Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, House.
Sal Esquivel
Sponsored
Became law4
Modifies motor vehicle inventory for which dealer may be allowed fair and reasonable compensation upon termination, cancellation, nonrenewal or discontinuance of franchise.
Requires employer that employs 25 or more persons in Oregon for each working day during specified periods of time to provide leave to certain employees who are spouses of members of military forces that are on active duty during periods of military conflict.
Creates form for correction of errors concerning status or effect of recorded trust deed.
Requires persons that facilitate like-kind exchanges to make certain notifications and to provide bonds or other securities in specified amounts.
Passed the House3
Prohibits county clerk from refusing to record instrument required or permitted by law to be recorded because of title or presence in instrument of extraneous information.
Authorizes counties to adopt premium fee for premium service program for development review permits.
Increases amusement device tax to fund Oregon Youth Conservation Corps.
In committee25
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.
Prohibits possession of replica firearm on school grounds under certain circumstances.
Authorizes imposition of sentencing enhancement of 36 to 60 months upon conviction of gang-related felony.
Requires State Fish and Wildlife Commission to implement road and access closure program in order to ensure that persons hunting with firearms have same access to lands as that provided to persons hunting with bows.
Requires State Fish and Wildlife Commission to establish identical procedures for issuance of licenses, tags and permits for persons hunting with bows and persons hunting with firearms.
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.
Limits fees governing bodies may charge for conducting reviews of proposed changes to property in historic districts.
Prohibits public employer from laying off or terminating employee who does not speak Spanish.
Authorizes extension of sanitary sewer system to specified lots or parcels outside urban growth boundaries and outside unincorporated communities without taking exception to statewide land use planning goal relating to level of urban and rural public facilities and services.
Directs Legislative Assembly to include appropriations exceeding $5 million in separate bills.
Requires public agency to include amount in contract for construction, reconstruction or major renovation of public building equivalent to 1.5 percent of total contract price for inclusion of appropriate green energy technology.
Exempts foreign insurers licensed to sell health insurance in another state from requirements of Insurance Code and certain other requirements.
Requires that medical assistance be provided to individuals who qualify for Social Security disability benefits but do not receive Medicare coverage due to five-month waiting period for benefits or 24-month waiting period for Medicare.
Exempts irrigation district from duty to maintain easement held by district and from civil action for failure to maintain easement.
Creates State Police Patrol Fund, separate and distinct from General Fund.
Establishes bicycle registration and licensing system.
Requires supervising agency to determine if supervised person is predatory sex offender.
Declares void certain easements demanded by City of Medford as condition of issuing development permit.
Allows person who filed claim with county or with state under Ballot Measure 37 (2004) to file claim under Ballot Measure 49 (2007) even though person did not file claim with both county and state.
Requires Public Employees' Benefit Board to group retired employees and employees who are not retired for purpose of entering into contracts for health insurance coverage.
Authorizes counties to recover costs of property assessment and tax collection from taxing districts.
Requires employers to verify immigration status of employees hired after January 1, 2009.
Requires persons that facilitate like-kind exchanges to make certain notifications and to provide bonds or other securities in specified amounts.
Prohibits motor vehicle liability insurance policies containing provision requiring arbitration of disputes.
Directs Department of Human Services to study regulation and licensure of persons providing home health services.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Provides that U.S. Highway 97 in Oregon shall be known as World War II Veterans Historic Highway.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 30
Creates income tax return checkoff program through which full-year individual income taxpayers may elect to make contribution to major or minor political party.
Prohibits person of any age from operating motor vehicle while using mobile communication device except under certain circumstances.
Directs Secretary of State to adopt electronic voter registration system.
Includes removal of noxious weeds as part of Oregon Adopt-a-Highway Program.
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to develop and make available Oregon transparency website for purpose of allowing people to view information that is public record and not exempt from disclosure.
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.
Deletes 15-year limit on veteran's use of preference in public employment.
Allows certain long term absent electors to use facsimile machine to cast ballot.
Extends date on which schools must qualify as small high school for purpose of calculating school district's adjusted daily membership weighted.
