Oregon Sen. Chris Edwards (D)

OR - Business and Transportation (Senate)

Title:

Member

OR - Ways and Means

Title:

Member

OR - Education

Title:

Member

OR - Natural Resources

Title:

Co-chair

OR - SB1568 Prohibits Department of Revenue from assigning tax debts to private collection agencies.

OR - SB1569 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.

OR - HB4071 Directs Oregon Historical Society to undertake fund-raising and commissioning of statue of Mark Odom Hatfield, to be placed in National Statuary Hall in United States Capitol.

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

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

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

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

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

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

OR - SCR205 Honors visionary Oregon musician Curtis Salgado.