Oregon Senate Bill 1537 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Unknown
Status: Failed on March 8 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-08 - In committee upon adjournment.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs Office of Emergency Management to develop and administer program to ensure that certain number of Oregon households are prepared to be self-sufficient for at least two weeks after emergency. Creates task force to advise office on program. Sunsets task force on January 2, 2024. Directs Higher Education Coordinating Commission to issue grant to University of Oregon to construct seismic stations for earthquake early warning system. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds under Article XI-Q of Oregon Constitution for seismic stations. Directs office to develop and administer earthquake safety educational outreach campaign. Creates advisory committee to advise office on campaign. Sunsets committee on January 2, 2024. Directs Oregon Homeland Security Council to identify 10 locations to serve as staging areas for emergency response. Directs council to determine minimum requirements for staging areas. Directs office to develop and administer program to issue grants to establish and maintain staging areas and incident management teams. Directs office to fund one staging area and one incident management team, to be operational before September 30, 2022. Directs office to develop strategic plan to develop additional teams. Directs Water Resources Department to evaluate dams for structural and other safety issues. Creates task force to study prioritization and funding of projects. Sunsets task force on January 2, 2022. Directs State Resilience Officer and Seismic Safety Policy Advisory Commission to update Oregon Resilience Plan. Directs commission to initiate public process to update boundaries of tsunami inundation zone. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Relating to resiliency; declaring an emergency.

No sponsor information available at this time.

2020-02-05 - Senate - Senate Committee Do pass and refer to Ways and Means by prior reference (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-08	Senate	In committee upon adjournment.
2020-02-06	Senate	Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.
2020-02-06	Senate	Recommendation: Do pass and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.
2020-02-05	Senate	Public Hearing and Work Session held.
2020-02-03	Senate	Referred to General Government and Emergency Preparedness, then Ways and Means.
2020-02-03	Senate	Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
2020-01-27	Senate	Presession Released to the Public.

Type	Source
Summary	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2020R1/Measures/Overview/SB1537
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2020R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1537/Introduced
Roll Call	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2020R1/CommitteeReports/MajorityReport/30400