Bills in the 2007 Regular Session, Senate.
Vicki Walker
Sponsored
Became law12
Modifies definition of "eligible student" for purposes of Expanded Options Program.
Directs education providers to provide to school employees training on child abuse prevention and identification and to make training available to parents, legal guardians and students.
Directs education provider to disclose to any person upon request disciplinary records of former school employee who is convicted of specified crimes.
Prohibits school district, education service district or public charter school from entering into contract with administrator that obligates district or school to compensate administrator for work not performed.
Allows governing body to exclude certain districts or properties from participation in historic property special assessment program.
Abolishes local government boundary commission having jurisdiction in Lane County and Lane County Local Government Boundary Commission Fund.
Requires State Fish and Wildlife Commission to adopt rules prohibiting use of Internet or closed circuit media to remotely control weapon for purpose of hunting any game bird, wildlife, game mammal or other mammal.
Modifies standards for approval of managed care plans that provide medical and health care services for injured workers.
Permits tax-exempt entities to claim exemption for property held under sublease from taxable owner under certain conditions.
Directs Department of Environmental Quality to conduct study of persistent pollutants discharged in State of Oregon and report results of study to appropriate interim committee of Legislative Assembly by June 1, 2010.
Directs State Board of Education to adopt by rule process that school district must follow to resolve complaints.
Requires Workers' Compensation Management-Labor Advisory Committee to study adequacy of workers' compensation death benefits.
Passed the Senate2
Provides that laws enacted after January 1, 1995, and before January 1, 2008, do not apply to Oregon Health and Science University unless otherwise specified.
Prevents interest from accruing while defendant is incarcerated for crime for which monetary obligation is imposed.
Out of committee5
Requires Governor biennially to prepare economic and community development incentive report.
Prohibits discrimination against individual because of individual's arrest record.
Provides credit against personal income taxes for payment of interest on principal of loans used to attend institution of higher education to obtain bachelor's or higher degree in social work if taxpayer is employed in qualifying employment.
Creates Task Force on Oregon School for the Deaf and Oregon School for the Blind.
Authorizes State Treasurer to issue Article XI-D bonds subject to bond amounts issuance limitation.
In committee37
Requires health benefit plans to provide coverage for hearing aids for children.
Restricts spraying of pesticides near school property and roads servicing school property.
Establishes Oregon Scholars Pilot Program at Klamath Community College.
Directs Oregon Health and Science University to post notice to patients in university facilities about provisions of Oregon Tort Claims Act and to include notice in university advertisements.
Provides that Oregon Health and Science University is not subject to Oregon Tort Claims Act.
Requires person appointed to Oregon Investment Council to be resident of state for six months prior to date of appointment.
Directs Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish interscholastic activity districts and determine placement of schools in those districts.
Requires person that operates service station, business or other place for purpose of retailing and delivering gasoline, diesel or other fuel into tanks of motor vehicles to sell only in whole cents.
Requires motor trucks weighing 26,000 pounds or less and used for commercial delivery of packages and property to be equipped with forward crossview mirrors.
Prohibits purchase, possession, sale, offer to sell and use of device that mixes alcohol with gas to produce alcoholic inhalant.
Eliminates limits on public purpose charge that may be collected from certain aluminum plants and from retail electricity consumers with loads greater than one average megawatt.
Directs county clerk to employ personnel on Saturday and Sunday immediately preceding primary or general election to provide candidates, political committees, political parties or other persons with information listing electors who have cast ballot at primary or general election.
Modifies membership of Workers' Compensation Management-Labor Advisory Committee.
Provides that judge member of Public Employees Retirement System may not be required to remain resident of Oregon as condition of retirement under option requiring 35 days of pro tem service for five years.
Eliminates corporate surplus revenue "kicker." Applies to biennia beginning on or after July 1, 2005.
Sets procedure for statewide special election on Senate Joint Resolution 14 (2007).
Requires annual inspections of subsurface and alternative sewage disposal systems.
Provides consumer in vehicle transaction with right to rescind or cancel transaction within three business days of transaction date.
Provides that Public Utility Commission has primary responsibility for resolving customer complaints relating to services that are functional equivalent of telecommunications services or that may be substituted for telecommunications services.
Provides that Oregon Health and Science University is not subject to Oregon Tort Claims Act.
Requires every applicant for motorcycle endorsement to successfully complete motorcycle rider education course before Department of Transportation may issue endorsement.
Requires chief petitioners of state initiative or referendum petitions to be residents of Oregon.
Allows school districts and education service districts to establish public district-sponsored homeschool resource centers as alternative education programs.
Requires person who provides cellular communication service or other wireless communication services to provide information on location of cellular telephone or other wireless communication device served by person if information is requested by sheriff or deputy sheriff, municipal police officer or Oregon State Police officer and information is needed because of imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury.
Authorizes State Treasurer to issue Article XI-D bonds subject to bond amounts issuance limitation.
Creates rebuttable presumption that, in child custody cases, parents shall have joint legal and physical custody of child.
Directs court to hold parent who willfully prevents other parent's share of time with child in violation of parenting plan in contempt of court.
Directs Department of Education to prepare financial education program.
Requires business firms receiving enterprise zone property tax exemptions, and contractors working for firms that receive enterprise zone property tax exemptions, to meet wage, safety and employment standards.
Requires Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services to adopt by rule standards of conduct for providers of independent medical examinations in workers' compensation claims if appropriate health professional regulatory board does not adopt standards.
Directs Secretary of State by rule to set date for presidential primary election that is one week later than date of New Hampshire presidential primary election.
