Oregon Rep. Jessica Vega Pederson (D)

OR - Energy and Environment (House)

Title:

Chair

OR - Revenue (House)

Title:

Vice-chair

OR - Tax Credits

Title:

Vice-chair

OR - HB3246 Grants exemption to certain improvements located in most populous city of county with population of 650,000 or more that increase energy efficiency of property or reduce greenhouse gas emissions from property built before 2008.

OR - HB3083 Defines "wages" for certain wage claims.

OR - HB3525 Establishes Task Force on Immigration Consultant Fraud.

OR - HB2989 Permits person 18 years of age or older to operate motorcycle without wearing approved motorcycle helmet if person has motor vehicle liability insurance that provides personal injury protection benefits.

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

OR - HB2631 Requires hospital to implement safe patient handling program by February 1, 2017.

OR - HB2005 Requires employers that employ six or more employees to implement paid sick time for employees and employers that employ fewer than six employees to implement unpaid sick time for employees.

OR - HB2006 Makes practice of paying employees of opposite sex who hold equivalent jobs at different wage rates unlawful employment practice.

OR - HB2007 Makes imposition of disciplinary action against employee that inquires about or discloses wage information unlawful employment practice.

OR - HB3522 Specifies that Environmental Quality Commission may increase water quality permit fees by greater amount than provided for in statute if greater amount is provided for in Department of Environmental Quality's legislatively approved budget.

OR - HB2001 Requires law enforcement agencies to adopt procedures for accepting complaints that law enforcement officers engaged in profiling.

OR - HB2002 Directs law enforcement agencies to adopt written policies and procedures prohibiting profiling by January 1, 2016.

OR - HB2003 Prohibits law enforcement agencies and law enforcement officers from profiling based on specified personal characteristics or circumstances of individuals, except when characteristics or circumstances are tied to specific suspect description or credible information related to criminal incident or activity.

OR - HB2008 Increases Oregon minimum wage rate in graduated steps through 2017.

OR - HB2009 Increases Oregon minimum wage rate in graduated steps to $15 per hour by 2018.

OR - HB2010 Authorizes employee of certain employers to request flexible, predictable or stable work schedule.

OR - HB2011 Expands allowable purposes for establishing individual development account.

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 - HB2016 Directs Department of Education to develop and implement statewide education plan for early childhood through post-secondary education students who are black or African-American or not covered by existing statewide education plan and have experienced disproportionate educational results.

OR - HB2024 Directs Oregon Health Authority, in consultation with coordinated care organizations and dental care organizations, to adopt rules and procedures for training and certifying certain health workers to provide oral disease prevention services.

OR - HB2237 Requires transportation network company to maintain insurance policy to cover private passenger motor vehicle when vehicle's registered owner or designated operator actively participates as driver with transportation network company.

OR - HB2370 Provides that for two or more domestic violence or abuse offenses between same victim and defendant, trial may take place in any county in which one offense was committed.

OR - HB2375 Requires state contracting agency to use solicitation template that Attorney General and Oregon Department of Administrative Services develop, approve and make available in advertising and soliciting procurements under Public Contracting Code and to use contract form or contract template, as appropriate, that Attorney General and department develop, approve and make available as basis for public contracts into which state contracting agency enters.

OR - HB2387 Authorizes Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries to administratively compel provision of bond by certain employers.

OR - HB2443 Increases registration and tonnage fees for distribution, labeling and registration of various soil enhancing products.

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 - HB2557 Creates process by which person found guilty except for insanity can apply to court for order setting aside judgment of guilty except for insanity.

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 - HB2562 Includes finding of guilty except for insanity as conviction that may be expunged.

OR - HB2564 Permits local governments to impose conditions on approved permits that effectively establish sales price for up to 30 percent of residential development or limit purchase to class or group of purchasers in exchange for one or more developer incentives.

OR - HB2565 Makes Oregon State Bar subject to public employees collective bargaining law.

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 - HB2610 Adds agricultural workforce housing to property used in relation to agricultural work that is eligible for property tax exemption.

OR - HB2626 Authorizes State Treasurer to issue lottery bonds to finance grants from Department of Education to school districts to pay for acquisition, construction or improvement of school-based health centers.

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 - HB2629 Requires owners of rental property subject to federal rural rental housing loans to provide at least one year's notice of date of maturity of loans to tenants, Housing and Community Services Department, housing authorities and local governments.

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 - HB2632 Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to establish program to incentivize generation of electricity derived from solar energy.

OR - HB2633 Directs Department of Land Conservation and Development to develop program to provide guidance to local governments and special districts regarding planning for natural disasters.

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 - HB2646 Makes failure of employer to grant employee unpaid parental leave to attend certain school-related activities unlawful employment practice.

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 - HB2662 Establishes Pay It Forward program.

OR - HB2670 Allows in-state tuition in certain circumstances for individuals who resided in Oregon but relocated due to position in military, government or humanitarian aid organization.

OR - HB2672 Requires each county in which exempt strategic investment program property is located to certify to Oregon State Lottery Commission amount of property tax that school districts within county do not receive due to strategic investment 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 - HB2707 Requires police officer to inform person stopped for traffic violation or upon suspicion of criminal activity that person has right to refuse request to search.

OR - HB2723 Authorizes city to designate any urbanized area of city as urban agriculture incentive zone.

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 - HB2763 Removes provision that public officer or employee who leaves position to perform military duty may not, while performing military duty, receive amount of pay entitled to before leave of absence.

