Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, House.
Wayne Krieger
Sponsored
Became law3
Exempts employee of United States Department of Agriculture in course of lawful taking of wildlife from criminal laws related to possession and discharge of firearms.
Adds gray wolf, as special status mammal, to definition of "game mammal." Allows moneys made available from specified surcharges to be expended on acquisition of easements for purpose of promoting access to public and private lands.
Directs State Department of Fish and Wildlife to develop plan for reforming department-operated fish hatcheries on Oregon coast.
Out of committee1
Requires Department of Transportation to study feasibility of constructing highway between Coos Bay and Ontario.
In committee12
Requires that certain public officials submit to drug test two times every calendar year.
Exempts transferor of firearm from performing criminal history record check if purchaser or recipient has concealed handgun license.
Requires Department of State Police to destroy records obtained during criminal records check within 24 hours of approval for qualified firearms purchases.
Requires that voter registration cards be made available to eligible persons at offices where agent of State Fish and Wildlife Commission issues licenses, tags or permits.
Prohibits certain persons from simultaneously holding more than three permits issued pursuant to restricted vessel permit system.
Authorizes person to use agricultural building on land zoned for forest use or mixed farm and forest use.
Requires policy or certificate of health insurance to cover 90-day supply of prescription drugs covered by policy or certificate if prescribed by health care provider.
Requires counties to appoint service officers.
Directs State Department of Fish and Wildlife to develop plan for reforming hatchery operations and reconstructing hatchery facilities.
Authorizes second dwelling on land zoned for forest use for use by relative of forest operator when forest operator does or will need assistance of relative in management of forest use.
Directs State Fish and Wildlife Commission to establish Oregon Limited Entry Fishing Guide Program.
Modifies time within which filing officer must determine whether violation related to certain campaign finance laws occurred and notify person who is subject of violation.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
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.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 28
Redefines "representative of client" for purposes relating to lawyer-client privilege.
Modifies crime of, and cause of action for, invasion of personal privacy.
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to develop and make available Oregon transparency website for purpose of allowing people to view information that is public record and not exempt from disclosure.
Deletes 15-year limit on veteran's use of preference in public employment.
Allows certain long term absent electors to use facsimile machine to cast ballot.
Extends date on which schools must qualify as small high school for purpose of calculating school district's adjusted daily membership weighted.
Allows certain veterans with honorable discharges to pay tuition and fees at discounted rates.
Requires Legislative Counsel to solicit bids for printing of Oregon Revised Statutes each biennium.
Authorizes Department of Environmental Quality to board and inspect certain vessels and to collect ballast water samples.
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.
Adds pharmacists to list of public or private officials required to report child abuse.
Designates May 8 of each year as Military Family Appreciation Day.
Permits contracting agency that uses public funds to procure goods for public use to give preference to agricultural products produced and transported entirely within state if certain conditions are met.
Increases hours of day during which children under 16 years of age may work.
Extends statute of limitations for action based on conduct that constitutes child abuse or conduct knowingly allowing, permitting or encouraging child abuse.
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.
Allows Department of State Lands to apply for and receive certain private or federal grants, loans or other funds.
Places burden of proof on person seeking relief from obligation to report as sex offender.
Reduces size of identifying hydrologic unit to be used when reporting pesticide use.
Permits certain health professional regulatory boards to adopt rules that permit practitioners to prescribe or dispense antibiotic drugs to partners of patient without examining partner for treatment of sexually transmitted diseases.
Allows Department of Education to establish pilot project for purpose of assisting federal Head Start program providers located in Oregon with adopting and implementing health literacy program.
Directs Department of Human Services to adopt rules to allow emergency medical technician applicant to substitute experience and certification by national registry of emergency medical technicians for certain requirements imposed by department.
Prohibits county, city, special district or 9-1-1 jurisdiction from punishing or penalizing public or private safety agency for failure to meet contractually mandated response times during declared state of emergency for which agency has provided resources for emergency response outside normal jurisdiction.
Extends statutes of limitations for certain sex crimes if defendant is identified on basis of DNA sample comparisons.