Modifies definition of "vulnerable user of a public way.".
Allows certain veterans with honorable discharges to pay tuition and fees at discounted rates.
Allows Department of Education to award grants for school library programs.
Requires Legislative Counsel to solicit bids for printing of Oregon Revised Statutes each biennium.
Directs Director of State Department of Energy to administer energy efficiency and sustainable technology loan program for purpose of encouraging investments in energy efficiency, renewable energy and energy conservation.
Exempts employee of United States Department of Agriculture in course of lawful taking of wildlife from criminal laws related to possession and discharge of firearms.
Modifies definition of online communication for purposes of online sexual corruption of child.
Adds pharmacists to list of public or private officials required to report child abuse.
Requires person engaged in floral retail sales to disclose principal place of business .
Increases hours of day during which children under 16 years of age may work.
Extends statute of limitations for action based on conduct that constitutes child abuse or conduct knowingly allowing, permitting or encouraging child abuse.
Requires court to make written findings that set forth reasons why placement of child or ward with relative is not in best interest of child or ward when Department of Human Services decides to place child or ward with that relative and court makes contrary determination.
Makes knowingly taking advantage of disabled veteran, disabled servicemember, servicemember in active service or spouse unconscionable tactic and unlawful trade practice.
Permits certain health professional regulatory boards to adopt rules that permit practitioners to prescribe or dispense antibiotic drugs to partners of patient without examining partner for treatment of sexually transmitted diseases.
Allows Blue Mountain Community College District, Columbia Gorge Community College District, Southwestern Oregon Community College District and Rogue Community College District to incur bonded indebtedness for benefit of districts upon approval of voters in district.
Establishes as unlawful employment practice certain actions by employer related to service performed by person in uniformed services.
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.
Increases processing fee chargeable to employee by employer for garnishments of employee's wages.
Classifies crime of assault in second degree as assault in first degree if defendant knows victim is pregnant.
Vetoed · 1
Allows facilities that generate electricity by using biomass or combusting municipal solid waste to comply with renewable portfolio standard under certain conditions.
Passed the House · 7
Transfers administration of Rural Health Services Program from Oregon Student Assistance Commission to Office of Rural Health.
Increases maximum amount of revenues from civil penalties assessed for violations of occupational safety or health statutes that may be credited to Workers' Memorial Scholarship Account.
Exempts records and information that identify person as holder of or applicant for concealed handgun license from disclosure.
Reduces to 72 hours minimum time before first day of employment that employer is required to notify employee in written employment offer that arbitration agreement is required as condition of employment.
Requires interim committee on judiciary to study and recommend changes in occupational licensing laws to encourage employment of persons with criminal convictions while protecting public.
Directs Department of Transportation to issue Keep Kids Safe registration plates.
Allows Oregon Liquor Control Commission to place restrictions on license of premises that experiences specified problems for purpose of preventing continuation of problems.
Out of committee · 5
Requires Department of Transportation to study feasibility of constructing highway between Coos Bay and Ontario.
Creates Director of Legislative Audit Office appointed by Joint Legislative Audit Committee.
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.
Changes record to be used by county in recording long term care lien or recording discharge or release of long term care lien.
Creates income tax credit for qualified investments in machinery and equipment.
In committee · 62
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.
Modifies required contents of statement of economic interest.
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.
Specifies that statutes and rules that apply to school district boards, school districts or public schools do not apply to small schools.
Allows motorcycle operator to replace discharge nozzle after dispensing fuel.
Removes requirement for State Department of Agriculture to monitor ethanol fuel production and issue notice when ethanol production reaches specified level.
Requires that certain public officials submit to drug test two times every calendar year.
Permits reimbursement of Law Enforcement Contacts Policy and Data Review Committee members' expenses.
Creates subtraction from taxable income for local government pension income from certain retirement plans not within Public Employees Retirement System.
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to adopt rules setting fees payable by labor organizations that receive amounts deducted from salary or wages of certain public employees.
Prohibits allowance of tax incentives for use of biofuel or biomass that is fit for human consumption.
