Bills in the 2013 Regular Session, Senate.
Tim Knopp
Sponsored
Became law1
Expands duties of Long Term Care Ombudsman to address needs of residents of care facilities who have mental illness or developmental disabilities.
Passed the Senate1
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.
In committee17
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.
States that Oregon estate tax is not due unless value of Oregon taxable estate exceeds $5 million.
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.
Modifies provisions relating to Public Employees Retirement System and collective bargaining by public employees.
Changes determination of assessed value of property to be least of maximum assessed value, real market value or ___ of prior year's assessed value.
Requires local government to take final action on application for permit, limited land use decision or zone change within 60 days.
Establishes Fair Retirement Plan for persons hired on or after July 1, 2013, who have not established membership in Public Employees Retirement System before July 1, 2013.
Revises definition of "ambulatory surgical center" to include facility operated substantially for purpose of performing abortions.
Modifies provisions relating to public employee retirement.
Directs Land Conservation and Development Commission to divide state into regions by rule and solicit, at least once each biennium, suggestions for changes to statewide land use planning goals from elected officials in each region.
Expands crime of trafficking in persons to include children for purpose of engaging in commercial sex acts.
Authorizes cities and school districts to use cameras to record drivers failing to obey traffic control devices that are mounted on school buses.
Removes minimum requirements for cost and employment terms for qualifying investment contract.
Authorizes owner of real property that is located within urban growth boundary of metropolitan service district and, due to certain impediments, not provided with sanitary sewer or water services to cause public or private provider of sanitary sewer and water services to connect service facilities and serve property if owner pays all costs to connect and deliver service.
Modifies crime of invasion of personal privacy by prohibiting observation by device or electronic means regardless of whether recording is made.
Carried from the House
Became law8
Requires Oregon Health Authority to convene committee to advise authority in adopting rules governing authority's on-site quality assessments of organizations that provide mental health or chemical dependency treatment.
For community-based health care improvement program, modifies definition of "qualified employer" and authorizes continuation coverage for employee who was enrolled in program and whose employment terminates.
Establishes STEM Investment Council.
Directs public education programs to submit specified information about number of students and number of licensed or registered teachers regularly assigned to students.
Prohibits employer from requiring or requesting employee or applicant for employment to provide access to personal social media account, to add employer to social media contact list or to allow employer to view employee's or applicant's personal social media account.
Authorizes Oregon Health Authority to operate Farm Direct Nutrition Program to enable participants in Women, Infants and Children Program to purchase fresh produce at farmers' markets or roadside stands and to operate Senior Farm Direct Nutrition Program to enable low income seniors to purchase fresh produce at farmers' markets or roadside stands.
Permits nonprofit and for-profit water improvement companies to own and operate sanitary sewer services and include existing sewer systems in land improvement plans.
Establishes Office of Small Business Assistance in Office of Secretary of State for purpose of facilitating interactions between small businesses and state agencies with regulatory authority over small businesses.
Passed the House1
Authorizes governing body of Malheur County, under specified circumstances, to plan and zone site for industrial use, in addition to and not in lieu of other authority to plan and zone for industrial use.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 21
Establishes Scholars for a Healthy Oregon Initiative to provide free tuition and fees for certain students in health care disciplines in exchange for student commitment to work in underrepresented locations after graduation.
Establishes State Fair Council as public corporation.
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.
If mammogram shows dense breast tissue, requires facility that performed mammogram to notify patient of results and possible increased risk of breast cancer and to advise patient to contact patient's health care provider regarding appropriateness of supplemental testing.
Creates primary care provider loan repayment program and establishes Primary Care Provider Loan Repayment Fund.
Restricts substitution of biosimilar product for prescribed biological product.
Provides that Interstate 84 in Oregon shall be known as Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway.
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 dispute resolution process to resolve disputes involving termination, extension or renewal of contract between health care entity and coordinated care organization.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to adopt uniform documentation requirements for credentialing providers of telemedicine services.
Makes legislative findings concerning best interests of state with regard to construction-related development and state building code administration and enforcement.
Bans use of motors on Waldo Lake.
Requires Appraiser Certification and Licensure Board , before disciplining person, to establish subcommittee for purpose of advising board on whether objective basis exists to believe that alleged violation of provisions governing real estate appraisers has occurred .
Makes laws regulating restaurants and bed and breakfast facilities applicable to public bodies and to public corporations exempted from definition of public body.
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.
Extends exclusive remedy protections of workers' compensation statutes to partners, limited liability company members, general partners, limited liability partners and limited partners.
Imposes on nonschool athletic teams requirements for recognizing and responding to possible concussions.
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.
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.
Vetoed · 1
Permits district school board to enter into written agreement with federally recognized Native American tribe in Oregon that is located closest to school district with respect to name, symbol or image of mascot associated with a Native American tribe, expected behavior of students and spectators at athletic events with respect to mascot, and training on cultural diversity that athletic directors or other persons identified by school board are required to complete.
Passed the Senate · 1
Allows exception to prohibition on virtual public charter schools related to employment of persons employed by for-profit entity.
Out of committee · 5
Requires moneys in Emergency Communications Account, including Enhanced 9-1-1 Subaccount, to be used for purposes of 9-1-1 emergency communications unless statutory exception is made during state of fiscal emergency.
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.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to create new programs and expand existing programs to increase capacity statewide to provide mental health services and serve individuals with mental illness.
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 committee · 28
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 $___.
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.
Authorizes certain hunters to use certain mechanical and fixed blade broadheads on arrows.
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.
Allows Department of Transportation to issue group registration plate for group that promotes prevention of wildfires.
Reduces rate of tax on capital gains of personal income and corporate income and excise taxpayers.
Allows accelerated depreciation of capital assets for income tax purposes.
Decreases corporate minimum tax imposed on certain C corporations by establishing corporate minimum tax of $150 for all corporations.
Requires name of member or committee of Legislative Assembly requesting set of proposed amendments to legislative measure to be identified on proposed amendments.
Prohibits handling of voted ballot of elector unless person is elections official, employee of United States Postal Service or relative of elector.
Imposes certain requirements on disciplinary hearings conducted by Appraiser Certification and Licensure 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.
Authorizes employers to pay employees under 20 years of age hourly wage consistent with federal minimum wage for period of 90 days from date employee begins work.
Requires harvesting in areas of Tillamook State Forest and Clatsop State Forest exhibiting moderate to extreme occurrence of Swiss needle cast disease.
Allows local government, in county whose population is not growing and that has population of less than 50,000, to alter comprehensive plan map designations notwithstanding statewide land use planning goals relating to agricultural land and forestland.
Defines "vernal pool." Excludes vernal pools from definition of "waters of this state." Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires Director of Department of State Lands to promote use of public land for compensatory mitigation.
Requires that at least 30 days before agencies give notice of intended action to adopt, amend or repeal rules pertaining to recreational or small scale mining, agencies shall perform certain consultation.
Allows Director of Department of State Lands to approve, on case-by-case basis, off-site compensatory mitigation in certain watersheds in adjacent states.
Classifies certain waters of Columbia River to be used for specific purposes.
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.
Creates offense of equine tripping.
Removes certain examination requirements that apply to children who are taught by private teacher, parent or legal guardian.
Provides that mining activities do not give rise to cause of action for nuisance or trespass in certain circumstances.
Creates subtraction from federal taxable income for up to $500 in cash dividends paid by employer to employee for participation in workplace wellness program.