Oregon 2024 Regular Session All Bills
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4076
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Failed
3/7/24
The Act requires the OHA to study the problems in this state caused by drug use and to send a report on its findings to the legislature. The Act is repealed on January 2, 2026. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7). Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study Oregon's addiction crisis. Directs the authority to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health not later than September 15, 2025. Sunsets on January 2, 2026.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4077
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Refer
2/14/24
Refer
2/14/24
Failed
3/7/24
Requires ODE to find a common way for employees at a school to record an injury. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.9). [Digest: Expands the uses for a fund that is used to pay for the high costs of special education. Establishes a group to help schools to bill Medicaid. Lists the laws that a recovery school must follow. (Flesch Readability Score: 74.8).] [Authorizes moneys in the High Cost Disabilities Account to be distributed to school districts that have a community impact that causes disproportionately high costs associated with the provision of special education and related services.] [Establishes the School Medicaid Technical Advisory Committee. Establishes the duties and membership of the committee.] [Modifies the statutes and rules that are applicable to approved recovery schools.] [Takes effect on July 1, 2024.] Directs the Department of Education to develop and implement a standardized method to be used by school districts and education service districts to record school workplace safety incidents. Requires the department to convene an advisory committee to assist in the development of the standardized method and to develop and ensure compliance with a training and implementation plan for the standardized method.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4078
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Refer
2/16/24
Refer
2/16/24
Failed
3/7/24
Requires a study and a task force to help prepare for a system for student information. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6). [Digest: Directs ODE to create and use a method for electronic student data. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7).] [Directs the Department of Education to develop and implement a standardized method to be used by school districts and the department to electronically create, collect, use, maintain, disclose, transfer and access student data. Prescribes requirements of the method.] [Takes effect July 1, 2024.] Directs the Legislative Policy and Research Director to conduct a study on the creation of a statewide student information system for use in the public schools of this state for students from kindergarten through grade 12. Requires the director to submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to education no later than September 15, 2024. Establishes the Task Force on a Statewide Student Information System. Directs the task force to review the study conducted by the director and to make recommendations for the creation of a statewide student information system for use in the public schools of this state for students from kindergarten through grade 12. Requires the task force to submit a report to an interim committee of the Legislative Assembly related to education no later than December 31, 2024. Declares an emergency effective on passage.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4079
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Refer
2/12/24
Refer
2/12/24
Failed
3/7/24
Takes away the cap on the amount of state moneys that a school district may receive for a student who is a child with a disability. Allows a school district to receive more state moneys for a student who is homeless. Changes law on July 1, 2024. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.9). Removes the percentage cap on the amount of moneys that are distributed from the State School Fund to school districts for students eligible for special education as children with disabilities. Provides additional weight for students who are homeless for purposes of calculating distributions of State School Fund moneys to school districts. Takes effect July 1, 2024.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4080
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Refer
2/15/24
Refer
2/15/24
Report Pass
3/1/24
Engrossed
3/5/24
Refer
3/5/24
Report Pass
3/7/24
Enrolled
3/7/24
Passed
3/27/24
Chaptered
3/28/24
Passed
3/28/24
States a state policy on offshore wind energy. Tells the state agency on energy to make a road map on standards for offshore wind energy. Makes a person involved in an offshore wind energy or port project meet certain labor and supply chain standards. Tells the state agency on land use to assess state policies that may be used in federal reviews of offshore wind leasing decisions. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.0). Declares a state policy to support engagement between offshore wind developers and impacted organizations, communities and tribes. Declares a state policy regarding offshore wind energy development and labor and supply chain standards. Declares a state policy that the interconnection of offshore energy projects be carried out in a manner that promotes electric grid reliability and resilience. Directs the Land Conservation and Development Commission to exercise its rulemaking authority to support these state policies. Directs the State Department of Energy to develop an Offshore Wind Roadmap that defines standards to be considered in the processes related to offshore wind energy development and approval. Requires a developer or contractor involved in an offshore wind energy project, port development project that is necessary for the development of an offshore wind energy project or project related to manufacturing