Bills in the 2007 Regular Session, House.
Fred Girod
Sponsored
In committee3
Requires executive director of Oregon Government Standards and Practices Commission to be appointed by Governor and confirmed by Senate.
Prohibits commencement of civil action against school district until after claim has been submitted to legal review panel.
Prohibits sex offender released on probation from residing in community unless community has police officer on duty at all times.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 9
Directs Department of Transportation to provide for issuance of customized registration plates to recipients of Congressional Medal of Honor.
Modifies definition of Class II all-terrain vehicle.
Directs Governor to assign state agency responsibility for developing plan to ensure that written documents produced by executive department agencies conform to plain language standards.
Creates crime of furnishing sexually explicit material to child.
Directs Department of Veterans' Affairs to provide veterans and health care providers with educational materials on diagnosis, treatment and prevention of hepatitis C. .
Permits second Oregon Veterans' Home to admit spouses of veterans.
Removes water control districts from list of districts automatically extinguished or from which territory is automatically withdrawn by annexation of district territory by city.
Adds fees for requests for preliminary certification of reforestation projects by State Forester to costs included in project costs for purposes of income tax credit for reforestation projects.
Directs Department of Human Services to develop plan to start to slow rate of diabetes by 2010.
Passed the House · 6
Requires individual or group climbing above 10,000 feet on Mount Hood during five-month period to carry two-way, electronic communication device and electronic locator device.
Establishes state policy that state-funded research benefiting private enterprise must encourage economic development and job creation in Oregon.
Specifies that public lands used for wildlife management purposes must be accessible for hunting.
Changes information that school district board may require from public charter school applicant.
Creates Task Force on Establishing Mental Health Database to identify issues, explore solutions and make recommendations to Seventy-fifth Legislative Assembly regarding establishment and implementation of database to aid law enforcement officers in assisting mentally ill individuals to obtain medical, mental health and social services.
Directs State Fish and Wildlife Commission to name Fall Creek hatchery research center Lindsay Ball Research Hatchery.
Out of committee · 12
Modifies qualification for tax credit for volunteer emergency medical technicians.
Repeals provisions requiring Department of Human Services to eliminate or limit Oregon Health Plan coverage of dental, vision, hospital and drug services for 2005-2007 biennium.
Grants income tax credit to firefighters who provide volunteer services to rural fire protection districts or fire departments.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Housing and Community Services Department and Department of Human Services for Senior Corps programs.
Creates Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
Directs Department of Education to award grants to remote and necessary school districts.
Requires State Forestry Department to establish and maintain fuel breaks between contiguous state and federal forestlands.
Appropriates moneys from ___ to Economic and Community Development Department for purpose of assisting development of targeted small businesses and microenterprises.
Directs general or special election ballots to list name of candidate for partisan office for each nomination candidate receives, with name of each political party that nominated candidate printed opposite one of listings of candidate's name.
Gives family child care providers right to collectively bargain with State of Oregon.
Makes findings concerning use of Oregon workers to perform services contracted for by state agencies.
Directs Department of Education to establish farm-to-school program.
In committee · 62
Applies requirements for exemption from insurance code for self-insured health insurance programs offered by school districts to programs offered by education service districts.
Describes when person has suffered economic damages as result of offense or defendant's criminal activities for purposes of restitution.
Establishes Retired Senior Volunteer Program within Oregon Department of Administrative Services.
Establishes Retired Senior Volunteer Program within Department of Human Services.
Establishes Retired Senior Volunteer Program within Department of State Police.
Establishes Retired Senior Volunteer Program within Department of Education.
Requires student who receives diploma from school district to complete three years of science prior to high school graduation.
Expands crime of criminal mischief in second degree to include tampering or interfering with gates or signs that restrict closed roads.
Prohibits members of Legislative Assembly, members-elect, statewide officials and statewide officials-elect from soliciting or receiving political contributions during period beginning on date of general election and ending on first day of next following regular session of Legislative Assembly.
Limits television advertising by Oregon State Lottery to promoting introduction of new games.
Allows tax credit to individual who owns and occupies manufactured dwelling as primary residence and who ends tenancy in manufactured dwelling park as result of closing of park or portion of park.
Creates offense of distracted driving.
