Business and Labor Committee
Public Hearing on Monday, February 13th
HB 2167 Creates unlawful employment practice and violation of Oregon Safe Employment Act for creating or maintaining abusive work environment.
HB 2169 Limits certain attorney fee awards to employee who prevails on claim against employer in wage and hour and employment cases.
HB 2180 Establishes right of employee for civil action based on unpaid wages.
HB 2181 Creates rebuttable presumption against employer if employer takes certain adverse actions against employee within 90 days of employee's protected, wage-related activity.
Work Session on Monday, February 13th
HB 2756 Transfers duties, functions and powers of State Department of Energy related to issuance of loans for small scale local energy projects to Oregon Business Development Department.
Public Hearing on Wednesday, February 15th
HB 2164 Requires municipalities administering and enforcing building inspection programs to provide electronic access to building code information and services.
HB 2165 Requires building official to inspect small home for compliance with recreational vehicle program standards if home is not intended for use as residence or is not permanently sited.
HB 2737 Requires Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services to establish special construction standards for homes that have floor area of not more than 250 square feet.
HB 2168 Requires municipality or business employing person to perform state building code specialty code inspection to provide equipment required for performance of inspection.
HB 2183 Transfers authority relating to plan review and inspections of health care facilities from State Fire Marshal to Department of Consumer and Business Services.
HB 2195 Requires inspector of construction work to ascertain name and license type and number of each contractor or subcontractor having responsibility for work being inspected.
HB 2544 Allows issuance of electrical permit to electrical contractor contracting for services of general supervising electrician.
Work Session on Wednesday, February 15th
HB 2186 Provides that Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services may certify self-insurance program created by intergovernmental agreement as self-insured employer for purposes of workers' compensation insurance.
HB 2192 Increases term of Workers' Compensation Management-Labor Advisory Committee members from two years to three years.
HB 2335 Permits Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services, at request of party to proceeding to close workers' compensation claim, to appoint as many as three members to panel of medical arbiters in accordance with criteria director sets by rule.
HB 2336 Permits Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services to appoint claims processing agent for self-insured employer or self-insured employer group that defaults or cancels employer's or group's certification or that director decertifies.
Ag and Natural Resources Committee
Public Hearing Tuesday, February 14th
HB 2038 Appropriates moneys to Department of Education for grant programs that allow school districts to purchase Oregon food products and to pay for costs related to food-based, agriculture-based and garden-based educational activities.
HB 2525 Modifies requirements relating to donating game meat to charitable organizations.
HB 2076 Extends sunset for tax credit for fish screening devices.
HB 2364 Corrects inaccurate statutory reference.
Public Hearing Thursday, February 17th
Agenda not posted as of 2/10/2017
Transportation Policy Committee
Public Hearing Wednesday, February 15th
HB 2569 Requires vehicle dealer to disclose certain information concerning manufacturer recalls that apply to motor vehicle that customer intends to purchase or lease from vehicle dealer.
HB 2667 Establishes Task Force on Vision Zero: Achieving Zero Traffic Crashes, Injuries and Fatalities.
HB 2568 Specifies, for purposes of exempting certain vehicles from overall allowable length of vehicles under Vehicle Code, that disruption in services provided by public utility, telecommunications utility, people's utility district or cooperative rural electrification district is emergency.
Work Session Wednesday, February 15th
HB 2495 Removes requirement that person intending to meet financial responsibility requirements for driving in this state by self-insuring have more than 25 vehicles, including commercial buses, registered in person's name
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Friday, February 17th
No Meeting Scheduled
