Bills in the 2007 Regular Session, House.
Peter Buckley
Sponsored
Became law10
Requires coverage under health insurance policy for prosthetic and orthotic devices.
Increases number of directors appointed to State Board of Higher Education.
Creates Task Force on Civics and Financial Education to study and make recommendations about how to increase and improve civics and financial education in kindergarten through grade 12 public schools.
Allows community college district or education service district to hire retired public employee as teacher or administrator if primary work duties of public employee are performed in county of not more than 35,000 inhabitants.
Requires mandatory withholding of income tax when Oregon real property interests are sold by nonresidents.
Changes amount of school district local option taxes that are not considered local revenue for purposes of State School Fund distribution formula.
Specifies that qualified person who resides in shelter, park, motor home, marina or other identifiable location may register to vote.
Allows otherwise qualified person who is at least 17 years of age to register to vote.
Requires health benefit plan to cover treatment of child under 18 years of age who has been diagnosed with pervasive developmental disorder subject to same conditions as treatment of physical illness.
Defines "racing activity vehicle" for purposes of Oregon Vehicle Code.
Passed the House3
Requires health benefit plan to provide coverage for services rendered by professional counselors or marriage and family therapists acting within their scope of practice if plan covers services by other professionals providing same or similar services.
Directs Director of Veterans' Affairs to assist veterans of military service in obtaining screening tests and treatment services for exposure to depleted uranium.
Requires taxpayer to add to federal taxable income for Oregon tax purposes any amounts claimed as deductions for wages paid, if wages were paid to undocumented worker.
Out of committee4
Provides that school may not have more than 10 percent of average daily membership absent during month school is in operation.
Allows county, city or metropolitan service district to adopt instant runoff voting system for nomination or election of candidates to county, city or metropolitan service district office.
Directs Superintendent of Public Instruction to contract for development of kindergarten through grade 12 Mandarin Chinese language curriculum.
Repeals prohibition on city, county or metropolitan service district imposing requirement that effectively establishes sales price for housing unit or residential lot or parcel or limits availability of housing unit or residential lot or parcel to class or group of purchasers.
In committee20
Requires Department of Veterans' Affairs to provide information about depleted uranium and depleted uranium compounds and to assist veterans exposed to depleted uranium and depleted uranium compounds in obtaining health screening.
Prohibits use of person's facsimile machine without person's actual or implied consent if use causes person expense related to use or loss of use of facsimile machine, except under certain circumstances.
Specifies percentage of undergraduate courses to be taught by full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty at public institutions of higher education.
Creates Task Force on Textbook Costs.
Creates Task Force on Talented and Gifted Students.
Establishes requirements for insurers regarding valuation of vehicle declared total loss.
Permits establishment of historic districts.
Specifies method of calculating amounts to be distributed to community college districts and community college service districts from Community College Support Fund.
Creates Citizen Initiative Review Commission to oversee review of state initiative measures by citizen review panels.
Establishes Dollars for Democracy Fund.
Allows circuit courts to establish mental health court departments.
Sets limits on amounts that may be contributed to political candidates and political committees.
Requires state agencies to disclose public records in electronic form in certain circumstances and, when practicable, in open formats for which freeware is available.
Creates exception to prohibition of practicing law without license for lay representation in land use planning procedures.
Requires addition to taxable income for Oregon tax purposes of certain income otherwise excluded from federal taxable income.
Directs person who makes independent expenditures in amount exceeding $2,000 to prominently disclose in any communication names, addresses and amounts contributed by five largest contributors to person.
Directs district boundary board to accept petition to divide Lincoln County School District into two districts.
Requires insurer to offer policy of group health insurance to chamber of commerce that satisfies requirements of association.
Directs Department of Education to award grants for English language instruction.
Authorizes establishment of sustainable community destination resorts with focus on sustainable practices.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 32
Directs Department of Transportation to provide for issuance of customized registration plates to recipients of Congressional Medal of Honor.
