SB1582 - Relating to funding for Oregon cultural organizations; declaring an emergency.
Oregon - 2024 Legislative MeasuresIntroduced by
Lew Frederick, Robert A. Nosse, Deb Patterson
Last updated 11 months ago9 Co-Sponsors
The Act funds cultural groups in Oregon. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.7). Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Business Development Department to distribute to Oregon cultural organizations in response to the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on organization finances. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
STATUS
Failed
SB1544 - Relating to a specially assessed value for the residences of seniors; prescribing an effective date.
Oregon - 2024 Legislative MeasuresIntroduced by
Fred Girod
Last updated 11 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
The Act would grant a specially assessed property tax value for the homes of people who are at least 65 years old. The Act would sunset after six years, but a home in the program that remained eligible would be able to stay in it past the sunset. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.9). Provides, for purposes of ad valorem property taxation, a specially assessed value for the owner-occupied primary residences of individuals who are at least 65 years of age. Sunsets the program after six years. Maintains the specially assessed value for residences granted the specially assessed value before the sunset date as long as the residences continue to qualify for it. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
STATUS
Failed
SCR301 - Adjourning sine die the 2024 special session of the Eighty-second Legislative Assembly.
Oregon - 2024 1st Special SessionIntroduced by
Rob Wagner, Julianne Fahey
Last updated about 2 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Ends session. (Flesch Readability Score: 77.9). Adjourns sine die the 2024 special session of the Eighty-second Legislative Assembly.
STATUS
Passed
SB5801 - Relating to state financial administration; declaring an emergency.
Oregon - 2024 1st Special SessionIntroduced by
Rob Wagner, Julianne Fahey, Cedric Ross Hayden
Last updated about 1 month ago3 Co-Sponsors
The Act makes budget changes for the current biennium. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.1). Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the State Forestry Department. Modifies certain biennial appropriations made from the General Fund to specified state agencies and the Emergency Board. Establishes and modifies limitations on expenditures for certain biennial expenses for specified state agencies. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
STATUS
Passed
SCR205 - In memoriam: Dick Springer, 1948-2023.
Oregon - 2024 Legislative MeasuresIntroduced by
Rob Wagner, Katherine B. Lieber, Kayse M. Jama
Last updated 11 months ago5 Co-Sponsors
Honors the life and memory of Dick Springer. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.8). In memoriam: Dick Springer, 1948-2023.
STATUS
Passed
SB1552 - Relating to education; declaring an emergency.
Oregon - 2024 Legislative Measures
Last updated 10 months ago0 Co-Sponsors
Makes many changes to the education laws of this state. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.7). Establishes a youth advisory group. Prescribes the membership and duties of the group. Directs the Department of Education to establish a work group to develop standards for the group. Directs the department to develop a plan for the collection of course-level completion and grade data for all public school students in grades 6 through 12. Directs the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to establish a direct admissions program for community colleges and public universities. Directs the Legislative and Policy Research Director to conduct a study on the Quality Education Model and the state's system of financing public education for kindergarten through grade 12. Changes the entity that makes determinations related to the Oregon Opportunity Grant program to the commission. Requires that the manner by which the commission determines the state share under the program be done by rule. Modifies calculations of funding for the Youth Corrections Education Program and the Juvenile Detention Education Program. Directs the department to establish a target funding level for programs. Authorizes the department to transfer moneys from the Statewide Education Initiatives Account for the purpose of meeting the target funding level. Expands the authority of the commission to enter into contracts or agreements for Oregon's Open Educational Resources (OER) Program. Clarifies the requirements for school district policies related to short-acting opioid antagonists. Modifies the membership requirements of the Educator Advancement Council, the scope of duties of the council and the requirements of certain grants awarded by the council. Directs the commission to convene a work group to conduct a study related to evidence-based corequisite student support models. Allows an applied baccalaureate degree program or Bachelor of Science: Nursing degree program to be eligible for funding from the Community College Support Fund. Clarifies the eligibility of part-time faculty members at a public institution of higher education to receive employee-only health care benefits. Directs the commission to conduct a study related to the forestry workforce. Exempts from public meetings laws meetings of certain subcommittees of the Transfer Council. Allows a person, prior to beginning an education, a training or an apprenticeship program for an occupational or a professional license, to petition a licensing board, a commission or an agency for a determination as to whether a criminal conviction will prevent the person from receiving the license. Specifies laws that are applicable to approved recovery schools. Clarifies the applicability of just cause provisions to classified school employees. Modifies payment requirements for substitute teachers. Repeals sections related to the repealed Early Success Reading Initiative. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
STATUS
Passed
SCR213 - Recognizing and honoring Specialist Ken "Kenny" Leisten (1984-2004) for his service to his country.
Oregon - 2024 Legislative MeasuresIntroduced by
Suzanne Weber, Wlnsvey E. Campos, Cyrus Javadi
Last updated 11 months ago27 Co-Sponsors
Honors the life and memory of Ken Leisten. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.8). Recognizes and honors Specialist Ken "Kenny" Leisten (1984-2004) for his service to his country.
STATUS
Passed
SB1509 - Relating to Columbia River fisheries; declaring an emergency.
