Oregon Rep. Chris Gorsek (D)

OR - Agriculture and Natural Resources (House)

Title:

Member

OR - Transportation and Economic Development (House)

Title:

Vice-chair

OR - HB2971 Requires Department of Transportation to study feasibility of undertaking transportation project on Hayden Island.

OR - HB3026 Establishes task force to study need for and processes for providing counseling services for injured workers and to make recommendations for legislation regarding counseling services for injured workers.

OR - HB3407 Directs Higher Education Coordinating Commission to conduct survey of community college students related to students' child care needs.

OR - HB2655 Directs State Board of Education to adopt specified standards related to student education records.

OR - HB3406 Expands primary purposes of Oregon Center for Policing Excellence to include assisting with recruiting and community outreach.

OR - HB2652 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 - HB2653 Requires Oregon State University Extension Service, in consultation with State Department of Agriculture and beekeeping organizations, to establish best practices for beekeeping within residential areas.

OR - HB3281 Prohibits public universities and community colleges from increasing amount of tuition and mandatory fees charged to students during 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 academic years.

OR - HB3438 Provides that interest earned by Legal Aid Account shall be credited to account.

OR - HB3049 Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to develop plan for public universities to have ratio of at least 7 to 1 of public employees to supervisory employees.

OR - HB3508 Provides that unemployment insurance benefits are payable during summer term to community college instructor who has received assignment for previous summer term.

OR - HB3405 Requires Governor to consult with Metro before appointing director to governing board of mass transit district in metropolitan statistical area with population exceeding 400,000.

OR - HJR25 Proposes amendment to Oregon Constitution to require Legislative Assembly to annually appropriate moneys in amount necessary to fund performance of all duties and powers conferred on Oregon State Police by law.

OR - HB3408 Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Public Safety Standards and Training to provide students with opportunity to explore careers in law enforcement and to become familiar with law enforcement.

OR - HB2651 Requires police officer or certified reserve officer employed or utilized by law enforcement unit that employs at least 20 police officers to have associate degree.

OR - HB2654 Requires certain public employers that are subject to civil service system or public collective bargaining law or that employ law enforcement officers to implement employment examination for applicants that demonstrates actual proficiency in required areas.

OR - HB2656 Describes procedures that must be followed if person who has been found by court to have intellectual disabilities and to be in need of commitment for residential care, treatment and training leaves facility without approval or authorization.

OR - HB2015 Directs Department of Human Services, in consultation with Early Learning Division and Office of Child Care, to adopt rules for subsidy programs for employment-related child care that, at minimum, provide for one year of eligibility regardless of change in employment, permit students enrolled in coursework and self-employed persons to receive subsidized employment-related child care, and provide for reduced copayments and incentive payments when child care provider meets specified minimum standa

OR - HB2545 Requires school district to provide lunch free of charge to students who are eligible for reduced price lunches.

OR - HB2546 Defines "inhalant delivery system." Amends laws concerning sale of tobacco products to, and use of tobacco products by, minors so those laws equally apply to inhalant delivery systems.

OR - HB2550 Increases fuel tax and motor carrier taxes.

OR - HB2553 Creates Task Force on Extending the Westside Express Service Commuter Line to Salem.

OR - HB2559 Prohibits inclusion, in instrument conveying or contracting to convey real property or in declaration or bylaws of planned community or condominium, of provisions prohibiting installation and use of solar panels for obtaining solar access.

OR - HB2560 Requires health benefit plan to cover cost of colonoscopy for insured who is 50 years of age or older and who has positive fecal test result.

OR - HB2561 Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to work with representatives from public universities to evaluate best method for overseeing public universities to ensure universities interview at least one minority applicant when hiring head coach or athletic director.

OR - HB2567 Allows direct purchase and sale of bulk distilled liquor between distillery licensees for blending and manufacturing purposes.

OR - HB2568 Establishes Oregon Spirits Board.

OR - HB2571 Requires law enforcement agency to establish policies and procedures for use and retention of recordings from cameras worn upon police officer's person to record officer's interactions with members of public.

OR - HB2596 Provides that person who records another person's intimate areas commits crime of invasion of personal privacy.

OR - HB2602 Modifies criteria to qualify for grant to be used to provide instructional time during summer program.

OR - HB2611 Requires universities with institutional governing boards to continue to participate in shared services relating to listed employee benefits and to collective bargaining until July 1, 2019.

OR - HB2620 Requires Department of Transportation, for purpose of identifying land that could be planned and zoned for residential use, to inventory department land, determine whether land is essential, useful or excessive in relation to transportation plans and report results to Legislative Assembly.

