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Oregon 2024 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB1501

Introduced
2/12/24  
Refer
2/13/24  
Report Pass
3/7/24  
Engrossed
3/7/24  
Refer
3/7/24  
Report Pass
3/7/24  
Enrolled
3/7/24  
Passed
4/17/24  
Chaptered
4/18/24  
The Act changes the things that certain housing moneys can be spent on. The Act creates a new fund to hold deposits from private security companies. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.9). Modifies permissible purposes for amounts held in the Long-Term Rent Assistance Fund. Establishes an account to hold amounts submitted by private security entities as proof of ability to pay wages. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB1502

Introduced
2/5/24  
Refer
2/5/24  
Report Pass
2/19/24  
Engrossed
2/22/24  
Refer
2/22/24  
Report Pass
3/1/24  
Enrolled
3/4/24  
Passed
3/27/24  
Chaptered
3/28/24  
Requires most public schools and college boards to video record their meetings and post the meeting recordings on their websites and social media sites. This does not apply if a meeting is private or if a school district is very small. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.7). [Digest: Requires public schools and college boards to live stream their meetings and post the meeting recordings on their websites and social media sites. This does not apply if a meeting is private. Allows remote testimony for most school and college board meetings. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7).] [Requires the governing bodies of school districts, education service districts, community college districts and public universities to live stream governing body meetings, if technically practicable, and to post the recordings of the meetings on their official public body websites or social media sites. Excepts executive sessions. Requires educational institution governing bodies to also permit witnesses to testify via telephonic, electronic or virtual means if meetings also permit in-person oral testimony.] Requires school districts, education service districts, community college districts and public universities to make video recordings of governing body meetings or, if the public body's facilities lack broadband Internet access, to make audio recordings, and to post the video or audio recordings, as applicable, of the meetings on their official public body websites or social media sites. Excepts executive sessions and does not apply to school districts with less than 50 students.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB1503

Introduced
2/5/24  
Refer
2/5/24  
Refer
2/16/24  
Refer
2/16/24  
Report Pass
2/29/24  
Engrossed
3/4/24  
Refer
3/4/24  
Report Pass
3/5/24  
Enrolled
3/6/24  
Passed
4/4/24  
Chaptered
4/11/24  
The Act makes a task force on community safety and suicide prevention. The Act provides money for research on those topics. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.2). Establishes the Task Force on Community Safety and Firearm Suicide Prevention and requires the task force to report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health care. Appropriates money for research on gun violence and suicide prevention ordered by the task force. Sunsets on December 31, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB1506

Introduced
2/5/24  
Refer
2/5/24  
Report Pass
2/16/24  
Engrossed
2/21/24  
Refer
2/21/24  
Report Pass
2/27/24  
Enrolled
2/28/24  
Passed
3/20/24  
Chaptered
3/25/24  
The Act temporarily lets pharmacists test a person for a virus and treat the person for the virus. The Act also tells some health insurers to pay the pharmacist who tests and treats the person. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7). [Digest: The Act tells the Oregon Health Authority to pay a pharmacist who tests or treats a person for a virus. Lets a pharmacist test for and treat a virus. Starts on October 1, 2024, and ends on June 30, 2026. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.3).] Allows a pharmacist to test and prescribe, dispense and administer treatment for [and treat a certain virus] SARS-CoV-2. Requires the Oregon Health Authority medical assistance program, health benefit plans and benefit plans offered by the Public Employees' Benefit Board and Oregon Educators Benefit Board to reimburse a pharmacist for testing and prescribing, dispensing and administering treatment [of the virus] for SARS-CoV-2. Sunsets June 30, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB1507

