List of 2017 bills supported by Rep. Alissa Keny-Guyer ** = chief sponsor, * = co-sponsor Red= Legislative Concept (Bill not filed yet) > = OWHWA (Oregon Women s Health and Wellness Alliance) Agenda 1. HOUSING HB 2002: Preservation of Housing: Expands laws regarding preservation of participating properties that are publicly supported housing. ; Public Hearing 2/14 >*HB 2004: Residential Tenancies: Prohibits landlord from terminating month-to-month tenancy without cause except under certain circumstances with 90 days' written notice and payment of relocation expenses. Establishes just cause provisions when landlords want to reclaim their property. Lifts pre-emption on rent stabilization. (Related Tenant Protection bills: HB 2001, HB 2002, HB 2003) - In House Committee On Human Services and Housing; Public Hearing 3/2 HB 2006: Mortgage Interest: Disallows, for purposes of personal income taxation, mortgage interest deduction for residence other than taxpayer's principal residence. HB 2007: Housing Development: Requires city or county to review and decide on applications for certain housing developments containing affordable housing units as first priority. -On Speaker s Desk Awaiting Referral HB 2215: Rights of Persons Experiencing Homelessness: Establishes Oregon Right to Rest Act. -In House Committee On Judiciary HB 2570: Financial Assistance for Affordable Housing: Establish Affordable Homeownership Grant Program to provide grants to eligible nonprofit organizations to provide opportunities for homeownership to low income households. **HB 2724: Rent Guarantee Program: Develops and implements and statewide Rent Guarantee Program to provide training for tenants and incentives and financial assistance for landlords who rent or lease to low income households. ; Public Hearing 2/23 HB 2852: Tax Credit for Affordable Housing Lenders: Extends sunset for tax credit for affordable housing lenders. ; Public Hearing 2/21
**HB 2912: Affordable Housing Land Acquisition Development: Establishes Affordable Housing Land Acquisition Revolving Loan Fund Program within Housing and Community Services Department to make loans to eligible organizations to purchase land for affordable housing development and to provide supportive services to low income households. -Speaker s Desk Awaiting Referral *HB 2996: First-time Home Buyer Savings Accounts: Designates Act as Oregon First-Time Home Buyer Savings Account Act. (Same as SB 849.) **HB 3063: Housing for Individuals with Mental Illness: Establishes Mental Health Housing Fund, appropriates moneys to Oregon Health Authority and requires authority to seek out and apply for additional moneys for fund to pay for construction and start-up costs of housing for individuals with mental illness. (Codifies a program we have funded in the last two sessions.) -On Speaker s Desk Awaiting Referral **HB 3357: Document Recording Fee: Increases amount of fees charged and collected by county clerks to record or file certain real property documents. Directs transfer of increased fees to Housing and Community Services Department accounts for housing-related programs. Requires that portion of 25 percent of moneys deposited in Housing and Community Services Department accounts be allocated to provide affordable housing. -Filed 2/28 2. HUMAN SERVICES *HB 2170: Ombudsmen: Establishes Office of Oregon Ombudsmen, containing Long Term Care Ombudsman, Residential Facilities Ombudsman, Foster Parent Ombudsman, Foster Child Ombudsman and Oregon Public Guardian and Conservator. Requires DHS to notify foster parents and foster children of availability of Foster Child Ombudsman and Foster Parent Ombudsman to investigate complaints. *HB 2171: Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA): Requires Oregon Volunteers Commission for Voluntary Action and Service to maintain volunteer staff sufficient to meet statutory requirement to appoint court appointed special advocate in every juvenile dependency proceeding. -In House Committee On Judiciary; Public Hearing/Possible Work Session 3/8 *HB 2216: Rights of Foster Children: Requires Department of Human Services to adopt rules to establish Oregon Foster Children s Sibling Bill of Rights to give siblings the right to maintain relationships with each other. ; Work Session 2/16
**HB 2401: Trauma-Informed Training: Requires Department of Human Services and Department of Justice to provide trauma-informed training and curriculum to child welfare personnel. ; Work Session 2/16 HB 2500: Mandated Training for DHS caseworkers: Directs DHS to implement training and continuing education for caseworkers regarding their roles in juvenile dependency proceedings. ; Work Session 2/16 **HB 2661: Long Term Care Referral: With amendment, will require registration and a set of standards for long term care referral providers to be certified by Health Licensing Office., Public Hearing 2/21 *HB 2881: Oregon Hunger Response Fund: Appropriates moneys to Department of Human Services for Oregon Hunger Response Fund program services. **HB 