Bills in the 2007 Regular Session, House.
Ben Cannon
Sponsored
Became law2
Authorizes Department of Transportation to include question regarding fuel efficient driving techniques in examination for driver license.
Provides that governing body of city with population greater than 400,000 is budget committee of city's urban renewal agency.
Passed the House1
Establishes Task Force on Anatomical Gift Donation.
In committee6
Considers certain students to be residents for purpose of determining tuition and fees at state institutions of higher education.
Makes parent who would have become dependent of deceased worker if not for death of worker eligible for workers' compensation survivor benefits.
Requires Attorney General to conduct investigation and prosecution when police officer commits homicide in line of duty.
Changes title of "precinct committeeperson" to "precinct representative.".
Provides that per diem payments to member of Legislative Assembly be based on distance between member's district residence and State Capitol.
Allows school districts to aggregate districts' energy requirements for purchase and delivery of utility services as one entity to qualify for lower industrial rates.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 20
Changes definition of "small employer" by increasing maximum number of eligible employees from 25 to 50.
Creates Medically Involved Home-Care Program in Department of Human Services.
Prohibits person from selling gift card that expires or has face value that declines over time or with lack of use.
Establishes Oregon Health Care Acquired Infection Reporting Program.
Creates Task Force on Civics and Financial Education to study and make recommendations about how to increase and improve civics and financial education in kindergarten through grade 12 public schools.
Establishes statewide system administered by Department of Environmental Quality for collection, transportation and recycling of certain electronic devices.
Requires employer to pay over, in accordance with law or agreement requiring or authorizing deductions from wages, amounts deducted from employee's wages.
Requires prescription drug benefit program, or prescription drug benefit offered under health benefit plan or under student health insurance policy, to include coverage of contraception.
Directs Governor to assign state agency responsibility for developing plan to ensure that written documents produced by executive department agencies conform to plain language standards.
Creates crime of furnishing sexually explicit material to child.
Imposes $10 fee for filing of petitions for marital annulment, dissolution or separation, and for filing of responses to petitions for marital annulment, dissolution or separation.
Abolishes Environmental Quality Information Account and transfers funds in account to Passenger Rail Transportation Account to be used for passenger rail programs.
Creates Sustainability Board.
Directs county clerk to conduct hand count of sample of ballots counted by each vote tally system in county at each general election.
Provides that public high school student journalists have right to exercise freedom of speech and press in school-sponsored media.
Requires city to allow electors, if any, in surrounded territory proposed to be annexed to vote if city charter, ordinance or resolution requires city to hold election in city.
Modifies procedures involved in child abuse investigations.
Changes membership of Oregon Facilities Authority from five members to seven members and declares that members serve at pleasure of State Treasurer.
Authorizes creation of affordable housing covenant restricting price, rental rate or occupancy to ensure adequate supply of rental and owner-occupied affordable housing for low or moderate income households.
Establishes greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals.
Passed the House · 7
Prohibits former member of Legislative Assembly from being compensated lobbyist during period beginning on date person ceases being member and ending on date of adjournment sine die of next regular legislative session.
Prohibits use of state funds to assist, promote or deter union organizing.
Prohibits employer from requiring employee to attend meeting or participate in communication concerning employer's opinion about religious or political matters.
Establishes personal income tax credit for individuals donating certain transplanted organs during tax year.
Creates Task Force on Establishing Mental Health Database to identify issues, explore solutions and make recommendations to Seventy-fifth Legislative Assembly regarding establishment and implementation of database to aid law enforcement officers in assisting mentally ill individuals to obtain medical, mental health and social services.
Directs State Fish and Wildlife Commission to name Fall Creek hatchery research center Lindsay Ball Research Hatchery.
Requires employer to provide reasonable accommodation to religious observance or practices of employee unless providing accommodation would impose undue hardship on employer.
Out of committee · 12
Expands definition of categorically needy persons eligible for medical assistance to include children with disabilities .
Prohibits pharmaceutical manufacturing companies from providing certain gifts in conjunction with marketing of prescription drugs.
