Oregon Rep. Chris Gorsek (D)

OR - Education (House)

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Member

OR - Higher Education and Workforce Development (House)

Title:

Member

OR - Transportation and Economic Development (House)

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Vice-chair

OR - HB4118 Requires qualified nonprofit agency for individuals with disabilities to pay state minimum wage and otherwise comply with state labor and occupational health and safety laws.

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

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

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 - 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.

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

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

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

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 - 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 - 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 - HB4118 Requires qualified nonprofit agency for individuals with disabilities to pay state minimum wage and otherwise comply with state labor and occupational health and safety laws.

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

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

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

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 - 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 - 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 - 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.