2959: General Assistance: Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Human Services to administer general assistance project. -In Joint Committee On Ways and Means *HB 3009: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Requires Department of Human Services to seek approval from United States Department of Agriculture to allow students to apply for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits using Free Application for Federal Student Aid form. *HB 3010: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Requires Department of Human Services to seek approval from United States Department of Agriculture to allow unemployed or underemployed full-time post-secondary students to receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. - In House Committee On Human Services and Housing **HJM 4: Family Caregivers Act: Urges Congress to pass RAISE Family Caregivers Act -Passed House, Referred to Senate Committee On Human Services **SB 833: Relating to Suicide: Requires hospital that discharges patient following attempted suicide to facilitate referral of patient to peer support program. -In Senate Committee On Human Services 3. HEALTH
**HB 2014: Traditional Health Care Workers: Requires Traditional Health Workers Commission to develop metric for coordinated care organization s use of community health workers. Requires Health Plan Quality Metrics Committee to collaborate with Traditional Health Workers Commission in developing statewide metrics. -On Speaker s Desk Awaiting Referral *HB 2103: Nurse Practitioners: Permits licensed nurse practitioners to perform vasectomies. -In House Committee On Health Care; Public Hearing 2/22 >*HB 2232: Reproductive Health Care: Requires health benefit plan coverage of specified health care services, drugs, devices, products and procedures related to reproductive health. -In House Committee On Health Care *HB 2402: Homeless Individuals: Directs Center for Health Statistics to establish program allowing individual who is homeless to obtain certified copy of individual's record of live birth, free of charge. -In House Committee On Health Care; Public Hearing 2/3 *HB 2517: Programs used to monitor the dispensing of prescription drugs: Provides that Director of the Oregon Health Authority may enter into agreements governing sharing and use of information reported to prescription monitoring program with regulatory authorities of other states that administer prescription monitoring programs. -In House Committee On Health Care *HB 2518: Programs used to monitor the dispensing of prescription drugs: Requires pharmacy to report de-identified information to prescription monitoring program upon dispensing prescribed naloxone -In House Committee On Health Care *HB 2519: Programs used to monitor the dispensing of prescription drugs: Requires pharmacy to report de-identified information to prescription monitoring program upon dispensing prescribed naloxone. -In House Committee On Health Care >**HB 2660: Breast Reconstruction: Requires Oregon Health Authority and Department of Consumer and Business Services to create and implement educational campaign about options available to breast cancer patients for insurance coverage of breast reconstruction surgery, breast prostheses and breast forms. -In House Committee On Health Care, Public Hearing Scheduled 2/20 **HB 2662: Tobacco Tax: Increases cigarette tax and provides for distribution of increase in revenue. (Other bills relating to tobacco tax: SB 180, HB 2024, HB 2037, HB 2056, HB 2062). -In House Committee On Revenue
>*HB 2673: Processes to change information by which a person may be identified: Creates alternative process for persons seeking to change name on vital record for purpose of affirming gender identity. -In House Committee On Health Care; Public Hearing 2/27 *HB 2675: Community Health Improvement Plans: Requires community health improvement plans adopted by coordinated care organizations and community advisory councils to focus on and develop strategy for integrating physical, behavioral and oral health care services. -In House Committee On Health Care; Work Session 3/1 *HB 2723: Relating to hippotherapy: Prohibits exclusion of hippotherapy from services provided in medical assistance. -In House Committee On Health Care; Public Hearing Scheduled 2/13 HB 2726: Health of Oregon Children: Requires Oregon Health Authority to convene work group to advise and assist in implementing targeted outreach and marketing for Health Care for All Oregon Children program. (From the Senate, SB 558). -In House Committee On Health Care; Public Hearing 2/20 **HB 2882: Dental Care Organizations: Requires governing body of coordinated care organization to include representative from at least one dental care organization that serves members of coordinated care organization. -In House Committee On Health Care **HB 3090: Hospital Discharge Procedures: Requires hospital to apply discharge policy for release of patients admitted to hospital for mental health treatment to release