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SB1579 - Relating to child abuse; declaring an emergency.
Tim Knopp, David Brock Smith, Jeff Helfrich
Last updated 6 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
SB1542 - Relating to corporate activity tax; prescribing an effective date.
Lynn Findley, David Brock Smith, Mark Owens
Last updated 7 months ago
13 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
SB1564 - Relating to housing; declaring an emergency.
Richard S. Anderson, Tim Knopp, Vikki Breese-Iverson
Last updated 5 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
The Act makes LCDC adopt model rules for housing for cities of different sizes. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.2). Requires the Land Conservation and Development Commission to adopt model ordinances for cities of different sizes to implement housing and urbanization requirements. Appropriates moneys to the [commission for purposes of the Act] Department of Land Conservation and Development for the purpose of adopting model ordinances. 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
SB1562 - Relating to state financial administration.
Elizabeth Steiner Hayward, Tawna Sanchez, Fred Girod
Last updated 5 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
The Act raises the maximum amount of money that can be held in a reserve fund. (Flesch Readability Score: 74.2). [Digest: The Act raises the amount of money that is put in a reserve fund every two years. It raises the maximum amount of money that can be held in the reserve fund. (Flesch Readability Score: 74.2).] [Increases the maximum amount of the biennial transfer to the Oregon Rainy Day Fund.] Increases the cap on amounts held in the Oregon Rainy Day Fund.
STATUS
Passed
SB1520 - Relating to an income tax subtraction for amounts received in wildfire litigation; prescribing an effective date.
Brian J. Boquist, David Brock Smith, Lynn Findley
Last updated 6 months ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Exempts awards from and legal fees paid in wildfire suits from income tax. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.5). Digest: Exempts award from wildfire suit from income tax. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.8).] Creates Oregon tax subtraction for amounts received in resolution of a civil action arising from wildfire. Creates an Oregon tax subtraction for wildfire-related legal fees paid by plaintiffs. Allows taxpayer to amend return to claim refund for earliest tax year in which subtraction is allowed. Applies to declarations and executive orders issued on or after January 1, [2020] 2018, and before January 1, 2026, and to amounts received, losses incurred and legal fees paid in tax years beginning on or after January 1, [2020] 2018. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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
SB1553 - Relating to the addiction crisis in this state.
Katherine B. Lieber, James I. Manning, Tim Knopp
Last updated 6 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
HB4137 - Relating to high school diploma requirements.
Lisa Reynolds, Thomas Andersen, Maxine E. Dexter
Last updated 6 months ago
29 Co-Sponsors
Allows a student who has finished an IB program to not have to meet some requirements for a high school diploma. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.6). Directs the State Board of Education to adopt rules by which a student who has completed an International Baccalaureate program may satisfy certain requirements for a high school diploma in this state.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
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Senator from Oregon district SD-005
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Oregon Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Richard S. Anderson was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He obtained his B.B.A. from the University of Notre Dame in 1980 and his law degree from Duquesne University in 1984. He has worked in private legal practice and served as an Assistant District Attorney in Allegheny County. In 2005, Anderson began serving as a judge on the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County. He was retained for a second ten-year term in 2015.read less
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