Increases penalty for crime of harassment, under certain circumstances, to maximum of one year's imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both.
Limits State Department of Agriculture responsibilities regarding estray livestock to cattle and equines.
Requires Department of State Police to create medical health database to aid law enforcement agencies in assisting persons with mental illness in obtaining services.
Classifies crime of assault in second degree as assault in first degree if defendant knows victim is pregnant.
Vetoed · 1
Allows facilities that generate electricity by using biomass or combusting municipal solid waste to comply with renewable portfolio standard under certain conditions.
Passed the House · 6
Transfers administration of Rural Health Services Program from Oregon Student Assistance Commission to Office of Rural Health.
Exempts records and information that identify person as holder of or applicant for concealed handgun license from disclosure.
Reduces to 72 hours minimum time before first day of employment that employer is required to notify employee in written employment offer that arbitration agreement is required as condition of employment.
Requires interim committee on judiciary to study and recommend changes in occupational licensing laws to encourage employment of persons with criminal convictions while protecting public.
Directs Department of Transportation to issue Keep Kids Safe registration plates.
Provides that mandate to sell gasoline blended with ethanol does not apply to gasoline with octane rating of 91 or above.
Out of committee · 8
Creates Director of Legislative Audit Office appointed by Joint Legislative Audit Committee.
Increases city population from 30,000 to 40,000 for classification as eligible rural area for purpose of emergency medical technician income tax credit.
Directs Department of State Police to adopt rules that identify reciprocal licenses that allow holder of license to carry concealed handgun in another state.
Prohibits schools from using school property to provide printing, binding or graphic arts services to public or to state or local government or political subdivision.
Directs Department of Education to provide reimbursements to school districts that serve Oregon food products as part of United States Department of Agriculture's National School Lunch Program or School Breakfast Program.
Establishes Oregon Retired Senior Volunteer Program within Department of State Police.
For purposes of natural resource property or commercial fishing property inheritance tax credit, allows credit equal to tax otherwise due for eligible property with value less than $7.5 million and phases out credit for property with value up to $15 million.
Directs State Board of Education to establish system to assess financial management practices of school districts and education service districts.
In committee · 65
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.
Requires Public Employees' Benefit Board to provide eligible employees and their families with option of using health savings accounts.
Requires Department of Human Services, law enforcement agency and other entity or person responsible for taking child into protective custody to provide parents or guardian with written information about parents' and guardian's rights and responsibilities, and resources for legal assistance, when child is taken into protective custody.
Specifies that statutes and rules that apply to school district boards, school districts or public schools do not apply to small schools.
Removes requirement for State Department of Agriculture to monitor ethanol fuel production and issue notice when ethanol production reaches specified level.
Authorizes Department of Transportation to issue duplicate disabled parking permit placards for each vehicle registered by applicant in this state.
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to adopt rules setting fees payable by labor organizations that receive amounts deducted from salary or wages of certain public employees.
Requires State Fish and Wildlife Commission to implement road and access closure program in order to ensure that persons hunting with firearms have same access to lands as that provided to persons hunting with bows.
Requires State Fish and Wildlife Commission to establish identical procedures for issuance of licenses, tags and permits for persons hunting with bows and persons hunting with firearms.
Creates tax credit for educational expenses or contributions to qualified scholarship granting organization.
Directs Legislative Assembly to include appropriations exceeding $5 million in separate bills.
Allows certain public charter schools to qualify as small high school for purpose of small school district grant.
Limits to federal funds assets that revert to State Board of Education when charter of public charter school is terminated or public charter school dissolves and public charter school had been existing public school.
Gives priority for grants and loans for public charter schools to schools that are only school in school district or that are in district that is remote and necessary school district.
Exempts foreign insurers licensed to sell health insurance in another state from requirements of Insurance Code and certain other requirements.
Extends landowner immunity for public's recreational use of land, woodcutting and harvest of special forest products to paths, trails, roads, watercourses and other rights of way that are used by person to reach land for recreational purposes, woodcutting or harvest of special forest products.
Authorizes weddings and other commercial gatherings that do not involve overnight stay, including siting of associated structures, under conditionally allowable use of land in exclusive farm use zone as private park.
