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SB1561 - Relating to the administration of moneys received from the Monsanto settlement; declaring an emergency.
Elizabeth Steiner Hayward, Ken Helm, Michael E. Dembrow
Last updated 9 months ago
31 Co-Sponsors
This Act creates a council and funds to distribute and invest money from a legal settlement. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6). Establishes the Environmental Restoration Council. Directs the council to establish programs to distribute moneys from the Monsanto settlement. Establishes the Oregon Environmental Restoration Fund. Establishes the State Agency Program Fund. Establishes the Disproportionately Impacted Community Fund. Establishes the Tribal Nation Natural Resource Program Fund. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
STATUS
Passed
SB1532 - Relating to statewide education plans.
Kayse M. Jama, Lew Frederick, Sara Gelser Blouin
Last updated 9 months ago
26 Co-Sponsors
Directs ODE to make a plan for the education of students who are immigrants. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7). Directs the Department of Education to develop and implement a statewide education plan for students who are asylum seekers, refugees or any other immigrant.
STATUS
Passed
SB1592 - Relating to expansion of behavioral health workforce; declaring an emergency.
Jeffrey S. Golden, Robert A. Nosse, Nathan Sosa
Last updated 10 months ago
20 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
SB1595 - Relating to protections from debt collection; declaring an emergency.
Chris Gorsek, Kayse M. Jama, Nathan Sosa
Last updated 9 months ago
46 Co-Sponsors
The Act increases some amounts that are protected from debt collectors. The Act changes some laws about bad debt collection methods. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.2). Increases certain exemptions from garnishment and execution. Modifies provisions relating to unfair debt collection practices. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
STATUS
Passed
HB4127 - Relating to protections for warehouse workers.
Ricardo Ruiz, James I. Manning, Wlnsvey E. Campos
Last updated 9 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
HB4132 - Relating to marine reserves; declaring an emergency.
David Gomberg, Richard S. Anderson, Suzanne Weber
Last updated 9 months ago
28 Co-Sponsors
The Act makes ODFW, SFWC and DSL amend their marine reserve programs. (Flesch Readability Score: 74.8). Requires the State Department of Fish and Wildlife, the State Fish and Wildlife Commission and the Department of State Lands to implement the Ocean Policy Advisory Council recommendations to develop an adaptive management and social monitoring program to support marine reserves. Appropriates moneys to the State Department of Fish and Wildlife for the program. 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 10 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
HB4093 - Relating to public health requirements of the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission; declaring an emergency.
Julianna A. Walters, Janeen A. Sollman, Tawna Sanchez
Last updated 10 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
The Act says that at least one of the commissioners on the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission must know about public health. The Act starts when it passes. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.7). Requires at least one of the commissioners of the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission to have a background in public health. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
STATUS
Failed
SB1531 - Relating to the American semiquincentennial; declaring an emergency.
Rob Wagner, Katherine B. Lieber, Tim Knopp
Last updated 9 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
The Act would create a body to plan for America's 250th birthday. The Act would require the views of Indian tribes to feature in the birthday planning and activities. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.8). [Digest: The Act would create a body to plan for America's 250th birthday. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7).] Establishes a semiquincentennial commission, to be known as the America 250 Oregon Commission, to coordinate and provide guidance for Oregon's official observance of the 250th anniversary of the establishment of the United States. Establishes the America 250 Oregon Subcommittee in the Commission on Indian Services to communicate the positions of the nine federally recognized Indian tribes in Oregon to the America 250 Oregon Commission. Adds the Executive Officer of the Commission on Indian Services to the voting members of the America 250 Oregon Commission. Requires the America 250 Oregon Commission to consult with the tribes about including Oregon's tribal history in semiquincentennial activities throughout the state. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
STATUS
Passed
HB4083 - Relating to the removal of thermal coal from the State Treasury investment portfolio.
Katherine Pham, Mark F. Gamba, Jeffrey S. Golden
Last updated 9 months ago
37 Co-Sponsors
The Act tells the State Treasurer to stop investing moneys in companies that deal in thermal coal. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.1). Directs the Oregon Investment Council and the State Treasurer to make efforts to eliminate certain investments in thermal coal companies. Provides that divestments must be accomplished without monetary loss to the investment funds. Provides that investments may be retained in a thermal coal company that is transitioning to clean energy. Requires an annual report to the Legislative Assembly on actions taken pursuant to this Act.
STATUS
Passed
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