Bills in the 2007 Regular Session, Senate.
Laurie Monnes Anderson
Sponsored
Became law7
Creates Oregon Healthy Kids Program, which includes private health option to provide affordable, accessible health care to children.
Declares nursing workforce and nursing faculty shortage.
Requires tissue banks and eye banks to be registered and regulated by United States Food and Drug Administration.
Allows nurse or employee of Department of Public Safety Standards and Training who is retired under Public Employees Retirement System to be employed full-time by public employer as nursing instructor or department instructor without loss of retirement benefits.
Allows local government to enact or adopt regulation to prohibit unauthorized appropriation of shopping cart from business premises of person that owns shopping cart.
Requires Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon to commission independent study to make findings and recommendations regarding pedestrian crossing safety.
Prohibits siting of casino in incorporated city without approval of electors of city .
Out of committee7
Directs Economic and Community Development Department to establish and administer grant program for purpose of improving Oregon Internet exchange accessibility, capacity and connectivity and expanding Oregon web-hosting capabilities.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to Mt.
Limits biennial expenditures for payments of expenses of Gresham Center for the Arts from lottery moneys allocated from Administrative Services Economic Development Fund to Oregon Department of Administrative Services.
Establishes Urban Growth Boundary Expansion Area Revolving Loan Fund.
Establishes congenital defect and birth abnormality registry system.
Revises certificate of need process.
Authorizes issuance of lottery bonds for grants to fund feasibility studies regarding development necessary to construct cellulosic ethanol demonstration plants.
In committee7
Prohibits minor 14 years of age or younger from using tanning device at tanning facility.
Permits Economic and Community Development Department to expend moneys from Special Public Works Fund to provide matching funds for federal grants for telecommunications infrastructure projects.
Authorizes city to establish service district in manner that county may establish service district.
Establishes income tax credit for qualified senior citizen whose residential property tax equals or exceeds $1,500 or 3.5 percent of earned income.
Establishes principal residence property tax exemptions for homesteads of senior citizens.
Requires that operator of or individual in charge of certain mass transit equipment or facilities owned or operated by Tri-Met contact 9-1-1 emergency reporting system before contacting mass transit system dispatch operator when emergency arises.
Establishes Task Force on Regulation of Practice of Cosmetology.
Carried from the House
Became law1
Creates task force to study school nursing services.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 9
Expands list of individuals and entities that may participate in Oregon Prescription Drug Program.
Expands prohibition of smoking in public places and places of employment.
Creates crime of subjecting another to involuntary servitude in first degree.
Allows licensed physician assistant to give written certification for person to be considered person with disability under wildlife laws.
Prohibits discrimination against disabled person and discrimination due to race, color, sex, marital status, source of income, familial status, religion or national origin by multiple listing service, real estate brokers' organization or other service, organization or facility relating to business of selling or renting dwellings.
Establishes renewable portfolio standard for electric utilities and electricity service suppliers.
Establishes task force to study obesity treatment and prevention.
Requires certain employers to allow eligible employees to take unpaid leave to obtain services or treatment relating to domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking.
Restricts local government power to impose construction excise taxes.
Vetoed · 1
Establishes Committee on Performance Excellence.
Passed the Senate · 1
Requires lenders involved in residential property nontraditional mortgage products to ensure loan terms and underwriting standards for products and consider borrower's repayment capacity and risk mitigation factors.
Out of committee · 8
Authorizes State Treasurer to issue revenue bonds to be paid from moneys deposited in Oregon State Capitol Foundation Fund.
Authorizes State Treasurer, at request of Economic and Community Development Department, to issue lottery bonds for payment of expenses of Coos Bay Channel Project.
Requires Department of Human Services to award grants for primary care home pilot projects.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Human Services for psychiatric day treatment for eastern Oregon children.
Requires Department of Human Services to establish traumatic brain injury registry system and to collect data regarding traumatic brain injuries.
Directs State Department of Fish and Wildlife to develop 25-year plan to enhance opportunities for angling in Oregon.
Establishes Family Caregiver Support Advisory Board to advise Department of Human Services on needs of family caregivers.
Allocates moneys from Administrative Services Economic Development Fund to Oregon Department of Administrative Services for science and technology partnership program.
In committee · 9
Creates crime of Internet solicitation of a minor.
Provides that home address, home telephone number and electronic mail address of medical professional are exempt from disclosure.
Expands types of relationships covered by Family Abuse Prevention Act to include dating relationships.
Makes otherwise valid noncompetition agreement between employer and employee void and unenforceable if employee is laid off by employer.
Prohibits sale of toys or other articles that contain phthalates and are intended for use by children under five years of age.
Establishes task force to study phthalates in cosmetics.
Increases allocation of highway fund moneys for footpaths and bicycle trails.
Prohibits hospitals from charging uninsured or underinsured patients for hospital services at rates exceeding Medicare payment rates.
Requires that first $7.7 million of amounts collected under public purpose charge in calendar year 2008 be distributed to State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries for purpose of paying costs of Oregon territorial sea mapping project at Oregon State University.