Bills in the 2011 Regular Session, House.
Lew Frederick
Sponsored
Became law1
Directs Department of Human Services, in consultation with Oregon Health Authority, to provide training to foster parents regarding appropriate ethnic hair and skin care for children of African-American, Hispanic, Native American, Asian-American or multiracial descent.
Out of committee1
Requires Department of Consumer and Business Services to compile and submit report to Legislative Assembly that identifies funds disbursed or distributed in this state under American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
In committee13
Provides credit against income taxes for taxpayer creating jobs for certain removal and remedial actions.
Allows Director of the Department of Environmental Quality to enter into certain agreements related to releases of hazardous substances.
Expands definition of "involved officer" to include officer involved in incident in which use of deadly force caused serious physical injury.
Requires Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to study and report on racial, ethnic and economic disparities in citizen interactions with police officers and on recruitment and retention of minorities by law enforcement, legal and corrections agencies, offices and institutions.
Modifies element of plan adopted by county deadly physical force planning authority to consist of outreach and training regarding use of reasonable deadly physical force.
Creates Task Force on Procuring Through Small and Local Businesses.
Requires Department of Public Safety Standards and Training to study training for police officers regarding police response to incidents.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Department of Administrative Services to be disbursed to Independent Development Enterprise Alliance.
Prohibits owner of foreclosed residential real property from neglecting real property during periods of vacancy.
Expands options for name after marriage or after entering into registered domestic partnership.
Prohibits owner of foreclosed residential real property from neglecting real property during periods of vacancy.
Expands definition of "place of public accommodation" to include places owned or maintained by public body and services provided by public body.
Extends certain employee protections to persons performing work for educational purposes.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 22
Creates Citizens' Initiative Review Commission to oversee review of state initiative measures by citizen panels.
Modifies crime of prostitution.
Eliminates reliance on spiritual treatment as defense to certain crimes in which victim is under 18 years of age.
Directs Department of Education to award grants to school districts for reimbursement of costs incurred in purchasing Oregon food products that meet certain criteria and for funding food-based, agriculture-based and garden-based educational activities.
Creates State and Local Government Efficiency Task Force.
Prohibits person from knowingly performing pelvic examination on anesthetized or unconscious woman unless woman, or person authorized to make health care decisions for woman, has given informed consent to examination, court orders performance of examination for collection of evidence or examination is necessary for diagnostic purposes.
Authorizes Oregon Business Development Department to make grants to small businesses from Building Opportunities for Oregon Small Business Today Account if business hires veteran as new full-time employee.
Prohibits use of mechanical restraint, chemical restraint or prone restraint on student in public education program.
Requires school district to give priority for participation in Expanded Options Program to at-risk students who are eligible students if school district has met credit hour cap.
Authorizes forfeiting agency to use forfeiture proceeds to fund drug treatment.
Allows household member to continue to use confidential address on records maintained by Department of Transportation for up to four years after eligible employee or corrections officer is killed in line of duty.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to explore ways to use doulas to improve birth outcomes for women who face disproportionately greater risk of poor birth outcomes and to report to legislative committees in February 2012.
Modifies application of provision under which Department of Environmental Quality may enter into agreement with prospective purchaser of land under which purchaser is released from potential liability for certain releases, threatened releases or spills of hazardous substances or oil.
Provides that U.S. Highway 30 between St. Helens and Rainier shall be known as Police Chief Ralph Painter Memorial Highway.
Allows sponsor and public charter school to enter into cooperative agreement with other school districts for purpose of forming partnership to provide educational services.
Modifies provisions for development and maintenance of telephone service that provides referral information regarding services after emergency and health and human services.
Directs Oregon Military Department to report to legislative committee on existing military cultural barriers that discourage service members from identifying barriers to reintegration into civilian life.
Directs Department of Human Services and Oregon Health Authority to suspend, instead of terminate, medical assistance of medical assistance recipient who becomes inmate of local correctional facility for expected term of no more than 12 months.
Requires Energy Facility Siting Council to establish global warming potential of certain greenhouse gases for purposes of determining net carbon dioxide emissions.
Requires person who submits death certificate after decedent's death was caused by suicide to make reasonable efforts to ascertain and to notify Center for Health Statistics whether decedent was veteran, whether decedent served in combat and where decedent served if decedent served in combat.
Defines "mastectomy" for purposes of statute requiring health benefit plan coverage of mastectomy and services related to mastectomy.
Directs Adjutant General to form commission to develop and name medal to honor fallen military members from Oregon.
Out of committee · 2
Directs Adjutant General to form commission to create Oregon Medal of Honor to be awarded to next of kin of Oregon servicemembers killed in action or who died as result of wounds received in war in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Directs Joint Boards of Education to prepare report on strategies for reducing higher education textbook costs.
In committee · 20
Requires owner of foreclosed residential real property to provide contact information to neighborhood association or local government official designated to receive contact information.
Creates exemption from food establishment license requirements for person that slaughters not more than 1,000 poultry per year and meets other conditions.
Requires telecommunications contract between telecommunications utility and residential customer to allow customer to terminate contract without penalty if customer enters hospice program.
Directs school district board to adopt policy related to teen dating violence.
Modifies scope of justifiable use of physical force for purposes of criminal prosecution.
Expands definition of "place of public accommodation" to include places owned or maintained by public body and services provided by public body.
Exempts entire value of homestead from sale on execution, lien of judgment or liability for debts of owner if debt arises directly from or as result of catastrophic or terminal illness or injury.
Allows sponsor and public charter school to enter into cooperative agreement with other school districts for purpose of forming partnership to provide educational services.
Declares that data used to diagnose, maintain or repair motor vehicles that is created, collected or contained in motor vehicle is exclusively owned by motor vehicle owner.
Requires Department of Human Services to operate pilot program, subject to approval by United States Department of Agriculture, to prohibit purchase of foods of minimal nutritional value using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.
Requires Department of Human Services and Oregon Youth Authority to accept and consider from facilities serving children recommendations for improving administrative efficiency and reducing administrative burden.
Establishes Affordable Health Care for All Oregon Plan, operated by Oregon Health Authority according to policies established by Affordable Health Care for All Oregon Board.
Prescribes treatments that must be covered by health benefit plans for traumatic brain injuries.
Limits amount that individual may contribute to candidate for public office.
Requires facilitators of income tax refund anticipation loans and refund anticipation payment instruments to obtain license from State Board of Tax Practitioners.
Establishes 2011-2012 School Year Subaccount within State School Fund.
Appropriates moneys from Oregon Rainy Day Fund to Department of Human Services, Oregon Youth Authority and Department of State Police for specified purposes.
Directs each school district board to adopt policy regarding teen dating violence.
Expands definition of "farm use" to include facilities for training dogs in canine skills on land zoned for exclusive farm use.
Creates unlawful practice of manufacturing, distributing, selling or offering for sale child's beverage container or reusable bottle made or lined with bisphenol A or replacement material that is carcinogenic or is reproductive toxicant.