Bills in the 2007 Regular Session, House.
Paul Holvey
Sponsored
Became law7
Redefines "family leave" to exclude leave taken by employee who is unable to work because of disabling compensable injury under Workers' Compensation Law.
Eliminates requirement that proposed forest legacy land area be wholly within urban growth boundary.
Authorizes State Department of Agriculture to license one or more additional users of custom processing establishment, custom slaughtering establishment, meat seller establishment, nonslaughtering processing establishment, slaughterhouse, food establishment, milk processing plant, dairy products plant or bakery that is primarily licensed for operation by another person.
Allows member of Public Employees Retirement System who is police officer to receive retirement credit for service as public safety officer with another state, or political subdivision of another state, before being employed in position that entitled member to credit in system.
Provides that public improvement contracts for construction or certain reconstruction or major renovation of public buildings are considered to contain amount equal to at least 1.5 percent of total contract price for inclusion of appropriate solar energy technology.
Provides that water utility mail notice of delinquency in water bill to property owners only if utility asserts that property owners are responsible for bill.
Imposes $10 fee for filing of petitions for marital annulment, dissolution or separation, and for filing of responses to petitions for marital annulment, dissolution or separation.
Passed the House2
Exempts tangible or intangible property, property rights or property interests of Oregon utilities in or related to certain electric transmission lines and referenced in certain agreements from property taxation.
Creates Task Force on Business Entity Information with members appointed by Secretary of State, Director of Department of Revenue, Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services, Attorney General and executive director of Oregon State Bar.
Out of committee3
Prohibits public agencies from entering into public works contracts for which contract price exceeds $750,000 unless public agency verifies that every employer under contract is approved apprenticeship training agent unless local joint committee or apprenticeship training program for apprenticeable occupations used by employer does not exist in state.
Requires Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries to audit information used to determine prevailing wage rates.
Prohibits open field burning, stack burning, pile burning and propane flaming.
In committee13
Increases tax on malt beverages, wines and cider.
Imposes additional information requirement for notice or written plan for chemical application involving commercial application of pesticides to certain forestlands.
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.
Restricts spraying of pesticides near park, school property, child care facility, urban growth boundary or privately owned property.
Directs parent, legal guardian or private teacher of homeschooled child to notify education service district each school year.
Replaces existing provisions for lien on cut timbers with priority lien in inventory and sales proceeds of purchaser.
Requires Department of Human Services to disclose child welfare records, prior to or after completing investigation of complaint, to treatment providers and others if in best interests of child and necessary to provide services to child or family.
Permits public bodies, officers or agents of public bodies, or licensed health care providers to disclose protected health information about individual with mental illness for purpose of safely providing professional services.
Requires private schools to register with Department of Education.
Creates Lane County Area Commission on Transportation.
Modifies definition of "public works" to include fabrication or manufacture of nonstandard items produced by contract specifically for public works project for which prevailing wage rates are required.
Requires Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services to adopt rule requiring temporary employment agency to pay workers' compensation insurance premiums for workers provided to client at rate based on client's own experience rating.
Modifies working family child care income tax credit to allow credit to be claimed for child care costs of taxpayers with disabilities that prevent their providing child care, being employed or attending school.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 21
Provides statute of limitations for injury or death resulting from use of medication that is intended to inhibit enzyme known as cyclooxygenase-2.
Establishes Oregon Health Care Acquired Infection Reporting Program.
Provides that data on motor vehicle event data recorder is exclusively owned by owner of motor vehicle.
Increases number of directors appointed to State Board of Higher Education.
Creates Task Force on Civics and Financial Education to study and make recommendations about how to increase and improve civics and financial education in kindergarten through grade 12 public schools.
Establishes statewide system administered by Department of Environmental Quality for collection, transportation and recycling of certain electronic devices.
Requires employer to pay over, in accordance with law or agreement requiring or authorizing deductions from wages, amounts deducted from employee's wages.
Requires prescription drug benefit program, or prescription drug benefit offered under health benefit plan or under student health insurance policy, to include coverage of contraception.
Provides that taxpayer is not disqualified from claiming working family child care income tax credit solely because taxpayer's spouse has disability, if disability is such that it prevents taxpayer's spouse from providing child care, being gainfully employed, seeking employment and attending school.
Extends from one year to four years authority of disadvantaged, minority, women or emerging small business enterprise to elect not to obtain public works bond.
Requires insurer providing workers' compensation coverage to provide notice of termination of coverage 45 days prior to effective date of termination.
Creates crime of furnishing sexually explicit material to child.
Requires Employment Relations Board, unless petition for representation election is filed, to certify labor organization as exclusive representative of employees if board finds that majority of employees in unit appropriate for bargaining have signed authorizations designating labor organization specified in petition as employees' bargaining representative and that no other labor organization is currently certified or recognized as exclusive representative of employees in unit.
Requires health benefit plan to cover treatment of child under 18 years of age who has been diagnosed with pervasive developmental disorder subject to same conditions as treatment of physical illness.
