Oregon Rep. Brad Witt (D)

OR - Agriculture and Natural Resources (House)

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chair

OR - Business and Labor (House)

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member

OR - Veterans' Services and Emergency Preparedness (House)

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member

OR - HB4123 Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to establish for every entering undergraduate class at each public university with governing board minimum percentage of students who must be Oregon residents.

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

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

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

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

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 - SB1541 Extends sunset for tax credit for crop donation.

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

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

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

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