Adds loss or threat of loss of prospective employment to definition of "undue influence" for purposes of election laws.
Increases penalties for failure to report child abuse and abuse of persons 65 years of age or older to maximum one year's imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both.
Allocates interest earned by Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Fund to fund.
Prohibits sale of water-based motor vehicle engine coolants containing ethylene glycol or polyethylene glycol.
Prohibits State Board of Higher Education from increasing or adopting new programmatic resource fees until board performs prescribed duties.
Allows reduction of child support awards in consideration of Social Security or veterans' benefits for child support judgments and child support judgment modifications entered on or after January 1, 1995.
Carried from the House
Became law2
Increases number of directors appointed to State Board of Higher Education.
Modifies requirements and procedure for city to annex territory surrounded by city.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 23
Creates Oregon Healthy Kids Program, which includes private health option to provide affordable, accessible health care to children.
Declares nursing workforce and nursing faculty shortage.
Requires school districts to consider including safety improvements that create safer routes to schools as part of large construction projects.
Directs Oregon Student Assistance Commission to base method of determining state share of education costs on student share, family share and amount expected from federal government.
Requires tissue banks and eye banks to be registered and regulated by United States Food and Drug Administration.
Requires college textbook publishers to provide prospective adopters of particular textbook or set of textbooks with specified information regarding products.
Establishes Oregon Educators Benefit Board.
Prohibits use of R type metal halide or mercury vapor light bulbs in schools.
Renames Oregon State Boxing and Wrestling Commission as Oregon State Athletic Commission.
Requires Office of Emergency Management to prepare written animal emergency operations plan to provide for animals during major disaster or emergency.
Expands prohibition of smoking in public places and places of employment.
Creates crime of subjecting another to involuntary servitude in first degree.
Allows public university to direct affiliated foundation to administer university venture development fund.
Allows public body to release condensed version of factual information in record in lieu of disclosing record.
Prohibits discrimination against disabled person and discrimination due to race, color, sex, marital status, source of income, familial status, religion or national origin by multiple listing service, real estate brokers' organization or other service, organization or facility relating to business of selling or renting dwellings.
Gives family child care providers right to collectively bargain with State of Oregon.
Establishes renewable portfolio standard for electric utilities and electricity service suppliers.
Adds ocean wave energy to definition of "renewable energy resource" for purposes of tax credit certification provisions.
Requires certain employers to allow eligible employees to take unpaid leave to obtain services or treatment relating to domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking.
Directs community colleges and state institutions of higher education to adopt plans to encourage students to register to vote and to vote in elections.
Requires petitioner in post-conviction relief proceeding to demonstrate good cause prior to issuance of subpoena to victim.
Restricts local government power to impose construction excise taxes.
Prohibits siting of casino in incorporated city without approval of electors of city .
Vetoed · 1
Establishes Committee on Performance Excellence.
Passed the Senate · 4
Prohibits siting of destination resort in Metolius River Basin or in specified areas within three miles of basin .
Lowers minimum age for required school attendance.
Creates crime of sexual solicitation of minor.
Prohibits hunting exotic mammal or game mammal held or obtained by person.
Out of committee · 13
Authorizes State Treasurer, at request of Economic and Community Development Department, to issue lottery bonds for payment of expenses of Coos Bay Channel Project.
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 Human Services to establish traumatic brain injury registry system and to collect data regarding traumatic brain injuries.
Increases percentage of teaching and administrative staff at public charter school that must be licensed by Teacher Standards and Practices Commission.
Requires Department of Education to provide full-time equivalent employee to administer talented and gifted program.
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 Task Force on Mental Health and Addiction Services for Underserved Populations.
Appropriates moneys to Department of Human Services for Retired and Senior Volunteer Program.
Creates Smart on Crime Task Force.
Establishes congenital defect and birth abnormality registry system.
Establishes Oregon Public Interest Professional Loan Repayment Program administered by Oregon Student Assistance Commission.
Creates income tax credit for donations of interests in real property to public or private conservation agencies for specified conservation purposes.
In committee · 16
Creates crime of Internet solicitation of a minor.
Requires election of five members and appointment of two members to board of directors of mass transit district situated in standard metropolitan statistical area with population of 400,000 or fewer individuals.
Expands types of relationships covered by Family Abuse Prevention Act to include dating relationships.
Makes otherwise valid noncompetition agreement between employer and employee void and unenforceable if employee is laid off by employer.
Requires Department of Education to provide full-time equivalent employee to administer talented and gifted program.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Human Services to supplement moneys otherwise available for area agencies on aging.
Requires Department of Human Services to collect data and study "alternative-to-abortion organizations" in Oregon and report findings to Legislative Assembly by December 31, 2008.
Establishes State Police Patrol Division Fund.
Requires health benefit plan to provide coverage for dental topical fluoride treatment for children under 18 years of age who are covered by plan.
Requires financial institution and employee or agent of financial institution to report suspected abuse of elderly person.
Authorizes court to terminate parental rights of parent with respect to child conceived through first- or second-degree rape for which parent is convicted.
Requires State Department of Fish and Wildlife to track harvest level of fish species managed pursuant to fishery management plan prepared by regional fishery management council and to notify public of progress toward maximum harvest level.
Requires insurers, self-insured employers, claims administrators and third party administrators to provide certain injured workers inventory of workers' compensation claims records in their possession.
Requires health care facilities to collect data on health care facility acquired infection rates.
Prohibits open field burning, stack burning, pile burning and propane flaming.
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to forecast statewide allowable growth factor of general operating revenue per community college student.