Oregon Rep. Ben Unger (D)

OR - Agriculture and Natural Resources (House)

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member

OR - Natural Resources

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co-chair

OR - Rural Communities (House)

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member

OR - HB4140 Provides that individual may not, by agreement or otherwise, waive any right that individual has by reason of law, rule, ordinance or other regulation of this state, or political subdivision of this state, that provides for protecting consumer health, safety or welfare unless law, rule, ordinance or regulation specifically permits waiver.

OR - HB4141 Provides that certain property tax exemptions and certain cancellations of property taxes do not apply to property taxes imposed by school districts or education service districts.

OR - HB4094 Provides that person is immune from prosecution for offense of possession of alcohol by person under 21 years of age if person was in need of medical assistance due to alcohol consumption or if person sought medical assistance for another person in need of medical assistance due to alcohol consumption, and evidence of offense resulted from person's having sought or obtained medical assistance .

OR - HB4068 Modifies requirements for concealed handgun license applicants.

OR - HB4076 Directs Eastern Oregon University, Oregon Institute of Technology, Southern Oregon University and Western Oregon University to develop pilot programs for fixed cost bachelor's degrees.

OR - SB1526 Requires Oregon Health Authority to investigate whether, and under what terms and conditions, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is likely to approve using Children's Health Insurance Program funds to subsidize costs of commercial health insurance coverage for children with family incomes from 200 percent to 300 percent of federal poverty guidelines.

OR - HB4083 Requires person, before sending unsolicited check, draft or other payment instrument or offer to extend credit or lend money to consumer, either to send notice to consumer at least seven days in advance or to establish and use system by which consumer must affirmatively consent to receive check, draft or other payment instrument or offer to extend credit or lend money.

OR - SB1585 Modifies requirements for mining using motorized dredge equipment in beds and banks of rivers and tributaries in this state.

OR - HB4064 Establishes standard for measuring distance between proposed or existing well and surface water source for purpose of determining probability or existence of impairment of, or substantial or undue interference with, existing rights of others to appropriate surface water.

OR - SB1545 Adds two legislators as nonvoting members of Oregon Ocean Science Trust.

OR - HB4022 Requires providers of radio communications service for cellular devices to provide, at request of law enforcement agency, call location information, or best available location information, of cellular device used to place 9-1-1 call requesting emergency assistance or reasonably believed to be in possession of individual in emergency situation that involves risk of death or serious physical harm to individual.

OR - HB4101 Imposes severance tax on harvest of timber from forestlands in Oregon at rate of $15 per thousand feet, board measure, to fund income tax credit for milling of logs in Oregon and for distribution to counties.

OR - HB4129 Increases rate of taxation on cigarettes and tobacco products.

OR - SB1509 Allows district school board to enter into approved written agreement with federally recognized Native American tribe in Oregon for use of mascot that represents, is associated with or is significant to tribe.

OR - HB4060 Requires persons registering to vote in this state for first time to supply acceptable evidence of residency.

OR - SB1546 Resolves terminology conflict to reflect that offense of endangering welfare of minor through distributing, selling or causing sale of tobacco to minor is Class A violation.

OR - HB4071 Directs Oregon Historical Society to undertake fund-raising and commissioning of statue of Mark Odom Hatfield, to be placed in National Statuary Hall in United States Capitol.

OR - SB1547 Authorizes county governing bodies and small business employers to enter into agreements for reimbursement of portion of wages paid to youth employees.

OR - HB4147 Requires Governor to appoint to Higher Education Coordinating Commission as voting members one student from community college, one student from Eastern Oregon University, Oregon Institute of Technology, Southern Oregon University or Western Oregon University and one student from University of Oregon, Oregon State University or Portland State University.

OR - SB1540 Prohibits person or person's affiliate from communicating demand to recipient if in demand person or affiliate alleges, asserts or claims in bad faith that recipient has infringed or contributed to infringing patent or rights that patentee, assignee or licensee has under patent.

OR - HB4028 Allows Oregon State Lottery to use moneys allocated for payment of costs of administration of state lottery to pay expenses incurred to implement policies related to problem gambling, to collect data related to problem gambling and to advertise availability of programs for treatment of problem gambling.

