Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, Senate.
Jeff Kruse
Sponsored
Became law1
Authorizes State Fish and Wildlife Commission to issue at no charge resident disabled veteran shellfish license to person who files with commission written proof that last official certification of record by United States Department of Veterans Affairs or by any branch of Armed Forces of United States shows person to be at least 25 percent disabled.
In committee9
Requires Department of Human Services to verify lawful presence in United States of applicants for public assistance.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Public Defense Services Commission for improving legal representation of parents and children in dependency cases.
Requires each public school district, education service district, community college and state institution of higher education to adopt rules that establish program requiring preemployment, reasonable suspicion, random and post-accident drug testing of employees.
Requires each administrative division of state government to adopt rules that establish program requiring preemployment, reasonable suspicion, random and post-accident testing of employees for use of controlled substance in violation of law.
Prohibits grants of public assistance to individuals who test positive for substances of abuse.
Increases number of video lottery game terminals that can be placed on premises of race meet licensee used for off-race course mutuel wagering.
Creates Task Force on Managed Care.
Creates task force to study reimbursement methodologies for hospital services provided to recipients of medical assistance.
Provides opportunity for counties to reacquire certain forestlands previously acquired by State Board of Forestry from counties without consideration other than statutory revenue sharing.
Carried from the House
Became law1
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.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 18
Requires Department of Human Services to establish and maintain prescription monitoring program for monitoring and reporting certain prescription drugs dispensed by pharmacies.
Establishes Oregon Civics Day for Teachers on first Friday in December.
Exempts individual under age of 17 from requirement to obtain business license or permit.
Requires health insurers to approve or reject provider's application to become credentialed provider within 90 days of receipt.
Requires health insurers to request refunds from providers within 24 months of date of payment and to allow six months for payment of refund.
Prohibits state from expending funds to comply with federal Real ID Act of 2005 unless certain requirements are met.
Requires certain places of public assembly to have automated external defibrillator .
Requires scrap metal business to create and maintain certain records of purchase or receipt of metal property or other transactions related to metal property.
Allows certified nurse practitioner or certified clinical nurse specialist approved to dispense prescription drugs to delegate nonjudgmental dispensing functions to staff under certain conditions.
Establishes February 9 of each year as Ewing Young Day.
Adds professions to list of public or private officials required to report abuse of elderly person or child.
Authorizes certain Indian tribes to request Economic and Community Development Department to designate reservation enterprise zones.
Requires employer to provide reasonable accommodation to religious observance or practices of employee unless providing accommodation would impose undue hardship on employer.
Adds dentist as member of Health Services Commission.
Requires Administrator of Office for Oregon Health Policy and Research to adopt rules for approval of community-based health care initiative and of community-based health care improvement program operated by initiative.
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.
Directs Department of Human Services, Oregon Department of Administrative Services, Department of Consumer and Business Services and Office of Private Health Partnerships to pay biennial costs of administration and enforcement of duties, functions and powers transferred from departments and office to Oregon Health Authority.
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.
Passed the Senate · 2
Directs Oregon Investment Council and State Treasurer to try to ensure that investment funds are not invested in company doing business in or with Iran or owned or controlled by government of Iran.
Modifies priority of land for inclusion within urban growth boundary.
Out of committee · 6
Imposes requirements on covered entities that obtain use of physician's discounted rates.
Requires school districts to provide or ensure access to accelerated college credit programs.
Makes definition of "highway work zone" for provisions relating to highway work zones contingent on presence of workers.
Allows Oregon National Guard Youth Challenge Program to receive State School Fund distribution.
Directs Office of Emergency Management to develop and operate statewide first responder building mapping information system.
Classifies crime of murder as aggravated murder if defendant committed murder knowing victim was pregnant.
In committee · 46
Allocates portion of Criminal Fine and Assessment Account to Emergency Medical Services Enhancement Account.
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.
Changes Superintendent of Public Instruction from elected office to appointed position.
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 State Department of Fish and Wildlife to create and develop Blue Ribbon Still Water Fisheries.
Requires insurer to allow web-based or telephone access by provider to specified information regarding claim for reimbursement.
Prohibits gillnet fishing on lower Columbia River except in off-channel fishery enhancement areas specified by rule of State Fish and Wildlife Commission.
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.
Directs Department of Transportation to establish program to issue active duty military registration plates to qualified owner of motor vehicle.
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.
Directs Legislative Revenue Officer to prepare quarterly revenue estimates for state purposes.
Provides that public improvement contact for construction or certain reconstruction or renovation of public building is considered to contain amount equal to at least 1.5 percent of total contract price for inclusion of solar, geothermal or wind energy technology.
Clarifies and modifies basic speed rule and speed limit.
Limits recovery of attorney fees and costs in nuisance or trespass cases that involve farming or forest practices to defendants.
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.
Encourages contracting agencies to use emergency procurement methods for capital construction projects in biennium beginning July 1, 2007.
Suspends cost-of-living increases, salary step increases, upward reclassifications, filling of vacant positions, creating new positions and out-of-state travel for state government employees in current biennium.
Prohibits grants of public assistance to individuals who test positive for substances of abuse.
Provides tax credit for certain expenses of home school education for eligible child.
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.
Permits Governor to declare state of financial emergency under certain conditions, suspend pay increases to state government and school district employees, suspend certain terms of collective bargaining agreements and services contracts and take other actions.
Establishes policy direction for management of state forestlands, including management for timber harvesting.
Requires harvesting in areas of Tillamook State Forest and Clatsop State Forest exhibiting moderate to extreme occurrence of Swiss needle cast disease.
Establishes State Police Patrol Division Fund.
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.
Directs Joint Legislative Audit Committee to select Legislative Auditor to serve as director of Government Accountability Office.
Requires Department of Human Services to adopt rules for face-to-face interviews with specified persons within 72 hours of receiving child abuse report.
Exempts county that fails to enforce public health laws due to lack of sufficient state funding from requirement that county reimburse Department of Human Services for enforcing laws when county fails to do so.
Directs Economic and Community Development Department to establish program to provide loan or credit guarantee for loans issued by financial institutions to small businesses.
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.
Establishes Oregon Graduate and Professional Education Program for Veterans.
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.
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.
Establishes Oregon Other Funds Reserve Fund.
Expands criminal homicide to include causing death of unborn child.