Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, Senate.
David Nelson
Sponsored
Became law2
Changes composition of Oregon Wheat Commission and process for appointing members.
Requires employer to provide reasonable accommodation to religious observance or practices of employee unless providing accommodation would impose undue hardship on employer.
In committee6
Directs Department of Transportation to design graphic for motorcycle registration plates.
Modifies provisions for estates claiming natural resource property or commercial fishing property tax credit on inheritance tax return.
Allows holder of or applicant for limited license for aquifer storage and recovery to apply for certificate to use water within artificial delivery system for hydroelectric purposes.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Economic and Community Development Department for funding Oregon Health Network.
Creates Task Force on Eastern Oregon Training Center.
Directs three education districts to establish and implement pilot program called Frontier Learning Outpost for purpose of serving as model for efficiency and effectiveness among education service districts.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
Establishes Oregon Civics Day for Teachers on first Friday in December.
Requires scrap metal business to create and maintain certain records of purchase or receipt of metal property or other transactions related to metal property.
Establishes February 9 of each year as Ewing Young Day.
Permits production and possession of industrial hemp and trade in industrial hemp commodities and products.
Creates Nursing Faculty Loan Repayment Program for purpose of providing loan repayments for certain nurse educators at nursing schools in Oregon.
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.
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 · 1
Requires State Department of Agriculture to establish program for issuing grants to counties for noxious weed control.
In committee · 20
Imposes limits on awards of punitive damages based on nature of action and type of defendant.
Provides that upon offer of expert scientific evidence at trial, court must first determine whether theory or technique supporting offered evidence is based on scientifically valid principles and is pertinent.
Provides that class action may be maintained only for members of class who are residents of this state.
Limits contingent fees permitted in negligence claims.
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.
Designates offices of Secretary of State, State Treasurer and Attorney General as nonpartisan.
Requires additional persons to file statement of economic interest with Oregon Government Ethics Commission, including staff of commission, board members of public benefit corporations and statewide representatives of labor organizations.
Allows electricity from certain older generating facilities to be used as qualifying electricity for purpose of compliance with renewable portfolio standard.
Reduces personal income tax rates for certain taxpayers by modifying income tax brackets.
Expands range of activities that count as providing drug test falsification equipment.
Suspends for 2009-2011 biennium requirements placed on school districts related to self-evaluations, local district improvement plans, alternative placements for students, alcohol and drug abuse prevention programs, instructional materials, substitute teacher salaries, talented and gifted students, instructional time, guidance and counseling programs, media programs and class sizes.
Temporarily reduces amount of required income tax withholding.
Establishes policy direction for management of state forestlands, including management for timber harvesting.
Requires harvesting in areas of Tillamook State Forest and Clatsop State Forest exhibiting moderate to extreme occurrence of Swiss needle cast disease.
Allows member of Legislative Assembly to pay, from contributions to member or member's principal campaign committee, reasonable living and travel expenses incurred by legislative staff during legislative session.
Requires persons engaged in business of selling, leasing, servicing, repairing or managing motor vehicles to ensure that certain used oil filters are received and processed by used oil filter processors.
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.
Creates subtraction from federal taxable income for first $2,400 of unemployment compensation paid to taxpayer in tax year.
Provides that mandate to sell gasoline blended with ethanol does not apply to gasoline with octane rating of 91 or above.