OR - HB4013 Authorizes practitioners to electronically transmit prescriptions for Schedule II controlled substances in nonemergency situations.

OR - HB4049 Exempts vessel ocean Dungeness crab permits from being subject to revocation or refusal of issuance by State Fish and Wildlife Commission or by court order under certain circumstances.

OR - HB4151 Requires investigations of abuse of persons 65 years of age or older by Department of Human Services to be completed within 120 days from date of report of abuse except when concurrent criminal investigation is ongoing.

OR - HB4122 Requires state contracting agency or public corporation that implements information technology initiative to obtain quality management services from qualified contractor if value of information technology initiative exceeds $5 million or meets criteria or standards that State Chief Information Officer or Director of Oregon Department of Administrative Services specifies by rule or policy.

OR - HB4127 Requires that majority of members of Oregon Education Investment Board be public educational professionals who work, or have worked, on regular basis in public educational setting.

OR - HB4074 Authorizes Board of Medical Imaging to waive specified licensing requirements for individual who meets certain criteria.

OR - SB1548 Amends certain statutes that reference "physician" to include references to "physician assistant" and "nurse practitioner." Takes effect July 1, 2014.

OR - SB1528 Alters method by which moneys are distributed to school districts for purpose of paying for costs of education of students in eligible day treatment programs and eligible residential treatment programs.

OR - HB4080 Establishes procedures for collecting emergency communications tax imposed on consumers of prepaid wireless telecommunications service.

OR - SB1532 For purposes of transfer to Shared Services Fund, requires Oregon Department of Administrative Services to state separately personal income tax revenue attributable to new jobs and retained jobs.

OR - SB1541 Extends sunset for tax credit for crop donation.

OR - SB1531 Specifies that governing body of city or county may adopt ordinances that impose reasonable regulations on operation of medical marijuana facilities.

OR - HB4090 Allows Department of Education to award grants to encourage participation in summer meals programs.

OR - HB4092 Authorizes governing body of Malheur County, under specified circumstances, to plan and zone site for industrial use, in addition to and not in lieu of other authority to plan and zone for industrial use.

OR - HB4149 Directs Department of Transportation to provide expedited titling services upon request by vehicle dealer.

OR - HB4021 Directs public universities to charge nonresident veteran who is graduate student tuition and fees no greater than resident rate if nonresident veteran received either honorable discharge or general discharge under honorable conditions and provides proof of physical presence in Oregon within 12 months of enrollment.

OR - HB4150 Revises assessment and grading system standards for school districts.

OR - SB1581 Directs public universities and community colleges to increase voter registration access and information.

OR - HB4072 Creates subtraction from federal taxable income for up to $500 in cash dividends paid by employer to employee for participation in workplace wellness program.

OR - HB4032 Adds Oregon Volunteer Firefighters Association to list of entities eligible for individual income tax return checkoff contribution.

OR - SB1571 Allows person contracting for restoration work to rescind contract within five days after formation of contract.

OR - HB4097 Creates subtraction from taxable income for payment of interest on principal of loans used to attend institution of higher education in Oregon to obtain degree.

OR - SB1544 Changes membership and meeting requirements of Citizens' Initiative Review Commission.

OR - SB1554 Authorizes county to adopt education funding protection ordinance for up to 10 years if at least 50 percent by area of county is subject to certain exemption or special assessment programs under ad valorem property tax statutes or if county has population of 100,000 or less.

OR - SB1538 Allows school district board to place limitations on proposals for public charter schools that board will evaluate if specified percentage of students of school district are enrolled in public charter schools and specified number of public charter schools are located in school district.

OR - SB1577 Requires Department of State Police and all sheriffs and municipal police departments to adopt written policies relating to missing vulnerable adults on or before January 1, 2015.

OR - HB4073 Defines "vapor product." Amends laws related to consumption of tobacco products by minors to include references to consumption of vapor products by minors, including crime of endangering welfare of minor and other criminal offenses and civil penalties related to use or acquisition of tobacco by minor.