Oregon - 2024 Legislative Measures
Last updated 10 months ago0 Co-Sponsors
The Act stops the lottery for Columbia River gillnet fishing permits. The Act directs an agency to start a work group to make suggestions on creating a program for buying the permits from willing sellers. The Act directs the agency to report on the suggestions of the work group on a due date. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.9). [Digest: The Act stops the lottery for Columbia River gillnet fishing permits. The Act directs an agency to create a short-term program for buying the permits from willing sellers. The Act directs an agency to report on a due date on creating a long-term version of the program. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.2).] Eliminates the lottery for Columbia River gillnet vessel permits. [Directs the State Fish and Wildlife Commission to establish a Columbia River gillnet vessel permit purchase program that ends on January 2, 2026.] Directs the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to convene a work group to provide recommendations on a voluntary Columbia River gillnet vessel permit buyback program. Directs the department to report to [interim] committees of the Legislative Assembly that relate to natural resources, on or before [September] November 15, 2024, on [establishing a Columbia River gillnet vessel permit buyback program] the recommendations. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
STATUS
Passed
SB1568 - Relating to a prevailing rate of wage for electrical workers; and prescribing an effective date.
Oregon - 2024 Legislative MeasuresIntroduced by
Janeen A. Sollman, Julianne Fahey, James I. Manning
Last updated 10 months ago4 Co-Sponsors
Makes pay for electricians equal to the pay in a union contract in parts of the state where there is a union contract and the union is the only one that speaks for electricians. Takes effect 91 days after session ends (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6). Provides that, for the purpose of specifying the prevailing rate of wage for electrical workers, a locality is the geographical area within which each local union is the exclusive representative for the local union's membership, and the collective bargaining agreement is the collective bargaining agreement to which the local union is a party. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
STATUS
Passed
SB1592 - Relating to expansion of behavioral health workforce; declaring an emergency.
Oregon - 2024 Legislative MeasuresIntroduced by
Jeffrey S. Golden, Robert A. Nosse, Nathan Sosa
Last updated 11 months ago20 Co-Sponsors
Gives money to a state agency to give to some colleges to help train more mental health workers. (Flesch Readability Score: 71). Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for distribution to certain institutions of higher education to expand the behavioral health workforce in Oregon. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
STATUS
Failed
SB1576 - Relating to civil matters; declaring an emergency.
Oregon - 2024 Legislative Measures
Last updated 10 months ago0 Co-Sponsors
The Act changes the law about when the AG can share some materials about consumer data. The Act makes some court records of when a minor settles a claim secret. The Act changes the law making some owners immune from liability when they allow recreation on their land. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6). [Digest: The Act tells the Judicial Department to do a study. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.7).] [Requires the Judicial Department to study civil law matters. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the judiciary not later than September 15, 2025.] Modifies provisions regarding disclosure of certain materials relating to consumer data investigations by the Attorney General. Provides for confidentiality of court records relating to certain settlements of minors' claims. Modifies provisions relating to recreational immunity and makes some of the changes temporary. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
STATUS
Passed
SB1567 - Relating to the Walla Walla River Basin.
Oregon - 2024 Legislative MeasuresIntroduced by
Bill Hansell, James I. Manning, Barbara L. Levy
Last updated 10 months ago17 Co-Sponsors
The Act tells an agency to take actions on water in the Walla Walla River Basin. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6). Directs the Water Resources Department to take certain actions related to the Walla Walla Water 2050 Strategic Plan.
STATUS
Passed
SB1550 - Relating to state education governance; declaring an emergency.
Oregon - 2024 Legislative Measures
Last updated 11 months ago0 Co-Sponsors
Moves certain duties, functions and powers of state education from TSPC and EAC to ODE. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8). Transfers certain duties, functions and powers related to teaching, administrative and personnel licensure from the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to the Department of Education. Retains commission duties, functions and powers related to licensure standards and licensee discipline. Directs the Department of Education to establish the Educator Advancement Council. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
STATUS
Failed
SB1525 - Relating to the State Department of Energy; declaring an emergency.
Oregon - 2024 Legislative Measures
Last updated 10 months ago0 Co-Sponsors
This Act amends and creates laws related to the State Department of Energy. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4). [Digest: This Act extends dates for a state agency to submit certain reports. The Act extends dates for the agency and others to develop goals for carbon storage. The Act changes parts of a grant program to support renewable energy projects. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.0).] Extends the deadlines for certain reports by the State Department of Energy. Extends by one year the deadline for the establishment of nonbinding biological carbon sequestration and storage goals for natural and working lands. Modifies provisions of the Community Renewable Investment Program. Modifies provisions related to standby generation facilities and requires public utilities to report to the Director of the State Department of Energy about certain standby generators. Transfers moneys from the Heat Pump Deployment Fund to the Residential Heat Pump Fund. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
STATUS
Passed
SB1540 - Relating to fees charged for public records requests.
Oregon - 2024 Legislative Measures
Last updated 11 months ago0 Co-Sponsors
Requires PRAC to study public records fees and submit findings. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). Requires the Public Records Advisory Council to study fees charged for public records requests. Directs the council to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to rules not later than September 15, 2026.
STATUS
Failed
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