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R Oregon Senate · District 1

Sen. David Smith

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Total votes
5,984
all sessions
Attendance
96%
180 missed
Lower than 90% of chamber peers
With party
94%
of cast votes
Lower than 84% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
5%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
1,403
bills & resolutions
Higher than 78% of chamber peers
Committees
7
assignments
1,403 bills and resolutions

Sponsored bills

Total
1,403
Primary
707
Co-sponsor
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Co-sponsor SB 1602
Signed into law · Oregon Senate · Co-sponsor
Relating to forests; and declaring an emergency.

Requires Governor to facilitate mediation sessions between forest industry and environmental interest representatives. Identifies purposes and completion goal for, and provides for confidentiality of, mediation sessions. Requires joint legislative committee hearing during 2021 regular session regarding mediation process. Allows person to register with State Forestry Department to receive notice of pesticide applications by helicopter to forestland near person's residence or water intake used by person. Requires notice to department of proposed or imminent pesticide application by helicopter to forestland. Requires department to give notice of application to persons registered to receive notice. Requires notice to department upon completion or partial completion of pesticide application. Provides escalating penalties for failures to report. Caps penalties at $5,000 per day. Requires Pesticide Analytical and Response Center to accept requests from certain entities for records and data concerning pesticide application by helicopter to forestland. Imposes fine of $1,000 for pesticide operator failure to timely supply records or data. Prohibits interfering with pesticide application by helicopter to forestland. Makes violation subject to fine of $1,000 for first offense, or $5,000 for repeat offense, within five years. Prohibits pesticide application by helicopter to forestland in proximity to certain locations. Requires that certain rules apply in Siskiyou Georegion. Requires that inventoried points of diversion for water use qualifying for spray buffer be entered in department reporting system. Requires report to Legislative Assembly regarding inventory progress. Appropriates moneys to Office of Governor for biennium ending June 30, 2021, for paying expenses related to mediation sessions. ] Appropriates moneys to State Forestry Department for biennium ending June 30, 2021, for department duties, functions and powers under Act with regard to private forests. ] Increases limitation on expenditures for biennium ending June 30, 2021, by State Forestry Department for carrying out department duties, functions and powers under Act with regard to private forests. ] Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Signed into law Jul 13, 2020 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor SB 1606
Signed into law · Oregon Senate · Co-sponsor
Relating to health care; and declaring an emergency.

Prohibits hospital from conditioning admission or treatment, or suggesting that treatment is conditioned, on patient having POLST or executing advance directive or other instruction regarding administration, withholding or withdrawing of life-sustaining procedures or artificially administered nutrition and hydration. Requires hospital to permit presence of support person for person with disability in emergency department and during hospital stay under specified conditions. Allows hospital to impose conditions to ensure safety of patient, support person and staff. Authorizes civil penalty or revocation or suspension of license ] for violations of specified provisions. Requires health care provider to immediately notify state protection and advocacy organization if, during state of emergency or public health emergency, person acting on behalf of patient with intellectual or developmental disability authorizes withholding or withdrawing of life-sustaining procedures or artificially administered nutrition and hydration or transfer of patient to hospice care or if patient is denied services, care, equipment or treatment based on crisis care guidance. ] Requires notification to Department of Human Services case manager, if any, and state protection and advocacy organization ] before withholding or withdrawing from person with intellectual or developmental disability life-sustaining procedures or artificially administered nutrition and hydration during state of emergency or state of public health emergency ]. Creates unlawful practice of denying medical treatment or restricting or limiting allocation of medical resources to protected class or based on patient's race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age or disability. ] Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Signed into law Jul 13, 2020 1 co-sponsor
Primary HB 4206
Signed into law · Oregon House · Lead sponsor
Relating to meat.

Authorizes State Department of Agriculture to adopt rules establishing program of state inspection for processing and sale of meat products from amenable species, including but not limited to cattle and sheep. Authorizes department to adopt rules establishing program of state inspection for processing and sale of meat products from nonamenable species, as defined by department by rule. Provides that authorization excludes program for inspection for processing or sale of meat products from equines.

Signed into law Jul 7, 2020 0 co-sponsors
Co-sponsor HB 4145
In committee · Oregon House · Co-sponsor
Relating to unlawful threats.

Creates crime of unlawfully threatening a school or place of worship. Punishes by maximum of 364 days' imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both, or five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both, if defendant has certain prior convictions at time of offense.

In committee Mar 9, 2020 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor HB 4100
In committee · Oregon House · Co-sponsor
Relating to disorderly conduct.

Increases penalties for crime of disorderly conduct in the first degree when report concerns school. Punishes by maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both.

In committee Mar 9, 2020 1 co-sponsor
Primary HB 4129
In committee · Oregon House · Lead sponsor
Relating to prescription drugs prescribed by veterinarians; prescribing an effective date.

Requires veterinarians to register with prescription monitoring program established by Oregon Health Authority. Requires pharmacies that dispense prescription drugs prescribed by veterinarians to report dispensation to prescription monitoring program. Allows Oregon State Veterinary Medical Examining Board to adopt rules in consultation with authority. Becomes operative January 1, 2021. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

In committee Mar 9, 2020 0 co-sponsors
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