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HB4119 - Relating to student athletes; and declaring an emergency.
John D. Lively, Jeff Helfrich, Bill Hansell
Last updated 6 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
The Act adds protections for payments related to student athletes. The Act declares an emergency. The Act becomes law when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.7). Enhances the protections for post-secondary institutions of education, student athletes and others regarding the provision of compensation for a student's name, image, likeness or athletic reputation. Requires a person who uses a student athlete's athletic reputation in or on certain products for the purpose of making a profit to provide royalty payments to the student athlete. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
STATUS
Passed
SB1569 - Relating to medical assistance payments for services provided to individuals with cognitive impairments.
Deb Patterson, Travis Nelson, James I. Manning
Last updated 7 months ago
31 Co-Sponsors
The Act requires the Oregon Health Plan to pay for certain health services for people with mental deficits. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.6). Requires medical assistance reimbursement of cognitive assessment and care planning for recipients who experience the signs or symptoms of cognitive impairment.
STATUS
Failed
HB4146 - Relating to victims; declaring an emergency.
Annessa D. Hartman, Kathleen Taylor, Kevin L. Mannix
Last updated 6 months ago
49 Co-Sponsors
The Act allows petitions for certain abuse court orders to be filed in the county in which the abuse occurred. The Act also changes an element of a crime related to violating privacy. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.4). [Digest: The Act allows petitions for certain abuse court orders to be filed in the county in which the abuse occurred. The Act also changes the elements of two crimes related to violating privacy. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.4).] Provides that a petition for a Family Abuse Prevention Act order, Elderly Persons and Persons with Disabilities Abuse Prevention Act order or sexual abuse restraining order may be filed in the county in which the abuse occurred. Removes the requirement that a disclosed image be identifiable for purposes of the crime of unlawful dissemination of an intimate image. [Modifies the crime of invasion of privacy in the second degree to include the recording of a person who is dressing, undressing, bathing or toileting in an area in which the person has a reasonable expectation of privacy.] Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
STATUS
Passed
HB4131 - Relating to individual development accounts; declaring an emergency.
Ricardo Ruiz, Deb Patterson, James I. Manning
Last updated 7 months ago
33 Co-Sponsors
The Act funds matching deposits for IDA accounts. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.2). Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Housing and Community Services Department for the purpose of making matching deposits into individual development accounts. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
STATUS
Failed
HB4080 - Relating to offshore wind energy development; declaring an emergency.
Dacia Grayber, David Gomberg, Thomas Andersen
Last updated 6 months ago
29 Co-Sponsors
States a state policy on offshore wind energy. Tells the state agency on energy to make a road map on standards for offshore wind energy. Makes a person involved in an offshore wind energy or port project meet certain labor and supply chain standards. Tells the state agency on land use to assess state policies that may be used in federal reviews of offshore wind leasing decisions. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.0). Declares a state policy to support engagement between offshore wind developers and impacted organizations, communities and tribes. Declares a state policy regarding offshore wind energy development and labor and supply chain standards. Declares a state policy that the interconnection of offshore energy projects be carried out in a manner that promotes electric grid reliability and resilience. Directs the Land Conservation and Development Commission to exercise its rulemaking authority to support these state policies. Directs the State Department of Energy to develop an Offshore Wind Roadmap that defines standards to be considered in the processes related to offshore wind energy development and approval. Requires a developer or contractor involved in an offshore wind energy project, port development project that is necessary for the development of an offshore wind energy project or project related to manufacturing or supply chain that is located on port property and that facilitates the construction, operation or maintenance of an offshore wind energy project to meet certain labor and supply chain standards. Allows a developer or contractor to use a workforce development agreement to comply with the requirements. Directs the Department of Land Conservation and Development to conduct an assessment of the state enforceable policies that may be used in the federal consistency review of offshore wind leasing decisions and related actions. Directs the department to submit a report on the department's activities to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to marine renewable energy and coastal resources not later than September 1, 2025. Modifies certain biennial appropriation made from the General Fund to the Department of Land Conservation and Development. Modifies limitation on expenditures for certain biennial expenses for the Bureau of Labor and Industries. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
STATUS
Passed
SB1586 - Relating to unlawful housing discrimination.