Directs Superintendent of Public Instruction to contract for development of kindergarten through grade 12 Mandarin Chinese language curriculum.
Establishes Human Stem Cell Research Committee in Department of Human Services.
Requires State Forestry Department to establish and maintain fuel breaks between contiguous state and federal forestlands.
Establishes Portland State University as public corporation under control of Portland Metropolitan Universities Board of Directors.
Appropriates moneys from ___ to Economic and Community Development Department for purpose of assisting development of targeted small businesses and microenterprises.
Directs Department of Education to establish school garden program.
Directs State Department of Agriculture to consult with Department of Education for purpose of helping Department of Education develop Farm-to-School program.
Creates SWAT (Schools Will Attract Talent) Team for Oregon's Future Task Force.
Establishes Task Force on Mental Retardation in Capital Cases.
Directs Department of Education to establish farm-to-school program.
In committee · 32
Requires pharmaceutical manufacturing companies to annually disclose to Department of Justice certain economic benefits provided in conjunction with marketing of prescription drugs.
Adds schools and classrooms providing kindergarten through grade 12 education to definition of "capital improvements" for which system development charges may be imposed.
Adds additional public facilities and assets to list of capital improvements for which local government unit may assess and collect system development charges.
Limits television advertising by Oregon State Lottery to promoting introduction of new games.
Allows tax credit to individual who owns and occupies manufactured dwelling as primary residence and who ends tenancy in manufactured dwelling park as result of closing of park or portion of park.
Requires persons 75 years of age or older to renew driver licenses every four years and to take driving test prior to renewal.
Prohibits telecommunications utility from charging customer for telecommunications service after service is canceled.
Allows Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries to adopt rules permitting overtime pay for work after eight hours in one day or, when employer has adopted alternative workweek schedule that authorizes employee to work 10 hours per day within 40-hour workweek, after 10 hours in one day.
Requires Department of Education to advise school guidance counselors on techniques and tools for informing high school students of educational opportunities.
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.
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 insurance benefits during certain periods.
Directs Department of Transportation to design and issue registration plate that grants parking privileges to qualifying person with disability.
Prohibits commencement of civil action against school district until after claim has been submitted to legal review panel.
Permits police officer to take breath test of person operating motor vehicle when officer has reasonable suspicion person is driving while under influence of intoxicants.
Allows circuit courts to establish mental health court departments.
Sets limits on amounts that may be contributed to political candidates and political committees.
Requires addition to taxable income for Oregon tax purposes of certain income otherwise excluded from federal taxable income.
Directs State Commission on Children and Families to create and recommend children's budget to Governor.
Creates personal and business tax credits for water conservation devices and systems.
Authorizes Director of Human Services, in consultation with Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services, to provide grants of up to $500,000 to nonprofit organizations to improve access to health care by low-income persons.
Requires health benefit plans to provide coverage of human papillomavirus vaccine for female beneficiaries who are 11 years of age and older.
Provides that urban renewal agencies may include affordable housing projects in urban renewal plans.
Allocates lottery funds to Department of Transportation for biennium beginning July 1, 2007, for specified purposes.
Requires vacancies in election or office of state Senator or state Representative occurring within one year after general election at which person was elected to be filled at special election.
Requires corporate income and excise taxpayers that receive certain tax-deferred financing income from foreign corporations for federal tax purposes to add that amount of income back to federal taxable income for Oregon tax purposes.
Establishes acuity-based patient classification system for certain health care facilities.
Requires mortgage or trust deed lender to prorate prepayment privilege penalty for prepayments made after first year of loan agreement.
Requires that warranty for materials used in residential construction include coverage for reasonable cost of labor to replace defective materials.
Creates Task Force on Civics Education.
Requires Board of Medical Examiners to reveal certain information about complaints against licensees of board when requested to do so by any person.
Establishes annual statewide limits for emissions of carbon dioxide by electricity providers.
Imposes tax on distribution of malt beverages at rate of $16.50 per barrel of 31 gallons.