Oregon Sen. Betsy Johnson (D)

OR - Ways and Means

Title:

Co-vice Chair

OR - General Government

Title:

Member

OR - Transportation and Economic Development

Title:

Co-chair

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

OR - SB1502 Increases maximum number of motor vehicles active in per-mile road usage charge program at any time to 10,000.

OR - SR201 Designates Clatsop Community College as Oregon's Maritime Training College.

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 - 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 - HB4031 Transfers State Interoperability Executive Council from Department of Transportation to Oregon Department of Administrative Services.

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 - HB4049 Exempts vessel ocean Dungeness crab permits from being subject to revocation or refusal of issuance by State Fish and Wildlife Commission or by court order under certain circumstances.

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 - 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 - HB4078 Validates urban growth boundary adopted by Metro and acknowledged by Land Conservation and Development Commission as acknowledged urban growth boundary of Metro.

OR - HB4080 Establishes procedures for collecting emergency communications tax imposed on consumers of prepaid wireless telecommunications service.

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

OR - HB4094 Provides that person is immune from prosecution for offense of possession of alcohol by person under 21 years of age if person was in need of medical assistance due to alcohol consumption or if person sought medical assistance for another person in need of medical assistance due to alcohol consumption, and evidence of offense resulted from person's having sought or obtained medical assistance .

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 - 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 - HB4124 Establishes Youth Suicide Intervention and Prevention Coordinator within Oregon Health Authority .

OR - HB4139 Requires Oregon State University, in consultation with State Department of Agriculture, to develop educational materials regarding best practices for avoiding adverse effects of pesticides on populations of bees and other pollinating insects.

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 - HB4151 Requires investigations of abuse of persons 65 years of age or older by Department of Human Services to be completed within 120 days from date of report of abuse except when concurrent criminal investigation is ongoing.

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 - SB1509 Allows district school board to enter into approved written agreement with federally recognized Native American tribe in Oregon for use of mascot that represents, is associated with or is significant to tribe.

OR - SB1518 Modifies definition of "supervisory employee" for purposes of public employee collective bargaining law.

OR - SB1526 Requires Oregon Health Authority to investigate whether, and under what terms and conditions, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is likely to approve using Children's Health Insurance Program funds to subsidize costs of commercial health insurance coverage for children with family incomes from 200 percent to 300 percent of federal poverty guidelines.

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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - SB1579 Requires health plans with prescription drug benefits and coordinated care organizations to each adopt synchronization policy for synchronizing refill dates of patients' prescription drugs.

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

OR - SCR205 Honors visionary Oregon musician Curtis Salgado.

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