Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, House.
Deborah Boone
Sponsored
Became law1
Modifies definition of "child care facility" and creates definitions for "preschool recorded program" and "record" for purposes related to regulation of child care facilities.
Out of committee2
Establishes Poverty Solutions Fund for distribution to community action agency network by Housing and Community Services Department.
For purposes of natural resource property or commercial fishing property inheritance tax credit, allows credit equal to tax otherwise due for eligible property with value less than $7.5 million and phases out credit for property with value up to $15 million.
In committee5
Allows Department of Transportation to issue group registration plate for group that promotes prevention of wildfires.
Provides that 1,039-hour limit on re-employment of retired member of Public Employees Retirement System does not apply to retired member who is employed as fire chief, assistant fire chief or deputy fire chief by city or by fire district.
Adds podiatric physician and surgeon to definition of attending physician for purposes of workers' compensation law.
Requires governing body of consumer-owned utility to adopt resolution to establish local conservation and energy efficiency plan or annual conservation, energy efficiency and carbon reduction or avoidance program.
Allocates portion of Criminal Fine and Assessment Account to Emergency Medical Services Enhancement Account.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 35
Creates income tax return checkoff program through which full-year individual income taxpayers may elect to make contribution to major or minor political party.
Requires state institutions of higher education and community colleges to waive tuition for any course audited by Oregon residents 65 years of age or older in specified circumstances.
Establishes Oregon School Facilities Task Force.
Requires specified state agencies and commissions to participate in wraparound initiative for provision of youth services.
Directs Department of Transportation to make report regarding capacity, availability and efficiency of rail transportation in Oregon.
Establishes presumption that certain cancers are compensable occupational diseases for certain nonvolunteer firefighters.
Includes removal of noxious weeds as part of Oregon Adopt-a-Highway Program.
Clarifies reasonable suspicion that suspicious physical injury to child may be result of child abuse.
Defines "comparable" for purposes relating to arbitration of wages for Department of State Police troopers.
Authorizes issuance of criminal process that authorizes or commands seizure or production of papers, documents, records or other things to recipient outside State of Oregon.
Requires health plans to cover services of professional counselors and marriage and family therapists if certain other services are covered by plan.
Allows certain veterans with honorable discharges to pay tuition and fees at discounted rates.
Requires tower who tows vehicle at request of owner of parking facility to take and maintain photograph of vehicle.
Requires Legislative Counsel to solicit bids for printing of Oregon Revised Statutes each biennium.
Authorizes Department of Environmental Quality to board and inspect certain vessels and to collect ballast water samples.
Imposes additional fine of $500 on person convicted of crime of interfering with law enforcement animal.
Modifies definition of online communication for purposes of online sexual corruption of child.
Designates May 8 of each year as Military Family Appreciation Day.
Requires health benefit plans to provide coverage of human papillomavirus vaccine for female beneficiaries who are at least 11 years of age but no older than 26 years of age.
Requires person engaged in floral retail sales to disclose principal place of business .
Allows Department of State Lands to apply for and receive certain private or federal grants, loans or other funds.
Reduces size of identifying hydrologic unit to be used when reporting pesticide use.
Authorizes Department of Human Services to provide noncash benefits instead of cash payments in Oregon Supplemental Income Program.
Adds gray wolf, as special status mammal, to definition of "game mammal." Allows moneys made available from specified surcharges to be expended on acquisition of easements for purpose of promoting access to public and private lands.
Directs Department of Human Services to adopt rules to allow emergency medical technician applicant to substitute experience and certification by national registry of emergency medical technicians for certain requirements imposed by department.
Directs Department of Veterans' Affairs to establish website that allows members of public to request information about veterans' benefits and services.
Creates Task Force on Nearshore Research for purpose of making recommendations to ensure protection and utilization of Oregon's nearshore resources.
Requires community college seeking approval from State Board of Education to offer new career pathways certificate of completion program to give notice to Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development of intent to offer program.
Directs Department of Environmental Quality to study impact of sewage, gray water and hazardous material discharged by vessels on water quality and availability of facilities for removal and treatment of sewage from passenger vessels.
Requires utility provider to consult record owner of high-value farmland for purpose of locating and constructing transmission line in manner that minimizes impact on farming operations.
Instructs State Workforce Investment Board to develop plan for initiative to promote growth of green jobs.
Creates process by which Water Resources Department may loan or grant moneys to enable construction of water development projects located in Columbia River Basin.
Limits State Department of Agriculture responsibilities regarding estray livestock to cattle and equines.
Allows Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services to establish temporary programs to train and certify specialized building inspectors to enforce portions of specialty codes.
Requires Department of State Police to create medical health database to aid law enforcement agencies in assisting persons with mental illness in obtaining services.
Passed the House · 6
Creates offense of smoking in motor vehicle while person under age of 17 is in motor vehicle.
Directs Governor to appoint to Oregon Health and Science University Board of Directors member who has experience in representing interests of employees.
Transfers administration of Rural Health Services Program from Oregon Student Assistance Commission to Office of Rural Health.
