Bills in the 2007 Regular Session, House.
John Dallum
Sponsored
Became law1
Directs public bodies to make available to public lists of vacant and unused buildings and portions of buildings that may be suitable for operation of public charter school.
Passed the House2
Designates Columbia Gorge Discovery Center as Oregon Ice Age Museum.
Changes information that school district board may require from public charter school applicant.
Out of committee3
Creates personal income tax credit for physicians who provide medical care to residents of Oregon Veterans' Home.
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 committee7
Requires motor vehicle body and frame repair shop to display sign disclosing preferred provider agreement with motor vehicle insurer.
Creates income and corporate excise tax credit for employers that establish recycling programs for use by employees.
Increases penalty for invasion of personal privacy if victim is minor to maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both.
Prohibits city, county or local service district from transferring ownership of real property owned outside corporate boundaries of city, county or district to United States or federally recognized Indian tribe.
Requires that city with population greater than 100,000 include within its urban growth boundary certain tracts of land that are within corporate limits of city.
Creates Oregon Workforce Innovation Council.
Directs Oregon Transportation Commission to prioritize construction of bridge across Crooked River.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 16
Directs Department of Transportation to provide for issuance of customized registration plates to recipients of Congressional Medal of Honor.
Modifies definition of Class II all-terrain vehicle.
Increases number of directors appointed to State Board of Higher Education.
Directs school districts, at request of student and with consent of student's parent or guardian, to award high school diploma to students who have satisfied graduation requirements in less than four years.
Requires employer to pay over, in accordance with law or agreement requiring or authorizing deductions from wages, amounts deducted from employee's wages.
Directs Governor to assign state agency responsibility for developing plan to ensure that written documents produced by executive department agencies conform to plain language standards.
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 aggravated vehicular homicide.
Creates crime of furnishing sexually explicit material to child.
Modifies requirement that health care provider notify law enforcement officer or agency, or Oregon State Police dispatch center, if person believed to be driver in motor vehicle accident has blood alcohol level exceeding legal limit for operating motor vehicle.
Directs Department of Veterans' Affairs to provide veterans and health care providers with educational materials on diagnosis, treatment and prevention of hepatitis C. .
Directs Department of Education to collect data from school districts on physical education.
Creates Sustainability Board.
Adds fees for requests for preliminary certification of reforestation projects by State Forester to costs included in project costs for purposes of income tax credit for reforestation projects.
Adds premises open to public in service district to definition of "highway" for purpose of enforcing traffic offenses, except unlawful sign display.
Creates crime of online sexual corruption of child in second degree.
Passed the House · 5
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.
Establishes state policy that state-funded research benefiting private enterprise must encourage economic development and job creation in Oregon.
Requires state agency authorized to finance construction, purchase or renovation of structures used by state to reduce by June 30, 2015, amount of energy agency uses in facility by 20 percent from amount agency used in 2000.
Creates Task Force on Establishing Mental Health Database to identify issues, explore solutions and make recommendations to Seventy-fifth Legislative Assembly regarding establishment and implementation of database to aid law enforcement officers in assisting mentally ill individuals to obtain medical, mental health and social services.
Directs State Fish and Wildlife Commission to name Fall Creek hatchery research center Lindsay Ball Research Hatchery.
Out of committee · 15
Modifies qualification for tax credit for volunteer emergency medical technicians.
Allows student who participates in Oregon Troops to Teachers program to receive funds for cost of tuition at qualified independent institutions.
Establishes Education Enterprise Coordinating Commission within Department of Education.
Grants income tax credit to firefighters who provide volunteer services to rural fire protection districts or fire departments.
Increases penalty for assault in third degree if defendant commits assault by means of motor vehicle and was driving while under influence of intoxicants.
Directs Superintendent of Public Instruction to contract for development of kindergarten through grade 12 Mandarin Chinese language curriculum.
Requires person to sign acknowledgement and agreement regarding driving while under influence of intoxicants as part of application for driver license .
Establishes Portland State University as public corporation under control of Portland Metropolitan Universities Board of Directors.
Appropriates moneys from ___ to Economic and Community Development Department for purpose of assisting development of targeted small businesses and microenterprises.
Directs State Department of Agriculture to consult with Department of Education for purpose of helping Department of Education develop Farm-to-School program.
Creates SWAT (Schools Will Attract Talent) Team for Oregon's Future Task Force.
Allows Department of Education to establish program to provide mentoring and resources that help students access education and training beyond high school.
Creates Education System Design Team.
Allows retired member who is employed by Legislative Assembly or Oregon State Police for purpose of service during regular or special session of Legislative Assembly to be employed for all or any part of session without affecting status of person as retired member.
Directs Department of Education to establish farm-to-school program.
In committee · 78
Abolishes Quality Education Commission.
Directs Legislative Assembly and Governor to use quality goals reflected in benchmarks adopted by Oregon Progress Board to determine if amount appropriated for public kindergarten through grade 12 education is sufficient.
Directs Legislative Assembly and Governor to use quality goals identified by Superintendent of Public Instruction in Oregon Report Card to determine if amount appropriated for public kindergarten through grade 12 education is sufficient.
Describes when person has suffered economic damages as result of offense or defendant's criminal activities for purposes of restitution.
Expands crime of criminal mischief in second degree to include tampering or interfering with gates or signs that restrict closed roads.
Limits television advertising by Oregon State Lottery to promoting introduction of new games.
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.
Directs Department of Education to distribute student achievement grants to school districts for educational programs and activities that attain or maintain academic performance targets.
Directs State Board of Education to establish system to assess financial management practices of school districts and education service districts.
Creates School Revenue Forecast Committee.
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.
Creates offense of distracted driving.