or supply chain that is located on port property and that facilitates the construction, operation or maintenance of an offshore wind energy project to meet certain labor and supply chain standards. Allows a developer or contractor to use a workforce development agreement to comply with the requirements. Directs the Department of Land Conservation and Development to conduct an assessment of the state enforceable policies that may be used in the federal consistency review of offshore wind leasing decisions and related actions. Directs the department to submit a report on the department's activities to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to marine renewable energy and coastal resources not later than September 1, 2025. Modifies certain biennial appropriation made from the General Fund to the Department of Land Conservation and Development. Modifies limitation on expenditures for certain biennial expenses for the Bureau of Labor and Industries. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4081
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Refer
2/16/24
Refer
2/16/24
Report Pass
3/1/24
Engrossed
3/4/24
Refer
3/4/24
Report Pass
3/5/24
Enrolled
3/5/24
Passed
3/27/24
Chaptered
3/28/24
Passed
3/28/24
The Act makes a program and an advisory board in the Oregon Health Authority to make it easier to get fast health care. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.4). Establishes the Emergency Medical Services Program and Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board within the Oregon Health Authority. Directs the authority to designate emergency medical services regions within the state. Directs the authority to designate emergency medical services centers for the provision of specific types of emergency care. Requires the program to establish and maintain an emergency medical services data system. Becomes operative on January 1, 2025. Repeals existing State Trauma Advisory Board and related boards. Becomes operative on January 1, 2027. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4082
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Refer
2/12/24
Refer
2/12/24
Report Pass
3/1/24
Engrossed
3/4/24
Refer
3/4/24
Report Pass
3/5/24
Enrolled
3/5/24
Passed
3/12/24
Chaptered
3/18/24
Passed
3/18/24
Directs ODE to fund summer learning programs and to study how to provide learning during nonschool hours. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). Requires the Department of Education to establish and administer the Summer Learning Grant program. Establishes requirements of the program. Directs the department to study and propose recommendations to develop an initiative that addresses education disparities through increased summer and after-school learning opportunities. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4083
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Report Pass
2/16/24
Engrossed
2/20/24
Refer
2/20/24
Report Pass
2/29/24
Enrolled
3/5/24
Passed
4/4/24
Chaptered
4/10/24
Passed
4/10/24
The Act tells the State Treasurer to stop investing moneys in companies that deal in thermal coal. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.1). Directs the Oregon Investment Council and the State Treasurer to make efforts to eliminate certain investments in thermal coal companies. Provides that divestments must be accomplished without monetary loss to the investment funds. Provides that investments may be retained in a thermal coal company that is transitioning to clean energy. Requires an annual report to the Legislative Assembly on actions taken pursuant to this Act.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4084
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Refer
2/19/24
Refer
2/19/24
Report Pass
3/1/24
Engrossed
3/5/24
Refer
3/5/24
Report Pass
3/6/24
Enrolled
3/6/24
Passed
3/27/24
Chaptered
3/28/24
Passed
3/28/24
Creates a program for the education of students who are foster children. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7). Directs the Department of Education to establish and administer a pilot program for students who are foster children. Sunsets the plan June 30, 2027. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4085
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Refer
2/21/24
Refer
2/21/24
Failed
3/7/24
Directs DHS to give grants to help noncitizens change their immigration status. The Act goes into effect on its passage. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.5). [Digest: Directs DHS to give grants to help noncitizens get lawful immigration status. The Act goes into effect on the 91st day after session ends. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7).] Directs the Department of Human Services to provide grants to assist individuals who are noncitizens [and who do not possess valid immigration documentation] to change their immigration status or obtain lawful permanent resident status. [Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.] Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4086
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Refer
2/21/24
Refer
2/21/24
Report Pass
3/7/24
Engrossed
3/7/24
Refer
3/7/24
Report Pass
3/7/24
Enrolled
3/7/24
Passed
3/27/24
Chaptered
3/28/24
Passed
3/28/24
The Act directs DHS to have a study done by someone else about how reports of child abuse are looked into in this state. The Act directs DHS to have a study done by someone else about children who have shown problem sexual behaviors. The Act requires the people doing the studies to consult with groups for advice. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.6). Directs the Department of Human Services to commission a study, to be conducted by a facilitator who specializes in public policy, in consultation with an advisory committee, on the scope of child abuse investigations in Oregon. Requires that the department's contract with the facilitator must include the preparation and submission of a report to the interim committees on child welfare no later than September 15, 2025. Directs the department to commission a study to be conducted by a facilitator who specializes in public policy, in consultation with an advisory committee, to study the statewide response to children exhibiting problematic sexual behavior. Requires that the department's contract with the facilitator must include the preparation and submission of a report to interim legislative committees no later than September 15, 2025. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4087
