Bills in the 2007 Regular Session, Senate.
Ben Westlund
Sponsored
Became law1
Allows distillery licensee to hold full on-premises sales licenses.
Passed the Senate2
Prohibits siting of destination resort in Metolius River Basin or in specified areas within three miles of basin .
Provides that unused gift cards become abandoned property.
Out of committee4
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.
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.
Requires local detention facilities to comply with accreditation standards involving health care.
In committee17
Requires public utilities to procure specified minimum percentage of electricity from eligible renewable energy resources.
Modifies tax credit amount for donations to fiduciary organization for distributions to individual development accounts.
Repeals statute prohibiting elector from participating in more than one nominating process for each partisan public office to be filled at general election.
Requires Board of Medical Examiners to establish procedure for issuing limited volunteer physician licenses to retired and out-of-state physicians to practice at certain clinics.
Requires Board of Medical Examiners to establish procedure for issuing limited volunteer physician licenses to retired and out-of-state physicians to practice at child abuse assessment centers.
Increases maximum personal income tax credit available for cost of construction or installation of solar electric system.
Requires persons being paid to obtain signatures on state initiative, referendum or recall petition to register with Secretary of State, complete training program, receive authorization from chief petitioner and display registration information.
Requires persons being paid to obtain signatures on state initiative, referendum or recall petition to register with Secretary of State, receive authorization from chief petitioner and display registration information.
Allows individual or political committee to provide items of de minimis value that display candidate's name or statement related to measure.
Lowers age for homeless or at-risk persons to be eligible for housing assistance.
Requires Department of Human Services to award electronic medical records technology grants to entities in at least five communities.
Increases maximum cost of facility eligible for renewable energy resource facility tax credit certification.
Increases maximum cost of facility eligible for renewable energy resource facility tax credit certification.
Requires Oregon Department of Administrative Services to maintain records about state contracts for consulting services and report information about those contracts to Governor, President of Senate and Speaker of House of Representatives.
Establishes General Assistance Program Fund.
Creates income tax credit for production or collection of biomass used to produce biofuel.
Directs Oregon Tourism Commission to develop environmental standards for certification that may be voluntarily met by tourism facilities.
Carried from the House
Became law1
Allows city incorporated after certain date and not within urban growth boundary to issue short-term obligations before fiscal period in which tax revenues or other moneys are anticipated.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 10
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.
Expands list of individuals and entities that may participate in Oregon Prescription Drug Program.
Creates crime of subjecting another to involuntary servitude in first degree.
Changes requirement that one-third of directors of domestic insurer be residents of this state to requirement that one-quarter of directors be residents of this state.
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.
Directs State Fish and Wildlife Commission to establish by rule youth hunter mentoring program.
Restricts local government power to impose construction excise taxes.
Vetoed · 1
Establishes Committee on Performance Excellence.
Passed the Senate · 1
Requires Governor's budget to include proposed spending target for General Fund and lottery moneys.
Out of committee · 7
Requires Department of Human Services to award grants for primary care home pilot projects.
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.
Revises certificate of need process.
Authorizes issuance of lottery bonds for grants to fund feasibility studies regarding development necessary to construct cellulosic ethanol demonstration plants.
In committee · 13
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.
Allows manufacturer or wholesaler of alcoholic beverages to enter into agreement with retail licensee that provides for delayed payment for alcoholic beverages, after delivery, by check or electronic fund transfer.
Increases dialysis facility fees.
Increases dialysis facility fees.
Increases dialysis facility fees.
Increases dialysis facility fees.
Increases dialysis facility fees.
Requires health insurer to pay for specified health care services rendered by nonpreferred provider if covered for preferred provider.
Requires medical staff bylaws at health care facility to provide for fair hearing process to challenge denial, revocation, suspension or restriction of physician privileges.
Requires health care facilities to collect data on health care facility acquired infection rates.
Prohibits hospitals from charging uninsured or underinsured patients for hospital services at rates exceeding Medicare payment rates.
Prohibits State Board of Higher Education from increasing or adopting new programmatic resource fees until board performs prescribed duties.
Requires assured water supply permit in certain cases.