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SB 3A Moratorium on Mining Using Motorized Equipment

Posted on April 28, 2017 by BJ

SB 3 VOTE: NO – Gov Signed – Implies that the moratorium has been repealed whereas the DEQ has listed all the upper reach streams as “impaired” (303 d) and NO permits will be allowed. There is a 2000% fee increase.

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HB 2020A Re-Defines Oregon’s Energy Policy

Posted on April 24, 2017 by BJ

VOTE: NO – Died in Committee – Oregon Global Warming Commission is abolished, creating the Oregon Energy and Climate Board to set policy and renaming the ODOE to Oregon Department of Energy and Climate.

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HB 2004-A Places Specific Eviction Regulations on Landlords

Posted on April 20, 2017 by BJ

VOTE: NO – Died in Committee – Establishes more restrictive eviction standards and requirements upon landlords.

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SB 558 Marketing Health Care for all Children in Oregon

Posted on April 16, 2017 by BJ

VOTE: NO – Governor signed – Makes taxpayers responsible for covering ALL children so there is no requirement to be a legal citizen.

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HB 3102 Task Force on Medical Assistance Funding

Posted on April 16, 2017 by BJ

VOTE: NO – Died in Committee – Requires task force to develop proposal for funding state medical assistance program with assessment on all medical claims processed

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HB 2726 Marketing Health Care for all Children in Oregon

Posted on April 16, 2017 by BJ

VOTE: NO – Died in Committee – Leaves the amount of monies to be transferred from the general fund to pay for this program blank

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HB 3431 Additional Regulations on Certain Hospitals

Posted on April 16, 2017 by BJ

VOTE: NO – Died in Committee – Imposes requirements on hospitals with no determination of reimbursement for service

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SB 399 Limits Out of Pocket Insured Drug Expense to $250 per Pharmacy Visit

Posted on April 15, 2017 by BJ

VOTE: NO – Died in Committee – limits out of pocket drug expenses to $250 per pharmacy visit

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HB 2711A Moratorium on Hydraulic Fracturing

Posted on April 15, 2017 by BJ

VOTE: NO – Died in Committee – Extends moratorium until December 31, 2027, on use of hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas exploration and production, excluding coal bed methane extraction wells.

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HB 3042 Requires Grants for Culturally Specific Health Care

Posted on April 14, 2017 by BJ

VOTE: NO – Died in Committee – Requires grants to culturally specific health care facilities to provide culturally appropriate care

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HB 3428 Expands Enrollment of Citizens in Coordinated Care Organizations Without Their Consent.

Posted on April 14, 2017 by BJ

VOTE: NO – Died in Committee – Expands the enrollment of citizens in coordinated care organizations without their consent

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HB 3431 Imposes Requirements on Hospitals Without Determination of Reimbursement

Posted on April 13, 2017 by BJ

VOTE: NO – Died in Committee – Imposes requirements on hospitals with no determination of reimbursement for service

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HB 3312 Freezes Minimum Environmental Regulations

Posted on April 13, 2017 by BJ

VOTE: NO – Died in Committee – Requires the Department of Environmental Quality to establish environmental regulations at least as stringent as those provided under federal law on January 19th, 2017.

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SB 909 Ratepayers Protection Act

Posted on April 12, 2017 by BJ

VOTE: YES – Died in Committee – Protects Oregonians from excessive energy costs. The “Ratepayers Protection Act,” will fix the state’s broken energy policy that has hurt vulnerable Oregonians.

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SB 559 PERS Final Average Salary Calculation

Posted on April 12, 2017 by BJ

Changes the calculation used to determine PERS final average salary from 3 years to 5 years limiting retirement benefits from being overly generous.

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HB 3340A Provides for the Dissemination of Apprenticeship Programs

Posted on April 11, 2017 by BJ

VOTE: YES – Signed into Law by Gov Brown
Provides for the dissemination by the state and by local skills of information about available apprenticeship programs in their area.

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HB 2503 Creats New Class of Provider With Government Control

Posted on April 11, 2017 by BJ

VOTE: NO – Governor Signed – Creates a new classification of health care provider with government control

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SB 1046 Establishes Health Care for All People in Oregon

Posted on April 11, 2017 by BJ

VOTE: NO – Died In Committee – Establishes health care coverage for all people residing or working in Oregon to be administered by Oregon Health Authority

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HB 3352 establishes Task Force on Funding School Behavioral Health Support

Posted on April 11, 2017 by BJ

VOTE: NO – Died in Committee – Inserts unjust government control into multiple facets of the health care industry

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SB 784 Requires In, & Out-of-Network Providers be Paid the Same for Womens Health

Posted on April 11, 2017 by BJ

VOTE: NO – Died in Committee – Requires insurer to reimburse out-of-network women’s health care provider at same rate as in-network women’s health care provider

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SB 608 Expanding Urban Growth Boundary

Posted on April 11, 2017 by BJ

VOTE: YES – Died In Committee – Allows local governments to expand the Urban Growth Boundary when the number of new households in a jurisdiction exceed the number of new housing units and vacancy rates drop below six percent.

