SCR209 - In memoriam: Joanne Russell Verger, 1930-2023.
Oregon - 2024 Legislative MeasuresIntroduced by
Rob Wagner, Court Boice, Kayse M. Jama
Last updated 6 months ago9 Co-Sponsors
Honors the life and memory of Joanne Russell Verger. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.1). In memoriam: Joanne Russell Verger, 1930-2023.
STATUS
Passed
SJR201 - Proposing amendment to Oregon Constitution to exclude partial exemptions and property tax credits from requirement of redetermining maximum assessed value of property granted exemption or credit.
Oregon - 2024 Legislative Measures
Last updated 7 months ago0 Co-Sponsors
The Act would simplify how exempt property is taxed. It takes effect only if the people vote for it next November. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.2). Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution to exclude partial exemptions of the assessed value of property, and tax credits against property taxes on property, from the requirement that the maximum assessed value of the property be redetermined when the property is first granted or disqualified from a partial exemption or property tax credit. Refers proposed amendment to the people for their approval or rejection at the next regular general election.
STATUS
Failed
SB1516 - Relating to the Ireland Trade Commission; prescribing an effective date.
Oregon - 2024 Legislative Measures
Last updated 7 months ago0 Co-Sponsors
The Act creates the Ireland Trade Commission. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.7). Establishes the Ireland Trade Commission. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
STATUS
Failed
SB1589 - Relating to conduct of elections.
Oregon - 2024 Legislative MeasuresIntroduced by
David Brock Smith, Eric Werner Reschke, Court Boice
Last updated 7 months ago16 Co-Sponsors
Makes voting in person the normal method for voting. Requires voters to show picture ID when voting or requesting a ballot. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.2). Makes in-person voting on the date of an election the standard method for conducting an election. Allows an elector to request a ballot that may be voted by mail if the elector is unable to vote in person on the date of the election. Retains vote by mail as the primary method for conducting elections for military and overseas electors and for electors who have a mailing address outside of Oregon. Requires electors to present valid government-issued identification when appearing in-person to vote or when requesting a ballot be sent by mail. Requires all ballots to be returned by the date of an election. Removes a requirement that the state pay postage for ballots returned by mail.
STATUS
Failed
SB1518 - Relating to COFA citizens' eligibility for public assistance.
Oregon - 2024 Legislative Measures
Last updated 7 months ago0 Co-Sponsors
The Act forbids DHS from denying public aid to COFA citizens because they are not U.S. citizens. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). Prohibits the Department of Human Services from denying public assistance, including Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, to COFA citizens based on their immigration status.
STATUS
Failed
SB1542 - Relating to corporate activity tax; prescribing an effective date.
Oregon - 2024 Legislative MeasuresIntroduced by
Lynn Findley, David Brock Smith, Mark Owens
Last updated 7 months ago13 Co-Sponsors
Raises exemption and filing thresholds for CAT tax. Exempts health care reimbursements. Starts with tax year 2025. Becomes law 91 days from sine die. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.2). Increases the exempt amount and filing threshold for purposes of the corporate activity tax. Exempts reimbursements for certain health care services, including care provided to medical assistance recipients and to Medicare recipients. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2025. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
STATUS
Failed
SB1543 - Relating to transportation; prescribing an effective date.
Oregon - 2024 Legislative MeasuresIntroduced by
Lynn Findley, Mark Owens, David Brock Smith
Last updated 7 months ago3 Co-Sponsors
The Act lowers weight-mile taxes. The Act limits ODOT spending on certain things. Becomes law 91 days from sine die. (Flesch Readability Score: 77.3). Decreases weight-mile taxes. Limits certain expenditures by the Department of Transportation. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
STATUS
Failed
SCR206 - In memoriam: Fred W. Heard, 1940-2023.
Oregon - 2024 Legislative MeasuresIntroduced by
Rob Wagner, Kayse M. Jama, James I. Manning
Last updated 7 months ago4 Co-Sponsors
Honors the life and memory of Fred W. Heard. (Flesch Readability Score: 84.9). In memoriam: Fred W. Heard, 1940-2023.
STATUS
Passed
SB1534 - Relating to reading instruction; declaring an emergency.
Oregon - 2024 Legislative MeasuresIntroduced by
Art Robinson, Brian J. Boquist, Lona Kim Thatcher
Last updated 7 months ago4 Co-Sponsors
Allows districts and schools to hire people who are not teachers to teach reading. (Flesch Readability Score: 77.8). Allows a school district, an education service district or a public charter school to employ a person who is not licensed or registered with the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to teach reading to students. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
STATUS
Failed
SB1594 - Relating to behavioral health providers; declaring an emergency.
