Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education and General Government Committee on June 28, 2007. The 2007 session has ended.
2007 Regular Session
Senate Bill 355
Establishes Oregon Educators Benefit Board.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
Establishes Oregon Educators Benefit Board. Requires Governor to appoint members of board for four-year terms. Authorizes board to contract for health, prescription drug and dental benefit plans and other benefits for employees of certain school districts, education service districts and community college districts. Requires board to adopt rules. Permits payroll officers to deduct amounts for benefit plans from employee wages. Creates Oregon Educators Benefit Account and Oregon Educators Revolving Fund. Requires amount not to exceed two percent of monthly employer and employee contributions for benefit plans to be deposited in account. Appropriates to board moneys to cover administrative expenses. Prohibits districts, on or after October 1, 2008, from offering benefit plans other than benefit plans provided by board. Provides exceptions. Requires board, before October 1, 2008, to enter into contracts for health, prescription drug and dental benefit plans. Requires board to offer range of benefit plan designs sufficient to ensure that, when benefit plans are first provided to district, district and district employees can choose benefit plans that are comparable in design to, and are not more expensive than comparable costs of, benefit plans provided by district immediately before purchase of benefit plans provided by board. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2007.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 12 to June 28, 2007, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action3 actions on 3 days
In the SenateJan 12 to Jun 28 · stopped167 days
Waiting for a committeeJan 12 to Jan 197 days
Education and General GovernmentJan 19 to Jun 28 · stopped160 days
Text
Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.
In the Senate Jan 12 – Jun 28
- Jan 12Introduced
- Jan 19Sent to Education and General Government
- Jun 28Died when the session ended
All 3 actions, as published
- Jan 12Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.Senate
- Jan 19Referred to Education and General Government, then Ways and Means.Senate
- Jun 28In committee upon adjournment.Senate