OR - HB2621 Authorizes City of Portland to operate fixed photo radar on urban high crash corridors.

OR - HB2622 Increases maximum total amount of tax credits allowed to affordable housing lenders for fiscal year.

OR - HB2623 Directs Department of Education to administer pilot program to increase students' exposure and access to career and technical education.

OR - HB2624 Directs Department of Education and Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to advance career and technical education opportunities by fulfilling specified requirements.

OR - HB2628 Disallows all filing fees, service fees and hearing fees in action for court's protective stalking order, even if stalking order is not only relief sought in action.

OR - HB2630 Requires Oregon Business Development Commission and Oregon Business Development Department to ensure that agreement with recipient of financial incentives made by department establishes specific job creation or job retention performance measures which, if not achieved, will result in requirement that recipient pay back amount of financial incentives granted, and is drafted in accordance with best practice standards for contractual agreements involving financial incentives.

OR - HB2645 Requires public universities to establish priority enrollment system for qualified students who are active members of Armed Forces of the United States, who are qualified veterans or who receive veterans' educational benefits as federally qualified dependents of active members or qualified veterans.

OR - HB2662 Establishes Pay It Forward program.

OR - HB2676 Directs Oregon Liquor Control Commission to register medical marijuana production sites, processing sites, wholesale sites and individuals who perform work that requires handling marijuana.

OR - HB2700 Authorizes court, as part of settlement or judgment in class action, to approve process for payment of damages.

OR - HB2704 Creates exemption to prohibition on recording conversations for person who openly and in plain view records law enforcement officer while officer is performing official duties and person is in place where person may lawfully be.

OR - HB2716 Requires public contracting agencies to provide as material condition of public contract that contractor remain certified as disadvantaged, minority, women or emerging small business enterprise during entire term of public contract if contracting agency awarded public contract, in whole or in part, on basis of contractor's certification.

OR - HB2729 Requires electric companies to reduce allocation of electricity from coal-derived generating resources to zero on or before January 1, 2025, to customers of electric company that are located in this state.

OR - HB2736 Establishes Task Force on Vision Zero: Achieving Zero Traffic Crashes, Injuries and Fatalities.

OR - HB2762 Requires school district to eliminate use of polystyrene foam plates, trays, food containers or food packaging in service of any meal unless school district recycles polystyrene foam.

OR - HB2765 Prohibits greyhound racing.

OR - HB2832 Directs governing entity of public or private post-secondary institution of education that contracts with third party financial firm for student financial aid services to consider federal policies for contracting.

OR - HB2833 Adds woody biomass to types of green energy technology for which contracting agency must set aside 1.5 percent of contract price to include in public building.

OR - HB2918 Defines "vapor products." Amends laws related to use of tobacco products by minors to include use 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 products by minor.

OR - HB2921 Authorizes Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries to expend certain moneys in Wage Security Fund to administer and enforce provisions of wage and hour and minimum wage law.

OR - HB2922 Establishes task force to study employment practices in Oregon and to make recommendations for legislation regarding employment practices in this state.

OR - HB2956 Repeals state preemption of charter and statutory authority of local governments to set minimum wage requirements.

OR - HB2978 Excludes certain police officers from meaning of supervisory employee for purposes of public employment.

OR - HB2979 Funds free, or reduced-fare, transit passes for students attending public secondary schools and increased transit service in vicinity of public secondary schools.

OR - HB2984 Requires Clackamas County to develop pilot program for forestry products grown on nonforest land in county to be commercially produced and marketed through forestry product cooperative.

OR - HB2985 Authorizes counties to establish programs for forestry products grown on nonforest lands in counties to be commercially produced and marketed through forestry product cooperatives.

OR - HB2992 Removes exemption from construction taxes imposed by school districts for private school improvements and private hospital improvements.

OR - HB2997 Limits biennial expenditures by Oregon Business Development Department from lottery moneys for funding of cooperative efforts of National Policy Consensus Center of Portland State University and community organizations related to western juniper harvesting and related manufacturing.

OR - HB2998 Requires Oregon Business Development Department to provide economic development assistance to persons engaged in business of western juniper harvesting or of manufacturing products from western juniper, provide technical business assistance to western juniper harvesting and related manufacturing businesses and provide or fund workforce training assistance for potential western juniper harvesting and related manufacturing business workers.

OR - HB3027 Directs Department of Transportation to establish Mt.

OR - HB3035 Allows increased use of flashing lights in certain school zones.

OR - HB3071 Directs Department of Education to evaluate methods to improve effectiveness of curriculum of public schools.