OR - HB2764 Modifies circumstances under which attorney fees may be awarded and amount of attorney fees awarded in workers' compensation claims.

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 - HB2890 Requires Department of Human Services to ensure that substitute care providers for child or ward in care or custody of department provide opportunities to participate in at least one extracurricular activity and apply reasonable and prudent parent standard in determining participation.

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 - HB2955 Directs Department of Education to administer process for providing funding for activities related to annual conference dedicated to Oregon civics and held on Oregon Civics Day for Teachers.

OR - HB2960 Creates Oregon Retirement Savings Board in office of State Treasurer.

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

OR - HB2996 Establishes Oregon Center of Cyber-Excellence.

OR - HB3023 Requires that referrals to dental specialists, of medical assistance recipients who are pregnant, occur within 60 days.

OR - HB3063 Appropriates moneys to Higher Education Coordinating Commission to be expended for grant program that distributes moneys to community colleges, or any foundations of 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 - HB3079 Requires Secretary of State to conduct comprehensive independent audit of expenses associated with general elections.

OR - HB3097 Makes inquiring after applicant's conviction history and certain activities related to conducting criminal records check on prospective employee unlawful employment practice.

OR - HB3137 Creates unlawful employment practice of requiring employee to create, file or sign documents containing false information related to hours worked or compensation received by employee or retaliating against employee for refusal to do so.

OR - HB3143 Provides that tax-exempt nonprofit organization may supply to Oregon Liquor Control Commission informational materials about human trafficking, including adhesive stickers, provided that materials contain objectively verifiable information only about human trafficking.

OR - HB3162 Establishes Task Force on Franchisees to study relationships among franchisors, subfranchisors and franchisees to determine whether, for purposes of applying this state's tax laws and other laws, franchisee or subfranchisor is employee of franchisor.

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 - 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 - HB3258 Appropriates moneys from General Fund to State Department of Fish and Wildlife for biennial expenses.

OR - HB3306 Requires state contracting agency, in specifications, solicitation documents and contract for public improvement with contract price that state contracting agency anticipates will exceed $5 million, to require contractor and subcontractor to employ apprentices for at least 10 percent of total work hours that workers in apprenticeable occupations perform on public improvement.

OR - HB3341 Eliminates requirement that vineyards be contiguous to winery for wineries producing less than 50,000 gallons per year.

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 - HB3377 Authorizes employee of certain employers to request flexible or predictable work schedule.

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 - HB3410 Establishes Task Force on Secure Pipelines.

OR - HB3436 Requires that State Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision have five members.

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 - HB3499 Directs Department of Education to convene advisory group related to budgets and spending for English language learner programs.

OR - HB3541 Directs Department of Revenue, in collaboration with Department of Human Services, to establish pilot program for disbursement of installment payments to personal income taxpayers of amounts equal to personal income tax dependent care credits.

OR - HB3546 Finds and declares that Baker, Crook, Harney, Lake and Malheur Counties are qualitatively different and unique sage grouse habitat, making counties separate and distinct class for purposes of levying state tax assessment.

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 - HCR7 Honors Oregon pioneer, author and activist, Abigail Scott Duniway.

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 - HJM16 Urges Congress to work with Turkish diplomats, European Union and NATO allies to stop mass arrests and detainment of journalists in Turkey.

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 - SB114 Directs Oregon Education Investment Board to evaluate methods for providing components of two-generation strategy to address poverty.

OR - SB133 Allows Department of Consumer and Business Services to make system for electronic access to building code information available for other purposes.

OR - SB324 Repeals sunset on provisions related to low carbon fuel standards.

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

OR - SB454 Requires all employers to implement sick time for employees.

OR - SB463 Permits person who has certain physical condition, or person in same household, to use window tinting that is darker than otherwise allowed if person shows police officer prescription or letter on letterhead from physician or optometrist.

OR - SB478 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 and to periodically review and revise list.

OR - SB492 Authorizes use of accrued sick leave or personal business leave by certain employees who are victims of domestic violence, harassment, sexual assault or stalking.

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 - 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 - SB528 Provides persons licensed to carry concealed handgun in another state with protections provided to persons with Oregon concealed handgun license.

OR - SB552 Establishes certain workplace protections for domestic workers.

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 - SB759 Requires public universities, community colleges and Oregon-based private universities and colleges to adopt written protocol for victims of sexual assault.

OR - SB823 Restricts vehicle idling and expands types of vehicles that are required to comply with idling restrictions.

OR - SB824 Establishes Task Force to Investigate a Clean Diesel Program.

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

OR - SB888 Authorizes employee of certain employers to request flexible or predictable work schedule.

OR - SB894 Requires health insurance policies or certificates that include prescription drug benefits, health benefit plans and the state medical assistance program to cover costs of specified women's health care drugs and services.

OR - SB932 Extends eligibility for receiving Oregon financial aid scholarships and grants to certain students who qualify for exemption from paying nonresident tuition.

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 - SCR3 Recognizes contributions and sacrifices of Peace Corps volunteers from Oregon and throughout United States.

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

OR - SCR13 Commends Oregon State University Beavers wrestling team on their exemplary intercollegiate athletic achievements.

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

OR - SCR17 In memoriam: Hector Macpherson, Jr., 1918-2015.

OR - SJM1 Expresses support for Federal Aviation Administration initiative to certify safe unleaded aviation fuel.

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.