Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, Senate.
Mark Hass
Sponsored
Became law6
Expands definition of "exotic animal" to include member of order Crocodylia.
Requires Department of Education to establish pilot program to encourage school districts to provide supplemental summer instruction.
Requires certain places of public assembly to have automated external defibrillator .
Deletes certain tuition waiver eligibility requirements for service members.
Modifies definition of "hazardous substance" to include decabrominated diphenyl ether.
Requires Department of Education to grant waiver that allows school district to contract with entity that administers nationally normed assessments if entity meets specified requirements.
In committee7
Requires school districts that offer supplemental summer instruction to seek funding to provide supplemental summer instruction at no charge or for reduced charge.
Requires Department of Education to develop statewide strategic plan for education service districts.
Requires student to complete application for post-secondary education institution in order to receive high school diploma.
Extends sunset on income or corporate excise tax credit for property taxes paid or incurred on machinery and equipment used by farm operator in processing activities.
Directs Department of Consumer and Business Services to study options for allowing guaranteed associations to vary premiums and deductibles based on actual or expected health status of member of association or member's dependents.
Exempts employees of crematoriums or funeral homes who remove teeth containing amalgam restorations from deceased persons from requirement to have valid license to practice dentistry.
Reduces number of education service districts in state from 21 to 11.
Carried from the House
Became law1
Allows certain veterans with honorable discharges to pay tuition and fees at discounted rates.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 11
Establishes Oregon Civics Day for Teachers on first Friday in December.
Changes period in which remedy is available to consumer for motor vehicle that does not conform to manufacturer's warranty.
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.
Creates Task Force on Disproportionality in Child Welfare Foster Care.
Requires adoption of integrated pest management plans for schools.
Authorizes cities, counties, metropolitan service districts and certain state agencies to establish transferable development credit system for purpose of allowing specified persons to transfer developmental interests from one government unit to another.
Includes victim of human trafficking as person eligible for Address Confidentiality Program.
Requires Department of Human Services to determine whether immunosuppressant drug used in connection with organ transplants is narrow therapeutic index drug within 180 days of expiration of United States patent on drug.
Requires applicant for renewal of disabled person parking permit to submit certificate from medical professional stating that applicant is person with disability.
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.
Out of committee · 3
Directs Department of Human Services, when department secures sufficient funding, to establish registry and advisory committee related to birth anomalies and adverse pregnancy outcomes.
Requires school districts to provide or ensure access to accelerated college credit programs.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to Oregon Center for Nursing for biennial expenses.
In committee · 5
Requires school districts to offer half-day kindergarten.
Prohibits future adoption, enactment or creation of homeowners association rules or private covenants, conditions, restrictions or other agreements that prohibit installation and use of renewable energy devices.
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.
Requires that legal service providers participating in Legal Services Program must provide legal services to person who is victim of sexual assault, domestic violence or human trafficking, without regard to immigration status of person, unless providing services would result in loss of other funding available to program.
Requires persons engaged in business of selling, leasing, servicing, repairing or managing motor vehicles to ensure that certain used oil filters are received and processed by used oil filter processors.