Oregon Sen. Alan Olsen (R)

OR - Environment and Natural Resources (Senate)

Title:

Vice-chair

OR - Veterans and Emergency Preparedness (Senate)

Title:

Member

OR - Legislative Audits, Information Management and Technology

Title:

Member

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

OR - SB1529 Requires name of member or committee of Legislative Assembly requesting set of proposed amendments to legislative measure to be identified on proposed amendments.

OR - SB1530 Modifies provisions allowing for optional reduced rates of personal income tax on nonpassive income.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 - 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 - SB1573 Increases percentage of federal earned income credit allowed as credit against personal income taxes.

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

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

OR - SCR205 Honors visionary Oregon musician Curtis Salgado.

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