Bills in the 2011 Regular Session, Senate.
Ted Ferrioli
Sponsored
Became law3
Requires members of sensitive review committee to develop findings and conclusions and make recommendations to Director of Human Services regarding policies and practices.
Requires person conducting child abuse investigation or making determination that child should be taken into protective custody and not returned to parent or responsible person to have advanced educational degree.
Designates February 24 of each year as Edward Dickinson Baker Day in Oregon.
Passed the Senate1
Modifies provisions related to distance between private hunting preserves.
Out of committee1
Authorizes limited disclosure of child welfare records to specified individuals if purpose of disclosure is to determine if Department of Human Services acted within scope of department's authority.
In committee25
Requires entry of judgment with installment payments in medical liability actions in which $100,000 or more is awarded for losses that will be incurred by plaintiff after entry of judgment.
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to sell Timms Hamby Computer Archive Center to Harney County for consideration of $1.
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to sell Timms Hamby Computer Archive Center to Harney County for consideration of $1.
Directs Legislative Revenue Officer to prepare quarterly revenue estimates.
Directs each state agency to report to Legislative Assembly and Emergency Board on programs and services operated or provided by agency, percentage of agency moneys expended on each program or service, source of moneys expended for each program or service, whether each program or service receives matching federal funds and whether agency rates each program or service as high, medium or low priority.
Requires State Fish and Wildlife Commission to consult with cities and counties on impact to local economies from additions to lists of threatened or endangered species.
Makes visitation plan part of court's determination as to whether Department of Human Services made reasonable or active efforts to prevent removal of ward from home or made it possible for ward to safely return home.
Limits period of time that child may be in custody of Department of Human Services.
Prohibits public body from releasing information that identifies holder of or applicant for concealed handgun license.
Authorizes person to use agricultural building on land zoned for forest use or mixed farm and forest use.
Requires that all merit step pay increases, upward position reclassifications and modifications to merit pay system for executive department employees be approved by Legislative Assembly by law prior to implementation.
Modifies wildlife policy of Oregon.
Voids agency rules filed with Secretary of State on or after effective date of Act and before January 1, 2012.
Exempts retail dealer, nonretail dealer or wholesale dealer of diesel fuel located east of Cascade Range from biodiesel requirements during period from September 1 to March 30.
Prohibits county clerk from separating return identification or secrecy envelope of ballot from ballot until immediately before ballot is scanned into vote tally system.
Prohibits certain actions relating to ballots, ballot deposit sites, voting machines and vote tally systems.
Prohibits county clerk from observing information indicating elector's political party affiliation when verifying signature on return identification envelope with signature on registration card.
Prohibits distribution of list of electors that indicates whether elector cast ballot in election before 8 p.m. on date of election.
Prohibits person affiliated with or member of political party from performing care, service or maintenance on voting machine or vote tally system.
Requires official ballot deposit sites to be accessible to general public and open to observers.
Prohibits opening of return identification and secrecy envelopes of ballots delivered by mail until 8 p.m. on date of election.
Prohibits ballot deposit sites established by persons other than elections officials.
Prohibits handling of ballot of elector unless person is elections official, employee of United States Postal Service or relative of elector.
Eliminates culpable mental state element in certain election law violations.
Reduces tax rates for personal income taxpayers by modifying income tax brackets.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services and Governor to submit outcomes-based budget.
Requires supervisory authority of county to forward to Employment Department certain information of defendant committed to supervisory authority.
Requires Land Conservation and Development Commission to adopt revisions to transportation planning rule for purposes of streamlining, simplifying and clarifying certain aspects of rule before January 1, 2012.
Establishes Law Enforcement Medal of Ultimate Sacrifice and creates procedure for awarding medal to family of law enforcement officer who died while performing duties or was killed because of employment as law enforcement officer.
Excludes woody biomass combusted as fuel from definition of "solid waste." Excludes wood residue combusted as fuel from definitions that apply to solid waste regulation.
Passed the Senate · 1
Expands green jobs growth initiative to include analysis of growth factors and employment projections for green jobs in forest products industries.
Out of committee · 2
Authorizes school and educational service districts that have access to or enforceable proposals for benefit plans that are comparable to and have premiums equal to or less than premiums for benefit plans offered by Oregon Educators Benefit Board to provide benefit plans for employees that are not provided and administered by board.
Authorizes Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson Counties to plan and designate high-value employment sites pursuant to qualifying regional economic opportunity plan.
In committee · 20
Creates crime of unlawful manufacture of marijuana on public land.
Directs Legislative Assembly to review state agencies and programs, taxes and fees administered by state agencies every six years.
Prohibits State Fish and Wildlife Commission from listing gray wolves on list of threatened species or endangered species.
Prevents Oregon Transportation Commission from adopting or enforcing rules that plan or zone, or otherwise limit development on, private land.
Limits collective bargaining agreements between state and state employees to term of not more than two years.
Removes notification and certain examination requirements that apply to children who are taught by private teacher, parent or legal guardian.
Prohibits agencies from adopting any rule that becomes effective on or after effective date of Act and before July 1, 2012.
Prohibits state from indemnifying person in exempt service, unclassified service or management service position for costs of counsel and other costs of defense when judgment is entered against person based on determination that person has engaged in civil rights violation or other unlawful employment practice.
Specifies that executive branch license fees set by statute prior to effective date of Act may not be collected on or after July 1, 2013, in case of fees set prior to January 1, 2000, or on or after July 1, 2015, in case of fees set on or after January 1, 2000.
Creates work group for purpose of developing comprehensive transportation plan for United States Highway 97 transportation corridor.
Provides that unlawful possession of controlled substance by person under 21 years of age includes unlawful consumption of controlled substance.
Adds criterion to be considered when apportioning state into congressional and legislative districts.
Prohibits development or use, in areas planned and zoned for residential use, of buildings containing more than 2,500 square feet for governmental purposes.
Creates income tax credit for cost of professional services required to resolve erroneous charge billed to or otherwise imposed on taxpayer by state agency.
Specifies conditions under which mitigation credit may be sold to single state agency.
Eliminates employee contributions, employer contributions and rollover contributions to individual account program of Public Employees Retirement System, effective January 1, 2012.
Eliminates employer pick-up of six percent employee contribution required of members of Public Employees Retirement System.
Revises definition of ambulatory surgical center to include medical facility operated substantially for purpose of performing abortions.
Provides that if public body agrees to pay or provide benefit to retired employees other than payments required or provided for in statutes, public body must create separate accounts for funding of those benefits and make annual contributions to accounts in amounts necessary to amortize liability for benefits in 25 years or less.
Creates Task Force on Oregon Business Regulations.