Bills in the 2007 Regular Session, House.
John Lim
Sponsored
Became law3
Declares January 13 of each year to be Korean American Day.
Permits Gladstone, Milwaukie and Oregon City to operate photo radar.
Requires training in mental illness recognition prior to obtaining certification as police officer.
Passed the House2
Requires individual or group climbing above 10,000 feet on Mount Hood during five-month period to carry two-way, electronic communication device and electronic locator device.
Adjusts fines for minors who attempt to purchase, purchase or acquire alcoholic liquor, and for minors who enter or attempt to enter prohibited portion of premises licensed by Oregon Liquor Control Commission.
Out of committee3
Requires sheriff or authorized individual to coordinate multicounty search and rescue activities.
Creates task force to study methods and advantages of attracting Olympic Winter Games to Oregon.
Creates Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
In committee25
Requires Department of Transportation to study speed bumps.
Requires that Oregon Liquor Control Commission prepare and make available small business impact statement before issuing new off-premises sales license for premises that are located within 500 feet of premises already licensed under off-premises sales license and operated by licensee with five or fewer employees.
Creates crime of unlawful possession of salvinorin A or Salvia divinorum.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to Mount Hood Community College for early childhood education program facility.
Requires student who receives diploma from school district to complete three years of science prior to high school graduation.
Expands crime of criminal mischief in second degree to include tampering or interfering with gates or signs that restrict closed roads.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Education for talented and gifted program.
Prohibits members of Legislative Assembly, members-elect, statewide officials and statewide officials-elect from soliciting or receiving political contributions during period beginning on date of general election and ending on first day of next following regular session of Legislative Assembly.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to City of Gresham for capital construction of Gresham Center for the Arts.
Limits television advertising by Oregon State Lottery to promoting introduction of new games.
Establishes lottery reserve fund.
Limits awards of punitive damages to $500,000 in civil actions against certain health care providers.
Allows payment of workers' compensation benefits to injured volunteer search and rescue personnel of county, city or other municipality if coverage has been elected for volunteer even if employer has no full-time employees performing similar duties.
Limits number of establishments person may own or control that offer lottery games.
Allows taxpayer to subtract from federal taxable income percentage of net capital gain for purposes of calculating Oregon taxable income.
Requires merchant to verify identity of card holder in credit card or debit card transaction.
Provides that offenders who have served one-half of mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for specified crimes are eligible for conditional release under certain circumstances.
Directs Oregon Government Standards and Practices Commission to refer complaints and actions commission takes on its own motion to subcommittee of commission for initial determination of whether commission should investigate.
Limits expenditures on advertising annually by Oregon State Lottery to no more than 0.5 percent of total annual revenues from all lottery games.
Extends annual filing requirement for veteran homestead exemption to December 31 of assessment year.
Creates Rainy-Day Fund, directs corporate surplus "kicker" revenues into Rainy-Day Fund, applicable to biennia beginning on or after July 1, 2005.
Directs governing boards of post-secondary institutions to adopt rule on academic freedom and rights of faculty, instructors and students.
Directs State Department of Fish and Wildlife to develop and implement plan to control and reduce pinniped predation of salmonids in Columbia River.
Requires Department of Corrections to take all reasonable steps to have criminal alien transported to birth country to serve remaining sentence.
Prohibits counties from imposing surcharge on Oregon income tax.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 8
Allows escrow agents to disburse deposited earnest money based on agreement of parties that is executed after initial sales agreement.
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.
Permits state employee or state officer to authorize deduction from salary or wages for Oregon Veterans' Home Account.
Specifies minimum standards for food and beverages sold in public schools.
Allows Oregon Student Assistance Commission to establish programs to provide mentoring and resources that help students access education and training beyond high school.
Creates crime of furnishing sexually explicit material to child.
Creates crime of online sexual corruption of child in second degree.
Passed the House · 3
Establishes state policy that state-funded research benefiting private enterprise must encourage economic development and job creation in Oregon.
Directs State Fish and Wildlife Commission to name Fall Creek hatchery research center Lindsay Ball Research Hatchery.
Requires motor vehicle locator service provider to furnish information about location of motor vehicle to law enforcement agency upon request.
Out of committee · 5
Expands prohibition of smoking in public places and places of employment.
Grants income tax credit to firefighters who provide volunteer services to rural fire protection districts or fire departments.
Directs Superintendent of Public Instruction to contract for development of kindergarten through grade 12 Mandarin Chinese language curriculum.
Directs Department of Education to award grants to remote and necessary school districts.
Requires State Forestry Department to establish and maintain fuel breaks between contiguous state and federal forestlands.
In committee · 22
Makes failure of seller to deliver seller's property disclosure statement Class A violation.
Requires that operator of or individual in charge of certain mass transit equipment or facilities owned or operated by Tri-Met contact 9-1-1 emergency reporting system before contacting mass transit system dispatch operator when emergency arises.
Requires mass transit district or transportation district that operates light rail system to install crossing gates at unguarded pedestrian crossings of light rail tracks.
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 state agencies that print public documents in more than two colors to disclose information on documents regarding which agency is responsible for printing documents, total number of copies printed, total cost for printing all copies and cost per copy.
Requires evidence of citizenship for persons registering to vote for first time in this state.
Creates crime of subjecting another to involuntary servitude in first degree.
Conforms Oregon Vehicle Code to provisions of federal Real ID Act of 2005.
Modifies crime of failing to maintain a metal purchase record.
Creates Oregon Workforce Innovation Council.
Permits coastal counties to apply for designation of wave energy enterprise zones for development of wave energy facilities.
Requires Legislative Assembly to fully fund Department of State Police from General Fund revenues.
Expands criminal homicide to include causing death of unborn child.
Includes medical facility operated substantially for purpose of performing abortions in definition of ambulatory surgical center.
Requires information to be given to pregnant female 24 hours prior to abortion.
Establishes Oregon State Police Fund.
Modifies threshold level of value of estate at which inheritance tax return is required to be filed.
Creates Task Force on Civics Education.
Authorizes site for operation of radio-controlled model vehicles on land zoned for exclusive farm use.
Requires Board of Medical Examiners to reveal certain information about complaints against licensees of board when requested to do so by any person.
Establishes Oregon State Police Patrol Division Fund.
Clarifies language authorizing city or district to require consent to eventual annexation in exchange for providing extraterritorial service to landowner.