Prohibits telecommunications utility from charging customer for telecommunications service after service is canceled.
Requires evidence of citizenship for persons registering to vote for first time in this state.
Prohibits state government from employing individual who is not legally present or legally employable.
Permits law enforcement agencies to apprehend person based upon probable cause that person is in violation of immigration law.
Creates crime of subjecting another to involuntary servitude in first degree.
Makes English official language of state.
Requires Department of Human Services to verify lawful presence in United States of applicants for public assistance.
Conforms Oregon Vehicle Code to provisions of federal Real ID Act of 2005.
Expands tax credit to include credit for costs incurred in purchase of manufactured dwelling facility by tenants.
Modifies crime of failing to maintain a metal purchase record.
Increases maximum standard penalty for first degree animal abuse to five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both.
Expands crime of aggravated murder to include murder of witness in juvenile proceeding if murder was related to performance of victim's official duties as witness.
Adds sheriff services to types of services that can be provided by county service districts.
Directs school districts to submit plan of instruction to Superintendent of Public Instruction for talented and gifted children.
Provides that use of state provided Internet access by members and staff of Legislative Assembly is considered to be use on state business for purposes of Legislative Assembly.
Prohibits commencement of civil action against school district until after claim has been submitted to legal review panel.
Prohibits sex offender released on probation from residing in community unless community has police officer on duty at all times.
Creates crime of sexual solicitation of minor.
Amends definition of "renewable energy resource" to include any hydroelectric generating facility, regardless of installed capacity.
Permits corporations operating emerging businesses to defer corporate excise and income taxes.
Reduces fee charged by Water Resources Department for examining certain new applications for in-stream water right lease.
Creates Freedom to Choose My School Grant program.
Requires Department of Human Services to furnish certified copy of birth certificate without charge to applicant for state medical assistance.
Requires witness before statutory, standing, special or interim legislative committee to sign declaration that witness's testimony is true to best of witness's knowledge and belief, and that witness understands testimony is subject to penalty for perjury.
Directs Superintendent of Public Instruction to include in Oregon Report Card data required by federal law.
Provides that person who is legally present in any place is not liable for failing to retreat from attacker.
Prohibits person acting in official capacity during state of emergency from seizing firearm with intent to interfere with lawful possession of firearm.
Creates Commission on Civics Education.
Directs school districts to conduct exit interview with any high school student who is contemplating dropping out of school.
Directs Department of Education to award grants to school districts, community colleges and state institutions of higher education for programs that assist students in preparing for college.
Abolishes Certificate of Initial Mastery and Certificate of Advanced Mastery.
Prohibits school district from considering seniority of teacher when determining assignment of teacher or transfer of teacher.
Directs school district boards to adopt salary schedule for teachers that is based on teacher performance.
Prohibits public school teachers from striking.
Allows public charter school or alternative education program to require parent or guardian to participate in education of student as condition of admission to school or program.
Prohibits State Board of Education from adopting rules that apply to public charter schools.
Requires Public Employees' Benefit Board to ensure, when developing health benefit plan, that eligible employees and their family members have option of using health savings accounts authorized under Internal Revenue Code.
Requires Legislative Assembly to fully fund Department of State Police from General Fund revenues.
Expands criminal homicide to include causing death of unborn child.
Requires physicians to inform pregnant females considering abortion about fetal pain and to report on abortions performed.
Includes medical facility operated substantially for purpose of performing abortions in definition of ambulatory surgical center.
Includes irrigation districts and water control districts as municipalities for purposes of partially perfecting water rights.
Requires city to allow electors in surrounded territory proposed to be annexed to vote if city charter, ordinance or resolution requires city to hold election in city.
Directs that State Fish and Wildlife Commission may not adopt rule prohibiting persons hunting game mammals with muzzleloading firearm from using telescopic sights.
Requires information to be given to pregnant female 24 hours prior to abortion.
Eliminates civil liability of seller or manufacturer of firearm or ammunition for damages resulting from unlawful use of firearm.
Reduces rate of tax on capital gains of personal income and corporate income and excise taxpayers.
Reduces rate of tax on capital gains of personal income taxpayers and corporate income and excise taxpayers.
Allows state employee to report to federal immigration enforcement authorities information about individual who cannot produce valid, independently verifiable documents to prove that individual is legally present in United States.
Requires district attorney to investigate residency status of convicted persons.
Requires mandatory minimum sentences of up to 48 months for subsequent repeat property crime convictions.
Modifies threshold level of value of estate at which inheritance tax return is required to be filed.
Directs State Land Board to adopt management plan for Elliott State Forest that ensures rate of return at or above rate of return received by Oregon Investment Council for Common School Fund.
Repeals examination requirements that apply to children who are taught by private teacher, parent or legal guardian.
Makes planning for 20-year buildable lands supply permissive way to demonstrate compliance with statewide land use planning goal relating to buildable lands for residential use.
Provides that per diem payments to member of Legislative Assembly be based on distance between member's district residence and State Capitol.
Adds dairy processors to food processors eligible for property tax exemption.
Creates Task Force on Civics Education.
Requires Board of Medical Examiners to reveal certain information about complaints against licensees of board when requested to do so by any person.
Allows dogs accompanied by their owners into restaurants and bars.
Excludes farm use real property and equipment from gross estate of decedent subject to inheritance tax.
Establishes Oregon State Police Patrol Division Fund.
Makes legislative findings that many individuals have significant personal, emotional and economic relationships with other individuals, but are prohibited from marrying.
Creates crime of subjecting another to involuntary servitude in first degree.
Requires evidence of citizenship for persons registering to vote for first time in this state.
Requires that city with population greater than 140,000 include within its urban growth boundary certain tracts of land that are within corporate limits of city.