Bills in the 2011 Regular Session, House.
Sara Gelser Blouin
Sponsored
Became law5
Modifies crime of failure to report child pornography.
Codifies Staley settlement agreement pertaining to provision of developmental disability services to eligible adults.
Disqualifies person from serving as fiduciary, health care representative, attorney-in-fact or surrogate if prior court order terminated parental rights of person or determined it unsafe for protected person, principal, child, youth or youth offender, while ward of court, to return to person's home.
Prohibits use of mechanical restraint, chemical restraint or prone restraint on student in public education program.
Increases, under specified circumstances, penalty for crime of strangulation to maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both.
Passed the House2
Makes criminal records check requirement of alcohol and drug treatment providers nonmandatory.
Prohibits use of public funds to pay for direct care provided by person who has been convicted of aggravated theft in first degree of victim 65 years of age or older.
Out of committee2
Prohibits sending of unsolicited facsimiles .
Authorizes issuance of protective order for certain persons who are victims of conduct constituting sex crime or unwanted sexual contact.
In committee22
Adds employee or volunteer of organization providing child-related services or activities with temporary care and control of child to list of public and private officials required to report child abuse.
Directs State Board of Pharmacy to classify certain synthetic cannabinoid compounds as Schedule I controlled substances.
Expands definition of categorically needy persons eligible for medical assistance to include individuals with disabilities who are under 19 years of age.
Requires at least 72 hours' notice for conduct of public meetings, unless actual emergency warrants less notice.
Requires health benefit plan coverage of wigs for insureds who are 25 years of age and younger and who have baldness resulting from specified causes.
Establishes requirement that school must be in school district that has ADMw of more than 150 to qualify as remote small elementary school or small high school.
Modifies scope of justifiable use of physical force for purposes of criminal prosecution.
Creates crime of trafficking in bicycles with a destroyed or altered serial number.
Creates Task Force on Unanimous Jury Verdicts to study potential impact of requiring unanimous jury verdicts in Oregon.
Requires that public bodies develop and implement policies for securely removing personal information from digital data storage devices and other electronic data storage devices before selling, donating, recycling or otherwise disposing of device.
Creates defense to prostitution under certain circumstances for person under 18 years of age.
Requires clear and convincing evidence of finding that judgment awarding custody to party with disability is not in best interests and welfare of child.
Requires health benefit plans to cover diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease.
Requires State Department of Energy to study sale of adulterated grease for manufacture of alternative fuels.
Requires that premises licensed for full or limited on-premises sales of alcoholic beverages provide customers with information regarding alcohol-by-volume content for types of alcoholic beverages sold at premises.
Provides for distribution to component school district of prorated amounts received by education service district if component school district chooses to not receive services from education service district.
Exempts certain small vintners from payment of wine privilege tax by expanding exemption to include calendar years in which vintner engages only in wine production activities other than fermentation.
Creates program in Oregon Business Development Department to catalog and market university intellectual property to promote economic development in state.
Requires Oregon Health Authority and Department of Human Services to adopt rules requiring residential facilities and homes to maintain systems to ensure that all medication and treatment orders by physicians and psychologists are carried out.
Requires long term care facilities and residential facilities to provide same-gender care if required by physician order.
Authorizes limited transfer of funds from Community Housing Trust Account to Department of Human Services Account for specified purposes.
Codifies Staley settlement agreement pertaining to provision of developmental disability services to eligible adults.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 26
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to report to Joint Committee on Ways and Means ratio of public employees to supervisory employees, ratio of public employees to managerial employees and number of positions for managerial employees who do not act in supervisory capacity.
Provides that punitive damages may not be awarded against licensed professional counselor or licensed marriage and family therapist if counselor or therapist was acting within scope of practice.
Requires assessments to show whether student meets or exceeds academic content standards of student's grade level and to show student's progress toward becoming proficient in continuum of knowledge and skills.
Establishes higher education scholarship program to reward foreign language proficiency and encourage continued improvement in foreign language proficiency.
Authorizes specified persons to consult court appointed special advocate regarding records relating to child or ward.
Directs Oregon Health Authority to develop strategic plan for recruiting primary care providers to Oregon.
Requires political subdivision to give Department of Transportation at least 30 days' notice of intent to sell or transfer real property near rail infrastructure.
Modifies crime of prostitution.
Eliminates reliance on spiritual treatment as defense to certain crimes in which victim is under 18 years of age.
