Bills in the 2011 Regular Session, House.
Bill Kennemer
Sponsored
Became law3
Revises requirement for giving of notice by registered professional land surveyor or employee or agent of land surveyor prior to entry upon land for survey work purposes.
Reduces amount of fine for operating manually propelled boat of 10 feet or more in length without aquatic invasive species permit to $30 and for operating motorboat without permit to $50.
Prohibits advertising that seller will value property being offered as payment toward purchase or lease of motor vehicle at certain amounts.
Passed the House2
Allows landowners with common boundary that is uncertain or subject to dispute to locate and fix boundary by agreement.
Modifies provisions authorizing dedication, conveyance or grant of property in subdivision or partition process.
In committee14
Sets limits on amounts that may be contributed to political candidates by certain political committees.
Requires performance audits of state agencies to be conducted by independent auditors.
Directs court to award certain damages in action involving false statement of material fact relating to candidate, political committee or measure.
Creates subtraction from taxable income for mileage of volunteers.
Creates the Oregon Business Development Department Ombudsman Act.
Prohibits advertising video lottery games on television.
Limits ability of public body to require charitable organization, private foundation trust, split interest trust or private foundation to disclose certain information relating to employees, officers, directors, trustees, members or owners.
Limits ability of public body to impose requirements for governing board or officers of charitable organization, private foundation trust, split interest trust or private foundation.
Limits ability of public body to impose requirements for distribution of funds by charitable organizations, private foundation trusts, split interest trusts and private foundations.
Prohibits discrimination in rates of insurance reimbursement paid to specified providers.
Requires Department of Education to pay costs of education of child in program for long-term care or treatment when child is eligible to receive education and to be enrolled in program.
Requires Department of Human Services and Oregon Youth Authority to accept and consider from facilities serving children recommendations for improving administrative efficiency and reducing administrative burden.
Designates Trust for Cultural Development Account as trust account exclusively for arts and culture purposes.
Permits certain individuals to use warning lights on vehicle.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Exempts person performing work for purposes of agricultural drainage, agricultural trenching or agricultural irrigation or involving construction of agricultural fences to control livestock from licensure as construction contractor.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 18
Directs Oregon Business Development Department to explore feasibility of establishing Business Ombudsman position and related website.
Requires state agencies to submit information about tax expenditures that have purpose connected to referenced economic development to Oregon Department of Administrative Services for posting on Oregon transparency website.
Changes name of Task Force on Stage Two Business Development and Economic Gardening to Grow Oregon Council.
Directs State Department of Energy to establish clean energy deployment program to provide grants and loans to support energy efficiency or clean energy projects, including projects to weatherize, upgrade or retrofit public schools.
Directs Department of Transportation to erect and maintain roadside memorial sign under certain circumstances for police officer killed in line of duty.
Requires executive summaries of reports and notices of proposed rulemaking that must be filed with members of Legislative Assembly to be sent electronically.
Requires State Department of Fish and Wildlife to increase hazing of pinnipeds during specified periods.
Allows household member to continue to use confidential address on records maintained by Department of Transportation for up to four years after eligible employee or corrections officer is killed in line of duty.
Allows State Department of Agriculture to waive routine inspection of certain food establishments.
Allows commercial production and sale of bread, rolls and buns made only with whole grain flours.
Requires state institutions of higher learning to allow military recruitment on campus on equal footing with other employment recruitment.
Provides that U.S. Highway 30 between St. Helens and Rainier shall be known as Police Chief Ralph Painter Memorial Highway.
Modifies provisions for development and maintenance of telephone service that provides referral information regarding services after emergency and health and human services.
Allows court to renew Family Abuse Prevention Act order upon petition of child who has reached 18 years of age if child was protected by previous order and reasonably fears further acts of abuse by respondent.
Authorizes Oregon Department of Administrative Services to consult with Oregon Progress Board regarding specified plans and entities and requires department to submit related report to interim committee of Legislative Assembly with subject matter jurisdiction over board on or before July 2, 2012.
Requires Department of Environmental Quality to consult with applicant regarding Federal Water Pollution Control Act variances in order to seek to minimize negative economic impacts of variances.
Requires person who submits death certificate after decedent's death was caused by suicide to make reasonable efforts to ascertain and to notify Center for Health Statistics whether decedent was veteran, whether decedent served in combat and where decedent served if decedent served in combat.
Directs Adjutant General to form commission to develop and name medal to honor fallen military members from Oregon.
Passed the House · 3
Establishes process through which person may obtain reservation through city or county to conduct funeral service on public property.
Directs Department of Transportation to issue Keep Kids Safe registration plates.
