| SB215 | Pass | Changes name of Oregon Education Investment Board to Chief Education Office. Abolishes terms of board members and modifies duties of office. Extends sunset for office and Chief Education Officer. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-28
Effective date, July 27, 2015. |
| SB841 | Pass | Modifies requirements for health plan coverage of prescription drugs dispensed in accordance with synchronization policy. Requires Oregon Health Authority to implement synchronization policy for dispensing of prescription drugs to medical assistance ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-28
Effective date, January 1, 2016. |
| SB833 | Pass | Requires Oregon Health Authority to give coordinated care organization at least 60 days' advance notice of proposed amendments to contracts . Requires Oregon Health Authority to give coordinated care organization at least 60 days' advance notice of p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-28
Effective date, July 27, 2015. |
| SB218 | Pass | Authorizes Higher Education Coordinating Commission to charge schools based outside of Oregon fee of $7,000 for degree authorization and fee of $1,000 for new program application. Authorizes commission to charge fee of $1,000 per program to schools b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-28
Effective date, July 27, 2015. |
| SB202 | Pass | Establishes Task Force on Independent Scientific Review for Natural Resources to evaluate and assess need for independent scientific review in Oregon and make recommendations. Sunsets task force on January 2, 2019. Establishes Institute for Natural R...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-28
Governor signed. |
| SB128 | Pass | Includes base pay of certain telecommunicators as comparable factor to be considered by arbitrator in establishing pay for telecommunicators employed by Department of State Police. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-28
Effective date, July 27, 2015. |
| SB586 | Pass | Increases age of youth for whom Youth Development Council may oversee unified system of services from 20 years to 24 years. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Education for 2015-2017 biennium. Declares emergency, effective July 1,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-28
Effective date, July 27, 2015. |
| SB418 | Pass | Directs Higher Education Coordinating Commission to convene work group to identify methods for improving success rate of, and educational outcomes for, students receiving state-administered waiver of tuition, or state-administered grant for amount of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-28
Effective date, July 27, 2015. |
| HB5026 | Pass | Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Human Services for certain biennial expenses. Limits biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts and certain federal funds, but excluding lottery f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-28
Chapter 760, (2015 Laws): Effective date July 27, 2015. |
| SB226 | Pass | Establishes Task Force on Client and Staff Safety to make recommendations on certain issues regarding staff safety, resident care and operation of Stabilization and Crisis Units. Requires Department of Human Services to operate three regional crisis ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-28
Effective date, July 27, 2015. |
| SB832 | Pass | Requires Oregon Health Authority to prescribe by rule standards for integrating behavioral health services and physical health services in patient centered primary care homes and behavioral health homes. Defines "behavioral health home." Permits pati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-28
Effective date, July 27, 2015. |
| HB2270 | Pass | Creates office of State Resilience Officer in office of Governor to direct, coordinate and oversee seismic safety and resilience planning and preparation by state agencies. Directs Governor to appoint individual to office, subject to Senate confirmat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-28
Chapter 762, (2015 Laws): Effective date July 27, 2015. |
| SB5518 | Pass | Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Legislative Administration Committee, Legislative Assembly, Legislative Counsel Committee, Legislative Fiscal Officer, Legislative Revenue Officer and Commission on Indian Services for biennial expenses. Limit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-28
Effective date, July 27, 2015. |
| SB860 | Pass | Directs Higher Education Coordinating Commission to solicit applications and select two public universities to design and develop career advising and mentorship pilot program. Details process by which commission shall select which universities will p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-28
Effective date, July 27, 2015. |
| SB608 | Pass | Creates Palliative Care and Quality of Life Interdisciplinary Advisory Council in Oregon Health Authority. Specifies duties and membership. Establishes Palliative Care Consumer and Professional Information and Education Program in] Requires Oregon He...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-28
Effective date, January 1, 2016. |
| SB660 | Pass | Directs Oregon Health Authority to promote oral health throughout this state by ensuring availability of dental sealant programs to students attending school in this state. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Health Authority for purpose ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-28
Effective date, July 27, 2015. |
| HB3072 | Pass | Establishes funding mechanism for activities related to science, technology, engineering and mathematics education and activities related to career and technical education that can lead to high wage and high demand jobs. Directs Teacher Standards and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-28
