Bills in the 2007 Regular Session, House.
Arnie Roblan
Sponsored
Became law5
Changes definition of "small employer" by increasing maximum number of eligible employees from 25 to 50.
Extends exemption from Construction Contractors Board licensing to owner who contracts with one or more licensed contractors to perform work on not more than three existing residential structures of owner within same calendar year.
Modifies beginning teacher and administrator mentoring program.
Modifies requirements for population forecasting for maintaining and updating comprehensive plans.
Creates crime of online sexual corruption of child in second degree.
Passed the House1
Adds member of order Crocodylia to definition of exotic animal.
Out of committee1
Establishes Education Enterprise Coordinating Commission within Department of Education.
In committee12
Permits all individuals who are residents of state and all public and private entities to participate in Oregon Prescription Drug Program.
Directs Department of Education to distribute student achievement grants to school districts for educational programs and activities that attain or maintain academic performance targets.
Directs State Board of Education to establish system to assess financial management practices of school districts and education service districts.
Creates School Revenue Forecast Committee.
Establishes Oregon Center for Business and Economic Education.
Prohibits person from launching boat into waters of this state in certain circumstances.
Authorizes certain contiguous school districts to establish education funding district.
Requires all boats that carry passengers for hire to require each person on board to wear personal flotation device when crossing ocean sand bar or other obstacle that exists between open sea and harbor entrance.
Creates Task Force on Near Shore Research.
Requires Oregon Department of Administrative Services to contract for and provide life insurance and accidental death, dismemberment and disability insurance for volunteer firefighters.
Prohibits sale or rental of ultra-violent video games to children.
Prohibits person from knowingly employing or knowingly permitting labor services of illegal alien on project financed by state grant or loan.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Eliminates restriction on issuance of sturgeon propagation permits.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 27
Directs Department of Transportation to provide for issuance of customized registration plates to recipients of Congressional Medal of Honor.
Creates Medically Involved Home-Care Program in Department of Human Services.
Eliminates requirement that proposed forest legacy land area be wholly within urban growth boundary.
Increases number of directors appointed to State Board of Higher Education.
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.
Requires school districts to adopt policy prohibiting cyberbullying.
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.
Allows Oregon Student Assistance Commission to establish programs to provide mentoring and resources that help students access education and training beyond high school.
Increases length of time ignition interlock device must be installed and used by person convicted of driving under influence.
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.
Directs school districts and public charter schools to award diplomas, modified diplomas and alternative certificates to students.
Exempts certain wave energy projects from certain provisions relating to hydroelectric projects.
Imposes $10 fee for filing of petitions for marital annulment, dissolution or separation, and for filing of responses to petitions for marital annulment, dissolution or separation.
Allows division of lot or parcel in forest zone or mixed farm and forest zone into two parcels if one parcel is to be sold to provider of public parks or open space, or not-for-profit land conservation organization, and remaining parcel is large enough to support dwelling.
Expands powers and duties of vector control district board.
Amends duties of Department of Human Services and law enforcement agencies with respect to investigations of allegations of child abuse at child care facilities.
Directs public bodies to make available to public lists of vacant and unused buildings and portions of buildings that may be suitable for operation of public charter school.
Modifies and adds definitions relating to conservation of gas and oil.
Requires city to allow electors, if any, in surrounded territory proposed to be annexed to vote if city charter, ordinance or resolution requires city to hold election in city.
Modifies procedures involved in child abuse investigations.
Requires Home Care Commission to elect workers' compensation coverage for certain home care workers.
Adds fees for requests for preliminary certification of reforestation projects by State Forester to costs included in project costs for purposes of income tax credit for reforestation projects.
Changes membership of Oregon Facilities Authority from five members to seven members and declares that members serve at pleasure of State Treasurer.
Removes prohibition against imposing assessments on annuities to pay expenses of Department of Consumer and Business Services in administering Insurance Code.
Directs Department of Human Services to develop plan to start to slow rate of diabetes by 2010.
Passed the House · 14
Designates Columbia Gorge Discovery Center as Oregon Ice Age Museum.
Establishes state policy that state-funded research benefiting private enterprise must encourage economic development and job creation in Oregon.
Adjusts fines for minors who attempt to purchase, purchase or acquire alcoholic liquor, and for minors who enter or attempt to enter prohibited portion of premises licensed by Oregon Liquor Control Commission.
Changes information that school district board may require from public charter school applicant.
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.
Creates Task Force on Oregon's Hybrid Poplar Industry.
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.
Creates Task Force on Agricultural Workforce Needs.
Requires taxpayer to add to federal taxable income for Oregon tax purposes any amounts claimed as deductions for wages paid, if wages were paid to undocumented worker.
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.
