Bills in the 2007 Regular Session, Senate.
Ryan Deckert
Sponsored
Became law12
Establishes Oregon Educators Benefit Board.
Sets conditions and process for establishing public corporation to negotiate for purchase of investor-owned utility if purchase of controlling interest in utility is proposed.
Increases amount to be collected from retail electricity consumers for low-income electric bill payment assistance.
Requires health insurers that provide coverage for cochlear implant to provide coverage of bilateral cochlear implants.
Requires Office of Emergency Management to prepare written animal emergency operations plan to provide for animals during major disaster or emergency.
Allows Oregon Growth Account to be invested in emerging growth businesses that are not in traded sector industries.
Allows public university to direct affiliated foundation to administer university venture development fund.
Places moratorium on leasing for purposes of exploration, development or production of oil, gas or sulfur in territorial sea.
Requires public employer to provide preference to veteran or disabled veteran who completes initial application screening, application examination or civil service test to establish eligibility for civil service position and to appoint veteran or disabled veteran to civil service position if results of veteran's or disabled veteran's application examination is equal to or higher than application examination results of person who is not veteran or disabled veteran.
Expands number of entities that must be listed on Oregon income tax return forms for charitable donations by refund checkoff.
Requires business firms receiving property tax relief under strategic investment program to report average employment and wages to Economic and Community Development Department on annual basis.
Restricts local government power to impose construction excise taxes.
Passed the Senate1
Prohibits hunting exotic mammal or game mammal held or obtained by person.
Out of committee3
Directs Oregon Student Assistance Commission to establish service award voucher program for students studying to become licensed educators.
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.
In committee8
Prohibits employer from discriminating against individual with respect to hire or tenure or any term or condition of employment because individual engages in medical use of marijuana outside of workplace.
Establishes Multicultural Student to Teacher Loan Program to provide education loans to students who agree to teach in Oregon school districts.
Includes income of spouse or person with whom parent lives in relationship similar to husband and wife in formula to determine child support award in certain instances.
Directs Economic and Community Development Department to work with local governments and affected agencies to identify and prioritize up to 25 sites for industrial or traded sector uses.
Establishes Reserve Fund.
Removes cap on damages where parent is liable for conduct of child.
Increases time that person claiming lien for costs of removing, towing or storage of motor vehicle appraised at value of $1,000 or less must retain motor vehicle after lien attaches.
Requires tower of motor vehicle to provide certain information to owner of motor vehicle.
Carried from the House
Became law1
Provides that manufacturer of roll-your-own tobacco must make escrow payments in same manner as manufacturers of cigarettes for purpose of providing source for payment of certain judgments and settlements on claims against manufacturer.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 4
Creates Oregon Healthy Kids Program, which includes private health option to provide affordable, accessible health care to children.
Creates crime of subjecting another to involuntary servitude in first degree.
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.
Authorizes podiatric physician and surgeon member of Board of Medical Examiners to vote on all matters before board.
Vetoed · 1
Establishes Committee on Performance Excellence.
Passed the Senate · 2
Prohibits siting of destination resort in Metolius River Basin or in specified areas within three miles of basin .
Requires Governor's budget to include proposed spending target for General Fund and lottery moneys.
Out of committee · 4
Creates Oregon Better Health Trust Fund to pool state and federal expenditures for health care in Oregon and to finance treatment of defined set of essential health conditions for all Oregonians.
Requires Department of Human Services to establish traumatic brain injury registry system and to collect data regarding traumatic brain injuries.
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.
Establishes congenital defect and birth abnormality registry system.
In committee · 3
Repeals examination requirements that apply to children who are taught by private teacher, parent or legal guardian.
Prohibits State Board of Higher Education from increasing or adopting new programmatic resource fees until board performs prescribed duties.
Creates crime of vehicular homicide.