Sen. Kathleen Taylor

Directs Department of Education to conduct study on funding for instruction of talented and gifted children. Requires department to submit report on study to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to education. Directs school districts to compile and submit to community of school district and to Department of Education annual report assuring compliance with specified requirements. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Requests that federal government divest all public investments from stocks in private prisons and from corporations that hold more than one million shares in private prisons.

Directs school districts to identify certain students to receive information about opportunities related to advanced placement examinations. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2017.

Commends United States Department of Justice for decision to end its use of private prisons.

Applies to Congress to call amendment convention for purpose of proposing amendments to United States Constitution that address campaign finance reform.

Establishes Health Care for All Oregon Board to develop, implement and oversee Health Care for All Oregon Plan to be administered by Oregon Health Authority. Provides comprehensive health care coverage to all individuals residing or working in Oregon. Repeals health insurance exchange upon implementation of Health Care for All Oregon Plan. Supplants coverage by private insurers for health services covered by plan. Authorizes Public Employees' Benefit Board and Oregon Educators Benefit Board to offer supplemental health benefit plans to employees. Requires public employees to be covered by Health Care for All Oregon Plan. Establishes Health Care for All Oregon Fund. Continuously appropriates moneys in fund to Health Care for All Oregon Board. Establishes office of Health Care for All Oregon Ombudsman in office of Governor. Requires Health Care for All Oregon Board to establish Regional Planning Boards to oversee allocation of health resources in geographic regions prescribed by Health Care for All Oregon Board. Requires submission to Regional Planning Board of plans for addition, alteration or construction of health care facility except long term care facility. Authorizes Health Care for All Oregon Board to provide public funding upon request if addition, alteration or construction approved. Transfers to Department of Human Services authority to approve certificate of need for long term care facility. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Health Care for All Oregon Board for purposes of Health Care for All Oregon Plan. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Enacts Interstate Compact for Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote.

Requires Department of Education, in consultation with Oregon Health Authority, to disseminate information, processes and model plans regarding school testing for elevated levels of toxics. Requires schools to adopt testing plan and schedule and provide test results. Establishes Healthy School Facilities Fund. Appropriates fund moneys to department for purpose of providing schools with financial assistance related to testing for toxics. Requires initial testing for certain toxics on or before January 1, 2022.

Requires hospital with emergency department to perform sexual assault medical assessment, and collect sexual assault forensic evidence kit, upon request by victim. Requires hospital to have protocol to ensure that law enforcement agency is notified within seven days of collection of kit and that kits are stored for at least 60 days after collection.

Creates limited landscape construction professional license. Specifies scope of work that holder of limited license may perform.