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HB4158 - Relating to child care; declaring an emergency.
Hoa H. Nguyen, Daniel Nguyen, Thuy C. Tran
Last updated 7 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
The Act would give money to two state agencies to support some types of child care providers in this state. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.5). [Digest: The Act would give money to a state agency to help develop or improve child care in the state. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.2).] [Establishes the Home and Small Center Child Care Fund.] [Directs the Oregon Business Development Department to administer a grant program to provide financial assistance to child care facilities that serve a maximum of 75 children for the purpose of establishing or expanding child care infrastructure.] [Appropriates moneys to the department for deposit in the fund to carry out the program.] Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Business Development Department for deposit in the Child Care Infrastructure Fund to provide financial assistance to certain child care providers or organizations that support those child care providers. Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Department of Early Learning and Care to provide technical support to child care providers or organizations that receive financial assistance under the Act. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
STATUS
Failed
HB4140 - Relating to victims; declaring an emergency.
Jason S. Kropf, Courtney Neron, Janeen A. Sollman
Last updated 5 months ago
37 Co-Sponsors
The Act tells DOJ to include in future budget requests amounts to fund various programs that help victims of crime. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 70.3). [Digest: The Act gives money to the DOJ to fund various programs that help victims of crime. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 79.7).] [Appropriates moneys to the Department of Justice to fund certain programs that assist victims of crime.] Directs the Department of Justice to include in future budget requests amounts necessary to fund children's advocacy centers, the Survivor Housing Funds grant program and the Oregon Domestic and Sexual Violence Services Fund. Directs children's advocacy center directors to biennially submit to the department projected costs and estimates of other funding sources for the center. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
STATUS
Passed
SB1582 - Relating to funding for Oregon cultural organizations; declaring an emergency.
Lew Frederick, Robert A. Nosse, Deb Patterson
Last updated 7 months ago
9 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
HB4148 - Relating to natural resources; declaring an emergency.
Ken Helm, Michael E. Dembrow, Chris Gorsek
Last updated 7 months ago
35 Co-Sponsors
The Act directs an agency to expand programs related to wildlife illness. The Act directs an agency to perform a review. The Act directs an agency to establish a program for living with wildlife. The Act makes changes related to wildlife paths and roads. The Act gives moneys for related purposes. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.3). Directs the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to expand programs related to wildlife disease. Directs the Invasive Species Council to undertake a review of council programs and activities. Directs the department to establish a wildlife coexistence program. Makes certain changes concerning a program to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions. Appropriates moneys out of the General Fund for implementing the expansion, review, new program and changes to wildlife programs. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
STATUS
Failed
HB4154 - Relating to semiconductors; prescribing an effective date.
Hai T. Pham, Nathan Sosa, Kimberly D. Wallan
Last updated 5 months ago
39 Co-Sponsors
Creates a fund to help the electronic chip industry. The Act becomes law 91 days after adjournment. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.8). Establishes the Semiconductor Talent Sustaining Fund [and subaccounts of the fund]. Requires the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to allocate moneys from the fund [and subaccounts] to provide education, training and research to assist the semiconductor industry. [Requires the commission to establish a statewide semiconductor industry consortium for the purpose of developing a comprehensive statewide strategy to guide investments and build educational pathways and research capacity for the semiconductor industry and to make recommendations to the commission on how best to allocate moneys in the Semiconductor Talent Sustaining Fund and subaccounts.] [Requires the consortium to submit a report to the Legislative Assembly every two years detailing progress and investments made to improve semiconductor education and research.] [Requires the commission to award a series of grants to identified entities.] Exempts some programs receiving federal financial assistance from certain provisions. Sunsets the Semiconductor Talent Sustaining Fund [and subaccounts] on January 2, 2030. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
STATUS
Passed
SB1556 - Relating to U.S. Highway 30; prescribing an effective date.
Suzanne Weber, Cyrus Javadi, Brian G. Stout
Last updated 7 months ago
20 Co-Sponsors
The Act requires ODOT to study a section of U.S. Highway 30. ODOT must make a report of the study and share its findings with the JCT. ODOT may start work on the study 91 days after sine die. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.9). Requires the Department of Transportation to conduct a review of a specific portion of U.S. Highway 30 and present a report to the Joint Committee on Transportation no later than September 15, 2025. Sunsets on January 2, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
STATUS
Failed
HB4134 - Relating to housing; declaring an emergency.
Lucetta Elmer, David Gomberg, Jeff Helfrich
Last updated 5 months ago
39 Co-Sponsors
This Act makes OBDD give money to cities for infrastructure to support housing. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4). [Digest: This Act makes DAS give money to cities for infrastructure to support housing. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4).] Requires the [Oregon Department of Administrative Services] Oregon Business Development Department to provide grants to cities for specified infrastructure projects that will benefit housing developments that will make at least 30 percent of the dwelling units affordable to workforce income households. Requires cities receiving grants to provide reports to the Oregon Business Development Department. Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Business Development Department. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
STATUS
Passed
SB1581 - Relating to the reporting of the status of a regional energy market.
Kathleen Taylor, David Brock Smith, Courtney Neron
Last updated 6 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 7 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
HB4141 - Relating to property tax interest; prescribing an effective date.
James Hieb, Court Boice, Barbara L. Levy
Last updated 7 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
The Act decreases the rate of interest charged on delinquent property taxes. It takes effect on the 91st day after the end of session. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.2). Decreases the rate of interest charged on delinquent property taxes from 1.33 percent per month to 1.33 percent per year. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
STATUS
Failed
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Senator from Oregon district SD-020
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Oregon Senate
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Mark W. Meek is the State Senator for District 8. Senator Meek was an officer in the U.S. Air Force serving as a pilot from 1987 to 2011. During his time in the military he accumulated over 4,000 flight hours while being stationed around the world. In 2014, Senator Meek retired from the Air Force and moved to Glendale where he resides with his wife Lora and their two daughters. Senator Meek was elected to his first term in the State Senate in November 2016.read less
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