Requires prepaid managed care health services organization to file financial reports with Department of Human Services as condition of contracting with Department of Human Services.
Abolishes Environmental Quality Information Account and transfers funds in account to Passenger Rail Transportation Account to be used for passenger rail programs.
Creates categories and levels of endorsement for construction contractors.
Directs county clerk to conduct hand count of sample of ballots counted by each vote tally system in county at each general election.
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.
Creates crime of online sexual corruption of child in second degree.
Establishes greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals.
Passed the House · 7
Establishes state policy that state-funded research benefiting private enterprise must encourage economic development and job creation in Oregon.
Prohibits use of state funds to assist, promote or deter union organizing.
Prohibits employer from requiring employee to attend meeting or participate in communication concerning employer's opinion about religious or political matters.
Requires Department of Human Services to prepare and submit to Legislative Assembly annual report containing list of employers with employees receiving public assistance, including food stamp benefits.
Defines "veteran" for purposes of statutes relating to Department of Veterans' Affairs.
Directs State Fish and Wildlife Commission to name Fall Creek hatchery research center Lindsay Ball Research Hatchery.
Requires motor vehicle locator service provider to furnish information about location of motor vehicle to law enforcement agency upon request.
Out of committee · 14
Directs Secretary of State to conduct performance and program audits on tax expenditures.
Expands prohibition of smoking in public places and places of employment.
Establishes Human Stem Cell Research Committee in Department of Human Services.
Requires health benefit plans to cover bone mass measurements.
Requires State Forestry Department to establish and maintain fuel breaks between contiguous state and federal forestlands.
Gives family child care providers right to collectively bargain with State of Oregon.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to City of Eugene for security costs of 2008 Olympic Track and Field Trials.
Directs State Parks and Recreation Department to enhance Eugene-Springfield Willamette River corridor in preparation for 2008 Olympic Track and Field Trials.
Creates Task Force on Underground Economy.
Directs State Department of Agriculture to consult with Department of Education for purpose of helping Department of Education develop Farm-to-School program.
Allows members of Oregon National Guard to enroll in specified classes at state institution of higher education or community college at no cost.
Establishes Task Force on Mental Retardation in Capital Cases.
Allows retired member who is employed by Legislative Assembly or Oregon State Police for purpose of service during regular or special session of Legislative Assembly to be employed for all or any part of session without affecting status of person as retired member.
Establishes fee for recording of documents in deed and mortgage records of county.
In committee · 29
Requires Board of Medical Examiners for State of Oregon to publish and provide to Legislative Assembly annual report of professional negligence claims made against licensees of board.
Makes parent's ability to maintain smoke-free environment factor for determining custody of minor child.
Increases limit on fees imposed by local government for implementing local community right to know regulatory program.
Requires pharmaceutical manufacturing companies to annually disclose to Department of Justice certain economic benefits provided in conjunction with marketing of prescription drugs.
Requires public contracting agency to award public contract based on bid, proposal or offer that provides best value to agency.
Allows Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries to adopt rules permitting overtime pay for work after eight hours in one day or, when employer has adopted alternative workweek schedule that authorizes employee to work 10 hours per day within 40-hour workweek, after 10 hours in one day.
Requires Department of Education to advise school guidance counselors on techniques and tools for informing high school students of educational opportunities.
Considers certain students to be residents for purpose of determining tuition and fees at state institutions of higher education.
Modifies crime of failing to maintain a metal purchase record.
Creates Oregon Workforce Innovation Council.
Creates offense of smoking in motor vehicle while person under age of 17 is in motor vehicle.
Makes legislative findings on effects of international outsourcing of jobs.
Requires person working at call center and making or receiving telephone communications to disclose location of call center and, upon request, name of person who has contracted to use services of call center.
Modifies required findings for Territorial Sea Plan or amendments to Territorial Sea Plan or Oregon Ocean Resources Management Plan.
Requires that minimum continuing legal education requirements of Oregon State Bar include cultural competency training designed to educate members on providing unbiased and effective representation of clients.
Provides patient freedom of choice of health care physician and primary care physician from among at least 50 percent of all health care physicians in each geographic service area providing medical, dental, foot or vision care.
Allows circuit courts to establish mental health court departments.
Requires addition to taxable income for Oregon tax purposes of certain income otherwise excluded from federal taxable income.
Extends property tax exemption for certain property interests in electric transmission lines to electric cooperatives providing service outside this state.
Requires Public Employees Retirement Board to allow retired members and beneficiaries to make voluntary monthly contributions to labor organizations.
Directs school district to issue health report card for each student.
Requires health benefit plans to provide coverage of human papillomavirus vaccine for female beneficiaries who are 11 years of age and older.
Allocates lottery funds to Department of Transportation for biennium beginning July 1, 2007, for specified purposes.
Changes allowable number of digits payment system for credit or debit cards may display on customer receipt from five to four.
Establishes Board of Trustees of Oregon State School for the Deaf.
Increases tax on malt beverages over five-year period.
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.
Requires Board of Medical Examiners to reveal certain information about complaints against licensees of board when requested to do so by any person.