Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, Senate.
Bruce Starr
Sponsored
Became law4
Provides that metropolitan service district is not required to consider certain information when including land designated as urban reserve within urban growth boundary.
Allows local public safety coordinating council to take action by affirmative vote of majority of quorum present at meeting.
Includes victim of human trafficking as person eligible for Address Confidentiality Program.
Requires Department of Human Services to adopt rules applicable to secure community facilities housing persons under jurisdiction of Psychiatric Security Review Board.
Vetoed1
Directs Department of Transportation to collaborate with governmental units to implement tolling on interstate bridges that cross Columbia River.
In committee23
Requires court to award attorney fees and costs and disbursements to petitioner in judicial proceeding against state agency if court finds in favor of petitioner, unless agency can prove agency's action was substantially justified.
Designates offices of Secretary of State, State Treasurer and Attorney General as nonpartisan.
Eliminates school district taxes from division of tax method of funding urban renewal projects.
Authorizes Director of State Department of Energy to define what constitutes alternative fuel device or category one or two alternative energy device.
Prohibits keeping of pit bull.
Requires that places of public accommodation allow customer access to employee toilet facilities if customer has certain medical conditions.
Provides that employer who discloses information about current or former employee's job performance to prospective employer of employee is presumed to be acting in good faith and immune from civil liability unless presumption is rebutted by clear and convincing evidence.
Provides that if person applies for employment with law enforcement agency all former and current employers of person, and all employers to which employee has made application for employment, upon request must provide to law enforcement agency all information available to employers relating to person.
Requires local government taxes imposed on or measured by income to be imposed on or measured by taxable income as determined for state personal income tax purposes or Oregon taxable income as determined for state corporate excise or income tax purposes.
Prohibits grants of public assistance to individuals who test positive for substances of abuse.
Provides tax credit for certain expenses of home school education for eligible child.
Requires local government to demonstrate adequacy of 20-year supply of buildable lands for each discrete portion of local government's urban growth boundary.
Directs Oregon Transportation Commission to amend charter of Northwest Oregon Area Commission on Transportation to make City of Cornelius and City of Forest Grove voting members.
Authorizes issuance of lottery bonds and distribution of moneys to Hillsboro and Forest Grove to pay for construction or expansion of commuter rail transportation between Hillsboro and Forest Grove.
Provides defense to manslaughter in second degree, criminal nonsupport and criminal mistreatment in first and second degrees if child or dependent person resides with parent or guardian and is under care or treatment solely by spiritual means.
Permits Governor to declare state of financial emergency under certain conditions, suspend pay increases to state government and school district employees, suspend certain terms of collective bargaining agreements and services contracts and take other actions.
Creates crime of hindering assistance animal in second degree.
Creates Task Force on Human Trafficking.
Requires Director of Economic and Community Development Department to convene work group to develop protocols for integrated delivery of services to victims of trafficking in persons.
Requires that legal service providers participating in Legal Services Program must provide legal services to person who is victim of sexual assault, domestic violence or human trafficking, without regard to immigration status of person, unless providing services would result in loss of other funding available to program.
Requires public agencies and political subdivisions to provide notice to certain persons before establishing certain facilities.
Requires local government taxes imposed on or measured by income to be imposed on or measured by taxable income as determined for state personal income tax purposes or Oregon taxable income as determined for state corporate excise or income tax purposes.
Expands criminal homicide to include causing death of unborn child.
Carried from the House
Became law2
Changes sunset date on conditional exemption from disclosure of public records that set forth name, home address or professional location of person engaged in, or providing goods and services for, medical research at Oregon Health and Science University that is conducted on animals other than rodents.
Classifies crime of assault in second degree as assault in first degree if defendant knows victim is pregnant.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 8
Establishes Oregon Civics Day for Teachers on first Friday in December.
Provides that U.S. Highway 97 in Oregon shall be known as World War II Veterans Historic Highway.
Exempts individual under age of 17 from requirement to obtain business license or permit.
