Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, Senate.
Diane Rosenbaum
Sponsored
Became law3
Prohibits employer from taking adverse employment action against employee who declines to attend meeting or participate in communication concerning employer's opinion about religious or political matters.
Permits collective bargaining units to agree with public body employers to establish retiree medical trusts, voluntary employees' beneficiary associations, health reimbursement arrangements or other agreements for health care expenses of employees or retirees if provisions of agreement comply with Insurance Code.
Prohibits person from charging fee or deposit for assistance animal in rented housing.
Out of committee3
Expands eligibility for medical assistance for low income and uninsured women diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer.
Requires Department of Human Services to provide screening for breast and cervical cancer to persons who meet eligibility requirements for Oregon Breast and Cervical Cancer Program.
Creates Family Leave Benefits Insurance Program to provide benefits to employees taking family leave.
In committee5
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 compensation benefits during certain periods.
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.
Permits determination of eligibility for unemployment benefits using alternative base year under certain circumstances.
Specifies requirements and conditions for public sector entity to enter into contract with private sector entity.
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.
Carried from the House
Became law4
Establishes presumption that certain cancers are compensable occupational diseases for certain nonvolunteer firefighters.
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.
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 Human Services to contract with victim services providers to place staff members from victim services providers at child welfare offices.
Passed the House1
Authorizes inclusion of temporary employees in definition of "appropriate bargaining unit" for purposes of collective bargaining between public employers and public employees.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 11
Establishes Oregon Civics Day for Teachers on first Friday in December.
Prohibits insurer that issues personal insurance policy from using credit information to increase consumer's premium after rerating consumer at consumer's request.
Changes period in which remedy is available to consumer for motor vehicle that does not conform to manufacturer's warranty.
Requires scrap metal business to create and maintain certain records of purchase or receipt of metal property or other transactions related to metal property.
Repeals five-year time limit for exemption from taxation of Indian tribal land.
Establishes February 9 of each year as Ewing Young Day.
Creates Task Force on Disproportionality in Child Welfare Foster Care.
Imposes $300 recording fee for specified ground water uses that are exempt from certain regulations.
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.
Prohibits employer from taking certain employment actions toward individual who is victim of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking.
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.
Out of committee · 3
Directs Department of Human Services, when department secures sufficient funding, to establish registry and advisory committee related to birth anomalies and adverse pregnancy outcomes.
Requires school district that makes breakfast accessible to any student to provide breakfast at no charge to all students who qualify for free or reduced price lunches.
Authorizes counties to impose malt beverage cost recovery fee through adoption of ordinance imposing fee.
In committee · 4
Creates process for forestland owners or cooperative associations of log haulers to petition State Forester to determine rate of compensation for log haulers.
Prohibits future adoption, enactment or creation of homeowners association rules or private covenants, conditions, restrictions or other agreements that prohibit installation and use of renewable energy devices.
Specifies requirements that municipal water use provider, agricultural water user or agricultural water supplier must meet to be eligible for funding for water supply development project.
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.