Bills in the 2007 Regular Session, House.
Chuck Riley
Sponsored
Became law1
Directs Governor to assign state agency responsibility for developing plan to ensure that written documents produced by executive department agencies conform to plain language standards.
Passed the House1
Creates Task Force on Agricultural Workforce Needs.
Out of committee1
Requires Oregon Department of Administrative Services to maintain records about state contracts for consulting services and report information about those contracts to Governor and Legislative Assembly.
In committee5
Requires Department of Education to advise school guidance counselors on techniques and tools for informing high school students of educational opportunities.
Requires corporate income and excise taxpayers that receive certain tax-deferred financing income from foreign corporations for federal tax purposes to add that amount of income back to federal taxable income for Oregon tax purposes.
Limits newly erected, constructed or installed pollution control facilities that qualify for tax credit to those facilities that meet certain standards above those required by law or are entirely voluntary and not otherwise required by law.
Requires that automated transaction payments in excess of twice amount due under loan agreement secured by mortgage or trust deed on real property must be applied toward reduction of loan principal.
Expands Oregon Prescription Drug Program to include individuals with private prescription drug benefit program that does not cover one or more necessary drugs taken by individual.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 21
Allows escrow agents to disburse deposited earnest money based on agreement of parties that is executed after initial sales agreement.
Prohibits person from selling gift card that expires or has face value that declines over time or with lack of use.
Modifies definition of Class II all-terrain vehicle.
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.
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.
Authorizes Department of Transportation to include question regarding fuel efficient driving techniques in examination for driver license.
Requires training in mental illness recognition prior to obtaining certification as police officer.
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.
Sets maximum finance charge or interest rate at charge or rate not to exceed 36 percent per annum or 30 percentage points in excess of discount rate on 90-day commercial paper in effect at Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, established annually by Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services, for all consumer finance, payday and title loans of $50,000 or less.
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.
Abolishes Environmental Quality Information Account and transfers funds in account to Passenger Rail Transportation Account to be used for passenger rail programs.
Amends duties of Department of Human Services and law enforcement agencies with respect to investigations of allegations of child abuse at child care facilities.
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.
Allocates from Administrative Services Economic Development Fund to school capital matching subaccount amount equal to 50 percent of ending biennial balance of fund as established by revenue forecast issued during May 2009.
Creates crime of online sexual corruption of child in second degree.
Passed the House · 12
Creates Task Force on Extending Washington County Commuter Rail to Salem.
Establishes state policy that state-funded research benefiting private enterprise must encourage economic development and job creation in Oregon.
Requires covered entities to report annually on system safeguards for protecting confidentiality of individually identifiable health information.
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 that certain causes of action related to improvement to large commercial structures be commenced within six years after substantial completion or abandonment of construction, alteration or repair.
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.
Directs each county sheriff's department and chief of police of city police department to adopt policy addressing whether peace officers may appear in uniform while off-duty.
Requires persons obtaining economic development assistance from Economic and Community Development Department to enter into signed agreement with department assuring that recipient employs or will employ only individuals lawfully authorized to work in United States.
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services and Department of Human Services to collect data and report to appropriate interim legislative committee regarding citizenship or legal residence requirements for Department of Human Services assistance programs.
Directs State Fish and Wildlife Commission to name Fall Creek hatchery research center Lindsay Ball Research Hatchery.
Requires employer to provide reasonable accommodation to religious observance or practices of employee unless providing accommodation would impose undue hardship on employer.
Out of committee · 17
Directs Secretary of State to conduct performance and program audits on tax expenditures.
Modifies elements of felony driving while under influence of intoxicants to include prior participation in diversion program.
Expands prohibition of smoking in public places and places of employment.
Prohibits pharmaceutical manufacturing companies from providing certain gifts in conjunction with marketing of prescription drugs.
Grants income tax credit to firefighters who provide volunteer services to rural fire protection districts or fire departments.
Makes findings on employment of individuals who are not authorized to work in United States.
Creates Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
Requires State Forestry Department to establish and maintain fuel breaks between contiguous state and federal forestlands.
Establishes Portland State University as public corporation under control of Portland Metropolitan Universities Board of Directors.
