Bills in the 2007 Regular Session, Senate.
Frank Morse
Sponsored
Became law3
Directs Department of State Lands to investigate feasibility of establishing certification program for professional wetland scientists and to submit report and recommendations for legislation to interim legislative committees on environment and natural resources.
Modifies requirements for licensure by reciprocity as funeral service practitioner or embalmer.
Allows county assessor to reduce maximum assessed value of property when buildings are demolished or removed.
Vetoed1
Establishes Committee on Performance Excellence.
Passed the Senate1
Directs Department of Transportation to issue Gold Star Family registration plates to family members of person killed during active service in Armed Forces of United States.
Out of committee2
Requires approval by majority of members of Workers' Compensation Management-Labor Advisory Committee for recommendations of committee to be reported to Legislative Assembly and Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services.
Creates Smart on Crime Task Force.
In committee8
Allows jurisdiction to operate photo radar in highway work zone.
Requires certain school officials to notify Department of Transportation when person who is at least 15 years of age and under 18 years of age withdraws from school.
Establishes statewide system administered by Department of Environmental Quality for collection, transportation and recycling of certain electronic devices.
Requires that trial or arbitration of medical malpractice claim be bifurcated into liability proceeding and damages proceeding.
Modifies laws relating to comparative negligence.
Requires disclosure of expert witnesses in civil actions unless directed by court or agreed to by stipulation.
Creates additional tax assistance program to provide loans to seniors and persons with disabilities for payment of taxes imposed due to partial or full omission of homestead from assessment and taxation.
Directs Oregon Transportation Commission to adopt standards for posting signs that will provide directional information to any accredited university or college in Oregon.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
Establishes property tax special assessment program for land subject to conservation easements.
Creates crime of subjecting another to involuntary servitude in first degree.
Allows Oregon Growth Account to be invested in emerging growth businesses that are not in traded sector industries.
Allows public university to direct affiliated foundation to administer university venture development fund.
Restricts local government power to impose construction excise taxes.
Passed the Senate · 1
Requires Governor's budget to include proposed spending target for General Fund and lottery moneys.
Out of committee · 8
Authorizes State Treasurer to issue revenue bonds to be paid from moneys deposited in Oregon State Capitol Foundation Fund.
Creates Oregon Better Health Trust Fund to pool state and federal expenditures for health care in Oregon and to finance treatment of defined set of essential health conditions for all Oregonians.
Directs Oregon Innovation Council to establish signature research center focused on renewable energy, biologically based products and other emerging sustainable products or services.
Allocates moneys from Administrative Services Economic Development Fund to Oregon Innovation Council for Oregon Innovation Fund for specified purposes.
Requires Department of Education to provide full-time equivalent employee to administer talented and gifted program.
Designates United States Senator, Representative in Congress, Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Attorney General, state Senator, state Representative and any state, county, city or district office as voter choice offices.
Directs State Department of Fish and Wildlife to develop 25-year plan to enhance opportunities for angling in Oregon.
Establishes congenital defect and birth abnormality registry system.
In committee · 14
Expands types of relationships covered by Family Abuse Prevention Act to include dating relationships.
Establishes Reserve Fund.
Allows person to be represented by authorized representative if person is participating in contested case hearing conducted by Department of Human Services.
Directs Department of Transportation to collect fingerprints of applicants for each issuance, renewal or replacement of driver license, driver permit or identification card.
Requires health benefit plan to make check for payment for health care services payable jointly to provider of health care services and enrollee if provider has not contracted with enrollee's health benefit plan to provide health care services.
Authorizes Board of Medical Examiners for State of Oregon to establish professional liability fund for certain medical professionals licensed under ORS chapter 677.
Establishes Medical Malpractice Court.
Requires Legislative Counsel to solicit bids for printing of Oregon Revised Statutes each biennium.
Requires that chief administrative law judge of Office of Administrative Hearings provide statement of administrative law judge's qualifications upon request of party.
Provides for constitutional convention in 2009.
Expands crime of possession of materials depicting sexually explicit conduct of child to include clothed child.
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to forecast statewide allowable growth factor of general operating revenue per community college student.
Funds JOBS Plus Program by diverting portion of unemployment insurance taxes each calendar quarter to Oregon JOBS Plus Unemployment Wage Fund.
Requires that first $7.7 million of amounts collected under public purpose charge in calendar year 2008 be distributed to State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries for purpose of paying costs of Oregon territorial sea mapping project at Oregon State University.