Allows Department of Transportation to issue group registration plate for group that promotes prevention of wildfires.
Creates State Police Patrol Fund, separate and distinct from General Fund.
Requires Public Employees' Benefit Board to develop plan for providing health benefit plan options and employee contribution requirements based on Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.
Modifies authority for issuance of bonds by public bodies.
Exempts transferor of firearm from performing criminal history record check if purchaser or recipient has concealed handgun license.
Creates Oregon Commission on Autism Spectrum Disorder and requires commission to provide strategic plan to legislature.
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.
Specifies that public lands used for wildlife management purposes must be accessible for hunting.
Establishes bicycle registration and licensing system.
Requires supervising agency to determine if supervised person is predatory sex offender.
Suspends adjustment to Oregon minimum wage rate if Oregon unemployment rate exceeds national unemployment rate.
Requires State Board of Higher Education to authorize each institution under its control to commission special campus security officers.
Increases amount of personal exemption income tax credit.
Creates income tax credit for capital improvements to business facilities or homes that are commenced prior to later of September 1, 2009, or effective date of Act.
Adds exception to requirements regarding ballast water discharge.
Removes restriction on public charter schools offering online courses that 50 percent or more of students in school must reside in school district in which school is located.
Decreases minimum vineyard acreage requirement for low-volume winery located in exclusive farm use zone.
Creates crimes of drug-induced homicide and drug-induced assault.
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.
Requires Public Employees' Benefit Board to group retired employees and employees who are not retired for purpose of entering into contracts for health insurance coverage.
Directs Department of Human Services to establish and operate marijuana production facility and distribute marijuana to pharmacies for dispensing to medical marijuana cardholders and designated primary caregivers.
Directs court to award certain damages in action involving false statement of material fact relating to candidate, political committee or measure.
Defines statutory term regarding management of acquired lands designated as state forests, common school forest lands and the Elliott State Forest Lands.
Provides statutory authorization for Oregon University System student code of conduct.
Allows community colleges and state institutions of higher education to recover from school districts costs of providing remedial education to students.
Creates income tax credit for private correctional facilities.
Provides one-time credit against personal income taxes for completion of marriage class.
Permits small woodland owner to register vehicle as farm vehicle.
Requires Quality Education Commission to identify related costs to local school districts for meeting quality goals for education.
Requires Department of Human Services to report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly on programs that serve senior citizens.
Allows Department of Human Services to establish automated, online provider payment submission system for medical assistance program.
Requires statewide elected officials, agency directors and members of Legislative Assembly to pay nine percent of premium for coverage under certain benefit plans.
Allows person to occupy state-owned submersible or submerged lands, without fee, to operate and maintain streambank and stabilization structures.
Provides exception to rebuttable presumption that both spouses contribute equally to acquisition of property for certain property that is separately titled and held continuously by one spouse.
Replaces personal exemption credit for dependent with income tax subtraction of $1,000 per dependent.
Authorizes prosecution for failure to report as sex offender in county where defendant is apprehended or last registered, if county where offense was committed cannot be determined.
Eliminates 15-year limit for preference in public employment for veterans.
Requires urban renewal plan that includes acquisition of emergency vehicles to report how vehicles will benefit urban renewal area.
Authorizes State Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision or county sheriff to release inmate to custody of United States Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement under certain circumstances.
Describes circumstances in which gray wolf may be taken.
Prohibits commencement of civil action against health care provider until after submission of health care claim to medical legal panel.
Shields person making report of child pornography found on electronic device from civil and criminal liability for report.
Allows school districts to submit information to Department of State Police for purpose of conducting criminal records checks.
Authorizes board of elections officials to enhance or duplicate ballot for purposes of counting ballot by vote tally machine.
Requires Secretary of State or county clerk to send list of invalid signatures on state initiative, referendum or recall petition to chief petitioners.
Requires evidence of citizenship for persons registering to vote for first time in this state.
Requires Department of Human Services to verify legal presence in United States for applicants of public assistance.
Establishes tax credit for transportation of woody biomass from forest management operations to biofuel producer.