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Refer
2/21/24
Refer
2/21/24
Failed
3/7/24
The Act directs OHA, with DHS and OYA, to create a pilot program to provide treatment and services to certain children with high needs. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7). [Digest: The Act directs DHS to establish a program to provide treatment to children with high needs who are in DHS custody. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.6).] Directs the Oregon Health Authority, in consultation with the Department of Human Services and the Oregon Youth Authority, to establish [an Emergency High Acuity Youth Initiative program] a pilot program to create capacity to support or stabilize residential systems of care for children who are at risk of temporary lodging or who require behavioral health services. Directs the authorities and department to, separately, enter into capacity contracts [with up to 10 child-caring agencies to provide residential services and supports to children in the protective custody of the department] with providers of residential care to certain children. Directs the System of Care Advisory Council to compile pilot reports from program providers into a report summarizing the progress of the pilot program and to submit the report to the committees or interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to children. [Directs the department to enter into a contract with a provider association that represents a minimum number of child-caring agencies to facilitate the sharing of data and provide recommendations to the department.] Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4088
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Refer
2/19/24
Refer
2/19/24
Failed
3/7/24
The Act directs hospitals to take actions with respect to the protection of hospital employees. The Act directs the OHA to administer a grant program. The Act takes effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.9). [Digest: The Act directs hospitals to take actions with respect to the protection of hospital staff.] [The Act directs the OHPB to contract with the OHSU to run a pilot program. The Act directs the OHSU to report on the program by Sept. 1, 2025. (Flesch Readability Score: 65).] Requires hospitals to take certain actions with respect to protecting hospital employees from workplace assaults. Directs hospitals to post signage informing employees of rights and protections regarding workplace assaults. [Requires hospitals to submit an annual report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly and to the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services regarding the status of the hospital's assault prevention and protection program and the results of any root cause analyses conducted by the hospital.] Requires hospitals to file certain reports regarding work-related illnesses and injuries to the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services for posting to the department's website. Expands the crime of assault in the third degree to include causing physical injury to a person working in a hospital while worker is [performing official duties] acting in the course of official duty. [Specifies when a person may not be charged with the crime.] [Requires the Oregon Health Policy Board to enter into an agreement with the Oregon Health and Science University to administer a pilot program for purposes of developing recommendations for establishing a statewide program to train hospital staff on procedures to prevent and respond to incidents of workplace violence.] Requires the Oregon Health Authority to develop and administer a grant program to provide financial assistance to eligible hospitals for workplace violence prevention efforts. Establishes the timeline within which the authority must begin distributing grant funds to approved grant applicants. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4089
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Failed
3/7/24
The Act makes laws with respect to certain health care employee work schedules and on-call shifts. The Act makes laws with respect to hospital financial reporting and transparency. The Act directs hospitals to report to the OHA. The Act permits the OHA to impose penalties against hospitals that fail to comply with the law. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.5). Imposes requirements on hospitals regarding predictive scheduling and on-call shifts. Requires hospitals to report quarterly to the Oregon Health Authority certain hospital financial data, including the hospital's daily cash on hand. Requires hospitals and hospital systems operating in this state to make certain financial data publicly available.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4090
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Report Pass
2/16/24
Engrossed
2/21/24
Refer
2/21/24
Failed
3/7/24
Removes EFSC power over a project that makes clean power or is a power line, is only on U.S. lands and is reviewed under NEPA. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.0). Prohibits the Energy Facility Siting Council from exercising jurisdiction over or requiring a site certificate for an energy facility that is a renewable energy facility or transmission line, is sited wholly within federal lands and is subject to review under the National Environmental Policy Act. Requires the person seeking federal approval for the energy facility to consult with local governments within whose jurisdiction the facility is proposed to be located or whose jurisdiction adjoins the proposed facility on potential impacts.