Rep. Sal Esquivel

Requires Legislative Fiscal Officer to prepare economic impact statements when proposed legislative measures are reported out of committee and Legislative Fiscal Officer determines that measures may have effect on jobs and job creation or destruction, wages and salaries, business expansion or contraction or other economic measures. Requires Legislative Fiscal Officer to also prepare economic impact statements when adopted administrative rules have effect on jobs and job creation or destruction, wages and salaries, business expansion or contraction or other economic measures. Sets forth procedures for uses of economic impact statements for both measures and rules.

Modifies requirements relating to evacuation of residents of adult foster homes. Directs Department of Human Services to issue license as conversion facility to long term care facility converting to residential care facility. Modifies definition of "residential care facility." Directs department to adopt rules regarding installation of electronic monitoring devices by residents of certain facilities.

Directs public universities to prepare and publish annual report detailing complete cost of obtaining bachelor's degree by major and percentage of graduates by major who are employed one year after graduating. Requires universities to provide report to enrolled students.

Requires legislative measure to contain brief and impartial statement of problem measure is intended to solve. Directs Legislative Counsel to prepare statement. Excepts concurrent and single chamber resolutions and memorials from requirement.

Requires drug testing for unlawful use of controlled substances of individual making initial application for unemployment insurance benefits if individual was terminated by most recent employer for unlawful use of controlled substances or suitable work is available for individual only in occupation that regularly conducts drug testing. Provides cost of administering drug tests must be paid by Employment Department and may not be charged to applicants for benefits. Disqualifies individual who fails drug test from receipt of benefits. Provides that disqualification lasts until individual meets current law requirements for requalification and passes another drug test. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

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

Prohibits Department of Education from requiring school districts to align instruction or assessments with common core state standards and from penalizing school districts for failure to align instruction or assessments with common core state standards. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2017.

Provides for extension of time in which credit against improvement fee must be used when construction of qualified public improvement for which credit is granted is suspended for any cause.

Establishes minimum amount that Legislative Assembly must appropriate to Department of Veterans' Affairs in each biennium, apart from appropriations from veterans' services fund established under Ballot Measure 96 (2016). Provides that minimum amount of appropriations is total amount of appropriations to department in 2015-2017 biennium, adjusted for inflation.

Allows person with other convictions within previous 10 years to file motion to set aside conviction after three years from date of judgment if other convictions were part of same criminal episode as conviction that is subject of motion.