Wlnsvey E. Campos, Michael E. Dembrow, Lew Frederick
Last updated 7 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
The Act changes the state law that prohibits housing discrimination. The Act removes an exemption from the law. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.4). Removes from state law an exception that allowed for residential property owners to engage in housing discrimination based on certain protected characteristics in certain circumstances.
STATUS
Failed
HB4127 - Relating to protections for warehouse workers.
Ricardo Ruiz, James I. Manning, Wlnsvey E. Campos
Last updated 6 months ago
26 Co-Sponsors
Makes quota guidelines for some warehouse workers. Not following this Act is a reason to make a claim to BOLI. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.7). Creates rules and standards for warehouse employees' quota requirements. Creates an exemption for certain employers who are subject to a collective bargaining agreement that meets certain criteria. Establishes a procedure through Bureau of Labor and Industries if employers violate the Act. Provides that an employer's failure to comply with requirements shall subject the employer to civil penalties. Modifies certain biennial appropriations made from the General Fund to the Bureau of Labor and Industries.
STATUS
Passed
HB4082 - Relating to funding for expanded learning opportunities; declaring an emergency.
Susan McLain, Lew Frederick, Courtney Neron
Last updated 6 months ago
39 Co-Sponsors
Directs ODE to fund summer learning programs and to study how to provide learning during nonschool hours. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). Requires the Department of Education to establish and administer the Summer Learning Grant program. Establishes requirements of the program. Directs the department to study and propose recommendations to develop an initiative that addresses education disparities through increased summer and after-school learning opportunities. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
STATUS
Passed
HB4105 - Relating to programs providing targeted case management nursing services to perinatal families; declaring an emergency.
Lisa Reynolds, James I. Manning, Deb Patterson
Last updated 7 months ago
21 Co-Sponsors
The Act gives money to OHA to pay for some of the costs of the program in which nurses visit families while a parent is pregnant and for two years after that. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4). Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Health Authority for the costs of targeted case management services provided in the nurse home visiting services program for families during pregnancy and for two years after the pregnancy. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
STATUS
Failed
HB4043 - Relating to animal cruelty; prescribing an effective date.
Charlie Conrad, Benjamin W. Bowman, Maxine E. Dexter
Last updated 6 months ago
21 Co-Sponsors
The Act creates a new crime of interfering with an animal cruelty investigation. The Act makes certain changes to current animal cruelty laws. The Act allows a person who is banned from owning or living with an animal to ask to change the ban. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.0). Creates the crime of interfering with an investigation into an offense against an animal. Punishes by a maximum of 364 days' imprisonment, a $6,250 fine, or both. Establishes certain changes related to the crime of animal abuse in the first degree. Establishes certain changes related to the crime of aggravated animal abuse in the first degree. Establishes certain changes related to the crime of animal neglect in the first degree. Prohibits a person convicted of violating certain animal cruelty statutes from possessing or residing with an animal of the same genus against which the crime was committed or a domestic animal for a certain period of time. Punishes a violation of a prohibition by a maximum of six months' imprisonment, a $2,500 fine, or both. Allows a person subject to a prohibition to request changes to the prohibition under certain circumstances. Punishes a violation of an amended order of prohibition by a maximum of 364 days' imprisonment, a $6,250 fine, or both. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
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Representative from Oregon district HD-025
COMMITTEES
Oregon House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Benjamin W. Bowman is aPolitician running for District Court Judge, District 19, Seat A in Alabama. Benjamin graduated from Jones School of Law in Montgomery, AL in 1999. He has been licensed to practice law in Alabama since 2000. Benjamin currently serves as an Assistant District Attorney in Bessemer. He was appointed to this position in 2017. Prior to this appointment, he worked in private practice and served as a Municipal Prosecutor.read less
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