of patients from emergency department following treatment for behavioral health crisis. -On Speaker s Desk Awaiting referral **HB 3091: Behavioral Health Treatment: Requires specified facilities to provide certain case management and behavioral health services to individual who presents at facility experiencing behavioral health crisis. -On Speaker s Desk Awaiting referral **HB 3181: Dental Screening: Provides that statement from parent or guardian releasing student seven years of age or younger from requirement to submit certification that student received dental screening within previous 12 months may include explanation of reason that student has not received dental screening. -On Speaker s Desk Awaiting Referral *SB 147: Oral health care for Pacific Islanders residing in the United States under a Compact of Free Association Treaty: Directs Department of Consumer and Business Services to develop and report, no later than September 15, 2017, recommendations to Legislative Assembly and interim committees related to health for program to reimburse costs of oral
health care for low-income individuals residing in Oregon under Compact of Free Association treaty. -In Senate Committee On Health Care >SB 558: Cover all Kids: Extends the Oregon Health Plan (OHP) to all children residing in Oregon and ensures program outreach to newly eligible children to maximize enrollment regardless of documentation status. It also corrects the Health Care for All Children in Oregon Act by extending OHP coverage to all low-income children residing in Oregon. -In Senate Committee On Health Care; Work Session 3/7 **SB 754: Products Having Minimum Age Requirement for Purchase: Creates offense of selling tobacco products or inhalant delivery systems to person under 21 years of age. -In Senate Committee On Health Care, Public Hearing Held 2/14 *SB 808: Screening Newborns: Provides that with respect to health screen testing for newborns, Oregon Health Authority shall specify that health testing service may conduct tests for conditions listed on most recent edition of Recommended Uniform Screening Panel by United States Department of Health and Human Services. -In Senate Committee On Health Care *SB 893: Patients with Terminal Diseases: Permits expressly identified agent, pursuant to lawfully executed advance directive and in accordance with Oregon Death with Dignity Act, to collect and administer prescribed medication for purpose of ending patient's life in humane and dignified manner if patient ceases to be capable after having received prescription for life-ending medication. -On Senate President s Desk Awaiting Referral 4. ENVIRONMENT *HB 2131: Safe Transport of Hazardous Materials: Directs Environmental Quality Commission to adopt rules applying certain oil spill prevention and emergency response planning requirements to railroads that own or operate high hazard train routes in this state. -In House Committee On Energy and Environment **HB 2669: Community Right to Know Regulatory Programs: Modifies requirements for local community right to know regulatory programs for toxic substances and harmful substances. -In House Committee On Energy and Environment *HB 2711: Hydraulic Fracturing: Imposes moratorium until December 31, 2026, on use of hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas exploration and production. -In House Committee On Energy and Environment
**HB 2725: Wood Stoves: Requires Environmental Quality Commission to adopt by rule grant program for providing funding to local service providers to develop and implement woodstove replacement rebate programs. (HB 2748, HB 2124) -In House Committee On Energy and Environment, Public Hearing 2/1 SB 199: Household Hazardous Waste: Establishes product stewardship program for household hazardous waste. -Senate Committee On Environment and Natural Resources, Public Hearing 2/16 5. EARLY CHILDHOOD AND EDUCATION *HB 2038: School Food Programs: Appropriates moneys to Department of Education for grant programs that allow school districts to purchase Oregon food products and to pay for costs related to food-based, agriculture-based and garden-based educational activities. -In Joint Committee On Ways and Means; Public Hearing 2/14 **HB 2223: School Nurses: Directs Department of Education to establish program to develop and maintain statewide school nursing services. -In House Committee On Education; Subsequent Referral to Joint Committee On Ways and Means *HB 2643: Child Safety Systems: Requires children under two years of age to be properly secured in car seat in rear-facing position. -In House Committee On Early Childhood and Family Supports; Work Session 3/9 *HB 2720: Study of Virtual Public Charter Schools: Directs Department of Education to conduct study related to certain virtual public charter schools. -In House Committee On Education; Public Hearing 3/6 *HB 2845: Statewide Social Studies Standards: Directs Department of Education to convene advisory group to develop statewide ethnic studies standards for adoption into