Bills in the 2015 Regular Session, House.
John Davis
Sponsored
Became law2
Permits financial institution to conduct savings promotion raffle, subject to specified conditions.
Exempts from property taxation qualified machinery and equipment used to process grains, bakery products, dairy products and eggs.
Passed the House3
Allows at least two members of Legislative Assembly, including at least one member from each political party, to request that Legislative Revenue Officer prepare economic impact statement for any measure or proposed amendments to any measure.
Requires person operating bicycle on highway to equip bicycle with red light on rear of bicycle.
Enacts Interstate Compact for Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote.
Out of committee6
Directs moneys to city transit agencies from state agency assessments used to provide public transportation services.
Requires transportation network company to maintain insurance policy to cover private passenger motor vehicle when vehicle's registered owner or designated operator actively participates as driver with transportation network company.
Creates income tax credit for hiring of at-risk or disadvantaged youth or youth with intellectual or developmental disability.
Creates Joint Interim Legislative Committee to Review Economic Development Programs in Oregon.
Requires Department of Transportation to study addition of express lanes to certain highways in this state.
Establishes Infrastructure Matching Fund to allow Department of Transportation to provide grants for transportation projects.
In committee9
Directs state agencies to make available on Oregon transparency website copies of reports agency is required by law to produce.
Requires Department of Environmental Quality to carry out study and propose recommendations for single, coordinated process for parties to meet certain federal and state requirements for, and to obtain certain releases from liability for, cleanup of hazardous waste.
Establishes personal income tax credit of $250 per dependent child.
Requires identification of source of communications made in support of or opposition to candidate or measure.
Synchronizes time period when voters' pamphlet is mailed to electors with period when ballots are mailed to electors.
Increases, for purposes of tax credit allowed for crop donation, percentage of wholesale price allowed as amount of credit.
Increases maximum amount of corporate excise tax credit allowed for qualified research activities.
Creates income tax credit for capital improvements to business facilities or homes that are commenced prior to October 1, 2015, or effective date of Act, whichever is later.
Establishes Oregon's Best and Brightest STEM Loan Forgiveness Program for certain students in science, technology, engineering or mathematics programs that are willing to commit to working in Oregon after graduation.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 19
Directs Department of Education to develop and implement statewide education plan for early childhood through post-secondary education students who are black or African-American or not covered by existing statewide education plan and have experienced disproportionate educational results.
Adds civil code enforcement officers to public officials who may request exemption from required disclosure under public records law of specified personal information.
Provides that disaster or emergency related work conducted by out-of-state business may not be used as sole basis for determination that business is doing business in state, or that employee has residency or domicile in state.
Permits individual in hospice program, or next of kin or personal representative of individual who has died, to terminate, without penalty, residential cable service or residential telecommunications service.
Establishes Oregon Talent Council.
Directs Department of Transportation to establish Portland Trail Blazers license plate program for issuance of special registration plate.
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.
Limits biennial expenditures by Oregon Business Development Department from lottery moneys for funding of cooperative efforts of National Policy Consensus Center of Portland State University and community organizations related to western juniper harvesting and related manufacturing.
Requires Oregon Business Development Department to provide economic development assistance to persons engaged in business of western juniper harvesting or of manufacturing products from western juniper, provide technical business assistance to western juniper harvesting and related manufacturing businesses and provide or fund workforce training assistance for potential western juniper harvesting and related manufacturing business workers.
Permits certain Public Employee Retirement System members who are retired to be employed by school district or education service district as teachers of career and technical education without loss of retirement benefits.
Provides that Land Conservation and Development Commission may permit cities to undergo periodic review for limited purpose of completing work relating to certain urban growth boundary amendments.
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.
Modifies definition of "person with mental illness" as used in civil commitment statutes.
Provides that property owner that enters into contract to allow nonprofit organization or certain educational provider to use property or facilities may not require in separate agreement individual to indemnify property owner for damages not caused by individual during use of property or facilities.
Authorizes county to enter into agreement, for period not to exceed 20 years, with owner or person in possession or control of solar project pursuant to which property constituting solar project is exempt from property taxation and owner pays fee in lieu of taxes.
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
Modifies crime of displaying obscene materials to minors.
Requires legislative measures to contain brief and impartial statement of problem measure is intended to solve.
Out of committee · 8
Directs Department of Education to administer pilot program to increase students' exposure and access to career and technical education.
Directs Department of Education and Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to advance career and technical education opportunities by fulfilling specified requirements.
Establishes process for county to evaluate whether proposed mining use causes significant change or significant increase in cost when federal or state agency has not issued permit authorizing proposed mining use.
Establishes Task Force on Vision Zero: Achieving Zero Traffic Crashes, Injuries and Fatalities.
Increases maximum amount of corporate excise tax credit allowed for qualified research activities.
Authorizes counties to establish programs for forestry products grown on nonforest lands in counties to be commercially produced and marketed through forestry product cooperatives.
Establishes Oregon Center of Cyber-Excellence.
Creates Rural Medicaid Access and Development Act to provide financial support to rural hospitals and health care providers and to establish primary care residency programs.
In committee · 11
Provides that student whose legal residency is not in school district is considered resident of school district if student completed highest grade offered by public charter school located in school district.
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.
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 Department of Revenue to suspend collection of unpaid tax from elderly taxpayer, if certain conditions exist.
Extends sunset for tax credit for qualified equity investment.
Directs Department of Transportation to establish Portland Trail Blazers license plate program for issuance of special registration plate.
Expands definition of "political committee" to include person that makes aggregate expenditures of $500 or more that refer to candidate, measure or political party within 60 calendar days of primary or general election.
Requires public bodies to establish public records retention schedules that require minimum three-year retention of public records.
Establishes Computer Science, Invention, Technology and Engineering Revitalization Grant Program within Department of Education.
Directs Department of Revenue, in collaboration with Department of Human Services, to establish pilot program for disbursement of installment payments to personal income taxpayers of amounts equal to personal income tax dependent care credits.
Prohibits receiving compensation for collecting and returning ballots and assisting electors if compensation is based on number of ballots collected and returned or number of electors assisted.