Requires wholesale dealers of gasoline to offer for sale gasoline containing 10 percent ethanol and gasoline with octane rating of 91 or above that is not blended with ethanol.
Out of committee · 4
Authorizes State Parks and Recreation Commission to establish reductions in, waivers of or exemptions from fees and charges imposed on users of areas established and maintained by State Parks and Recreation Department for Oregon armed services members returning from overseas combat zone deployment or honorably discharged from active overseas combat zone deployment.
Requires state agency to report to Director of Oregon Department of Administrative Services when any budgeted position is vacant for six months.
Authorizes Oregon Medical Board to issue certificates of prescriptive authority to certain licensed psychologists who meet specified requirements.
Modifies crime of theft in first degree to include theft of agricultural property under certain circumstances.
In committee · 33
Provides that Environmental Quality Commission may not adopt by rule low carbon fuel standards.
Requires patient seeking prescription for medication to end patient's life to undergo counseling.
Creates Rail Advisory Council for purpose of advising Department of Transportation and Oregon Transportation Commission on matters related to state rail system.
Directs Secretary of State to notify candidates for public office of legal action and remedies available for publishing false statement of material fact relating to any candidate, political committee or measure.
Provides that fines and costs collected by court for traffic offenses committed on state highways be credited and distributed as monetary obligation payable to state.
Extends period in which nurse practitioner is authorized to provide compensable medical services in workers' compensation claim from 90 days to 180 days.
Permits taxpayer to defer recognition of long-term capital gain if taxpayer invests in business entity in Oregon during tax year.
Declares that data used to diagnose, maintain or repair motor vehicles that is created, collected or contained in motor vehicle is exclusively owned by motor vehicle owner.
Requires Department of Human Services to operate pilot program, subject to approval by United States Department of Agriculture, to prohibit purchase of foods of minimal nutritional value using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.
Removes requirement for State Department of Agriculture to monitor ethanol fuel production and issue notice when ethanol production reaches specified level.
Allows use of dog to hunt cougars during final three months of general cougar hunting season if State Fish and Wildlife Commission determines that harvest quota for particular hunt zone might not be met.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to appoint advisory committee to make recommendations for plan to administer statewide gambling addiction programs and services.
Modifies method for determining amount of lottery proceeds to be allocated to Problem Gambling Treatment Fund in fiscal quarter.
Specifies that State of Oregon asserts title to, and claims possession of, all lands in this state possessed and managed by federal government pursuant to Oregon and California Revestment Act of June 9, 1916, and Oregon and California Lands Act of August 28, 1937.
Establishes Work and Family Life Task Force.
Directs State Department of Fish and Wildlife to create pilot program that allows persons hunting or pursuing cougars to use dogs.
Requires Oregon Department of Administrative Services to adopt rules regarding use of wood in buildings constructed by public body using state funding.
Allows court in domestic relations proceeding to consider substantiated evidence of spousal abuse when determining proper amount of child and spousal support and proper division of property.
Requires State Fish and Wildlife Commission to consult with cities and counties on impact to local economies from additions to lists of threatened or endangered species.
Prohibits abortion unless physician has first determined probable post-fertilization age of unborn child, except in case of medical emergency.
Prescribes treatments that must be covered by health benefit plans for traumatic brain injuries.
Requires certain health care providers to complete continuing education about traumatic brain injury.
Prohibits health care practitioners from referring patients to health care entities in which practitioner has beneficial interest or with which practitioner has compensation arrangement, subject to specified exceptions.
Prohibits pharmacist from dispensing drug that is not therapeutically equivalent to drug ordered or prescribed unless prescriber and patient have consented in writing.
Requires school districts to undertake and complete certain energy efficiency retrofit and upgrade projects that have payback time of 20 years or less.
Requires contracting agency to use alternative contracting method to award energy savings performance contract.
Requires district school board to procure and cause to be displayed United States flag in classrooms and to provide time for students to salute United States flag once daily during school hours.
Expands definition of "farm use" to include facilities for training dogs in canine skills on land zoned for exclusive farm use.
Expands immunity from liability for health care provider who provides services for charitable organization without compensation.
Modifies composition of and scope of review to be performed by Task Force on Educator Health Benefits.
Encourages Oregon Investment Council and State Treasurer to divest investment funds invested in certain companies engaged in mineral-extraction or oil-related activities related to Iran.
Exempts energy savings performance contracts, under certain circumstances, from requirement to use competitive bidding process to award public improvement contracts.
Requires Oregon Health Authority, Department of Human Services and Department of Consumer and Business Services to report to Legislative Assembly on steps taken to streamline regulatory requirements in specified areas and reduce administrative burdens on persons contracting with or regulated by authority and departments.