existing statewide social studies standards for public kindergarten through grade 12. -In House Committee On Education **HB:2957: Kindergarten Student-to-Teacher Ratios: Establishes grant program for purpose of improving kindergarten student-to-teacher ratios in schools that are considered high poverty. -In House Committee On Early Childhood and Family Supports *SB 280: Oregon Studies: Appropriates moneys to Department of Education for purposes of developing academic content standards for Oregon Studies and preparing materials to support teacher training and classroom instruction in Oregon Studies. -In Senate Committee On Education
*SB 813: Composition of Governing Boards of Public Universities: Requires each governing board of public university to include one voting undergraduate student member and one voting graduate student member. -In Senate Committee On Education 6. WORKING FAMILY SUPPORT >*HB 2005: Pay Equity: Provides definitions relating to comparable work for purposes of pay equity provisions. (>SB 752) -In House Committee On Business and Labor, Public Hearing 2/22 >HB 2193: Fair Workweek: The Fair Workweek Bill grants employees Reporting Pay and the Right to Request. It also gives guidelines for some employers to provide a good faith estimate of hours, 14-day notice of the schedule, predictability pay and priority access to additional hours, among other provisions in order to allow employees to better plan their hours and income. -In House Committee On Business and Labor; Public Hearing 3/6 *HB 3087: Family Medical Leave Insurance Benefits: prescribing an effective date; providing for revenue raising that requires approval by a three-fifths majority. Creates family and medical leave insurance program to provide covered employee with portion of wages while on family medical leave or military leave. -On Speakers Desk Awaiting Referral *SB 398: Awareness of Earned Income Tax Credit: Requires pay stub summary to include notice of potential availability of earned income tax credit to employee. -In Senate Committee On Workforce SB 752: Pay Equity: Makes unlawful employment practice to discriminate in the payment of wages against employee on basis of protected class. Makes unlawful employment practice to screen job applicants based on salary history, to base salary decision on salary history and to seek salary history information from applicant for employment other than after making offer of employment. Requires employer to demonstrate business necessity for pay differentials that are not based on merit, seniority, piece-rate or production-based work. -In Senate Committee On Workforce; Public Hearing 2/22 **SB 828: Employee Work Schedules: Requires employer to pay employee equivalent of at least four hours of work if employee is scheduled or called in to work but, due to employer, does not work entire shift. -In Senate Committee On Workforce; Public Hearing 2/27 >TBA: The Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance program allows family members to care for each other in times of serious need without having to compromise their economic stability through loss of wages. Small contributions by employers and employees are pooled, and when an employee has a qualifying reason for paid family or medical leave, such as a
serious health condition of their own or of a family member, or to care for a new child or aging relative, they may apply for wage replacement from the state program. 7. TRANSPORTATION HB 2667: Vision Zero: Establishes Task Force on Vision Zero: Achieving Zero Traffic Crashes, Injuries and Fatalities. -In House Committee On Transportation Policy, Public Hearing 2/15 *HB 2532: Transportation: Directs Oregon Transportation Commission to adopt rules establishing quantitative system for scoring and ranking transportation projects that are being considered by commission for inclusion in Statewide Transportation Improvement Program. -In House Committee On Transportation Policy *HB 2585: Vehicle Registration Fees: Alters passenger motor vehicle registration fee from flat rate to fee based on formula. -In House Committee On Transportation Policy **HB 2913: Studded Tires: Imposes fee on retail sale of studded tires and on installation of studs in tires. -In House Committee On Transportation Policy *SB 256: Willamette Falls Navigation Infrastructure: Establishes Willamette Falls Locks Commission as policy-making and advisory body for issues relating to repair, reopening, operation, maintenance and future transfer of ownership of navigational canal and locks. --Passed Business and Transportation; Referred to Ways and Means *SB 532: Lane of Travel: Requires certain persons to not drive in far left lane unless passing. -In Senate Committee On Business and Transportation; Public Hearing/Work Session 3/6 Omnibus Major Transportation Package 8. GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION/ PUBLIC SAFETY **HB 2130: Preventing Access to Firearms by Minors: Creates crime of endangering a minor by allowing access to a firearm. -In House Committee On Judiciary HB 2523: Storage of Firearms: Authorizes gun dealer to accept for safekeeping firearm surrendered by person or family or household member of person who is at risk of causing physical injury to self or others with firearm. -In House Committee On Judiciary