OR - SB1519 Requires dentist to test, at least once per week, autoclave or other heat sterilization device.

OR - HB4063 Establishes Task Force on Statutory Common School Fund Loans to identify opportunities for making loans from Common School Fund for purpose of financing projects that provide significant in-state economic benefits.

OR - SB1553 Directs Long Term Care Ombudsman, in consultation with Residential Facilities Advisory Committee, to appoint Oregon Public Guardian and Conservator in office of Long Term Care Ombudsman to provide public guardian and conservator services for persons claiming to be without relatives or friends willing or able to serve as guardians or conservators and claiming to lack financial resources to obtain private guardian or conservator.

OR - HB4132 Prohibits person from sending advertisement for mortgage loan services or other extensions of credit secured by real property if advertisement has certain characteristics, unless person has previous business relationship with recipient or unless advertisement meets certain criteria.

OR - HB4144 Establishes Oregon Investment Department as public investment agency to be supervised by director appointed by Oregon Investment Council.

OR - SB1578 Modifies types of green energy technology for which at least 1.5 percent of total contract price of certain public improvement contract for construction or certain reconstruction or major renovation of public building must be spent.

OR - SB1572 Establishes standard for measuring distance between proposed or existing well and surface water source for purpose of determining probability or existence of impairment of, or substantial or undue interference with, existing rights of others to appropriate surface water.

OR - SJR203 Rescinds Senate Joint Resolution 34 (2013).

OR - HB4086 Unless public interest requires disclosure, exempts from disclosure under public records law personally identifiable information collected by mass transit electronic fare collection systems.

OR - HB4100 Makes legislative findings and declarations regarding genetically engineered food.

OR - HB4079 Directs Oregon State Lottery to convene work group to study and make recommendations regarding feasibility of allowing financial institutions to offer prize-linked savings accounts under authority of Oregon State Lottery.

OR - HB4057 Directs certain boards and agencies to report to interim and statutory committees of Legislative Assembly by October 1, 2014, regarding implementation of new requirements to accept substantially equivalent military training or experience for certain education, experience or training requirements in order to obtain license, certificate or other authorization to practice profession.

OR - HB4029 Authorizes withdrawal of tract from city located within Metro and incorporated between January 1, 2000, and January 1, 2005, if city did not acknowledge comprehensive plan and land use regulations within four years after incorporation and any portion of tract is on boundary of city and within one-half mile of another city.

OR - HB4075 Authorizes certain hunters to use battery-powered scoping devices, laser sighting devices and pin sight lights to hunt.

OR - HB4077 Adds one member to Oregon Education Investment Board who serves as member of school district board.

OR - HB4136 Permits district school board to enter into written agreement with federally recognized Native American tribe in Oregon to identify acceptable name, symbol or image of mascot that represents or is associated with Native American tribe, to identify behavior expectations at athletic events and to identify required training on cultural diversity.

OR - HCR203 Recognizes Hunt Memorial Park as home of Wasco County Fair since 1914.

OR - HB4095 Provides method for giving notice to Internet service providers that wish to install Internet lines within state highway right-of-way.

OR - HJM201 Urges Congress to direct Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to enhance safety standards for new and existing tank rail cars used to transport crude oil and other flammable liquids.

OR - HB4027 Transfers Oregon Arts Commission from Oregon Business Development Department to ___.

OR - HB4033 Requires beneficiary or beneficiary's agent to prepare and deliver note that is evidence of obligation grantor owes to beneficiary and beneficiary statement within 21 days after receiving demand for statement from entitled person.

OR - HB4148 Changes interest rate accruing on deferred taxes under homestead property tax deferral program from six percent compounded annually to six percent per annum.

OR - SCR205 Honors visionary Oregon musician Curtis Salgado.

OR - SB1556 Declares that person 21 years of age or older legally should be able to possess, transfer or produce marijuana.

OR - HB4137 Appropriates moneys to Oregon Department of Administrative Services for Primary Health Care Loan Forgiveness Program.

OR - HB4085 Modifies requirements for insurance coverage of colorectal cancer screening examinations and laboratory tests.

