Bills in the 2011 Regular Session, House.
Matt Wingard
Sponsored
Became law5
Authorizes annexation of territory of dissolved district by district formed under same principal Act.
Requires automatic full recount of votes cast for nomination of candidate, or election of certain candidates, to nonpartisan office at nominating election when candidate receives close to majority of votes cast for office.
Prohibits lender or assignee of lender from bringing action or otherwise seeking payment for residual debt following short sale if lender reports to Internal Revenue Service that, for specified reasons, lender has canceled all or portion of borrower's debt under real estate loan agreement and if lender provides to borrower written evidence of report.
Allows household member to continue to use confidential address on records maintained by Department of Transportation for up to four years after eligible employee or corrections officer is killed in line of duty.
Provides that governing body of county is district boundary board for purposes of boundary changes and mergers of school districts.
In committee20
Requires public school to offer students instruction in Mandarin Chinese if school offers students instruction in two or more second languages.
Specifies employee compensation information required for Oregon Report Card.
Removes enrollment limitation for public charter schools that offer online courses.
Requires Department of Environmental Quality to submit annual environmental report relating to air quality, water quality and forest fire emissions to Legislative Assembly.
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.
Modifies factors mass transit district must consider in making findings to support increasing payroll tax.
Expands exemption of homemade beer, wine and fermented fruit juice from Liquor Control Act.
Creates Task Force on One Local Government to study consolidation of local government entities.
Requires mass transit district that funds mass transit system with certain excise taxes to include on each ticket or pass for use of transit system statement of approximate dollar amount of use that is funded by those taxes.
Exempts from application of Insurance Code sale of policies or certificates of health insurance in this state by insurers licensed to transact insurance in another state.
Provides option for educator participating in benefit plan contracted for by Oregon Educators Benefit Board to enroll in employee-only benefit plan.
Provides public purpose charge funds to compensate electric company for certain pilot program costs resulting from payment of incentive rates greater than general schedule of rates approved for electric company by Public Utility Commission.
Provides credit against personal income taxes for donations made to schools in support of extracurricular activities.
Redesignates crime of offensive littering as offensive littering in second degree.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to deny application for medical marijuana registry identification card if applicant has been convicted of felony involving controlled substance.
Establishes automatic joint custody and parenting time order upon filing and service of petition in marital annulment, separation and dissolution proceedings.
Requires health care provider to publicly disclose prices for health care related services, products, items or equipment.
Prohibits public bodies from using methods to block caller identification service.
Specifies minimum number of instructional days that class schedule adopted by district school board must provide.
Requires court to award custody to parent that child 14 years of age or older indicates preference to reside with unless not in best interests or welfare of child.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Removes outdated or redundant provisions related to preparation and distribution of education laws, School Improvement Fund grant evaluation and reporting requirements, school district and school performance reports, Oregon Report Card contents, community learning center evaluations, reports by Department of Education related to high school completion requirements, evaluation and reporting requirements related to Oregon Educational Act for the 21st Century...
Co-sponsored
Became law · 11
Allows county court or board of commissioners to examine financial affairs of county at regular business meeting twice during year at any time, rather than in January and July.
Directs Department of Transportation to erect and maintain roadside memorial sign under certain circumstances for police officer killed in line of duty.
Requires school district to give priority for participation in Expanded Options Program to at-risk students who are eligible students if school district has met credit hour cap.
Expands definition of "bakery product" for purposes of laws regulating bakeries.
Authorizes county to take exception to statewide planning goal to allow establishment of transportation facility in area designated as urban reserve.
Allows State Department of Agriculture to waive routine inspection of certain food establishments.
Allows commercial production and sale of bread, rolls and buns made only with whole grain flours.
Requires state institutions of higher learning to allow military recruitment on campus on equal footing with other employment recruitment.
Provides that U.S. Highway 30 between St. Helens and Rainier shall be known as Police Chief Ralph Painter Memorial Highway.
Allows court to renew Family Abuse Prevention Act order upon petition of child who has reached 18 years of age if child was protected by previous order and reasonably fears further acts of abuse by respondent.
Requires state institution of higher education, community college or Oregon Health and Science University to waive tuition and fees for current or former foster child under 25 years of age.
Passed the House · 5
Directs State Board of Higher Education to report to legislature in 2012 on civic literacy at state institutions of higher education.
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.
Establishes process through which person may obtain reservation through city or county to conduct funeral service on public property.
Requires wholesale dealers of gasoline to offer for sale gasoline containing 10 percent ethanol and gasoline with octane rating of 91 or above that is not blended with ethanol.
Allows person without administrative license to be superintendent, or assistant superintendent, of public school, public charter school or virtual public charter school.
Out of committee · 3
Requires state agency to report to Director of Oregon Department of Administrative Services when any budgeted position is vacant for six months.
Raises threshold for requiring cost analysis for procurement from $250,000 to $2 million.
Authorizes Oregon Medical Board to issue certificates of prescriptive authority to certain licensed psychologists who meet specified requirements.
