Oregon Sen. Jeff Kruse (R)

OR - Education and Workforce Development (Senate)

Title:

Member

OR - Health Care and Human Services (Senate)

Title:

Vice-chair

OR - Judiciary (Senate)

Title:

Member

OR - SJR202 Proposes amendment to Oregon Constitution creating State Board of Education.

OR - HB4001 Allows person elected or appointed to office of sheriff, county judge or county commissioner in county with population of fewer than 110,000 inhabitants to continue to be retired member of Public Employees Retirement System and continue to receive retirement benefits under system.

OR - HB4013 Authorizes practitioners to electronically transmit prescriptions for Schedule II controlled substances in nonemergency situations.

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 - HB4050 Removes prohibition against insurer's issuing or delivering to small employer policy of insurance against risk of economic loss under less than fully insured employee health benefit plan.

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 - HB4072 Creates subtraction from federal taxable income for up to $500 in cash dividends paid by employer to employee for participation in workplace wellness program.

OR - HB4073 Defines "vapor product." Amends laws related to consumption of tobacco products by minors to include references to consumption of vapor products by minors, including crime of endangering welfare of minor and other criminal offenses and civil penalties related to use or acquisition of tobacco by minor.

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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - SB1528 Alters method by which moneys are distributed to school districts for purpose of paying for costs of education of students in eligible day treatment programs and eligible residential treatment programs.

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

OR - SB1538 Allows school district board to place limitations on proposals for public charter schools that board will evaluate if specified percentage of students of school district are enrolled in public charter schools and specified number of public charter schools are located in school district.

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

OR - SB1545 Adds two legislators as nonvoting members of Oregon Ocean Science Trust.

OR - SB1548 Amends certain statutes that reference "physician" to include references to "physician assistant" and "nurse practitioner." Takes effect July 1, 2014.

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 - 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 - SB1576 Establishes Oregon Empowerment Scholarship Program for purpose of providing options in education to students.

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 - 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.