Introduced
2/5/24  
Refer
2/5/24  
Refer
2/14/24  
Refer
2/14/24  
The Act gives money to the OPGC to help patients with complex needs who are being discharged from hospitals to post-acute care settings. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7). [Digest: The Act directs the OHA to take steps to take care of hospitals' problems in finding places to send certain patients who are ready to leave the hospital. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.5).] [Requires the Oregon Health Authority to take steps to address challenges faced by hospitals in discharging] Appropriates moneys to the Long Term Care Ombudsman out of the General Fund for distribution to the Oregon Public Guardian and Conservator to provide services to patients with complex needs who are being discharged from hospitals to post-acute care settings. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB1508

Introduced
2/5/24  
Refer
2/5/24  
Report Pass
2/9/24  
Engrossed
2/14/24  
Refer
2/14/24  
Report Pass
2/22/24  
Enrolled
2/27/24  
Passed
3/20/24  
Chaptered
3/25/24  
The Act forbids the HERC from using quality of life to measure the weight to give to a service that may be covered by the state Medicaid program. The Act caps the amount a person must pay for insulin under a health benefit plan to $35. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.9). [Digest: The Act forbids the HERC from using quality of life to measure the weight to give to a service that may be covered by the state Medicaid program. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6).] In determining the ranking of a condition-treatment pair on the prioritized list of health services covered by the medical assistance program, prohibits the Health Evidence Review Commission from relying upon a quality of life in general measure or from relying on any research or analyses that rely upon or refer to a quality of life measure, unless specified conditions are met. Caps cost-sharing required by health benefit plans at $35 for coverage of insulin.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB1509

Introduced
2/5/24  
Refer
2/5/24  
Report Pass
2/16/24  
Engrossed
2/21/24  
Refer
2/21/24  
Report Pass
2/28/24  
Enrolled
3/4/24  
Passed
3/27/24  
Chaptered
3/28/24  
The Act stops the lottery for Columbia River gillnet fishing permits. The Act directs an agency to start a work group to make suggestions on creating a program for buying the permits from willing sellers. The Act directs the agency to report on the suggestions of the work group on a due date. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.9). [Digest: The Act stops the lottery for Columbia River gillnet fishing permits. The Act directs an agency to create a short-term program for buying the permits from willing sellers. The Act directs an agency to report on a due date on creating a long-term version of the program. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.2).] Eliminates the lottery for Columbia River gillnet vessel permits. [Directs the State Fish and Wildlife Commission to establish a Columbia River gillnet vessel permit purchase program that ends on January 2, 2026.] Directs the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to convene a work group to provide recommendations on a voluntary Columbia River gillnet vessel permit buyback program. Directs the department to report to [interim] committees of the Legislative Assembly that relate to natural resources, on or before [September] November 15, 2024, on [establishing a Columbia River gillnet vessel permit buyback program] the recommendations. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB1510

Introduced
2/5/24  
Refer
2/5/24  
Report Pass
2/14/24  
Engrossed
2/15/24  
Refer
2/16/24  
Report Pass
2/27/24  
Enrolled
2/28/24  
Passed
3/12/24  
Chaptered
3/19/24  
The Act allows the agency of the State Fire Marshal to require fingerprints for criminal background checks on certain persons. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8). Authorizes the Department of the State Fire Marshal to require, for purposes of a criminal records check, fingerprints from an employee, a prospective employee or a person who provides or seeks to provide certain services. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB1511

Introduced
2/5/24  
Refer
2/5/24  
Refer
2/15/24  
Refer
2/15/24  
The Act directs the State Fire Marshal to create a grant program to help property owners with wildfire resilience. The Act creates a fund related to the grant program. The Act directs the State Fire Marshal to report on the grant program. The Act directs agencies to plan for a program for certifying reduced wildfire risk for insurance purposes. The Act gives moneys to the State Fire Marshal for the grant program. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.9). Directs the State Fire Marshal to establish a neighborhood protection cooperative grant program. Establishes the Neighborhood Protection Cooperative Grant Program Fund. Directs the Department of the State Fire Marshal to include status reports on the program in certain biannual reports. Directs the Department of Consumer and Business Services, the Department of the State Fire Marshal and the State Forestry Department to develop a plan and implementation timeline for establishing an insurance-related risk reduction certification program and report on the program on or before December 1, 2024. Appropriates moneys to the State Fire Marshal, out of the General Fund, for implementing the neighborhood protection cooperative grant program. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB1512