Creates Task Force on Establishing Mental Health Database to identify issues, explore solutions and make recommendations to Seventy-fifth Legislative Assembly regarding establishment and implementation of database to aid law enforcement officers in assisting mentally ill individuals to obtain medical, mental health and social services.
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.
Requires motor vehicle locator service provider to furnish information about location of motor vehicle to law enforcement agency upon request.
Out of committee · 22
Directs Secretary of State to conduct performance and program audits on tax expenditures.
Expands definition of categorically needy persons eligible for medical assistance to include children with disabilities .
Modifies elements of felony driving while under influence of intoxicants to include prior participation in diversion program.
Grants income tax credit to firefighters who provide volunteer services to rural fire protection districts or fire departments.
Increases penalty for assault in third degree if defendant commits assault by means of motor vehicle and was driving while under influence of intoxicants.
Directs Superintendent of Public Instruction to contract for development of kindergarten through grade 12 Mandarin Chinese language curriculum.
Establishes Human Stem Cell Research Committee in Department of Human Services.
Requires Department of State Police to establish base pay for troopers.
Allows Department of Education to conduct program audit of career school.
Requires Department of Human Services and local public health authorities to compile Kids' Network List of medical providers available in each county to provide primary care services to children.
Directs Department of Education to award grants to remote and necessary school districts.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries for Oregon territorial sea mapping project at Oregon State University.
Requires State Forestry Department to establish and maintain fuel breaks between contiguous state and federal forestlands.
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.
Gives family child care providers right to collectively bargain with State of Oregon.
Allows certain disabled veterans to qualify for Oregon Health Plan benefits.
Directs Water Resources Commission, in conjunction with Economic and Community Development Department, to provide grants for specified studies related to water conservation, reuse and storage.
Directs State Department of Agriculture to consult with Department of Education for purpose of helping Department of Education develop Farm-to-School program.
Allows members of Oregon National Guard to enroll in specified classes at state institution of higher education or community college at no cost.
Establishes People with Disabilities Task Force to study and make recommendations to Legislative Assembly concerning range of services available and needed to meet needs of children and adults with disabilities.
Establishes Task Force on Mental Retardation in Capital Cases.
Creates Education System Design Team.
In committee · 41
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Education for Oregon prekindergarten program.
Expands crimes of coercion and theft by extortion to include threatening to report person's immigration status.
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.
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.
Removes limit on number of hours retired member may work and still qualify for retirement under Public Employees Retirement System if retired member is employed by school district or education service district as other than teacher or management employee, or by community college as other than faculty member or management employee.
Modifies definition of "disabled individual" for purposes of public contracting law relating to procurement of products or services from qualified nonprofit agency for disabled individuals.
Adds sheriff services to types of services that can be provided by county service districts.
Expands ability of employer to prohibit use of medical marijuana in workplace.
Creates crime of human trafficking.
Directs State Parks and Recreation Commission to allow free use of day use fee areas by persons 60 years of age or older and persons with disabilities.
Requires long term care facilities to serve meals that address nutritional needs of residents.
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 penalties for providing alcoholic beverages to person under 21 years of age or to another person with knowledge that other person will provide alcoholic beverages to person under 21 years of age.
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.
Amends definition of "renewable energy resource" to include any hydroelectric generating facility, regardless of installed capacity.
Requires Public Employees Retirement Board to allow retired members and beneficiaries to make voluntary monthly contributions to labor organizations.
Grants reciprocity to persons holding concealed handgun licenses or permits issued by other states.
Requires Department of State Police to destroy records obtained during criminal records check within 24 hours of approval for qualified firearms purchasers.
Exempts transferor of firearm from performing criminal history record check if purchaser or recipient has concealed handgun license.
Creates income tax credit for qualified investments in new machinery and equipment.
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.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Housing and Community Services Department for biennial expenses related to financing of manufactured dwelling park purchases by or on behalf of tenants with low incomes.
Establishes payment obligation for facility landlord closing manufactured dwelling park or portion of park.
Authorizes Director of Human Services, in consultation with Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services, to provide grants of up to $500,000 to nonprofit organizations to improve access to health care by low-income persons.
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.
Establishes Board of Trustees of Oregon State School for the Deaf.
Directs that State Fish and Wildlife Commission may not adopt rule prohibiting persons hunting game mammals with muzzleloading firearm from using telescopic sights.
Increases tax on malt beverages over five-year period.
Establishes Oregon State Police Fund.
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.
Makes planning for 20-year buildable lands supply permissive way to demonstrate compliance with statewide land use planning goal relating to buildable lands for residential use.
Allows school districts to aggregate districts' energy requirements for purchase and delivery of utility services as one entity to qualify for lower industrial rates.
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.
Directs Department of Education to award grants for English language instruction.
Creates crime of trafficking in illegal aliens.
Excludes farm use real property and equipment from gross estate of decedent subject to inheritance tax.
Establishes Oregon State Police Patrol Division Fund.