Creates Medically Involved Home-Care Program in Department of Human Services.
Eliminates requirement that proposed forest legacy land area be wholly within urban growth boundary.
Allows escrow agents to disburse deposited earnest money based on agreement of parties that is executed after initial sales agreement.
Establishes Oregon Health Care Acquired Infection Reporting Program.
Provides that data on motor vehicle event data recorder is exclusively owned by owner of motor vehicle.
Modifies beginning teacher and administrator mentoring program.
Directs school districts, at request of student and with consent of student's parent or guardian, to award high school diploma to students who have satisfied graduation requirements in less than four years.
Establishes statewide system administered by Department of Environmental Quality for collection, transportation and recycling of certain electronic devices.
Permits state employee or state officer to authorize deduction from salary or wages for Oregon Veterans' Home Account.
Specifies types of schools or programs to which Department of Human Services may refer person for vocational training.
Requires employer to pay over, in accordance with law or agreement requiring or authorizing deductions from wages, amounts deducted from employee's wages.
Requires prescription drug benefit program, or prescription drug benefit offered under health benefit plan or under student health insurance policy, to include coverage of contraception.
Directs Governor to assign state agency responsibility for developing plan to ensure that written documents produced by executive department agencies conform to plain language standards.
Establishes process by which county or city may validate and owner may record established unit of land if unit was unlawfully created by previous owner on or before January 1, 2007.
Allows Oregon Student Assistance Commission to establish programs to provide mentoring and resources that help students access education and training beyond high school.
Provides that taxpayer is not disqualified from claiming working family child care income tax credit solely because taxpayer's spouse has disability, if disability is such that it prevents taxpayer's spouse from providing child care, being gainfully employed, seeking employment and attending school.
Requires insurer providing workers' compensation coverage to provide notice of termination of coverage 45 days prior to effective date of termination.
Allows state institution of higher education to award honorary post-secondary degree to person ordered to internment camp if certain qualifications are met.
Creates crime of furnishing sexually explicit material to child.
Directs school districts and public charter schools to award diplomas, modified diplomas and alternative certificates to students.
Allows issuance of fine not to exceed $720 for violation of maximum weight limits if vehicle could have qualified for variance permit at time of offense.
Requires prepaid managed care health services organization to file financial reports with Department of Human Services as condition of contracting with Department of Human Services.
Amends duties of Department of Human Services and law enforcement agencies with respect to investigations of allegations of child abuse at child care facilities.
Directs Department of Transportation to establish program to issue veterans' recognition registration plate to qualified owner of motor vehicle.
Directs public bodies to make available to public lists of vacant and unused buildings and portions of buildings that may be suitable for operation of public charter school.
Directs county clerk to conduct hand count of sample of ballots counted by each vote tally system in county at each general election.
Provides that public high school student journalists have right to exercise freedom of speech and press in school-sponsored media.
Adds fees for requests for preliminary certification of reforestation projects by State Forester to costs included in project costs for purposes of income tax credit for reforestation projects.
Authorizes creation of affordable housing covenant restricting price, rental rate or occupancy to ensure adequate supply of rental and owner-occupied affordable housing for low or moderate income households.
Creates crime of online sexual corruption of child in second degree.
Permits establishment of heritage districts.
Passed the House · 6
Prohibits former member of Legislative Assembly from being compensated lobbyist during period beginning on date person ceases being member and ending on date of adjournment sine die of next regular legislative session.
Establishes state policy that state-funded research benefiting private enterprise must encourage economic development and job creation in Oregon.
Changes information that school district board may require from public charter school applicant.
Requires Department of Human Services to prepare and submit to Legislative Assembly annual report containing list of employers with employees receiving public assistance, including food stamp benefits.
Directs each county sheriff's department and chief of police of city police department to adopt policy addressing whether peace officers may appear in uniform while off-duty.
Directs State Fish and Wildlife Commission to name Fall Creek hatchery research center Lindsay Ball Research Hatchery.