Creates tax credit for educational expenses or contributions to qualified scholarship granting organization.
Allows certain public charter schools to qualify as small high school for purpose of small school district grant.
Limits to federal funds assets that revert to State Board of Education when charter of public charter school is terminated or public charter school dissolves and public charter school had been existing public school.
Gives priority for grants and loans for public charter schools to schools that are only school in school district or that are in district that is remote and necessary school district.
Allows certain municipal corporations to publish budget summary on website.
Prohibits certain persons from simultaneously holding more than three permits issued pursuant to restricted vessel permit system.
Requires Department of Human Services to file petition to terminate parental rights when court has placed child in substitute care on three or more previous occasions.
Allows public utility full cost recovery for hydrogen power station investments.
Allows Department of Transportation to issue group registration plate for group that promotes prevention of wildfires.
Authorizes issuance of lottery bonds for transportation projects for nonmotorized vehicles and pedestrians.
Requires Public Employees' Benefit Board to develop plan for providing health benefit plan options and employee contribution requirements based on Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.
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.
Creates Oregon Commission on Autism Spectrum Disorder and requires commission to provide strategic plan to legislature.
Directs State Parks and Recreation Commission to allow free use of day use fee areas by persons with disabilities.
Directs Department of Human Services and Department of Education to develop strategic plan to improve transition from high school to adult living for persons with autism spectrum disorder.
Increases corporate minimum tax to $300.
Expands ability of employer to prohibit use of medical marijuana in workplace.
Suspends adjustment to Oregon minimum wage rate if Oregon unemployment rate exceeds national unemployment rate.
Requires State Board of Higher Education to authorize each institution under its control to commission special campus security officers.
Directs State Department of Fish and Wildlife to develop plan for reforming hatchery operations and reconstructing hatchery facilities.
Increases amount of personal exemption income tax credit.
Creates income tax credit for capital improvements to business facilities or homes that are commenced prior to later of September 1, 2009, or effective date of Act.
Removes restriction on public charter schools offering online courses that 50 percent or more of students in school must reside in school district in which school is located.
Requires proposer submitting proposal for public contract for services to submit personnel deployment disclosure.
Decreases minimum vineyard acreage requirement for low-volume winery located in exclusive farm use zone.
Reduces personal income tax rates, including rates imposed on capital gains.
Directs court to award certain damages in action involving false statement of material fact relating to candidate, political committee or measure.
Allows community colleges and state institutions of higher education to recover from school districts costs of providing remedial education to students.
Creates income tax credit for private correctional facilities.
Provides one-time $400 credit against income taxes for completion of parenting class.
Provides one-time credit against personal income taxes for completion of marriage class.
Provides $100 credit against income taxes for completion of first aid training course.
Directs State Fish and Wildlife Commission to establish Oregon Limited Entry Fishing Guide Program.
Modifies time within which filing officer must determine whether violation related to certain campaign finance laws occurred and notify person who is subject of violation.
Provides exception to rebuttable presumption that both spouses contribute equally to acquisition of property for certain property that is separately titled and held continuously by one spouse.
Replaces personal exemption credit for dependent with income tax subtraction of $1,000 per dependent.
Eliminates 15-year limit for preference in public employment for veterans.
Describes circumstances in which gray wolf may be taken.
Modifies provisions related to training, licensure and certification of private security professionals.
Directs district attorney to consider servicemember's traumatic brain injury or mental disorder as factor in determining eligibility for diversion.
Requires contracting agency to evaluate bids or proposals for software procurements using certain criteria.
Allows school districts to submit information to Department of State Police for purpose of conducting criminal records checks.
Authorizes board of elections officials to enhance or duplicate ballot for purposes of counting ballot by vote tally machine.
Requires evidence of citizenship for persons registering to vote for first time in this state.
Requires Department of Human Services to verify legal presence in United States for applicants of public assistance.
Authorizes State Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision or county sheriff to release inmate to custody of United States Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement under certain circumstances.
Requires county to verify immigration status of person incarcerated in county correctional facility.
Establishes tax credit for transportation of woody biomass from forest management operations to biofuel producer.