipment that generates electricity through use of hydroelectric energy may be used to comply with renewable portfolio standard.
Repeals low carbon fuel standards.
Amends certain provisions setting forth renewable portfolio standard requirements and acquisition processes to reinstitute requirements and processes in effect on March 7, 2016.
Exempts collection, storage or use of diffuse surface water from falling rain, melting snow or other precipitation from requirement to obtain water right permit or certificate.
Requires Water Resources Department to establish expedited process for approval of permits and certificates to construct and operate ponds on agricultural lands to capture runoff or ephemeral or intermittent stream water.
Requires insurer to pay claims up to coverage limits for insured's uninsured motorist coverage, less amounts recovered from other motor vehicle liability insurance policies.
Requires insurer to pay claims up to coverage limits for insured's uninsured motorist coverage, less amounts recovered from other motor vehicle liability insurance policies.
Requires State Forester to carry out appraisal and sale of forest products on state-owned forestland damaged by wildfire.
Authorizes county to adopt education funding protection ordinance for up to 10 years if at least 50 percent by area of county is subject to certain exemption or special assessment programs under ad valorem property tax statutes or if county has population of 100,000 or less.
Establishes program by which moneys are deposited in education savings accounts for use by parents of qualified children to pay for certain educational expenses incurred from participating entities.
Requires entity that provides educational loans to annually provide institution of higher education with fact sheet for each enrolled student receiving loan from entity that details estimates of educational loans student received, total amount of educational loans student will owe at graduation, amount student will have to pay each month to service loans, number of monthly payments needed to service loans and date on which educational loans will be serviced in full.
Creates credit against income taxes for amounts paid as interest on qualified education loans.
Directs Department of Education to prepare list related to high-wage and high-demand jobs in state, distribute list to school districts and award grants to school districts to ensure list is distributed to students in grades 9 through 12.
Requires State Forester to manage state forestlands to provide for timber sales each year in amounts that equal or exceed 125 percent of 2016 timber sales amount.
Increases weight allotted for children in poverty, in foster homes and in certain state-recognized facilities for purposes of State School Fund distributions.
Requires that at least 25 percent of Oregon Opportunity Grant moneys be awarded to students committed to majoring in science, technology, engineering or mathematics fields.
Adjusts manner in which attendance is calculated for purposes of State School Fund distributions.
Requires that school district be reimbursed for number of staff hours required to prepare state-required report.
Directs Department of Education to create grant program to award grants to school districts and public charter schools to provide bonuses to educators who improve student outcomes.
Establishes Oregon Empowerment Scholarship Program for purpose of providing options in education to students of this state.
Establishes lower minimum wage for high school students participating in vocational training program.
Directs public official who presides over public meeting that is recorded by sound recording to require speakers to state name whenever speaking.
Requires member of governing body who presides over public meeting that is recorded by sound recording to cause name of each member of governing body attending meeting and name of each person speaking at meeting to be recorded on recording.
Establishes public access requirements for written records and other informational materials presented at public meetings of public bodies.
Requires public bodies that make sound, video or digital recordings of public meetings to make recordings of sufficient quality to be comprehensible by persons of average faculties of vision and hearing.
Specifies that public utility that makes sales of electricity may not establish rate for any service that provides public utility with rate of return that exceeds 4.5 percent.
Prohibits party to state collaborative process for resource management plan development from filing suit related to any subject of collaborative process until collaborative process is complete.
Prohibits State Land Board and Department of State Lands from selling state lands by any method other than selection of highest price bid through competitive bidding process.
Eliminates requirement that subsequent owner of certain properties create lots or parcels and establish dwellings within 10 years of conveyance.
Authorizes law enforcement agency to transfer marijuana items forfeited to agency as result of conviction to nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary.
Creates position of State Ombudsman, appointed by Governor.
Requires State Forester to establish guidelines for wildfire buffer zones that produce defensible spaces around lands in forestland-urban interface.
Requires Division of Audits to hire or contract with independent, third-party entity to conduct cost-benefit analysis of low carbon fuel standards and associated rules.
Carried from the House
Passed the House1
Requires incumbent holder of state office who seeks to be elected to same office to file nominating petition or declaration of candidacy not later than 77 days before date of primary election.
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.
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.
Permits contracting agency to include woody biomass energy technology, as alternative to green energy technology, in construction, reconstruction or major renovation of public building for which contracting agency must set aside 1.5 percent of contract price.
Expands provisions establishing privilege for and confidentiality of certain communications and records of certified advocate at qualified victim services program to include program administered by tribal government.
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.
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 · 2
Requires certain persons to not drive in far left lane unless passing.
Specifies that amateur athlete is not employee for purpose of certain employment-related provisions.
Out of committee · 4
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.
Designates Act as Oregon First-Time Home Buyer Savings Account Act.
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 · 9
Authorizes court to order, at request of victim, special condition of probation restricting location of person's residence if person released on probation following conviction for felony stalking crime.
Requires Secretary of State to conduct audit of State Forestry Department expenditures or obligations of certain allocations of lottery moneys for purposes related to federal forestlands.
Requires nonapplicant to pay Water Resources Department higher fee for submitting protest if nonapplicant has filed nonapplicant protest under certain statutes within prior 12 months.
Requires unsuccessful protestant to pay Water Resources Department costs and reasonable attorney fees if protestant has filed or intervened under certain statutes in three or more protests within preceding 12 months.
Requires State Forester to actively manage state forestlands to achieve and maintain low forest fuel load levels.
Establishes tax credit for reforestation of commercial forestland following loss from catastrophic fire event.
Prohibits permanent rule from being in effect for longer than six years.
Revises definition of "beneficiary." Modifies requirements for trustee to foreclose trust deed by advertisement and sale.
Declares policy of state to use zero-based budgeting in developing biennial budget plan.