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HB 2524 Minimum percentage of college students must be Oregon residents

Requires a minimum percentage of college students must be Oregon residents.

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HB 2624 Sets up new learning experience for secondary education students

Sets up new bureaucracy to provide new learning experience for secondary education students.

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HB 2176 Transforms Oregon Elections

Vote: NO – Died in Committee
Would eliminate cut-off date for voter registration and requirement to provide residence address.

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SB 27 Removes county clerk accountability

Vote:NO – Signed into Law by Gov Kitzhaber
Eliminates county fiscal accountability and increases fee for performing marriage by a county official by over 300%.

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HB2071 Reinstates assessment on health benefit plan premiums

VOTE: NO In committee not scheduled HB2071  repeals sections 3a and 8, chapter 867, Oregon Laws 2009 provides revenue raising related to the reinstatement of health insurance plan premiums assessments by Public Employees’ Benefit Board. Personal Choice This bill may not directly diminish personal choice but would most likely affect the health insurance premium costs related to those choices. Fiscal Responsiblity Further…

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HB 2004 repeals local minimum wage requirements

Repeals state preemption of charter and statutory authority of local governments to set minimum wage requirements; declares an emergency

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HB 2476 Gives Governor authority over agency rulemaking

Vote:NO – Signed into Law by Gov Kitzhaber
Authorizes Oregon Department of Administrative Services to adopt by rule uniform policies or procedures.

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SB 112 Establishes career and technical education investment council

Establishes Career and Technical Education Investment Council to train students in vocational and technical studies, collaborating with local businesses and industries.

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SB 81 Requires certain tuition at community college be waived if person meets specified criteria.

Vote:NO – Signed into Law by Gov Kitzhaber
In essence; does away with tuition fees and offers a “free” course of studies at community colleges.

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HB 2772 Ensures grant money/funds shared by public school districts with charter schools.

Ensures grant money and other funds are shared properly by public school districts with charter schools.

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HB 3092 Creates crime of online impersonation

Creates crime of online impersonation.

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HB 2680 Prohibits use of statewide assessment to rate schools

Vote:NO – Signed into Law by Gov Kitzhaber
An effort by the OEA association to disallow the use of the increasingly expensive school assessment results to be used in evaluating schools, teachers, or administrators.

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HB 2714 Allows students to be excused from statewide assessments

Requires school district to provide alternative method for assessment allowing parents to opt-out of state assessments.

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HB 2928 Establishes task force on class size

Vote:NO – Signed into Law by Gov Kitzhaber
Establishes Task Force on Class Sizes to determine appropriate class sizes of students, identify methods to reduce class sizes and determine cost for methods to reduce class sizes.

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HB 3063 Intro: Appropriates moneys to the Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development

Vote:NO – Signed into Law by Gov Kitzhaber

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SB 385 Prohibits weapons in justice and municipal court

Vote:NO – Signed into Law by Gov Kitzhaber
Adds to the list of places that those with a concealed carry permit may not carry.

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HB 2655: Limits arbitrary power of school children to be tested at will.

Vote:YES – Signed into Law by Gov Kitzhaber
Limits the arbitrary power of the state to test at will. Gives parents some control of if and how their children will be tested.

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SB 86 Authorizes firearms training facility

Allows establishment of firearms training facility on lot or parcel that is in exclusive farm zone, forest zone or mixed farm and forest zone, and that is not within city or urban growth boundary.

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HB 5003 Establishes fees for nursery and greenhouse growers

Vote:NO – Signed into Law by Gov Kitzhaber
Approves certain new fees adopted by State Department of Agriculture on nursery and greenhouse operations.
These fees will come from rural areas that can’t absorb the expense.

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HB 2177 Automatic Voter Registration

Vote:NO – Signed into Law by Gov Kitzhaber
State will ascertain data from the DMV and automatically register drivers to vote!

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SB 324 Repeals sunset on low carbon fuel standards.

Vote:NO – Signed into Law by Gov Kitzhaber
Proposes a constitutional amendment to ‘allow’ carbon taxes, and raise the tax on Oil and Natural Gas

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HB 2170 Reduces average membership for students in virtual public charter school for making State School Fund distributions.

Lowers funding to on-line independent charter schools. It protects on-line public schools like Tigard-Tualatin On-line Academy.

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HB 2082 Imposes carbon tax

Imposes tax on each fuel supplier and utility based on amount of carbon.

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HJR 11 Raises tax on oil and natural gas

Removes limitation of six percent of market value on rate of taxes imposed on oil or natural gas.

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HB 2503 Places authority for ammunition and fishing gear with legislature

Vests sole authority to regulate hunting ammunition and fishing gear with Legislative Assembly with specified exceptions.

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HJR 10 Amends Constitution to impose taxes on carbon emissions

Amends the Oregon Constitution allowing Legislative Assembly to impose taxes on carbon emissions for purpose of funding reductions in carbon emissions and carbon fuel use.

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SB 176 Prohibits courts from applying Sharia Law

Prohibits courts from applying Sharia law.

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SB 215 removes sunset on Oregon Education Investment Board

Removes the Sunset on Oregon Education Investment Board (OEIB) and adds their control over the entire education system.