Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, Senate.
Peter Courtney
Sponsored
Became law13
Allows appointment of Adjutant General in grade of lieutenant general.
Allows health care provider authorized or permitted by law to administer health care services in another state, and who is registered with Department of Human Services as emergency health care provider, to administer health care services in Oregon during emergency.
Removes sunset on requirement that health insurers, health care service contractors and multiple employer welfare arrangements provide coverage for treatment of inborn errors of metabolism under specified conditions.
Requires Department of Human Services to establish rules, policies and procedures to implement Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption in Oregon.
Increases maximum penalty for crime of participation in cockfighting to five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both.
Requires executive summary of written report to Legislative Assembly to include explanation of how to obtain copy of report, including, if report is available on Internet, online location of report.
Limits for six-year period beginning July 1, 2007, payment of expenses from other funds collected or received by various state agencies for capital construction.
Prohibits Oregon Department of Administrative Services and Governor from reducing amounts allotted to state agencies for payment of debt service.
Directs Department of Human Services to develop and implement plan to increase availability of supervision and treatment in underserved regions of state for persons conditionally released by Psychiatric Security Review Board.
Directs Department of Human Services to establish position to act as liaison between department and communities that may become sites of certain housing facilities.
Requires all real estate broker and real estate property manager applicants to have high school diploma or equivalent certification.
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.
Establishes additional amounts authorized for issuance of general obligation bonds, revenue bonds and certificates of participation and other financing agreements for 2007-2009 biennium.
Out of committee2
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Education for purpose of awarding grants to school districts and public charter schools for physical education and any conditioning provided as part of physical education program.
Classifies crime of murder as aggravated murder if defendant committed murder knowing victim was pregnant.
In committee5
Creates income tax credit for creation of new employment positions by taxpayer.
Creates prepaid tuition contracts for Oregon residents under Oregon 529 College Savings Network.
Requires driver license or identification card issued by Department of Transportation to indicate that person may not purchase alcoholic liquor if person is convicted at least two times of driving while under influence of intoxicants.
Requires court or Psychiatric Security Review Board to place person found guilty or responsible except for insanity on conditional release in county of residence.
Requires state institution of higher education to guarantee that tuition cost per unit for undergraduate student in baccalaureate program will not increase during student's period of enrollment.
Carried from the House
Became law3
Prohibits possessing, controlling or having charge of more than 50 sexually intact dogs that are two years of age or older for primary purpose of reproduction.
Requires Department of Human Services to work with United States Department of State to implement requirements of Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption for purposes relating to adoption of foreign children.
Suspends certain provision of Ballot Measure 57 (2008) from February 15, 2010, until January 1, 2012.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 4
Establishes Oregon Civics Day for Teachers on first Friday in December.
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.
Establishes Capitol Planning Commission.
Out of committee · 1
Directs Office of Emergency Management to develop and operate statewide first responder building mapping information system.
In committee · 1
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.