OR - HB3190 Directs Department of Education to reimburse school districts for costs incurred in providing certain vision screenings.

OR - HB3198 Provides that funds held in trust by mass transit district for purpose of paying post-employment benefits other than pensions are not surplus funds and may be invested in accordance with standard of judgment and care for investment of investment funds set forth in ORS 293.726.

OR - HB3215 Allows local government, without taking exception to statewide land use goals, to extend infrastructure that provides water, sewer, utility or transportation services within urban growth boundaries through urban reserves to connect with other infrastructure that provides services within urban growth boundary.

OR - HB3237 Requires governing boards of public universities to include graduate student employee and undergraduate student as voting members.

OR - HB3256 Establishes Infrastructure Matching Fund to allow Department of Transportation to provide grants for transportation projects.

OR - HB3257 Extends sunset on collection of certain moneys from electric companies or Oregon Community Power for purposes related to low-income electric bill payment assistance.

OR - HB3295 Authorizes county to provide for exemption from county property taxes imposed on land through which pipeline conveying liquefied natural gas is laid.

OR - HB3302 Provides for annual adjustment of motor vehicle fuel taxes by percentage equal to percentage by which ratio of gallons of motor vehicle fuel sold in state to motor vehicles registered in state decreased from previous accounting period.

OR - HB3304 Allows applicant for licensing as landscape construction professional, or for issuance of limited or specialty license, to take practical skills test and attend class on landscape contracting business practices as alternative to taking written examination.

OR - HB3332 Requires business entity that intends to make political expenditure to first obtain approval from shareholders or members by affirmative vote of majority of members or shares entitled to vote.

OR - HB3342 Allows personal income taxpayers to subtract certain amounts paid as interest on qualified education loans from taxable income, subject to same income limitations applicable to federal education loan interest deduction.

OR - HB3343 Requires insurers that cover prescription contraceptives to cover refills at specified frequency.

OR - HB3355 Directs Department of Transportation to establish Portland Trail Blazers license plate program for issuance of special registration plate.

OR - HB3360 Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Higher Education Coordinating Commission for Oregon State University for bee health diagnostic facility at Honey Bee Lab.

OR - HB3361 Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Higher Education Coordinating Commission for Oregon State University Extension Service activities relating to pollinator health.

OR - HB3362 Establishes pollinator health outreach and education plan.

OR - HB3389 Establishes Oregon Quality Education Model Modernization Task Force.

OR - HB3410 Establishes Task Force on Secure Pipelines.

OR - HB3425 Requires school districts and Department of Education to provide information related to confirmed acts of harassment, intimidation or bullying, or acts of cyberbullying.

OR - HB3427 Creates Task Force on Mental Health Care Reimbursement to study and make recommendations for payment structure to reimburse specified mental health practitioners.

OR - HB3435 Authorizes State Department of Agriculture to require person holding or applying for license to engage in seed transactions for commercial purposes to report grass seed supply information.

OR - HB3466 Provides that release decision for defendant charged with sex crime or crime constituting domestic violence must include order prohibiting attempted contact with victim and third-party contact with victim while defendant is in custody.

OR - HB3469 Increases penalty for crime of strangulation when committed knowing victim was pregnant.

OR - HB3472 Directs Clackamas County and Metro to review adequacy of lands in Hamlet of Stafford that are designated as urban reserves and rural reserves and to report finding to Legislative Assembly.

OR - HB3476 Establishes privilege in civil, criminal, administrative and school proceedings for certain communications between persons seeking services related to domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking and victim services programs and advocates.

OR - HB3477 Requires Oregon Health Authority to operate pilot projects in no fewer than six counties to test effectiveness of having coordinated care organizations contract with mental health providers to provide mental health services.

OR - HB3479 Creates position of Oregon Women Veterans Coordinator in Department of Veterans' Affairs and specifies responsibilities.

OR - HB3503 Directs Department of Corrections to establish Family Sentencing Alternative Pilot Program in partnership with circuit courts, county community corrections agencies and Department of Human Services.

OR - HB3568 Directs State Parks and Recreation Department to remove official State of Mississippi flag from Walk of Flags display at State Capitol State Park and replace with Mississippi Magnolia Flag.

OR - HJR4 Proposes amendment to Oregon Constitution establishing obligation of state to ensure every legal resident of state access to effective, medically appropriate and affordable health care.

OR - HJR5 Proposes amendment to Oregon Constitution prohibiting death penalty.

OR - HJR15 Proposes amendment to Oregon Constitution to change manner of selecting judges of Supreme Court and Court of Appeals.