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Expands definition of categorically needy persons eligible for medical assistance to include children with disabilities .
Expands prohibition of smoking in public places and places of employment.
Establishes Education Enterprise Coordinating Commission within Department of Education.
Prohibits pharmaceutical manufacturing companies from providing certain gifts in conjunction with marketing of prescription drugs.
Grants income tax credit to firefighters who provide volunteer services to rural fire protection districts or fire departments.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Housing and Community Services Department and Department of Human Services for Senior Corps programs.
Establishes Human Stem Cell Research Committee in Department of Human Services.
Establishes Commission for the Products of Disabled Individuals.
Requires health benefit plans to cover bone mass measurements.
Requires State Forestry Department to establish and maintain fuel breaks between contiguous state and federal forestlands.
Directs Department of Transportation to erect and maintain roadside memorial sign for pedestrian or bicyclist killed in motor vehicle accident, upon application by immediate family member.
Establishes Portland State University as public corporation under control of Portland Metropolitan Universities Board of Directors.
Directs general or special election ballots to list name of candidate for partisan office for each nomination candidate receives, with name of each political party that nominated candidate printed opposite one of listings of candidate's name.
Modifies definition of "disabled person" for purposes of homestead property tax deferral to include disabled veterans.
Allows employer credit against income taxes for amounts paid as compensation to employees who are members of military reserves, Oregon National Guard or other organized militia, during periods in which employees are providing active duty military service.
Allows certain veterans to receive state aid for course of study or professional training and federal educational aid concurrently.
Creates Oregon Veterans' Business Enterprise Program.
Establishes principal residence property tax exemption from local option property taxes for dwelling units of senior citizens and persons with disabilities.
Directs State Department of Agriculture to consult with Department of Education for purpose of helping Department of Education develop Farm-to-School program.
Allows members of Oregon National Guard to enroll in specified classes at state institution of higher education or community college at no cost.
Creates SWAT (Schools Will Attract Talent) Team for Oregon's Future Task Force.
Allows Department of Education to establish program to provide mentoring and resources that help students access education and training beyond high school.
Establishes Task Force on Mental Retardation in Capital Cases.
Allows retired member who is employed by Legislative Assembly or Oregon State Police for purpose of service during regular or special session of Legislative Assembly to be employed for all or any part of session without affecting status of person as retired member.
Directs Oregon Liquor Control Commission to transfer amount equal to five percent of gross revenues derived from sales of distilled liquor by bottle to Oregon Criminal Justice Commission Account.
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Requires Board of Medical Examiners for State of Oregon to publish and provide to Legislative Assembly annual report of professional negligence claims made against licensees of board.
Prohibits smoking within 75 feet of air intake to public place or place of employment.
Makes parent's ability to maintain smoke-free environment factor for determining custody of minor child.
Requires interim committees of Legislative Assembly having principal jurisdiction over matters of taxation to review tax expenditures and prepare written findings and recommendations.
Makes failure of seller to deliver seller's property disclosure statement Class A violation.
Requires student who receives diploma from school district to complete three years of science prior to high school graduation.
Requires pharmaceutical manufacturing companies to annually disclose to Department of Justice certain economic benefits provided in conjunction with marketing of prescription drugs.
Adds schools and classrooms providing kindergarten through grade 12 education to definition of "capital improvements" for which system development charges may be imposed.
Creates crime of unauthorized trading in telephone records.
Limits television advertising by Oregon State Lottery to promoting introduction of new games.
Allows tax credit to individual who owns and occupies manufactured dwelling as primary residence and who ends tenancy in manufactured dwelling park as result of closing of park or portion of park.
Directs Department of Education to distribute student achievement grants to school districts for educational programs and activities that attain or maintain academic performance targets.
Directs State Board of Education to establish system to assess financial management practices of school districts and education service districts.
Creates School Revenue Forecast Committee.
Allows State Parks and Recreation Commission to acquire property rights or interests necessary to develop memorials in honor of veterans and war memorials.