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SB 432A Boundary Growth Exception

Posted on April 10, 2017 by BJ

VOTE: YES – Died In Committee – Allows rural county with no population growth, and certain local governments in county, to adopt comprehensive land use plan without complying with statewide land use planning goals until population growth invalidates their qualification for the exception.

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HB 3050 Permits Solar on High Value Farmland

Posted on April 10, 2017 by BJ

VOTE: NO – Died In Committee – Permits siting of commercial solar photovoltaic power generation facility on land not designated as high value farmland unless county adopts exceptions where no high value farmland is available.

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HB 3189 Establish Building Codes Division

Posted on April 8, 2017 by BJ

VOTE: NO – Died in Committee – Transfers the Building Codes Division from the Department of Consumer and Business Services to the new established Department of Building Codes.

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SB 897 Militia Terrorism; Criminalizes Protesting

Posted on April 8, 2017 by BJ

SB 897 VOTE:NO – Died in Committee Status (overview) of bill:https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB897 Published on Track Their Vote This bill creates crime of militia terrorism for citizens protesting more than two days occupying a public premises with a firearm present and refuses to leave when requested by law enforcement regardless of cause for the protest. Personal Choice and Responsibility Takes away the…

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SB 797 Prohibits firearm purchase due to delayed background check

Posted on April 8, 2017 by BJ

SB 797 VOTE:NO – Died in Committee Status (overview) of bill:https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB797 This bill prohibits person from purchasing a firearm if the Oregon State Police background check unit is unable or unwilling to provide approval pursuant to background check. This bill is the senate equivalent of HB 2237. Personal Choice and Responsibility About 1% of background checks run by the OSP…

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HB 3091 Requires Specific Medical Facilities to Provide Specific Services

Posted on April 7, 2017 by BJ

VOTE: NO – Governor Signed – Removes the personal choices of both the provider and the insurer dictating the terms by the state.

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HB 3284 Healthcare Facility Certificate of Need

Posted on April 7, 2017 by BJ

VOTE: YES – Died In Committee – Repeals requirement for health care facility to obtain certificate of need

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SB 955 Requires Oregon Health Authority to Become Transportation Dispatch Agency

Posted on April 7, 2017 by BJ

VOTE: NO – Died In Committee – Requires Oregon Health Authority to become a transportation dispatch agency

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HB 2897 Places Restrictions On In-Network and Out-Of-Network Providers

Posted on April 7, 2017 by BJ

VOTE: NO – Died In Committee – Impacts multiple areas of healthcare removing rights if private business from making operational decisions

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HB 2663 Task Force to Study Calif. Act of 1975

Posted on April 7, 2017 by BJ

VOTE: NO – Died In Committee – Establishes Task Force to study provisions of California’s Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975 to determine appropriateness and feasibility of adopting any provisions in Oregon.

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HB 2845 Curriculum to Include Ethnic & Social Minority History

Posted on April 6, 2017 by BJ

VOTE: NO – Passed Committee – Introduces still another state agency to impose standards on K-12 with respect to teaching ethnic and social minority history.

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HB 3079 Removes Limits on Hospital Assessments

Posted on April 6, 2017 by BJ

VOTE: NO – Died In Committee – Removes limits on hospital assessment rates, allows for increase in assessment to offset legislative reduction in funding

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SB 651 Reduces Emergency Medical Services

Posted on April 5, 2017 by BJ

VOTE: NO – Died In Committee – Reduces emergency medical services by 20% to pay for administrative expenses in order to require less money transfer from the general fund

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HB 2004A Tenant Evictions

Posted on April 4, 2017 by BJ

VOTE: NO – No Senate Vote – Establishes new laws on landlords of how they can evict tenants.

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SJR 38 Two-thirds Vote Required to Add Emergency Clause

Posted on April 2, 2017 by BJ

VOTE: YES
Died in Committee – Require bills to receive 2/3 majority vote in both Houses to have the Emergency Clause added to them

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HB 2116 Modifies Reimbursements of Hospital Costs

Posted on April 2, 2017 by BJ

VOTE: NO – Died In Committee – Helps Big Pharma peddle drugs to persons facing high drug bills.

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HB 2012A Eastern Oregon Border Economic Development Board

Posted on April 1, 2017 by BJ

VOTE: YES – Gov signed – Creates the Eastern Oregon Border Economic Development Board, in collaboration with Oregon Business Development Department.

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HB 2645 Relating to Drugs; Prescribing an Effective Date

Posted on April 1, 2017 by BJ

VOTE: NO – Died In Committee – Requires manufacturers of certain types of drugs to collect unused drugs following a plan that they develop by 12-31-18, but the program becomes effective 1-1-18

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HB 2466 New Tax on Timber Harvest

Posted on April 1, 2017 by BJ

VOTE: NO – Died In Committee – Reduces proposed taxes by fifty-percent to go to the Forestland and County Reserve Fund. Imposes inordinate tax on timber harvest to fund fire suppression, redemption of burned areas, watershed conservation and distribution to counties.

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HB 2301 Relating to Health.

Posted on April 1, 2017 by BJ

VOTE: NO – Governor Signed – Creates different standards for health-related professions and trade professions.

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