HB 2355: Public Safety: Directs Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to develop method for recording data concerning officer-initiated pedestrian and traffic stops. -In House Committee On Judiciary; Public Hearing 3/6 **HB 2594: Law Enforcement Officers: Allows nonimmigrant authorized to enter United States under Compact of Free Association to be law enforcement officer. -Passed House Floor; In Senate Committee On Judiciary >HB 3078: Public Safety: Addresses Oregon's excessive sentences for addiction-driven drug and property crimes disproportionately impact women and people of color, and now Oregon is on the brink of spending millions to open a new women's prison. This bill realigns drugs and property crime sentencing to create savings that can be reinvested into local communities to provide accountability, addiction and mental health treatment, and victims services. -On Speaker s Desk Awaiting referral >HB 3176: Victim Protections: Authorizes the use of a pseudonym, initials or other signifier instead of the name of the witness or victim in an indictment of specific circumstances in order to protect victims from tampering or intimidation. The bill will apply to violent and sex crimes. -On Speaker s Desk Awaiting Referral >SB 242: Allocation of funds to the YWCA: Provides a direct allocation of funds to the YWCA of Greater Portland from the General Fund in order to continue to administer the Family Preservation Project at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility at its current level. -Referred to Senate Committee On Human Services >SB 249: Victim of Sex Trafficking: Allows a person to file a motion to vacate a judgment of conviction for prostitution if the person was a victim of sex trafficking at the time. -In Senate Committee On Judiciary; Public Hearing 2/15 >SB 250: Victim of Sex Trafficking: Creates an affirmative defense to the crime of prostitution if the defendant was arrested because they are a victim of sex trafficking. -In Senate Committee On Judiciary; Public Hearing 2/15 >SB 797: Boyfriend/Charleston Loophole: Prohibits transfer of firearm by gun dealer or private party if Department of State Police is unable to determine whether recipient is qualified to receive firearm. -In Senate Committee On Judiciary >TBA: The Janitorial Registry Bill strengthens protections to prevent sexual violence against janitorial and security workers by creating a registry to ensure that contractors in these industries comply with Oregon s labor and employment laws, including new measures to prevent fly-by-night contractors from entering the market.
9. NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE/ ELECTIONS *HB 2578: Small Donor Funded Elections: Establishes Small Donor Funded Elections program to enable candidates for state office to receive 6-to-1 match on small dollar donations. -In House Committee On Rules; Public Hearing 2/28 **HB 2927: National Popular Vote: Enacts Interstate Compact for Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote. -In House Committee On Rules **HB 2949: Disclosure of Tax Returns for Candidates for Federal Office: Requires candidate for President or Vice President of United States, in order to appear on general election ballot or in general election voters' pamphlet, to provide Secretary of State with copy of candidate's federal income tax returns for five years preceding year of general election and with written consent for public disclosure of tax returns. -In House Committee On Rules 10. MISCELLANEOUS *HB 2171: Supervision of Court Appointed Special Advocates: Requires Oregon Volunteers Commission for Voluntary Action and Service to maintain volunteer staff of court appointed special advocates sufficient to meet statutory requirement to appoint court appointed special advocate in every juvenile dependency proceeding. -In House Committee On Judiciary; Public Hearing/Work Session 3/8 *HB 2577: Lobbying: Requires lobbyist statements filed with Oregon Government Ethics Commission to identify each bill or measure introduced before Legislative Assembly lobbyist lobbied on, whether lobbyist lobbied in favor or in opposition to bill or measure, each legislative topic that was not bill or measure that lobbyist lobbied on, each person or entity that hired lobbyist and how much moneys person or entity paid lobbyist. -In House Committee On Rules; Public Hearing 2/14 *HB 3041: Tax Credits for Crop Donation: Increases, for purposes of tax credit allowed for crop donation, percentage of wholesale price allowed as amount of credit. -On Speakers Desk Awaiting Referral *SCR 21: Commemorating 69th anniversary of Vanport flood and remembering survivors and those who lost their lives. -On Senate President s Desk Awaiting Referral