Introduced
2/5/24  
Refer
2/5/24  
The Act gives money to the Port of Cascade Locks for the Bridge of the Gods. The money will be used for the bridge's seismic analysis and strengthening project. The Act takes effect as soon as it is passed. (Flesch Readability Score: 83). Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for expenses related to the Bridge of the Gods seismic analysis and strengthening project. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB1513

Introduced
2/5/24  
Refer
2/5/24  
Makes BOLI study and report on laws that allow workers to take job-protected time off from work. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.1). Requires the Bureau of Labor and Industries to study issues related to the different federal and state laws under which a worker may take job-protected leave from work for qualifying reasons. Requires the bureau to submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to labor and business not later than September 15, 2025.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB1514

Introduced
2/5/24  
Refer
2/5/24  
Report Pass
2/13/24  
Engrossed
2/14/24  
Refer
2/14/24  
Report Pass
2/22/24  
Enrolled
2/27/24  
Passed
3/20/24  
Chaptered
3/25/24  
The Act would require the Director of OED to conduct periodic assessments of the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund. The Act would allow the director to take actions if the director found the fund to be insolvent. The Act would take effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7). Requires the Director of the Employment Department to conduct periodic assessments to determine the solvency of the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund. Specifies the actions that the director may take to restore solvency if the director determines that the fund is, or may be, insolvent. Requires the Director of the Employment Department to include in the department's biennial reports to the Legislative Assembly a summary of the periodic assessments conducted by the director and a summary of any actions taken by the director to restore solvency. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB1515

Introduced
2/5/24  
Refer
2/5/24  
Report Pass
2/12/24  
Engrossed
2/14/24  
Refer
2/14/24  
Report Pass
2/22/24  
Enrolled
2/27/24  
Passed
3/20/24  
Chaptered
3/25/24  
Makes changes to laws related to paid and unpaid family and medical leave. The Act takes effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.7). Directs the Employment Department to collaborate with the Bureau of Labor and Industries to identify statutory changes that are needed to require the department and the bureau to perform certain duties. Requires the Employment Department to make certain findings regarding the consideration of implementing programmatic changes and benefits that are paid to certain employees under the paid family and medical leave insurance program and report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly no later than September 15, 2024. Makes changes to the statutory provisions governing paid and unpaid job-protected leave entitlements. Makes technical changes and conforming amendments. Creates an exception from predictive scheduling penalty compensation requirements for employers that are unable to provide an employee with advance notice of scheduling changes that are necessitated by another employee's use of paid or unpaid leave. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB1516

Introduced
2/5/24  
Refer
2/5/24  
Refer
2/15/24  
Refer
2/15/24  
The Act creates the Ireland Trade Commission. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.7). Establishes the Ireland Trade Commission. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB1517

Introduced
2/5/24  
Refer
2/5/24  
Report Pass
2/19/24  
Engrossed
2/22/24  
Refer
2/22/24  
Report Pass
2/28/24  
Enrolled
3/4/24  
Passed
3/27/24  
Chaptered
3/28/24  
The Act would let the urban flood safety and water quality district impose an annual charge on lands that are benefited by district works. The Act would let the district impose a fee on cities and counties for district costs not covered by the annual charge. The Act would change how the district winds up other water-related districts. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.2). Authorizes the urban flood safety and water quality district to annually assess benefited lands within the managed floodplain for the total amount of revenues required to pay the costs for the succeeding year of district works that directly benefit the lands. Authorizes the district to impose a fee on cities and counties for the overall fixed costs of operating the district and district works. Amends provisions relating to the governance and the dissolution of existing drainage districts and corporations for the use and control of water lying within the boundaries of the urban flood safety and water quality district. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

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