Chapter 763, (2015 Laws): Effective date July 27, 2015. |
| SB213 | Pass | Requires Early Learning Council to develop metrics for funding Early Learning Hubs. Permits council to require matching funds from Early Learning Hub that receives funding. Directs council to oversee and administer delivery of early learning services...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-28
Effective date, July 27, 2015. |
| SB131 | Pass | Establishes Task Force on the Willamette Falls Navigation Canal and Locks. Directs task force to study issues relating to repair, reopening and operation of canal and locks. Requires task force to make quarterly reports to Legislative Assembly. Decla...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-28
Effective date, July 27, 2015. |
| HB3459 | Pass | Increases frequency of days for which State Fish and Wildlife Commission may authorize persons to angle for fish or take shellfish without licenses or tags. Establishes Oregon Fishing Experience Enhancement Subaccount in Fish and Wildlife Account. Di...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-28
Chapter 764, (2015 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2016. |
| HB5040 | Pass | Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Transportation for biennial expenses. Limits certain biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts and certain federal funds, but excluding lottery f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-28
Chapter 761, (2015 Laws): Effective date July 27, 2015. |
| SB460 | Pass | Allows medical marijuana dispensaries, beginning October 1, 2015, to sell limited marijuana retail product to persons at least 21 years of age in accordance with certain conditions. Directs Oregon Health Authority to adopt rules providing for relocat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-28
Effective date, July 27, 2015. |
| SB612 | Pass | Directs Department of Education to designate dyslexia specialist and develop list of training opportunities related to dyslexia. Directs Department of Education to develop plan to provide dyslexia screening and guidance for parental notification. Req...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-28
Effective date, July 27, 2015. |
| SB78 | Pass | Modifies requirements for becoming approved teacher education program. Establishes Teacher Education Program Accreditation Account to enable Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to award grants to teacher education programs for certain accredit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-28
Effective date, July 21, 2015. |
| SB478 | Pass | Requires Oregon Health Authority to establish and maintain list of designated high priority chemicals of concern for children's health used in children's products and to periodically review and revise list. Requires authority to post certain informat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-28
Effective date, July 27, 2015. |
| SB266 | Pass | Allows Water Resources Department to issue grants to facilitate preparation of place-based integrated water resources strategies. Allows Water Resources Department to issue grants to assist recipient entities in] facilitate preparation of place-based...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-28
Effective date, July 27, 2015. |
| SB447 | Pass | Establishes grant program to provide matching fund grants to school districts for capital costs of school districts. Authorizes State Treasurer to issue Article XI-P general obligation bonds to match general obligation bonds issued by school district...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-28
Effective date, July 27, 2015. |
| SB741 | Pass | Directs Department of Human Services to adopt administrative rules for home studies and placement reports in adoption proceedings that require that equal consideration be given to relatives and current caretakers as prospective adoptive parents, and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-28
Effective date, July 27, 2015. |
| SB912 | Pass | Creates temporal distinction between "historically filled lands" and "new lands" for purposes of determining ownership and transfer of ownership of lands created upon submersible or submerged lands by artificial fill or deposit. Authorizes State Land...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-28
Effective date, July 27, 2015. |
| SB247 | Pass | Incrementally increases or establishes certain fees related to hunting, angling and commercial fishing over six-year period, applicable January 1, 2016, January 1, 2018, and January 1, 2020. Consolidates fee provisions for certain hunting and angling...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-28
Effective date, July 27, 2015. |
| SB129 | Pass | Directs Department of Revenue to make shared services distributions out of unreceipted revenue. In county for which annual amount of personal income tax revenue attributable to eligible projects exceeds $5 million, requires distribution of 60 percent...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-28
Effective date, July 21, 2015. |
| SB465 | Pass | Specifies duties and liabilities of community mental health program with respect to commitment proceedings initiated for individuals with mental illness. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-28
Effective date, July 27, 2015. |
| SB534 | Pass | Authorizes city and airport to enter into agreement pursuant to which city provides sewer and water services to airport without requiring annexation, or consent to eventual annexation, to city of territory on which airport is situated. Declares emerg...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-28
Effective date, July 27, 2015. |
| HB2250 | Pass | Authorizes Oregon Department of Administrative Services to adopt rules related to electronic fingerprint capture services. Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to adopt rules establishing factors that must be considered when making fi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-28