OR - HJR17 Proposes amendment to Oregon Constitution to allow indebtedness to finance multifamily housing for households with income less than or equal to 80 percent of median income in metropolitan statistical area in which housing will be developed.

OR - HJR31 Proposes amendment to Oregon Constitution to vest power of impeachment of statewide elected Executive Branch officials in House of Representatives and power to try impeachments in Senate.

OR - HCR9 Recognizes importance of insect pollinators and urges support of programs to ensure safety and vitality of pollinator populations.

OR - HCR11 Honors Ramona Line for decades of service as Chief Clerk of Oregon House of Representatives.

OR - HCR24 In memoriam: Gretchen Miller Kafoury, 1942-2015.

OR - HCR27 In memoriam: David B. Frohnmayer, 1940-2015.

OR - HJM2 Urges Congress to call amendment convention for purpose of proposing free and fair elections amendment to United States Constitution.

OR - HJM7 Urges President and Congress to transfer federal lands within Oregon to State of Oregon.

OR - HJM15 Urges United States Army Corps of Engineers to provide preliminary statement of feasibility for lowering Lake Celilo to level sufficient to reveal Celilo Falls during certain period.

OR - SB1 Abolishes Oregon Health Insurance Exchange Corporation and board of directors of corporation and transfers powers, rights, obligations, liabilities, functions and duties to Department of Consumer and Business Services.

OR - SB345 Increases penalty for crime of riot to maximum of 10 years' imprisonment, $250,000 fine, or both.

OR - SB414 Permits employee of contracting agency that conducts cost analysis or determines feasibility of procurement, or exclusive representative of employee's bargaining unit, to seek judicial review of cost analysis or determination.

OR - SB447 Establishes grant program to provide matching fund grants to school districts for capital costs of school districts.

OR - SB470 For purposes of unemployment insurance benefits , provides that certain individuals who perform services in other than instructional, research or principal administrative capacity for educational institutions and who terminate employee-employer relationship for good cause do not have reasonable assurance of performing services for that employer in subsequent academic year or term.

OR - SB477 Requires electric companies to reduce allocation of electricity from coal-derived generating resources to zero on or before January 1, 2025, to customers of electric company that are located in this state.

OR - SB498 Prohibits city from submitting question of annexation of territory to electors of city when owners of land in territory and at least 50 percent of electors in territory consent to annexation in writing and additional criteria are met.

OR - SB500 Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Department of Administrative Services for construction of Boys & Girls Club in Rockwood neighborhood of Gresham.

OR - SB501 Establishes Task Force on Capital Construction Budget Process.

OR - SB525 Prohibits possession of firearm or ammunition by person who is subject to certain court order protecting intimate partner or child of person or intimate partner, or who has been convicted of certain misdemeanor crimes committed against family member.

OR - SB610 Increases Oregon minimum wage rate in graduated steps to $15 per hour by 2018.

OR - SB631 Establishes Health Care for All Oregon Board to develop, implement and have oversight of Health Care for All Oregon Plan to be administered by Oregon Health Authority.

OR - SB674 Appropriates moneys to Department of Education to be expended for purpose of awarding grants under Career and Technical Education Revitalization Grant Program.

OR - SB702 Establishes percentages of premiums for providing health care benefits that must be paid by part-time faculty members and by public institution or institutions employing part-time faculty member.

OR - SB739 Establishes standards of care for Department of Corrections inmates with serious mental illness.

OR - SB802 Allows governing body of local government to address land use emergency by waiving goal, without taking exception, to take land use action or limited land use action.

OR - SB805 Modifies authority of State Forester relating to Tillamook State Forest.

OR - SB833 Requires Oregon Health Authority to give coordinated care organization at least 60 days' advance notice of proposed amendments to contracts .

OR - SB941 Requires private person to complete transfer of firearm by appearing with transferee before gun dealer to request criminal background check or shipping or delivering firearm to gun dealer in certain circumstances.

OR - SB965 Requires Environmental Quality Commission to adopt greenhouse gas cap-and-dividend program to reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions to meet certain benchmarks adopted by commission.

OR - SCR8 In memoriam: Blaine Whipple, 1930-2015.

OR - SCR9 Recognizes Portland Winterhawks for their four consecutive Western Conference championships from 2011 to 2014.

OR - SCR15 Declares that lobby message center in Oregon State Capitol shall be known as David S. Barrows Lobby Center.

OR - SJM3 Urges Congress to call amendment convention for purpose of proposing free and fair elections amendment to United States Constitution.

OR - SJM11 Urges Congress to improve and support efforts to bring health care to veterans in rural communities.