Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, Senate.
Jackie Winters
Sponsored
Became law2
Adds professions to list of public or private officials required to report abuse of elderly person or child.
Establishes Capitol Planning Commission.
Out of committee1
Makes definition of "highway work zone" for provisions relating to highway work zones contingent on presence of workers.
In committee7
Clarifies and modifies basic speed rule and speed limit.
Encourages district school boards to develop and provide course to instruct high school students on parental skills and child development.
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.
Allows property owner to obtain disallowance of supplier liens for materials, equipment, labor or services that are basis of lien.
Terminates semi-independent state agency status of Appraiser Certification and Licensure Board.
Requires Department of Human Services to adopt rules for face-to-face interviews with specified persons within 72 hours of receiving child abuse report.
Provides for enforcement of judgment against current or former public employee convicted of crime that occurred while employee was engaged in performance of duties, or that employee's position allowed employee to commit.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 10
Directs Department of Human Services to develop and implement plan to increase availability of supervision and treatment in underserved regions of state for persons conditionally released by Psychiatric Security Review Board.
Provides that U.S. Highway 97 in Oregon shall be known as World War II Veterans Historic Highway.
Exempts individual under age of 17 from requirement to obtain business license or permit.
Directs Department of Human Services to establish position to act as liaison between department and communities that may become sites of certain housing facilities.
Requires scrap metal business to create and maintain certain records of purchase or receipt of metal property or other transactions related to metal property.
Exempts military discharge records from public records disclosure.
Establishes February 9 of each year as Ewing Young Day.
Adds dentist as member of Health Services Commission.
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.
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 · 1
Allows Oregon National Guard Youth Challenge Program to receive State School Fund distribution.
In committee · 27
Imposes limits on awards of punitive damages based on nature of action and type of defendant.
Provides that upon offer of expert scientific evidence at trial, court must first determine whether theory or technique supporting offered evidence is based on scientifically valid principles and is pertinent.
Provides that class action may be maintained only for members of class who are residents of this state.
Limits contingent fees permitted in negligence claims.
Requires court or Psychiatric Security Review Board to place person found guilty or responsible except for insanity on conditional release in county of residence.
Raises threshold for filing inheritance tax return to $2 million for estates of decedents dying on or after January 1, 2009, but before January 1, 2010, and $3.5 million for estates of decedents dying on or after January 1, 2010.
Eliminates taxes on capital gains.
Requires additional persons to file statement of economic interest with Oregon Government Ethics Commission, including staff of commission, board members of public benefit corporations and statewide representatives of labor organizations.
Allows electricity from certain older generating facilities to be used as qualifying electricity for purpose of compliance with renewable portfolio standard.
Reduces personal income tax rates for certain taxpayers by modifying income tax brackets.
Expands range of activities that count as providing drug test falsification equipment.
Directs Department of Human Services to adopt rules requiring drug testing of persons applying for or receiving public assistance who have been convicted of certain offenses related to controlled substances.
Allows State Parks and Recreation Department to enter into agreement with Willamette River Channel Maintenance Group for performance of maintenance activities needed to improve river navigability and safety, to improve marine access to public parks, landings and other accesses and to encourage tourism and transportation.
Suspends for 2009-2011 biennium requirements placed on school districts related to self-evaluations, local district improvement plans, alternative placements for students, alcohol and drug abuse prevention programs, instructional materials, substitute teacher salaries, talented and gifted students, instructional time, guidance and counseling programs, media programs and class sizes.
Temporarily reduces amount of required income tax withholding.
Provides tax credit for certain expenses of home school education for eligible child.
Requires local government to demonstrate adequacy of 20-year supply of buildable lands for each discrete portion of local government's urban growth boundary.
Provides that court order or judgment relating to custody, parenting time or visitation rights include provision that neither parent may move to residence more than 200 miles further distant from other parent without providing reasonable notice to other parent and court.
Establishes State Police Patrol Division Fund.
Directs Joint Legislative Audit Committee to select Legislative Auditor to serve as director of Government Accountability Office.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Military Department for Oregon National Guard Youth Challenge Program.
Directs each public post-secondary institution to report on number of veterans who are attending institution.
Expands exemption from taxable income allowed for compensation earned by members of Armed Forces of United States by including inactive duty training pay.
Requires instruction in Oregon Studies in middle school.
Creates subtraction from federal taxable income for first $2,400 of unemployment compensation paid to taxpayer in tax year.
Provides that mandate to sell gasoline blended with ethanol does not apply to gasoline with octane rating of 91 or above.
Expands criminal homicide to include causing death of unborn child.