Chapter 758, (2015 Laws): Effective date July 27, 2015. |
| SB698 | Pass | Creates position of State School Nursing Consultant in Oregon Health Authority and specifies duties. Establishes Task Force on School Nursing. Sunsets task force on December 31, 2016. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-28
Effective date, July 27, 2015. |
| SB222 | Pass | Extends sunset on provision authorizing Department of Human Services to appear as party in juvenile court proceeding without appearance of Attorney General. Authorizes] Extends sunset on provision authorizing Department of Human Services to appear as...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-28
Effective date, July 27, 2015. |
| SB228 | Pass | Increases fees and fee limits for registering tanning devices and X-ray machines and issuing specific licenses for sources of radiation. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-28
Effective date, July 27, 2015. |
| SB55 | Pass | Authorizes state agencies that request persons to voluntarily supply Social Security numbers on documents relating to any monetary obligation or transaction to include on documents notice that Social Security numbers may be used for state agency debt...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-28
Effective date, July 27, 2015. |
| SB898 | Pass | Prohibits school districts from receiving State School Fund distributions for certain students who have satisfied requirements for high school diploma and who are enrolled in one or more college-level courses. Directs Department of Education to award...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-28
Effective date, July 27, 2015. |
| SB699 | Pass | Broadens exemption to provisions regulating cosmetology disciplines for persons who prepare individual's hair solely for professional photograph or theatrical performance. Broadens exemption to provisions regulating cosmetology disciplines for person...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-28
Effective date, July 27, 2015. |
| SB113 | Pass | Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to convene work group of stakeholders to determine most appropriate method for public universities and community colleges to report employment data for employees. Sunsets work group June 30, 2017] Dec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-28
Effective date, July 27, 2015. |
| HB5016 | Pass | Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Education for certain biennial expenses. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to department for distribution as grants-in-aid, for program costs and to purchase services. Appropriates moneys fro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-28
Chapter 759, (2015 Laws): Effective date July 27, 2015. |
| SB439 | Pass | Directs Oregon State University Extension Service to assist school districts and education service districts in providing outdoor school programs. Establishes Outdoor Education Account for purpose of providing outdoor school programs.] Appropriates m...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-28
Effective date, July 27, 2015. |
| SB80 | Pass | Abolishes Oregon University System, office of Chancellor of the Oregon University System and State Board of Higher Education. States that all public universities have institutional governing boards. Abolishes Oregon University System Fund and subacco...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-28
Effective date, July 27, 2015. |
| SB695 | Pass | Repeals sunset on authorization for Oregon Health Authority to contract with prepaid managed care health services organization to provide care to medical assistance recipients. Requires authority to study effectiveness of dental care organizations in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-28
Effective date, July 27, 2015. |
| HB3479 | Pass | Creates position of Oregon Women Veterans Coordinator in Department of Veterans' Affairs and specifies responsibilities. Requires report to Legislative Assembly on or before September 15, 2018. Appropriates moneys to department to establish position....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-27
Chapter 752, (2015 Laws): Effective date July 21, 2015. |
| HB3468 | Pass | Adds threatening to cause physical injury to animal to induce other person to engage in conduct as manner of committing crime of coercion. Requires court to order sentence of at least 10 days' imprisonment when person is convicted of crime of initiat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-27
Chapter 751, (2015 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2016. |
| HB3431 | Pass | Permits owner of Metolius resort site that notified Department of Land Conservation and Development prior to June 29, 2010, that owner has elected to seek approval of small-scale recreation community to apply to county for approval of small-scale rec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-27
Chapter 748, (2015 Laws): Effective date July 21, 2015. |
| HB3452 | Pass | Provides that property owner that enters into contract to allow nonprofit organization or certain educational provider to use property or facilities may not require in separate agreement individual to indemnify property owner for damages not caused b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-27
Chapter 749, (2015 Laws): Effective date July 21, 2015. |
| HB3464 | Pass | Requires Oregon Health Authority to adopt rules prescribing time frames within which pregnant medical assistance recipient receives dental services. Requires authority to collect data and report to Legislative Assembly on compliance with rules. Sunse...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-27
Chapter 750, (2015 Laws): Effective date July 21, 2015. |