OR - HB4047 Establishes Task Force on Transportation and Customer Service Efficiency to study customer service performance in Department of Transportation field offices that provide driver and motor vehicle services.

OR - HB4062 Modifies standards that State Board of Education must adopt related to student education records.

OR - HB4065 Requires notice of trustee's sale in connection with foreclosure of residential property to include language that warns prospective purchasers that residential property may have been used in manufacturing methamphetamines.

OR - HB4058 Amends 40-40-20 education goals to include apprenticeship programs registered with State Apprenticeship and Training Council.

OR - SB1518 Modifies definition of "supervisory employee" for purposes of public employee collective bargaining law.

OR - SB1579 Requires health plans with prescription drug benefits and coordinated care organizations to each adopt synchronization policy for synchronizing refill dates of patients' prescription drugs.

OR - SB1563 Authorizes Oregon Business Development Department to undertake entrepreneurial development activities for traded sector industries and in rural communities.

OR - HB4026 Requires providers of ignition interlock devices to notify court that required device to be installed of any negative reports downloaded from ignition interlock device.

OR - HB4036 Expands crime of assault in the third degree to include, under certain circumstances, causing physical injury to person employed at state mental hospital or person who is patient of state mental hospital.

OR - HB4091 Authorizes preference in hiring and promotions for employees of private employers who have served in uniformed services and for spouses of such employees under certain circumstances.

OR - SCR204 Honors Major General Raymond F. Rees for his distinguished career and service to his state and country.

OR - HB4069 Establishes Oregon Task Force on Career and Technical Education Teaching for purpose of increasing availability and quality of teachers of career and technical education courses.

OR - HB4084 Directs Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development to administer grant program for purpose of distributing funds to community colleges to make child care services available to community college students.

OR - HB4116 Directs Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development and Higher Education Coordinating Commission to jointly establish grant program for purpose of distributing moneys to community colleges to increase number of underserved, low-income and first-generation college-bound students who enroll in community college and make progress toward degree or certificate.

OR - SJM201 Urges President and Congress to pursue Oregon and California Railroad grant land management reforms.

OR - HB4096 Requires director and managers of Department of Consumer and Business Services, executive director and managers of Oregon Health Insurance Exchange Corporation, and statewide elected officials who elect to obtain health insurance provided by state, to select health benefit plan offered through health insurance exchange.

OR - HB4143 Authorizes court, as part of settlement or judgment in class action, to approve process for payment of damages.

OR - HB4153 Authorizes cities and counties to adopt ordinances for expedited siting of industrial, manufacturing or natural resource facilities in areas of high unemployment.

OR - HB4078 Validates urban growth boundary adopted by Metro and acknowledged by Land Conservation and Development Commission as acknowledged urban growth boundary of Metro.

OR - SB1555 Caps amount of bonds or other securities required of bidder or purchaser in connection with forest product sales by State Forester.

OR - HB4139 Requires Oregon State University, in consultation with State Department of Agriculture, to develop educational materials regarding best practices for avoiding adverse effects of pesticides on populations of bees and other pollinating insects.

OR - HB4114 Authorizes court to appoint protected person special advocate in protective proceeding at any time after appointment of fiduciary that is not financial institution or trust company.

OR - HB4031 Transfers State Interoperability Executive Council from Department of Transportation to Oregon Department of Administrative Services.

OR - HB4093 Creates public record exemption for written agreements relating to conservation of greater sage grouse entered into voluntarily by owners or occupiers of land with soil and water conservation district.

OR - HB4120 Expands scholarships for children of public safety officers killed or injured in line of duty to include children of reserve officers and volunteer firefighters killed or disabled in line of duty.

OR - SB1584 Allows State Department of Agriculture to issue person permit for keeping of qualifying exotic animal.

OR - HB4131 Allows person that uses natural gas or propane in motor vehicle to pay annual special use fuel license fee in lieu of per-gallon tax.

OR - HB4124 Establishes Youth Suicide Intervention and Prevention Coordinator within Oregon Health Authority .

OR - HB4121 Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development for child care expenses of community college students.

