Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, House.
Peter Buckley
Sponsored
Became law7
Prescribes ballot titles and explanatory statements for House Joint Resolution 7 (2009) and House Joint Resolution 13 (2009).
Requires health plans to cover services of professional counselors and marriage and family therapists if certain other services are covered by plan.
Establishes Oregon Environmental Literacy Task Force.
Allows Department of Education to award grants for school library programs.
Prohibits landlord from charging utility or service rates or charges to tenants that are greater than rates or charges that utility or service providers are charging landlord.
Requires landlord for rental dwelling unit located in flood plain to notify tenant that unit is in 100-year flood plain.
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.
Out of committee2
Establishes higher education scholarship program to reward foreign language proficiency and encourage continued improvement in foreign language proficiency.
Requires health insurers and state medical assistance program to reimburse for diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder.
In committee9
Prohibits discrimination in employment under certain circumstances if discrimination is based on person's status as medical marijuana registry cardholder or use of medical marijuana off property or premises of employment or during hours that are not hours of employment.
Requires agencies of executive department to take certain actions to protect environment.
Requires that general or special election ballots 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.
Equates mandated health insurance coverage of biological child with mandated health insurance coverage of adopted child.
Requires State Department of Fish and Wildlife to develop and implement program to provide technical assistance to Oregon landowners, businesses and communities regarding nonlethal options to reduce conflict between humans and wildlife.
Establishes procedure for employment-related marijuana drug testing and review of results by medical review officer.
Requires addition to taxable income for Oregon tax purposes of certain income otherwise excluded from federal taxable income.
Establishes limitation on rent increases for space in facility for manufactured dwellings and floating homes.
Requires Department of Human Services to provide ward with assistance obtaining driving privileges as part of case plan to transition into independent living.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Requires applicant that seeks to establish public charter school to submit plan for school's financial management system to school district board.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 26
Requires state institutions of higher education and community colleges to waive tuition for any course audited by Oregon residents 65 years of age or older in specified circumstances.
Establishes Quality Care Fund.
Prohibits possessing, controlling or having charge of more than 50 sexually intact dogs that are two years of age or older for primary purpose of reproduction.
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.
Exempts from definition of "gift," for purposes of ethics laws, specified program material, specified expenses for attendance at conference and reasonable expenses paid to public school employee for accompanying students on educational trip.
Creates Charitable Prescription Drug Program in State Board of Pharmacy for purpose of distributing donated prescription drugs to needy or uninsured individuals.
Allows certain veterans with honorable discharges to pay tuition and fees at discounted rates.
Requires tower who tows vehicle at request of owner of parking facility to take and maintain photograph of vehicle.
Requires elections filing officer to modify ballot when vacancy occurs before 47th day before date of election.
Requires Secretary of State to verify residence of candidate for state Senator or state Representative under specified circumstances.
Prohibits person from intentionally selling or using software to circumvent, thwart, interfere with or evade any control or measure that ensures equitable distribution, sale or resale of admission tickets for entertainment event.
Designates May 8 of each year as Military Family Appreciation Day.
Requires health benefit plans to provide coverage of human papillomavirus vaccine for female beneficiaries who are at least 11 years of age but no older than 26 years of age.
Requires person engaged in floral retail sales to disclose principal place of business .
Establishes Interagency Compliance Network.
Increases hours of day during which children under 16 years of age may work.
Directs Secretary of State to designate organizations to establish citizen panels to review and create statements on specified number of initiated state measures.
Reduces size of identifying hydrologic unit to be used when reporting pesticide use.
Authorizes Department of Human Services to provide noncash benefits instead of cash payments in Oregon Supplemental Income Program.
Authorizes Department of Revenue, in conjunction with state agencies, boards and commissions that issue occupational or professional licenses, to develop and implement pilot project that requires licensees to demonstrate and maintain tax compliance as condition of issuance or renewal of license.
Requires public institutions of higher education to interview qualified minority candidate when hiring head coach or athletic director unless institution was unable to identify qualified minority candidate willing to interview for position.