Appropriates moneys from ___ to Economic and Community Development Department for purpose of assisting development of targeted small businesses and microenterprises.
Directs general or special election ballots to list name of candidate for partisan office for each nomination candidate receives, with name of each political party that nominated candidate printed opposite one of listings of candidate's name.
Authorizes issuance of lottery bonds to finance public parking facility in downtown area of City of Hillsboro.
Establishes principal residence property tax exemption from local option property taxes for dwelling units of senior citizens and persons with disabilities.
Allows members of Oregon National Guard to enroll in specified classes at state institution of higher education or community college at no cost.
Creates SWAT (Schools Will Attract Talent) Team for Oregon's Future Task Force.
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.
Modifies requirements for self-insurance programs established by three or more public bodies.
In committee · 43
Permits all individuals who are residents of state and all public and private entities to participate in Oregon Prescription Drug Program.
Creates Task Force on Open Source Adoption.
Requires interim committees of Legislative Assembly having principal jurisdiction over matters of taxation to review tax expenditures and prepare written findings and recommendations.
Makes failure of seller to deliver seller's property disclosure statement Class A violation.
Requires student who receives diploma from school district to complete three years of science prior to high school graduation.
Requires Department of Veterans' Affairs to provide information about depleted uranium and depleted uranium compounds and to assist veterans exposed to depleted uranium and depleted uranium compounds in obtaining health screening.
Requires pharmaceutical manufacturing companies to annually disclose to Department of Justice certain economic benefits provided in conjunction with marketing of prescription drugs.
Creates crime of unauthorized trading in telephone records.
Allows tax credit to individual who owns and occupies manufactured dwelling as primary residence and who ends tenancy in manufactured dwelling park as result of closing of park or portion of park.
Establishes Manufactured Structure Relocation Fund separate and distinct from General Fund.
Provides that landlord renting space for siting manufactured dwelling owned by another is not subject to assessment for taxes on manufactured dwelling.
Allows Department of Human Services to provide grants to nonprofit organizations for alcohol and drug abuse prevention and treatment.
Requires public contracting agency to award public contract based on bid, proposal or offer that provides best value to agency.
Prohibits telecommunications utility from charging customer for telecommunications service after service is canceled.
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.
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.
Creates crime of human trafficking.
Directs Attorney General to take all necessary steps to pursue reimbursement from federal government for costs incurred by state by reason of incarceration of illegal aliens in state.
Creates crime of sexual solicitation of minor.
Modifies required findings for Territorial Sea Plan or amendments to Territorial Sea Plan or Oregon Ocean Resources Management Plan.
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.
Requires contractors submitting bids or proposals on state public contracts to certify where services would be performed.
Directs county clerk, upon request, to deliver list of active electors in county to candidate for office listed on ballot in county.
Gives tenants' association, facility purchase association or tenants' association supported nonprofit organization 14-day right of first refusal for offer or agreement by landlord to sell facility.
Establishes payment obligation for facility landlord closing manufactured dwelling park or portion of park.
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.
Requires vacancies in election or office of state Senator or state Representative occurring within one year after general election at which person was elected to be filled at special election.
Requires insurer to offer policy of group health insurance to chamber of commerce that satisfies requirements of association.
Establishes Board of Trustees of Oregon State School for the Deaf.
Extends time for tenants' association or facility purchase association to respond to notice that facility owner is offering or considering sale of facility.
Eliminates tax deductions, subtractions or credits that may be claimed against taxes by corporations that decrease employment in Oregon and increase employment in countries outside of United States.
Allows school districts to aggregate districts' energy requirements for purchase and delivery of utility services as one entity to qualify for lower industrial rates.
Adds dairy processors to food processors eligible for property tax exemption.
Creates Task Force on Civics Education.
Removes statute of limitations for certain felony sex crimes in cases involving victim under 18 years of age.
Provides that action against public body or officer, employee or agent of public body based on child abuse is not subject to two-year statute of limitation of Oregon Tort Claims Act and must be commenced within time provided for actions against private persons.
Establishes Oregon State Police Patrol Division Fund.
Imposes tax on distribution of malt beverages at rate of $16.50 per barrel of 31 gallons.