Oregon Sen. Chuck Thomsen (R)

OR - Business and Transportation (Senate)

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Vice-chair

OR - Ways and Means

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Member

OR - Education

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Member

OR - Education (Senate)

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Member

OR - Emergency Board (pursuant to ORS 291.332, activities suspended during 2018 Session)

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Member

OR - Legislative Policy and Research

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Member

OR - SB1523 Extends sunset for modified method of apportionment of business income of interstate broadcaster for purposes of corporate excise taxation.

OR - HB4008 Makes calculation of projected future earning potential of plaintiff that takes into account race or ethnicity of plaintiff inadmissible in civil action.

OR - HB4044 Directs Chief Education Office to conduct study on recruitment, retention, mentoring and professional development of educators who serve students from student groups that may be at risk for experiencing achievement gap.

OR - HB4058 Modifies definition of "property services contractor" for purposes of employment law.

OR - HB4078 Provides that "eligible location," for purposes of certain property tax benefits, includes location not formerly used for industrial purposes.

OR - HB4092 Establishes standards for expansion of state airport on land zoned for exclusive farm use.

OR - HB4108 Allows credit against net income taxes for portion of eligible costs of newly constructed single-family dwelling that sells for price affordable to household with annual income at or below 120 percent of area median income.

OR - HB4112 Directs Public Employees Retirement Board to initiate, resume or suspend payment of certain increased benefits under Public Employees Retirement System on first day of calendar quarter following receipt of notice by board that benefit payments are or are not subject to Oregon personal income tax.

OR - HB4124 Allows county governing body, upon remand of matter from Land Use Board of Appeals to county, to have planning commission or hearings officer conduct hearing and make decision regarding lands designated under statewide planning goal addressing agricultural lands or forestlands.

OR - HB4134 Provides specific procedure for petitioning for removal of personally discriminatory restrictions from title of real property.

OR - HB4150 Requires specified information to be shared with student, staff member or certain person following conclusion of investigation related to sexual harassment.

OR - HB4152 Requires State Fire Marshal to issue grants to sheriffs' offices of Multnomah County and Hood River County for expenses related to wildfire recovery, mitigation and preparedness.

OR - SB1516 Establishes Small Business Expansion Loan Fund to be administered by Oregon Business Development Department for purpose of making loans of early stage growth capital to individuals and business entities with 50 or fewer employees that may not be able to obtain adequate traditional commercial or private financing to meet operational and growth needs.

OR - SB1551 Requires person that owns, licenses or otherwise possesses personal information that was subject to breach of security or that received notice of breach of security from another person that maintains or otherwise possesses personal information on person's behalf, to notify consumer to whom personal information pertains and, if number of consumers to whom person must send notice exceeds 250, to Attorney General.

OR - SB1554 Specifies that amount in account established for higher education expenses is disregarded for purposes of determining account owner's financial eligibility to receive assistance or benefit authorized by law, other than means-tested state financial aid for higher education, to extent permitted under federal law.

OR - SB1556 Prohibits county from bringing claim or action against person if claim or action is based on statement in trust deed that nominee or agent of lender is grantee or beneficiary, based on county's recording or indexing instrument that states that nominee or agent of lender is grantee or beneficiary or based on person's having obtained or transferred interest in trust deed by means of instrument that was executed or delivered to person but was not recorded in county's deeds and mortgages records or

OR - SB1557 Requires community colleges, public universities and Oregon Health and Science University to provide certain rights to students ordered to federal or state active duty for 30 or fewer consecutive days.

OR - SB1560 Allows State Forester to order use of wildfire suppression personnel, equipment and services on any lands within state borders.

OR - SB1561 Directs Public Employees Retirement Board to establish member pension contribution account for certain employee contributions of member of Public Employees Retirement System.

OR - SB1562 Provides that person commits crime of strangulation if person knowingly impedes normal breathing or circulation of another person by applying pressure to chest of other person.

OR - SJR201 Proposes amendment to Oregon Constitution to broaden definition of bills that raise revenue and thus require supermajority of both chambers.