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SB1583 - Relating to access to materials; declaring an emergency.
Lew Frederick, Tawna Sanchez, Elizabeth Steiner Hayward
Last updated 10 months ago
17 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
SB1581 - Relating to the reporting of the status of a regional energy market.
Kathleen Taylor, David Brock Smith, Courtney Neron
Last updated 9 months ago
27 Co-Sponsors
The Act makes an electric company report each year on the steps taken or being taken to be part of an energy market. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.1). Requires an investor-owned utility that sells more than two million megawatt hours of electricity in a calendar year to report to and inform the Legislative Assembly [the activities, if any,] of activities that the investor-owned utility has taken or is taking toward participating in a regional energy market. Sunsets January 2, 2031.
STATUS
Passed
SB1591 - Relating to adult foster homes; prescribing an effective date.
Mark W. Meek, Robert A. Nosse, Travis Nelson
Last updated 10 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
The Act allows DHS to license adult foster homes with up to seven residents. The Act sets out the requirements for licensing an adult foster home with six or seven residents. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). Authorizes the Department of Human Services to license adult foster homes serving up to seven residents if the home meets specified criteria and pays the appropriate fee. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
STATUS
Failed
SB1569 - Relating to medical assistance payments for services provided to individuals with cognitive impairments.
Deb Patterson, Travis Nelson, James I. Manning
Last updated 10 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
SB1553 - Relating to the addiction crisis in this state.
Katherine B. Lieber, James I. Manning, Tim Knopp
Last updated 9 months ago
29 Co-Sponsors
The Act changes the crime of interfering with public transportation. The Act makes using drugs on public transit a new way of committing the crime. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.5). Modifies the crime of interfering with public transportation to include the use of an unlawfully possessed controlled substance while in or on a public transit vehicle [or public transit station]. Punishes by a maximum of 364 days' imprisonment, a $6,250 fine, or both. Provides that the new manner of committing interfering with public transportation is a designated drug-related misdemeanor for purposes of supervision duty and funding.
STATUS
Passed
HB4156 - Relating to stalking; prescribing an effective date.
Kevin L. Mannix, Susan McLain, Paul Evans
Last updated 9 months ago
45 Co-Sponsors
The Act makes changes to crimes related to stalking. The Act also changes the definitions for stalking laws. The Act takes effect on July 1, 2024. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). Modifies definitions pertaining to stalking orders and stalking offenses. [Increases penalties for] Expands the circumstances in which the crimes of stalking and violating a court's stalking protective order [in certain circumstances] constitute a felony offense. [Punishes by a maximum of 10 years' imprisonment, $250,000 fine, or both.] Takes effect July 1, 2024.
STATUS
Passed
SCR205 - In memoriam: Dick Springer, 1948-2023.
Rob Wagner, Katherine B. Lieber, Kayse M. Jama
Last updated 10 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Honors the life and memory of Dick Springer. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.8). In memoriam: Dick Springer, 1948-2023.
STATUS
Passed
HB4082 - Relating to funding for expanded learning opportunities; declaring an emergency.
Susan McLain, Lew Frederick, Courtney Neron
Last updated 10 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
HB4084 - Relating to the education of foster children; declaring an emergency.
Susan McLain, Shelly Boshart Davis, Hoa H. Nguyen
Last updated 9 months ago
38 Co-Sponsors
Creates a program for the education of students who are foster children. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7). Directs the Department of Education to establish and administer a pilot program for students who are foster children. Sunsets the plan June 30, 2027. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
STATUS
Passed
SB1579 - Relating to child abuse; declaring an emergency.
Tim Knopp, David Brock Smith, Jeff Helfrich
Last updated 9 months ago
50 Co-Sponsors
The Act creates a new fund for a current grant program that provides moneys for child abuse response programs. The Act directs DOJ to create a one-time grant program to expand access to services and supports from CACs. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.5). [Digest: The Act creates a new fund for a current grant program that provides moneys for child abuse response programs. The Act directs DOJ to create a one-time grant program to expand access to services and supports from CACs. The Act creates a task force to audit how this state has complied with Karly's Law and to study other matters related to services provided to victims of child abuse. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.3).] Establishes the Children's Advocacy Center Fund. Provides that the Legislative Assembly shall appropriate sufficient moneys to the fund that are necessary to fully fund the existing grant program to establish, maintain and support children's advocacy centers and regional children's advocacy centers, and to support county child abuse multidisciplinary teams. [Appropriates moneys to the Department of Justice out of the General Fund for the existing grant program.] Directs the Department of Justice to develop and administer a one-time grant program to expand access to services and supports provided by children's advocacy centers and regional children's advocacy centers. Appropriates moneys to the Department of Justice out of the General Fund for the grant program. [Establishes the Task Force on County Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Teams to audit Oregon's compliance with Karly's Law, to study and provide proposals for optimal funding rates for children's advocacy centers and to identify barriers to access to child abuse multidisciplinary teams and children's advocacy centers. Requires the task force to report findings and recommendations to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to human services on or before December 3, 2024. Sunsets the task force January 2, 2026. Appropriates moneys to the Department of Justice out of the General Fund for purposes of the task force.] Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
STATUS
Passed
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