Prohibits telecommunications utility from charging customer for telecommunications service after service is canceled.
Allows Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries to adopt rules permitting overtime pay for work after eight hours in one day or, when employer has adopted alternative workweek schedule that authorizes employee to work 10 hours per day within 40-hour workweek, after 10 hours in one day.
Requires Department of Education to advise school guidance counselors on techniques and tools for informing high school students of educational opportunities.
Considers certain students to be residents for purpose of determining tuition and fees at state institutions of higher education.
Modifies crime of failing to maintain a metal purchase record.
Removes limit on number of hours retired member may work and still qualify for retirement under Public Employees Retirement System if retired member is employed by school district or education service district as other than teacher or management employee, or by community college as other than faculty member or management employee.
Removes individuals who are performing services in other than instructional, research or principal administrative capacity at certain educational institutions from disqualification for receipt of unemployment insurance benefits during certain periods.
Modifies definition of "disabled individual" for purposes of public contracting law relating to procurement of products or services from qualified nonprofit agency for disabled individuals.
Adds sheriff services to types of services that can be provided by county service districts.
Directs State Parks and Recreation Commission to authorize use of day use fee areas without charge by persons 65 years of age or older who have resided in state for not less than 50 years.
Creates offense of smoking in motor vehicle while person under age of 17 is in motor vehicle.
Makes legislative findings on effects of international outsourcing of jobs.
Requires person working at call center and making or receiving telephone communications to disclose location of call center and, upon request, name of person who has contracted to use services of call center.
Allows Department of Transportation to waive issuance, renewal or replacement fee of identification card for indigent person.
Permits corporations operating emerging businesses to defer corporate excise and income taxes.
Gives tenants' association, facility purchase association or tenants' association supported nonprofit organization 14-day right of first refusal for offer or agreement by landlord to sell facility.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Housing and Community Services Department for biennial expenses related to financing of manufactured dwelling park purchases by or on behalf of tenants with low incomes.
Requires health benefit plans to provide coverage of human papillomavirus vaccine for female beneficiaries who are 11 years of age and older.
Allocates lottery funds to Department of Transportation for biennium beginning July 1, 2007, for specified purposes.
Requires person using radio frequency identification technology in goods offered for retail sale to disclose use in signs on person's business premises and on label affixed to goods.
Requires vacancies in election or office of state Senator or state Representative occurring within one year after general election at which person was elected to be filled at special election.
Requires corporate income and excise taxpayers that receive certain tax-deferred financing income from foreign corporations for federal tax purposes to add that amount of income back to federal taxable income for Oregon tax purposes.
Limits newly erected, constructed or installed pollution control facilities that qualify for tax credit to those facilities that meet certain standards above those required by law or are entirely voluntary and not otherwise required by law.
Establishes requirements for telephone directories.
Increases tax on malt beverages over five-year period.
Establishes Oregon State Police Fund.
Expands Oregon Prescription Drug Program to include individuals with private prescription drug benefit program that does not cover one or more necessary drugs taken by individual.
Extends time for tenants' association or facility purchase association to respond to notice that facility owner is offering or considering sale of facility.
Eliminates tax deductions, subtractions or credits that may be claimed against taxes by corporations that decrease employment in Oregon and increase employment in countries outside of United States.
Provides that per diem payments to member of Legislative Assembly be based on distance between member's district residence and State Capitol.
Allows school districts to aggregate districts' energy requirements for purchase and delivery of utility services as one entity to qualify for lower industrial rates.
Creates Task Force on Civics Education.
Requires Board of Medical Examiners to reveal certain information about complaints against licensees of board when requested to do so by any person.
Allows dogs accompanied by their owners into restaurants and bars.
Creates crime of trafficking in illegal aliens.
Excludes farm use real property and equipment from gross estate of decedent subject to inheritance tax.
Establishes Oregon State Police Patrol Division Fund.
Imposes tax on distribution of malt beverages at rate of $16.50 per barrel of 31 gallons.