Exempts records and information that identify person as holder of or applicant for concealed handgun license from disclosure.
Requires school district to submit written plan of instruction for talented and gifted children to Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Directs Department of Transportation to issue Keep Kids Safe registration plates.
Out of committee · 13
Establishes Aging and Disability Resource Center program in Department of Human Services.
Establishes Oregon traumatic brain injury strategic partnership advisory council and specifies duties.
Establishes tax credit of not more than $5,000 for physician, physician assistant or nurse practitioner who conducts child abuse medical assessments.
Increases city population from 30,000 to 40,000 for classification as eligible rural area for purpose of emergency medical technician income tax credit.
Creates Human Stem Cell Research Committee in Department of Human Services.
Defines "economically distressed worker training" and "eligible economically distressed workers" for purposes of unemployment insurance benefits.
Prohibits schools from using school property to provide printing, binding or graphic arts services to public or to state or local government or political subdivision.
Allocates moneys from Administrative Services Economic Development Fund to Oregon Innovation Council for deposit in Oregon Innovation Fund for specified purposes.
Directs Department of Education to provide reimbursements to school districts that serve Oregon food products as part of United States Department of Agriculture's National School Lunch Program or School Breakfast Program.
Directs Department of Transportation to establish education registration plate program.
Approves recommendation of Land Conservation and Development Commission by designating area identified by commission recommendation as area of critical state concern.
Establishes tax credit for plug-in electric drive motor vehicles.
Modifies theft in first degree to include theft of agricultural property under certain circumstances.
In committee · 34
Specifies amount of income from Common School Fund that Department of State Lands must transfer each calendar year to Superintendent of Public Instruction for apportionment among counties and school districts.
Establishes certain requirements before applicant seeking to construct liquefied natural gas terminal or related pipeline may be issued specified permits and authorizations.
Requires person operating as scrap metal business to obtain certificate from Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services.
Requires scrap metal business to create and maintain certain records of purchase or receipt of metal property or other transactions related to metal property.
Authorizes property tax exemptions for qualified welfare programs that benefit animals.
Requires Department of Human Services, law enforcement agency and other entity or person responsible for taking child into protective custody to provide parents or guardian with written information about parents' and guardian's rights and responsibilities, and resources for legal assistance, when child is taken into protective custody.
Creates Veterinarian Loan Repayment Program for certain veterinarians who provide veterinary services in veterinary resource shortage area.
Establishes Oregon Scholars Program.
Increases standard penalty for animal abuse in first degree to maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both.
Authorizes moneys available for access and habitat programs to be expended on programs that promote access to public and private lands through acquisition of lands or through acquisition of easements.
Provides that consumer contract may not contain provision to renew contract for additional term automatically or unless consumer declares intention to terminate or not renew contract.
Requires Department of Human Services to provide emergency and nonemergency dental services in Oregon Health Plan.
Requires escrow agent to arrange for interpreter services at closing of real estate transaction for single family dwelling if principal is non-English-speaking individual.
Requires addition to taxable income for Oregon tax purposes of amounts attributable to controlled foreign corporations and excluded from federal taxable income because of operation of certain federal law.
Adds state and federal tax identification numbers to personal information subject to provisions of Oregon Consumer Identity Theft Protection Act.
Requires policy or certificate of health insurance to cover 90-day supply of prescription drugs covered by policy or certificate if prescribed by health care provider.
Requires counties to appoint service officers.
Requires Oregon Department of Administrative Services to determine source and establish price agreement for state agencies to procure power management software.
Exempts transferor of firearm from performing criminal history record check if purchaser or recipient has concealed handgun license.
Specifies that public lands used for wildlife management purposes must be accessible for hunting.
Directs landlords of four or more dwelling units or of facility to supply new tenants with voter registration cards with written rental agreement or, for oral agreement, on first day of occupancy.
Provides credit against income taxes for repairs to vehicle engines due to damage caused by ethanol.
Allows income tax credit for volunteer firefighters providing services in rural areas.
Adds exception to requirements regarding ballast water discharge.
Expands State Board of Pharmacy to include two pharmacy technicians.
Creates Construction Diversity Oversight Board and prescribes powers and duties of board.
Directs Department of Transportation to establish Contractor and Workforce Diversity Pilot Program to aid in increasing diversity among contractors to which department awards public improvement contracts and among subcontractors and workers employed in connection with public improvement contracts.
Directs Department of Transportation to use one-half of one percent of federal funds department receives for on-the-job training.
Requires proposer submitting proposal for public contract for services to submit personnel deployment disclosure.
Creates Family Leave Benefits Insurance Program to provide benefits to employees taking family leave.
Authorizes Office for Oregon Health Policy and Research to require reporting of health care information from health insurers, third party administrators and other specified entities.
Permits small woodland owner to register vehicle as farm vehicle.
Requires urban renewal plan that includes acquisition of emergency vehicles to report how vehicles will benefit urban renewal area.
Establishes tax credit for transportation of woody biomass from forest management operations to biofuel producer.