Bills in the 2013 Regular Session, Senate.
Bruce Starr
Sponsored
Became law2
Establishes requirements that must be met before applicant for land use approval to establish or modify certain disposal sites for composting may submit application.
Establishes Alternative Fuel Vehicle Revolving Fund.
Out of committee2
Establishes Oregon Civil Rights Task Force.
Authorizes Governor and Director of the Department of Land Conservation and Development to exempt certain land use decisions from appeal by contract with member of traded sector industry that agrees to acquire and develop large-site industrial use employing at least 500 full-time employees.
In committee7
Creates Sunset Advisory Committee.
Prohibits employer from compelling employee or applicant for employment to provide access to personal social media account or to add employer to social media contact list.
Extends applicability of law that requires school districts to offer half-day kindergarten and allows school districts and public charter schools to offer supplemental kindergarten.
Authorizes school and educational service districts to offer benefit plans that are not provided by and administered by Oregon Educators Benefit Board if district determines that premiums for benefit plans offered are less than comparable benefit plans offered by board.
Provides that minimum sentence for certain felonies is 10 years if defendant threatened use of firearm during commission of felony, 20 years if defendant discharged firearm during commission of felony and 25 years if defendant discharged firearm causing physical injury during commission of felony.
Removes certain examination requirements that apply to children who are taught by private teacher, parent or legal guardian.
Exempts claims based on conduct that constitutes child abuse, or conduct that constitutes knowingly allowing, permitting or encouraging child abuse, from notice requirement of Oregon Tort Claims Act.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 12
Establishes Accelerated Learning Committee.
Prohibits certain educational institutions from requiring or compelling student or prospective student to provide institution with access to personal social media account through user name and password, password or other means of authentication.
Restricts substitution of biosimilar product for prescribed biological product.
Appropriates moneys to Department of Education to be expended for purpose of awarding grants under Career and Technical Education Revitalization Grant Program.
Allows Secretary of State, State Treasurer, judicial department and legislative department to obtain copyrights and patents on data processing materials and to sell, lease or otherwise make available the materials to local, state and federal governmental bodies.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to adopt uniform documentation requirements for credentialing providers of telemedicine services.
Enhances penalties for crime of trafficking in persons if victim was under 15 years of age or force was used and trafficking was for purpose of commercial sex acts.
Allows person holding interest in property to recover economic and property damages resulting from fire occurring due to certain statutory or rule violations or resulting from fire escaping from land used or capable of being used for growing forest tree species.
Directs Department of Education to consult with specified entities when developing academic content standards for Oregon Studies and preparing materials to support teacher training and classroom instruction in Oregon Studies.
Creates program whereby registered owner or lessee of motor vehicle may pay per-mile road usage charge.
Increases penalty for crime of initiating false report to maximum of one year's imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both.
Creates Work Group on Corrections Health Care Costs.
Passed the Senate · 1
Requires Oregon Health Authority to request specified information from potential contractors and, if certain conditions are met, to request proposals to establish and operate systems and technologies designed to detect and prevent improper payments in state medical assistance program.
Out of committee · 2
Establishes Agricultural Experiment Station Fermentation Sciences and Value Added Program at Oregon State University.
Allows nonresident veterans discharged under honorable conditions to pay tuition and fees at Oregon resident rates.
In committee · 17
Clarifies that Oregon Department of Administrative Services must transfer moneys from General Fund to Shared Services Fund as part of strategic investment program.
Prohibits employee who separates from contracting agency, for two years after date of employee's separation, from becoming, or seeking employment with, contractor with which contracting agency enters or has entered into public contract.
Specifies that new or increased fees adopted by state agency do not become effective unless approved by Legislative Assembly by law.
Requires personal verification of tax return and amount of proposed refund by at least two Department of Revenue employees, including supervisory employee, in case of refund in excess of $___.
Specifies minimum enrollment requirements for public charter school that offers online courses.
Requires name of member or committee of Legislative Assembly requesting set of proposed amendments to legislative measure to be identified on proposed amendments.
Provides that person appointed or elected as member of Legislative Assembly may not become member of Public Employees Retirement System or participate in state deferred compensation plan as legislator member.
Increases ceiling amount of total assessed value of taxable personal property for purposes of exemption from property taxation.
Eliminates sunset date of homestead property tax deferral program.
Limits amount by which property tax rate applicable to homestead of certain persons 67 years of age or older may increase over prior year's rate.
Requires harvesting in areas of Tillamook State Forest and Clatsop State Forest exhibiting moderate to extreme occurrence of Swiss needle cast disease.
Requires Director of Department of State Lands to promote use of public land for compensatory mitigation.
Allows Director of Department of State Lands to approve, on case-by-case basis, off-site compensatory mitigation in certain watersheds in adjacent states.
Modifies provisions relating to public employee retirement.
Directs Morrow County and Umatilla County to develop industrial and commercial land uses on land formerly known as Umatilla Chemical Depot.
Removes minimum requirements for cost and employment terms for qualifying investment contract.
Modifies crime of invasion of personal privacy by prohibiting observation by device or electronic means regardless of whether recording is made.