Allows taxpayer to make direct deposit contribution of income tax refund into Oregon 529 College Savings Network account.
Provides that agent or guardian of donor of body or body part may amend or revoke anatomical gift only under certain circumstances.
Changes name of Task Force on Stage Two Business Development and Economic Gardening to Grow Oregon Council.
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.
Allows county court or board of commissioners to examine financial affairs of county at regular business meeting twice during year at any time, rather than in January and July.
Directs Department of Transportation to erect and maintain roadside memorial sign under certain circumstances for police officer killed in line of duty.
Authorizes district attorney to file petition in criminal case, on behalf of county or animal care agency, seeking forfeiture of animals alleged to have been abused.
Directs court to require installation of ignition interlock device as condition of driving while under influence of intoxicants diversion agreement.
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.
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.
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.
Allows sponsor and public charter school to enter into cooperative agreement with other school districts for purpose of forming partnership to provide educational services.
Allows court to renew Family Abuse Prevention Act order upon petition of child who has reached 18 years of age if child was protected by previous order and reasonably fears further acts of abuse by respondent.
Authorizes Oregon Innovation Council to make grants and loans from Oregon Innovation Fund to Oregon growth businesses that further innovation-based economic development in this state.
Requires Joint Boards of Education to develop standards by which students may apply credits earned at community college toward baccalaureate degrees awarded by state institutions of higher education.
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.
Directs Adjutant General to form commission to develop and name medal to honor fallen military members from Oregon.
Passed the House · 2
Deletes provision authorizing use of reasonable physical force upon incompetent person by parent, guardian or other person entrusted with care and supervision of incompetent person.
Directs Department of Transportation to issue Keep Kids Safe registration plates.
Out of committee · 6
Establishes Oregon Fund for Energy, Jobs and Innovation.
Creates subtraction from taxable income for net capital gain that is invested in certain businesses.
Directs State Registrar of Center for Health Statistics to send data file containing parents' names and mother's address to State Treasurer for each child born in Oregon to residents of this state.
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.
Creates State Agency Innovation Fund.
Directs Joint Boards of Education to prepare report on strategies for reducing higher education textbook costs.
In committee · 30
Requires beneficiary under trust deed to offer grantor under trust deed opportunity to remain in possession of residential unit during period in which trustee's sale for residential unit is pending if sale does not occur on date scheduled for trustee's sale or if trustee postpones trustee's sale.
Sets limits on amounts that may be contributed to candidates and political committees.
Allows Attorney General or Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries to file civil action in relation to discrimination against person for service in uniformed service.
Requires telecommunications contract between telecommunications utility and residential customer to allow customer to terminate contract without penalty if customer enters hospice program.
Creates Oregon Data Advisory Board.
Establishes corporate income and excise tax credit for certain facility costs of business firms that construct facilities and engage in business operations in which average annual gross payroll and increase in number of employees meet specified requirements.
Reduces rate of tax on certain capital gains of personal income taxpayers.
Establishes credit against personal income tax for amounts paid by eligible taxpayer who paid for and received instruction leading to degree or recognized certificate from post-secondary institution.
Extends by two years sunset of Oregon School Facilities Task Force and Oregon School Facilities Task Force Fund.
Expands breaches of security for which notification is required under Oregon Consumer Identity Theft Protection Act to include written data that contains personal information.
Establishes relief nursery pilot program in Lane County.
Creates Rail Advisory Council for purpose of advising Department of Transportation and Oregon Transportation Commission on matters related to state rail system.
Creates Small Business Health Insurance Pool in Oregon Health Authority, to be administered by Oregon Medical Insurance Pool Board.
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.
Expands definition of "involved officer" to include officer involved in incident in which use of deadly force caused serious physical injury.
Requires Department of Public Safety Standards and Training to study training for police officers regarding police response to incidents.
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.
Directs Joint Boards of Education to prepare report on strategies for reducing higher education textbook costs.
Expands authority of court and violations bureau to reduce fines for violations.
Directs Department of Education, Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development and Bureau of Labor and Industries to collaborate on issues related to career and technical education.
Prohibits sale of certain flavored smokeless tobacco products that resemble or are marketed as candy.
Prohibits retail store that sells tobacco from operating powered machine that rolls cigarettes or allowing customer to operate powered machine that rolls cigarettes.
Prohibits owner of foreclosed residential real property from neglecting real property during periods of vacancy.
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.
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.
Implements House Joint Resolution 47 (2011).
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.