Bills in the 2011 Regular Session, Senate.
Suzanne Bonamici
Sponsored
Became law11
Requires application for driver license to contain information about whether or not applicant wants to make anatomical gift.
Requires Department of Education to provide assistance to school districts, government agencies and community groups related to United States Department of Agriculture's Afterschool Meal and Snack Program.
Allows Real Estate Agency to issue cease and desist order and maintain action for injunction against person who engages or is about to engage in professional real estate activity without license.
Prohibits automatic renewal or continuous service offers to consumers unless offer complies with disclosure requirements.
Modifies requirements for notice of foreclosure and termination of tenancy for residential dwellings in foreclosure.
Establishes Task Force on Oregon Curriculum and Training Standards for Performing Clinical Breast Examinations.
Eliminates sunset on provisions related to business development loans and entrepreneurial development loans.
Provides method of determining type of school where teacher teaches for purpose of federal loan forgiveness programs offered to teachers.
Removes outdated or redundant provisions related to preparation and distribution of education laws, School Improvement Fund grant evaluation and reporting requirements, school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...
Directs State Board of Education to adopt guidelines for best practices of administering statewide assessments of students.
Requires financial institution to perform garnishment account review of accounts of debtor when financial institution receives writ of garnishment for purpose of determining whether certain protected payments have been deposited in debtor's account during specified lookback period.
Passed the Senate3
Requires court to postpone and continue hearing or trial upon request of all parties to certain domestic relations proceedings.
Authorizes sentencing court to enter order staying sentence or portion of sentence pending resolution of appeal.
Provides that failure to include required modification form with notice of sale, failure to comply with provisions governing loan modifications and failure to record required affidavit of compliance with loan modification requirements are unlawful practices subject to enforcement under unlawful trade practices law.
Out of committee4
Increases amount of personal payment judicial officer or county clerk may charge to solemnize marriage.
Establishes requirements for legal action brought by debt buyer to collect debt.
Charges mortgage loan servicer with duty of good faith and fair dealing toward borrower.
Establishes Oregon Option Consortium for purpose of providing online courses to students in kindergarten through grade 12.
In committee11
Requires notice of trustee's sale to be sent to tenant of grantor in trust deed under certain circumstances.
Requires insurers authorized to transact title insurance to make or accept, keep, maintain and produce upon request copies of documents that parties to residential mortgage transaction executed or were required to produce or disclose while closing mortgage loan or mortgage banking loan.
Directs State Board of Tax Practitioners to establish education and outreach program.
Requires notice of sale in trust deed foreclosure to include documentation that establishes beneficiary or beneficiary's agent as real party in interest with respect to loan to be foreclosed.
Requires insurer using credit information in issuance of personal insurance policies to rerate any personal insurance policy held by consumer with insurer if requested by consumer even if credit information was not used by insurer in initial rating of policy.
Requires utility providing natural or liquid propane gas, electricity or water to notify residential tenant of possible termination of utility or service paid for by landlord.
Removes certain exemptions from requirement to comply with law governing mortgage loan modifications.
Requires court or arbitrator to award reasonable attorney fees to prevailing plaintiff in action for fraud or based on untrue statement or omission of material fact in connection with sale or purchase of security.
Modifies law regarding recoverable attorney fees and costs in certain antitrust and wage claim proceedings.
Allows civil action by private party under Unlawful Trade Practices Act for unlawful collection practice.
Expands types of relationships covered by Family Abuse Prevention Act to include dating relationships.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 8
Establishes Task Force on Instruction of Talented and Gifted Children for purpose of making determinations related to instruction of talented and gifted children.
Requires Department of Education to grant waiver to allow school districts to contract with entity that meets specified criteria for purpose of administering nationally normed assessments.
Expands eligibility for medical assistance for low-income and uninsured women diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer.
Expands exemption of homemade beer, wine and fermented fruit juice from Liquor Control Act.
Provides, in sale or judgment of foreclosure proceeding, that if trustee sells property upon which single residential unit that is subject to affordable housing covenant is situated, eligible covenant holder may purchase property from trustee for lesser of total sum of obligations secured by trust deed or mortgage on property or highest bid received for property other than bid from eligible covenant holder.
Requires district attorney of each county to organize sexual assault response team.
Modifies crimes relating to child pornography.
Establishes Law Enforcement Medal of Ultimate Sacrifice and creates procedure for awarding medal to family of law enforcement officer who died while performing duties or was killed because of employment as law enforcement officer.
Passed the Senate · 1
Provides that certain students are entitled to exemption from nonresident tuition and fees at state institutions of higher education.
Out of committee · 2
Adds new definitions and requirements for health insurance coverage of autism spectrum disorders.
Prohibits gillnet fishing in lower Columbia River from March 1 through May 31 except in off-channel fishery enhancement areas specified by rule of State Fish and Wildlife Commission.
In committee · 3
Establishes Durable Medical Equipment Supplier Licensing Board in Oregon Health Licensing Agency.
Defines "casual employee" and "temporary employee," and includes temporary employees in definition of "appropriate bargaining unit," for purposes of collective bargaining between public employers and public employees.
Authorizes imposition of affordable housing covenants contained in recorded master form instrument to be incorporated by reference in short form instrument imposing affordable housing covenants.