OR - HB4107 Extends Alternative Fuel Vehicle Revolving Fund loan program to certain private entities.

OR - SB1583 Prohibits public body from obtaining location information of cellular telephone or other electronic communication device without warrant, consent or certain emergent circumstances.

OR - SB1569 Requires Oregon Health Authority to establish and maintain list of designated high priority chemicals of concern for children's health used in children's products.

OR - HB4056 Prohibits county clerk or county recording officer from recording document that records death filed in conjunction with owning or having interest in land if document originated in this state and includes medical information related to cause of death.

OR - HCR202 Recognizes and honors Reserve Sergeant Scott Collins and Reserve Deputy Mark Whitehead for their service to this state.

OR - HB4117 Directs Department of Education to make grants to improve student achievement in certain schools that are high poverty and low performing.

OR - SB1527 Directs Oregon Business Development Department, in coordination with local workforce investment boards, to contract with private or public entities to develop Dislocated Worker Training Program as pilot program to enable unemployed and underemployed engineers and industry professionals in bioscience and manufacturing traded sector industries to be reemployed in Oregon.

OR - SCR203 In memoriam: Thomas Vaughan, 1924-2013.

OR - SB1542 Establishes program administered by Home Care Commission to allow private payers to purchase home care services from commission through registry maintained by commission.

OR - HB4059 Creates Joint Legislative Committee to Review Agency Regulation of Oregon Businesses.

OR - HB4134 Directs Youth Development Council to allocate funds available to support community-based prevention and intervention programs and services based on indicators of need for youth ages 6 through 20.

OR - HB4142 Amends definition of "rural area" to mean area outside urban growth boundary of city of 40,000 or more, as boundary is acknowledged on date on which application is submitted for strategic investment program.

OR - HB4154 Requires Oregon Health Insurance Exchange Corporation to request federal agency to allow individuals and businesses to qualify for premium tax credits, cost-sharing reductions and business tax relief if individuals and businesses enrolled in qualified health plans directly with insurers.

OR - SB1543 Makes reduction of hours worked by full-time employee for sole purpose of preventing employee's eligibility for coverage under Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act unlawful employment practice.

OR - SB1565 Prohibits discrimination based on age, expected length of life, present or predicted disability, degree of medical dependency or quality of life in issuance of health benefit plans and in determination of medical services covered by state medical assistance program.

OR - HB4001 Allows person elected or appointed to office of sheriff, county judge or county commissioner in county with population of fewer than 110,000 inhabitants to continue to be retired member of Public Employees Retirement System and continue to receive retirement benefits under system.

OR - HB4048 Provides that public body and its officers, employees and agents are not immune from liability for wrongful death of person who is covered by workers' compensation law if death occurred in course and scope of decedent's employment, death occurred as result of criminal conduct and decedent was not employed by public body at time of death.

OR - SCR202 Honors heroism of Oregon City Reserve Police Officer Robert Libke.

OR - HB4115 Defines "vapor product" and "vape." Amends laws related to consumption of tobacco products by minors to include references to consumption of vapor products by minors, including crime of endangering welfare of minor and other criminal offenses and civil penalties related to use or acquisition of tobacco by minor.

OR - HB4125 Adds reserve officer to category of victims for which aggravated murder can be charged when murder is related to performance of official duties.

OR - HB4106 Exempts from property taxation real and personal property of history museum, natural history museum or science museum that is land on which museum is situated or that is used in conjunction with public displays, used to educate public, used to sell goods related to displays or educational purpose of museum, used to sell goods and services providing refreshment to public while visiting museum or used as theater for presentations about history or science.

OR - SB1576 Establishes Oregon Empowerment Scholarship Program for purpose of providing options in education to students.

OR - HB4061 Prohibits public bodies from adopting rules, enacting ordinances or instituting policies that require health care practitioners to provide medically inaccurate information or medical services inconsistent with appropriate and evidence-based standards or that prohibit health care practitioners from providing medical services consistent with appropriate and evidence-based standards.

OR - HB4050 Removes prohibition against insurer's issuing or delivering to small employer policy of insurance against risk of economic loss under less than fully insured employee health benefit plan.