Bills in the 2015 Regular Session, House.
Jessica Vega Pederson
Sponsored
Became law4
Makes imposition of disciplinary action against employee that inquires about or discloses wage information unlawful employment practice.
Requires insurers that cover prescription contraceptives to cover refills at specified frequency.
Specifies that Environmental Quality Commission may increase water quality permit fees by greater amount than provided for in statute if greater amount is provided for in Department of Environmental Quality's legislatively approved budget.
Establishes Task Force on Immigration Consultant Fraud.
Passed the House1
Grants exemption to certain improvements located in most populous city of county with population of 650,000 or more that increase energy efficiency of property or reduce greenhouse gas emissions from property built before 2008.
Out of committee1
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.
In committee4
Makes practice of paying employees of opposite sex who hold equivalent jobs at different wage rates unlawful employment practice.
Requires hospital to implement safe patient handling program by February 1, 2017.
Permits person 18 years of age or older to operate motorcycle without wearing approved motorcycle helmet if person has motor vehicle liability insurance that provides personal injury protection benefits.
Defines "wages" for certain wage claims.
Carried from the Senate
Became law3
Allows Department of Consumer and Business Services to make system for electronic access to building code information available for other purposes.
Establishes certain workplace protections for domestic workers.
Extends eligibility for receiving Oregon financial aid scholarships and grants to certain students who qualify for exemption from paying nonresident tuition.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 30
Directs law enforcement agencies to adopt written policies and procedures prohibiting profiling by January 1, 2016.
Directs Department of Human Services, in consultation with Early Learning Division and Office of Child Care, to adopt rules for subsidy programs for employment-related child care that, at minimum, provide for one year of eligibility regardless of change in employment, permit students enrolled in coursework and self-employed persons to receive subsidized employment-related child care, and provide for reduced copayments and incentive payments when child care provider meets specified minimum standa
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.
Directs Oregon Health Authority, in consultation with coordinated care organizations and dental care organizations, to adopt rules and procedures for training and certifying certain health workers to provide oral disease prevention services.
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.
Creates process by which person found guilty except for insanity can apply to court for order setting aside judgment of guilty except for insanity.
Requires health benefit plan to cover cost of colonoscopy for insured who is 50 years of age or older and who has positive fecal test result.
Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to work with representatives from public universities to evaluate best method for overseeing public universities to ensure universities interview at least one minority applicant when hiring head coach or athletic director.
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.
Adds agricultural workforce housing to property used in relation to agricultural work that is eligible for property tax exemption.
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 public universities to establish priority enrollment system for qualified students who are active members of Armed Forces of the United States, who are qualified veterans or who receive veterans' educational benefits as federally qualified dependents of active members or qualified veterans.
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.
Requires school district to eliminate use of polystyrene foam plates, trays, food containers or food packaging in service of any meal unless school district recycles polystyrene foam.
Removes provision that public officer or employee who leaves position to perform military duty may not, while performing military duty, receive amount of pay entitled to before leave of absence.
Modifies circumstances under which attorney fees may be awarded and amount of attorney fees awarded in workers' compensation claims.
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.
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.
Provides that tax-exempt nonprofit organization may supply to Oregon Liquor Control Commission informational materials about human trafficking, including adhesive stickers, provided that materials contain objectively verifiable information only about human trafficking.
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.
Directs Department of Education to convene advisory group related to budgets and spending for English language learner programs.
Passed the House · 4
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.
Permits local governments to impose conditions on approved permits that effectively establish sales price for up to 30 percent of residential development or limit purchase to class or group of purchasers in exchange for one or more developer incentives.
Makes Oregon State Bar subject to public employees collective bargaining law.
Authorizes city to designate any urbanized area of city as urban agriculture incentive zone.
Out of committee · 13
Increases Oregon minimum wage rate in graduated steps through 2017.
Increases Oregon minimum wage rate in graduated steps to $15 per hour by 2018.
Expands allowable purposes for establishing individual development account.
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.
Establishes Oregon Spirits Board.
Modifies criteria to qualify for grant to be used to provide instructional time during summer program.
Authorizes State Treasurer to issue lottery bonds to finance grants from Department of Education to school districts to pay for acquisition, construction or improvement of school-based health centers.
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to establish program to incentivize generation of electricity derived from solar energy.
Directs Department of Land Conservation and Development to develop program to provide guidance to local governments and special districts regarding planning for natural disasters.
Establishes Pay It Forward program.
Establishes Task Force on Vision Zero: Achieving Zero Traffic Crashes, Injuries and Fatalities.
Establishes Oregon Center of Cyber-Excellence.
Allows personal income taxpayers to subtract certain amounts paid as interest on qualified education loans from taxable income, subject to same income limitations applicable to federal education loan interest deduction.
In committee · 13
Requires law enforcement agencies to adopt procedures for accepting complaints that law enforcement officers engaged in profiling.
Prohibits law enforcement agencies and law enforcement officers from profiling based on specified personal characteristics or circumstances of individuals, except when characteristics or circumstances are tied to specific suspect description or credible information related to criminal incident or activity.
Authorizes employee of certain employers to request flexible, predictable or stable work schedule.
Includes finding of guilty except for insanity as conviction that may be expunged.
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.
Makes failure of employer to grant employee unpaid parental leave to attend certain school-related activities unlawful employment practice.
Requires police officer to inform person stopped for traffic violation or upon suspicion of criminal activity that person has right to refuse request to search.
Requires that referrals to dental specialists, of medical assistance recipients who are pregnant, occur within 60 days.
Creates unlawful employment practice of requiring employee to create, file or sign documents containing false information related to hours worked or compensation received by employee or retaliating against employee for refusal to do so.
Requires governing boards of public universities to include graduate student employee and undergraduate student as voting members.
Authorizes employee of certain employers to request flexible or predictable work schedule.
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.
Finds and declares that Baker, Crook, Harney, Lake and Malheur Counties are qualitatively different and unique sage grouse habitat, making counties separate and distinct class for purposes of levying state tax assessment.