Extends period of time during which eligible individual may receive work benefits under shared work plan.
Transfers, credits or allocates certain moneys from specified funds and accounts to other specified funds, accounts or agencies to be used for specified purposes.
Prohibits transferring title to one and two family dwelling or multifamily housing that has carbon monoxide source unless dwelling or housing is equipped with carbon monoxide alarm.
Modifies definition of "child care facility" and creates definitions for "preschool recorded program" and "record" for purposes related to regulation of child care facilities.
Classifies crime of assault in second degree as assault in first degree if defendant knows victim is pregnant.
Passed the House · 6
Enacts Interstate Compact for Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote.
Removes prohibition against local government imposition of taxes on cigarettes and tobacco products.
Directs specified interim legislative committees to review operations of specified financial institutions that receive funds from Troubled Asset Relief Program to ensure institutions meet goals and obligations of program.
Requires school district to submit written plan of instruction for talented and gifted children to Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Prohibits provision of declaration or bylaws of planned community or condominium from prohibiting installation or use of renewable energy device.
Directs Department of Transportation to issue Keep Kids Safe registration plates.
Out of committee · 4
Requires drug manufacturers to file with State Board of Pharmacy annual report listing compensation given or paid to physicians and nurse practitioners.
Creates Human Stem Cell Research Committee in Department of Human Services.
Establishes Next Generation Fund.
Approves recommendation of Land Conservation and Development Commission by designating area identified by commission recommendation as area of critical state concern.
In committee · 30
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.
Establishes certain requirements before applicant seeking to construct liquefied natural gas terminal or related pipeline may be issued specified permits and authorizations.
Requires apportionments from State School Fund for kindergarten programs to be calculated based on full-day program if kindergarten student was eligible for and receiving early childhood special education by specified date.
Authorizes election of board of directors from within district for service district formed to serve unincorporated community or unincorporated area.
Prohibits person of any age from operating motor vehicle while using mobile communication device for purpose of receiving or transmitting text communication.
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.
Requires Personnel Division of Oregon Department of Administrative Services to adopt rules prohibiting smoking on state property and in places of employment operated by state.
Allows tenant to place political signs anywhere on space owned or leased by tenant.
Prohibits use, sale, transfer or exchange for value, for commercial purposes, of prescription drug information that identifies prescriber or subject of prescription drug order.
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.
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.
Prescribes salary calculation for substitute teachers in school district with four-day week class schedule.
Requires addition to taxable income for Oregon tax purposes of amounts attributable to controlled foreign corporations and excluded from federal taxable income because of operation of certain federal law.
Prohibits public agencies from entering into public works contracts for which contract price exceeds $750,000 unless public agency verifies that every employer under contract is approved apprenticeship training agent unless local joint committee or apprenticeship training program does not exist in state.
Allows public utility full cost recovery for hydrogen power station investments.
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.
Directs Department of Transportation to establish Contractor and Workforce Diversity Pilot Program to aid in increasing diversity among contractors to which department awards public improvement contracts and among subcontractors and workers employed in connection with public improvement contracts.
Directs Department of Transportation to use one-half of one percent of federal funds department receives for on-the-job training.
Requires Department of Revenue to submit report to interim committee on revenue detailing tax payment by 150 largest employers in state.
Requires governing body of consumer-owned utility to adopt resolution to establish local conservation and energy efficiency plan or annual conservation, energy efficiency and carbon reduction or avoidance program.
Creates Family Leave Benefits Insurance Program to provide benefits to employees taking family leave.
Requires addition to taxable income for Oregon tax purposes of amounts excluded from federal taxable income as fringe benefit available for users of qualified parking but not to users of commuter highway vehicle or transit passes, because of operation of certain federal law.
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.
Authorizes counties to recover costs of property assessment and tax collection from taxing districts.
Increases personal income tax rate on individual taxpayers with taxable income above $250,000, or above $500,000 if married filing jointly.
Creates excise tax on birdseed.
Adds sexual misconduct to definition of "abuse" for purposes of mandatory child reporting statutes.
Establishes Election Day as legal holiday in Oregon.