Bills in the 2015 Regular Session, House.
Brent Barton
Sponsored
Became law1
Provides that when guardian ad litem or conservator of estate of child maintains cause of action for damages to child, parent or conservator may file consent to accompany complaint that authorizes inclusion in cause of action of request for recovery of damages to child.
Passed the House1
Prohibits declawing or devocalizing of animal unless procedure is performed by licensed veterinarian under certain conditions.
Out of committee1
Requires Oregon Health Authority to analyze ground water contaminant data and provide education in problem areas.
In committee11
Allows city to assume duties and functions of county service district, directly or by transfer of duties and functions to successor entity, when majority of district residents are residents of city.
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.
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.
Designates Trust for Cultural Development Account as trust account exclusively for arts and culture purposes.
Directs Oregon Law Commission to submit report to interim legislative committees, no later than July 1, 2016, regarding changes to existing statutory law that are recommended for purpose of streamlining and lowering cost of administration of probate estates in Oregon.
Modifies annual salaries of judges of Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Oregon Tax Court and circuit courts.
Directs Oregon Medical Board to study regulation of and reimbursement for acupuncture services and report to Legislative Assembly on or before September 15, 2015.
Transfers Oregon Arts Commission from Oregon Business Development Department to Office of the Secretary of State.
Directs Department of Transportation to establish Portland Trail Blazers license plate program for issuance of special registration plate.
Prohibits court or administrator from entering or issuing judgment or order requiring payment of child support by one parent to another parent of child conceived as result of rape when parent to whom child support would otherwise have been paid is person who committed rape and parent who would be obligated to pay child support is person against whom rape was committed.
Considers costs incurred in providing transportation to students of summer sessions of classes provided by school district to be approved transportation costs for purpose of State School Fund distributions.
Carried from the Senate
Became law3
Includes base pay of certain telecommunicators as comparable factor to be considered by arbitrator in establishing pay for telecommunicators employed by Department of State Police.
Establishes Task Force on the Willamette Falls Navigation Canal and Locks.
Adds personal support workers and home care workers to list of mandatory reporters of abuse of children, elderly persons and other vulnerable persons.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 14
Establishes Fund to End Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children.
Renames crime of patronizing a prostitute to commercial sexual solicitation.
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.
Provides that person who records another person's intimate areas commits crime of invasion of personal privacy.
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.
Directs Department of Transportation to establish Portland Trail Blazers license plate program for issuance of special registration plate.
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.
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 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.
Changes definition of "grandparent" in laws pertaining to notice to grandparents of juvenile dependency hearings regarding grandchildren, and that authorize grandparents to request visitation or other contact or communication with grandchildren when grandchildren are in legal custody of Department of Human Services.
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.
Requires insurers that cover prescription contraceptives to cover refills at specified frequency.
Increases membership of All-Terrain Vehicle Advisory Committee.
Passed the House · 1
Enacts Interstate Compact for Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote.
Out of committee · 2
Establishes Pay It Forward program.
Authorizes counties to establish programs for forestry products grown on nonforest lands in counties to be commercially produced and marketed through forestry product cooperatives.
In committee · 4
Excludes certain police officers from meaning of supervisory employee for purposes of public employment.
Directs Department of Transportation to establish Mt.
Provides that amounts appropriated from any fund for unemployment insurance-related purposes and programs may not be expended for any purpose or program not directly related to purposes and programs authorized or required under provisions of unemployment insurance statutes.
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.