Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, Senate.
Jason Atkinson
Sponsored
Became law4
Exempts individual under age of 17 from requirement to obtain business license or permit.
Allows State Fish and Wildlife Commission to evaluate hatchbox program in select Rogue River basin streams after consultation with local communities , groups participating in salmon and trout enhancement program, conservation groups and National Marine Fisheries Service of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Requires scrap metal business to create and maintain certain records of purchase or receipt of metal property or other transactions related to metal property.
Authorizes state employee to voluntarily request payroll deduction from employee salary or wages for purposes of making donation to Oregon State Capitol Foundation.
Out of committee1
Directs Legislative Administration Committee to repair and restore stairwells on either side of rotunda of State Capitol and glass skylights over stairs and to use volunteer labor, to extent possible, to clean and polish brass pieces in original part of State Capitol.
In committee16
Provides that Oregon State Police have jurisdiction over rest areas.
Prohibits local government from applying special approval criteria to single family dwelling solely because dwelling contains five or fewer roomer accommodations.
Requires health insurers, and Department of Human Services through state medical assistance program, to cover services performed using telemedicine.
Directs Oregon Investment Council and State Treasurer to try to ensure that certain investment funds are not invested in company doing business in Iran.
Prohibits state or local government from discriminating against homeowner by imposing permit requirement for certain rentals.
Raises threshold for filing inheritance tax return to $2 million for estates of decedents dying on or after January 1, 2009, but before January 1, 2010, and $3.5 million for estates of decedents dying on or after January 1, 2010.
Eliminates taxes on capital gains.
Eliminates mandatory boating safety education program.
Allows business energy tax credit for alternative fuel vehicle manufacturing facility.
Precludes suspects or persons of interest in death investigation from obtaining certain medical reports, unless disclosure required by law in pending civil or criminal action.
Allows State Fish and Wildlife Commission by rule to permit fixed fishing gear or seines for taking of salmon for commercial purposes from Columbia River.
Directs State Parks and Recreation Department to construct velodromes in northern Willamette Valley, southern Willamette Valley and southern Oregon.
Changes boundaries of State Capitol State Park to include area now occupied by designated portion of Court Street and area north of State Capitol.
Eliminates requirement for special relationship to establish liability of local government for economic injuries incurred by person acting in good faith reliance on negligent misrepresentation by local government of effect of comprehensive plan and land use regulations.
Modifies income tax credit allowable for political contributions to include contributions to food bank or other charitable, nonpolitical organization.
Creates subtraction from federal taxable income for first $2,400 of unemployment compensation paid to taxpayer in tax year.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 15
Establishes Oregon Civics Day for Teachers on first Friday in December.
Provides that U.S. Highway 97 in Oregon shall be known as World War II Veterans Historic Highway.
Establishes policy regarding ecosystem services.
Directs State Department of Fish and Wildlife to conduct study of fish hatcheries for purposes relating to environmental impact and fiscal feasibility of producing trout that are free, or almost free, of pathogens.
Requires certain places of public assembly to have automated external defibrillator .
Repeals five-year time limit for exemption from taxation of Indian tribal land.
Modifies definition of "hazardous substance" to include decabrominated diphenyl ether.
Establishes February 9 of each year as Ewing Young Day.
Authorizes certain Indian tribes to request Economic and Community Development Department to designate reservation enterprise zones.
Includes victim of human trafficking as person eligible for Address Confidentiality Program.
Requires Administrator of Office for Oregon Health Policy and Research to adopt rules for approval of community-based health care initiative and of community-based health care improvement program operated by initiative.
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.
Requires Department of Education to grant waiver that allows school district to contract with entity that administers nationally normed assessments if entity meets specified requirements.
Passed the Senate · 1
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.
Out of committee · 5
Requires State Department of Agriculture to establish program for issuing grants to counties for noxious weed control.
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.
Allows Oregon National Guard Youth Challenge Program to receive State School Fund distribution.
Classifies crime of murder as aggravated murder if defendant committed murder knowing victim was pregnant.
In committee · 19
Imposes limits on awards of punitive damages based on nature of action and type of defendant.
Creates process for forestland owners or cooperative associations of log haulers to petition State Forester to determine rate of compensation for log haulers.
Requires State Department of Fish and Wildlife to create and develop Blue Ribbon Still Water Fisheries.
Authorizes issuance of lottery bonds for transportation projects for nonmotorized vehicles and pedestrians.
Authorizes Director of State Department of Energy to define what constitutes alternative fuel device or category one or two alternative energy device.
Permits Governor to declare state of financial emergency under certain conditions, suspend pay increases to state government and school district employees, suspend certain terms of collective bargaining agreements and services contracts and take other actions.
Establishes State Police Patrol Division Fund.
Directs Joint Legislative Audit Committee to select Legislative Auditor to serve as director of Government Accountability Office.
Requires Director of Economic and Community Development Department to convene work group to develop protocols for integrated delivery of services to victims of trafficking in persons.
Requires that legal service providers participating in Legal Services Program must provide legal services to person who is victim of sexual assault, domestic violence or human trafficking, without regard to immigration status of person, unless providing services would result in loss of other funding available to program.
Directs Economic and Community Development Department to establish program to provide loan or credit guarantee for loans issued by financial institutions to small businesses.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Military Department for Oregon National Guard Youth Challenge Program.
Directs each public post-secondary institution to report on number of veterans who are attending institution.
Expands exemption from taxable income allowed for compensation earned by members of Armed Forces of United States by including inactive duty training pay.
Establishes Oregon Graduate and Professional Education Program for Veterans.
Requires instruction in Oregon Studies in middle school.
Provides that prevailing wage laws do not apply to certain public works projects funded by or through school districts.
Provides for enforcement of judgment against current or former public employee convicted of crime that occurred while employee was engaged in performance of duties, or that employee's position allowed employee to commit.
Establishes Oregon Other Funds Reserve Fund.