In committee · 41
Authorizes Department of Transportation to issue veterans' recognition registration plates for vehicles registered to owners residing at same address as qualifying veteran.
Requires state employees who participate in health benefit plans offered by Public Employees' Benefit Board to contribute greater of $50 or five percent of monthly salary or wages to health benefit plan premium costs.
Requires that health benefit plan must reimburse enrollee for tobacco use cessation program only after enrollee has completed program and ceased use of tobacco products for 12 months.
Allows public school to create innovation plan or group of public schools to create group innovation plan.
Reduces rate of tax on capital gains of personal income and corporate income and excise taxpayers.
Modifies provisions relating to release of information from Oregon Medical Marijuana Program to Oregon Health Authority and law enforcement.
Requires only persons under 21 years of age to wear motorcycle helmet while riding on or operating motorcycle.
Creates subtraction for net capital gain for purposes of personal income and corporate income and excise taxation.
Requires that certain agreements for acquisition of real property by condemner contain provision relating to repurchase of property in event property is not used for public purpose.
Establishes uniform corporate minimum tax of $150 and removes provisions basing amount of tax on amount of Oregon sales.
Reduces amount of employee contribution to individual account program of Public Employees Retirement System that public employer may agree to pay from six percent to three percent.
Allows state officer or employee who authorizes payment of moneys to labor organization through payroll deduction to designate political party to which moneys from deduction expended by organization for political purposes may be donated.
Requires Department of Human Services to operate pilot program, subject to approval by United States Department of Agriculture, to prohibit purchase of foods of minimal nutritional value using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.
Removes requirement for State Department of Agriculture to monitor ethanol fuel production and issue notice when ethanol production reaches specified level.
Allows use of dog to hunt cougars during final three months of general cougar hunting season if State Fish and Wildlife Commission determines that harvest quota for particular hunt zone might not be met.
Directs Oregon Investment Council and State Treasurer to try to ensure that investment funds are not invested in company doing business in or with Iran or owned or controlled by government of Iran.
Authorizes law enforcement agency to enforce federal immigration law pursuant to agreement with federal government.
Requires State Forestry Department and other state agencies to support expeditious harvesting of downed trees as part of state forest recovery and restoration plans and policies.
Creates Task Force on Nuclear Power.
Requires Department of Human Services and Oregon Youth Authority to accept and consider from facilities serving children recommendations for improving administrative efficiency and reducing administrative burden.
Authorizes Department of Corrections to enter into contracts or arrangements with private entities for confinement and detention in Oregon of persons sentenced to legal and physical custody of department.
Requires State Parks and Recreation Department to establish pilot program under which department contracts with one or more private contractors to administer, operate and maintain certain state parks.
Requires state trial court administrator to provide to victim of crime, upon request, status of state efforts to enforce certain criminal judgments.
Requires, under certain circumstances, that notice and opportunity to be heard be provided to person with privacy interest in certain records subject to criminal subpoena and motion for early production.
Establishes Council on Efficient Government.
Creates Task Force on Privatization.
Requires county sheriff to waive age requirement for obtaining concealed handgun license for military veterans and persons currently serving in military.
Modifies and repeals laws relating to elections conducted by mail.
Prohibits commencement of civil action against health care provider until after submission of health care claim to medical legal panel.
Prohibits pharmacist from dispensing drug that is not therapeutically equivalent to drug ordered or prescribed unless prescriber and patient have consented in writing.
Allows person to teach certain courses in schools without being licensed by or registered with Teacher Standards and Practices Commission if certain requirements are met.
Requires sponsor of public charter school to pay school amount per ADMw that is equal to amount received by sponsoring school district or by school district where public charter school is located.
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 account for funding of those benefits and make annual contributions to account in amounts necessary to amortize liability for benefits in 25 years or less.
Allows entity that is classified by Construction Contractors Board as exempt commercial contractor to provide board with proof of personal health insurance coverage for proprietor or each partner, corporate officer or member of limited liability company as alternative to procuring and maintaining workers' compensation coverage.
Prohibits city or district from requiring landowner to consent to eventual annexation in exchange for continuation of extraterritorial service originally provided to landowner or predecessor in interest of landowner without requiring consent to annexation.
Requires mass transit district to obtain elector approval for issuance of revenue bonds secured by moneys from specified sources, including payroll taxes and federal flexible funds.
Requires law enforcement unit to train public safety officers in veterans' issues.
Expands definition of "farm use" to include facilities for training dogs in canine skills on land zoned for exclusive farm use.
Expands immunity from liability for health care provider who provides services for charitable organization without compensation.
Encourages Oregon Investment Council and State Treasurer to divest investment funds invested in certain companies engaged in mineral-extraction or oil-related activities related to Iran.
Requires Oregon Health Authority, Department of Human Services and Department of Consumer and Business Services to report to Legislative Assembly on steps taken to streamline regulatory requirements in specified areas and reduce administrative burdens on persons contracting with or regulated by authority and departments.