Requires scrap metal business to create and maintain certain records of purchase or receipt of metal property or other transactions related to metal property.
Establishes February 9 of each year as Ewing Young Day.
Requires employer to provide reasonable accommodation to religious observance or practices of employee unless providing accommodation would impose undue hardship on employer.
Requires Department of Human Services to determine whether immunosuppressant drug used in connection with organ transplants is narrow therapeutic index drug within 180 days of expiration of United States patent on drug.
Removes requirement that proposals for purchase of real property from state be accompanied by certified check or by sufficient bond furnished by surety company in sum not less than 10 percent of total amount of value of proposal.
Out of committee · 3
Establishes Urban Growth Boundary Expansion Area Revolving Loan Fund.
Allows Oregon National Guard Youth Challenge Program to receive State School Fund distribution.
Classifies crime of murder as aggravated murder if defendant committed murder knowing victim was pregnant.
In committee · 30
Imposes limits on awards of punitive damages based on nature of action and type of defendant.
Provides that upon offer of expert scientific evidence at trial, court must first determine whether theory or technique supporting offered evidence is based on scientifically valid principles and is pertinent.
Provides that class action may be maintained only for members of class who are residents of this state.
Limits contingent fees permitted in negligence claims.
Requires health insurers, and Department of Human Services through state medical assistance program, to cover services performed using telemedicine.
Raises threshold for filing inheritance tax return to $2 million for estates of decedents dying on or after January 1, 2009, but before January 1, 2010, and $3.5 million for estates of decedents dying on or after January 1, 2010.
Eliminates taxes on capital gains.
Allows business energy tax credit for alternative fuel vehicle manufacturing facility.
Requires State Department of Fish and Wildlife to create and develop Blue Ribbon Still Water Fisheries.
Allows electricity from certain older generating facilities to be used as qualifying electricity for purpose of compliance with renewable portfolio standard.
Reduces personal income tax rates for certain taxpayers by modifying income tax brackets.
Directs Department of Transportation to establish program to issue active duty military registration plates to qualified owner of motor vehicle.
Expands range of activities that count as providing drug test falsification equipment.
Suspends for 2009-2011 biennium requirements placed on school districts related to self-evaluations, local district improvement plans, alternative placements for students, alcohol and drug abuse prevention programs, instructional materials, substitute teacher salaries, talented and gifted students, instructional time, guidance and counseling programs, media programs and class sizes.
Temporarily reduces amount of required income tax withholding.
Encourages contracting agencies to use emergency procurement methods for capital construction projects in biennium beginning July 1, 2007.
Suspends cost-of-living increases, salary step increases, upward reclassifications, filling of vacant positions, creating new positions and out-of-state travel for state government employees in current biennium.
Provides that court order or judgment relating to custody, parenting time or visitation rights include provision that neither parent may move to residence more than 200 miles further distant from other parent without providing reasonable notice to other parent and court.
Permits Governor to declare state of financial emergency under certain conditions, suspend pay increases to state government and school district employees, suspend certain terms of collective bargaining agreements and services contracts and take other actions.
Extends sunset on income or corporate excise tax credit for property taxes paid or incurred on machinery and equipment used by farm operator in processing activities.
Directs Joint Legislative Audit Committee to select Legislative Auditor to serve as director of Government Accountability Office.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Military Department for Oregon National Guard Youth Challenge Program.
Directs each public post-secondary institution to report on number of veterans who are attending institution.
Expands exemption from taxable income allowed for compensation earned by members of Armed Forces of United States by including inactive duty training pay.
Establishes Oregon Graduate and Professional Education Program for Veterans.
Establishes income tax credit for qualified elderly taxpayer whose residential property tax equals or exceeds specified percentage of household income.
Creates Government Ethics Savings Fund.
Creates subtraction from federal taxable income for first $2,400 of unemployment compensation paid to taxpayer in tax year.
Provides that mandate to sell gasoline blended with ethanol does not apply to gasoline with octane rating of 91 or above.
Establishes Oregon Other Funds Reserve Fund.