Requires evidence of citizenship for persons registering to vote for first time in this state.
Prohibits state government from employing individual who is not legally present or legally employable.
Permits law enforcement agencies to apprehend person based upon probable cause that person is in violation of immigration law.
Creates crime of subjecting another to involuntary servitude in first degree.
Makes English official language of state.
Requires Department of Human Services to verify lawful presence in United States of applicants for public assistance.
Conforms Oregon Vehicle Code to provisions of federal Real ID Act of 2005.
Requires Department of Education to advise school guidance counselors on techniques and tools for informing high school students of educational opportunities.
Creates Oregon Workforce Innovation Council.
Adds sheriff services to types of services that can be provided by county service districts.
Expands ability of employer to prohibit use of medical marijuana in workplace.
Exempts equipment used for agricultural or horticultural activities from property tax.
Provides that use of state provided Internet access by members and staff of Legislative Assembly is considered to be use on state business for purposes of Legislative Assembly.
Permits coastal counties to apply for designation of wave energy enterprise zones for development of wave energy facilities.
Authorizes establishment of temporary dwelling for on-site security as conditional use of land zoned for exclusive farm use.
Creates crime of sexual solicitation of minor.
Modifies penalties for providing alcoholic beverages to person under 21 years of age or to another person with knowledge that other person will provide alcoholic beverages to person under 21 years of age.
Permits corporations operating emerging businesses to defer corporate excise and income taxes.
Reduces fee charged by Water Resources Department for examining certain new applications for in-stream water right lease.
Creates Freedom to Choose My School Grant program.
Allows State Department of Fish and Wildlife to appoint volunteer to act as agent for wildlife management purposes under wildlife laws.
Provides that person who is legally present in any place is not liable for failing to retreat from attacker.
Prohibits person acting in official capacity during state of emergency from seizing firearm with intent to interfere with lawful possession of firearm.
Directs State Fish and Wildlife Commission to establish by rule youth hunter mentoring program.
Directs county clerk, upon request, to deliver list of active electors in county to candidate for office listed on ballot in county.
Requires Public Employees' Benefit Board to ensure, when developing health benefit plan, that eligible employees and their family members have option of using health savings accounts authorized under Internal Revenue Code.
Requires Legislative Assembly to fully fund Department of State Police from General Fund revenues.
Expands criminal homicide to include causing death of unborn child.
Requires physicians to inform pregnant females considering abortion about fetal pain and to report on abortions performed.
Includes medical facility operated substantially for purpose of performing abortions in definition of ambulatory surgical center.
Directs that State Fish and Wildlife Commission may not adopt rule prohibiting persons hunting game mammals with muzzleloading firearm from using telescopic sights.
Requires information to be given to pregnant female 24 hours prior to abortion.
Establishes Oregon State Police Fund.
Reduces rate of tax on capital gains of personal income and corporate income and excise taxpayers.
Prohibits State Board of Higher Education, board of education of community college and Oregon Health and Science University Board of Directors from increasing tuition, fees and other charges imposed on residents of Oregon.
Reduces rate of tax on capital gains of personal income taxpayers and corporate income and excise taxpayers.
Directs school districts to expend at least 65 percent of operational expenditures on classroom instruction expenditures.
Requires district attorney to investigate residency status of convicted persons.
Requires mandatory minimum sentences of up to 48 months for subsequent repeat property crime convictions.
Modifies threshold level of value of estate at which inheritance tax return is required to be filed.
Repeals examination requirements that apply to children who are taught by private teacher, parent or legal guardian.
Establishes tax credit for employer that pays all or part of community college tuition and related textbook expenses of employee in workforce training program.
Changes title of "precinct committeeperson" to "precinct representative.".
Provides that per diem payments to member of Legislative Assembly be based on distance between member's district residence and State Capitol.
Allows school districts to aggregate districts' energy requirements for purchase and delivery of utility services as one entity to qualify for lower industrial rates.
Creates Task Force on Civics Education.
Directs Department of Human Services to develop education program regarding diabetes.
Creates tax credit for taxpayer who contributes to charitable organization providing significant social welfare services.
Establishes Oregon State Police Patrol Division Fund.
Clarifies language authorizing city or district to require consent to eventual annexation in exchange for providing extraterritorial service to landowner.