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HB 3310 List candidate’s race and ethnicity on election forms

Posted on April 29, 2019 by BJ

Vote:NO – Signed into Law by Gov Brown
Requires forms used to nominate candidates to board of school district, education service district or community college district give candidate option of providing candidate’s race and ethnicity

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SJR 23 Uses kicker to fund schools

Posted on April 29, 2019 by BJ

VOTE:NO  – Died In Committee
Amends Oregon Constitution to send kicker refunds to an education fund instead of being returned to the taxpayers.

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HB 2496A Green technology in state buildings

Posted on April 28, 2019 by BJ

VOTE:NO – Gov.Brown Signed into Law
Reduces requirement of green technology but adds other requirements, increasing costs.

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HB 2682A Bicycle lane continues through intersections

Posted on April 28, 2019 by BJ

VOTE:YES – Signed into Law by Gov.Brown

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HB 2447 Creates prototype for Oregon health care

Posted on April 26, 2019 by BJ

VOTE: NO – Signed into Law by Gov.Brown

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HB 2006A Funding for housing support services

Posted on April 25, 2019 by BJ

VOTE: NO – Signed into Law by Gov.Brown

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HB 3329 Raises age to buy a gun to 21, determined by gun dealer

Posted on April 20, 2019 by BJ

VOTE:NO – Died In Committee

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SB 1A Creates System of Care Advisory Council

Posted on April 19, 2019 by BJ

VOTE: NO – Governor Brown Signed into Law
To provide youth with a statewide system of care policy development and comprehensive, long-range plan for coordinated system of care.

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SB 157A Contract for high school testing

Posted on April 19, 2019 by BJ

VOTE: NO – Died In Committee

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SB 446 Replaces Founding Fathers statues in National Statuary Hall

Posted on April 18, 2019 by BJ

SB 446 VOTE:NO – Died in Committee

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HB 2005B Family & medical leave as universal benefit

Posted on April 17, 2019 by BJ

VOTE: NO – Signed into Law by Gov Brown

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HB 2191A Allows school absences for mental or behavioral health

Posted on April 17, 2019 by BJ

VOTE: NO – Governor Brown Signed into Law
Expands reasons for excused absences from school to include mental or behavioral health.

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HB 2033A Modifies education requirement for child case workers

Posted on April 16, 2019 by BJ

VOTE: YES – Governor Brown Signed
Reduces minimum educational requirements for child welfare caseworkers from a bachelor’s degree to an associate degree plus additional coursework and training related to the field of human services

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HB 2660A Vacation unemployment benefits

Posted on April 16, 2019 by BJ

VOTE:NO – Governor Brown Signed into Law
Allows eligible, unemployed maintenance and janitorial employees to receive unemployment benefits during summer breaks, customary vacation periods, and holiday recesses., even though they are not unemployed during those breaks and recesses.

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SB 770A Single-payer universal healthcare

Posted on April 14, 2019 by BJ

VOTE: NO – Gov Brown Signed into Law

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SB 218C Limits marijuana production license

Posted on April 12, 2019 by BJ

VOTE: NO – Gov Brown Signed into Law

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HB 2849A Child custody protection without court order

Posted on April 10, 2019 by BJ

VOTE:YES – Governor Signed into Law
Enhances standards under which a child may be taken into protective custody without a court order

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SB 579 Shortens waiting period for Death with Dignity

Posted on April 9, 2019 by BJ

VOTE: NO – Governor Brown Signed into Law
Creates exception under Death with Dignity Act to 15-day waiting period for patient with less than 15 days to live

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HB 3274A Increases small-scale renewable energy requirements

Posted on April 9, 2019 by BJ

VOTE:NO – Died In Committee
Subjects public utilities to projects that cannot exist on their own with very little generation of power and expensive

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HB 3063B Requires vaccinations for all school children

Posted on April 6, 2019 by BJ

VOTE: NO – Died In Committee

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SB 870/HB 2704/HB 2578 National Popular Vote

Posted on April 3, 2019 by BJ

VOTE:NO – Governor Brown Signed
Enacts Interstate Compact for Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote

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SJM 7 Support for Green New Deal

Posted on April 2, 2019 by BJ

VOTE: NO – Died In Committee
rges Congress to enact Green New Deal legislation along the lines of the proposed Green New Deal in order to respond to the climate

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SB 978 Firearm ownership, transfer, storage and use restrictions

Posted on April 2, 2019 by BJ

VOTE:NO – Died In Committee

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