Oregon - 2024 Legislative MeasuresIntroduced by
Chris Gorsek, Ricardo Ruiz, Annessa D. Hartman
Last updated 7 months ago20 Co-Sponsors
The Act creates the Task Force on Improving the Safety of Behavioral Health Workers. The Act says who must be on the task force and the duties of the task force. The Act creates a program in which OHA pays persons who run places that provide mental health care or substance use care so that the persons can provide their workers with on-the-job training or other types of training. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.4). [Digest: The Act requires each person who runs a place that provides mental health care and substance use care to have a safety plan to protect the person's workers. The Act sets out how a safety plan must be created and requires a person to submit the safety plan to OHA by a certain date. The Act puts civil penalties on persons who do not have safety plans, who do not submit the plans to OHA by the due date or who fail to comply with the safety plans.] [The Act creates a program in which OHA pays persons who run places that provide mental health care or substance use care so that the persons can provide their workers with on-the-job training or other types of training. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.4).] [Requires a behavioral health care facility to have in place a safety plan to ensure the safety of the employees of the facility. Specifies procedures for creating the safety plan that include involving the exclusive representative of any employees who are in a collective bargaining unit. Requires behavioral health facilities to submit safety plans to the Oregon Health Authority by September 1, 2025, and every two years thereafter.] [Requires the authority to establish a process for individuals to file a complaint regarding a violation of a safety plan and allows the authority to audit a facility for compliance with a facility's safety plan.] [Authorizes the authority to impose specified civil penalties.] Establishes the Task Force on Improving the Safety of Behavioral Health Workers. Specifies the membership and duties of the task force. Requires the task force to provide a preliminary report on its recommendations for improving worker safety by September 1, 2024, and a final report by December 1, 2024, to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health. Establishes the United We Heal Medicaid Payment Program in the Oregon Health Authority to make payments to behavioral health facilities to offer apprenticeship and training opportunities to their employee behavioral health providers. Appropriates moneys to the authority to distribute to the United We Heal Training Trust to provide grants to employers of behavioral health workers to make safety improvements. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
STATUS
Failed
SCR208 - Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the founding of Inland Northwest Musicians.
Oregon - 2024 Legislative MeasuresIntroduced by
Rob Wagner, Bill Hansell, James I. Manning
Last updated 7 months ago5 Co-Sponsors
Honors a music group for promoting the arts in Oregon. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). Commemorates the 25th anniversary of the founding of Inland Northwest Musicians.
STATUS
Passed
SB1583 - Relating to access to materials; declaring an emergency.
Oregon - 2024 Legislative MeasuresIntroduced by
Lew Frederick, Tawna Sanchez, Elizabeth Steiner Hayward
Last updated 7 months ago17 Co-Sponsors
This Act does not allow a board or a person to choose or not choose materials that are used in a school when the choice is discrimination. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.5). Prohibits discrimination when selecting textbooks, instructional materials, program materials or library books that are used in the public schools of this state. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
STATUS
Failed
SB1522 - Relating to individuals with intellectual disabilities; declaring an emergency.
Oregon - 2024 Legislative Measures
Last updated 7 months ago0 Co-Sponsors
The Act repeals the statutes that allowed a person to be ordered by a court to stay in a facility against their will on the basis of having an IDD. The Act forbids a public body from denying services meant for persons with mental illness on the basis that a person also has an IDD. The Act takes effect when the governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.5). [Digest: The Act repeals the statutes that allowed a person to be ordered by a court to stay in a facility against their will on the basis of having an IDD.] [The Act forbids a public body from denying services meant for persons with mental illness on the basis that a person also has an IDD.] [The Act takes effect on July 1, 2025. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.3).] Repeals statutes authorizing the involuntary commitment of an individual based on an intellectual disability. Prohibits a public body from denying services related to mental illness on the basis that the individual seeking services also has an intellectual or developmental disability. [Takes effect on July 1, 2025.] Becomes operative on July 1, 2025. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
STATUS
Enrolled
SB1525 - Relating to the State Department of Energy; declaring an emergency.
Oregon - 2024 Legislative Measures
Last updated 6 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
SB1519 - Relating to transportation; prescribing an effective date.
Oregon - 2024 Legislative MeasuresIntroduced by
Brian J. Boquist, Art Robinson, David Brock Smith
Last updated 7 months ago3 Co-Sponsors
The Act lowers weight-mile taxes. The Act directs ODOT to adopt rules so that ODOT may issue refunds to taxpayers who overpaid weight-mile taxes in recent years. The Act limits ODOT spending on certain things. Becomes law 91 days from sine die. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.2). Decreases weight-mile taxes. Directs the Department of Transportation to adopt rules specifying the manner of calculating, applying and issuing refunds to taxpayers who overpaid weight-mile taxes. Limits certain expenditures by the department. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
STATUS
Failed
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