Oregon AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education
2001 Legislative Voting Record
For the Seventy-First Legislative Assembly
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Representative
Bill Morrisette D-42 |
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Right Votes—100%
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R—17
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W—0
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A—1
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E—0
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L—1
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| R—Right Vote | W—Wrong Vote | A—Absent | E—Excused | L—Attending Legislative Business |
| The following bills were used to rate legislators during the 2001 legislative session. They were chosen to represent a wide range of the issues most important to working people and their families. Our analysis is confined to action taken on the floor of one or both chambers. |
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Worker-Friendly Benefits
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SB 485
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Better Benefits for Injured Workers. Implements a package of Workers' Compensation reforms fashioned by the Governor's labor-management group, which offers long-overdue improvements for injured workers. With this bill, more injured workers will qualify for benefits, benefit amounts will be increased, and claimants will be treated more fairly. Passed the Senate 23-3. Passed the House 51-2. Right vote: Yes. Morrisette's vote: Yes. |
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HB 3759
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Extended UI Benefits for Dislocated Workers. Extends maximum unemployment insurance (UI) benefits from 26 to 52 weeks for dislocated workers who enroll in retraining programs. Designed to benefit dislocated workers who don't qualify for federal benefits under NAFTA and Trade Act programs. Passed the House 52-0. (Rep. Rob Patridge, Medford, voted "No" in committee and spoke against this bill on the floor, but left the floor and did not vote.) Passed the Senate 28-0. Right vote: Yes. Morrisette's vote: Yes. |
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HB 2993
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No UI Penalty for Use of Retirement Funds. This bill removes the UI benefits penalty for dislocated workers who cash out accumulated retirement funds to get them through their period of unemployment. Passed the House 46-0. Passed the Senate 23-0. Right vote: Yes. |
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HB 2891
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Task Force on UI Benefits for birth or Adoption. This bill creates a task force to study the use of unemployment insurance or other funds for up to 12 weeks of leave from work for birth or adoption of a child. Passed the House 40-5. Passed the Senate 24-0. Right vote: Yes. Morrisette's vote: Yes. |
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HB 3441
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Funding of JOBS Plus. This bill diverted funds from the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund to the JOBS Plus program s to subsidize primarily low-wage employers who participate in a "workfare" program. Passed the House 38-22. Passed the Senate 18-12. Right vote: No. Morrisette's vote: No. |
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Adequate and Affordable Health Care
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HB 3040
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HB 3040-Patients' Bill of Rights. With this bill, Oregonians in managed care plans regulated by the state will be able to count on continuing care when their treating physicians leave a plan, better access to specialists and the right to independent, third-party review when care is denied. Passed the House 57-0. Passed the Senate 27-0. Right vote: Yes. Morrisette's vote: Yes. |
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SB 819
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Prescription Drug Formulary. This bill implements Governor Kitzhaber's plan to control expenditures for prescription drugs in the Oregon Health Plan by creating a list of the most cost-effective drugs to be used to treat certain common conditions -- unless a physician determines another drug is medically necessary for a particular individual. Passed the Senate 21-7. Passed the House 42-16. Right vote: Yes. Morrisette's vote: Yes. |
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Fair Pay/Labor Standards
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HB 2744
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Local Minimum Wage Laws. This bill limits the authority of local governments to enact minimum wage laws for private employers. Passed the House 36-24. Passed the Senate 17-13. Right vote: No. Morrisette's vote: No. |
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HB 2867
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Penalty for Failure to Pay Wages. This bill reduces employer penalties for failure to pay wages when employment ends if the employer hasn't repeated the offense in one year. Passed the House 35-25. Passed the Senate 16-10. Right vote: No. Morrisette's vote: No. |
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HB 3740
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Training and Standards for Alcohol Sales. This bill would have provided a more effective mechanism for preventing alcohol sales to minors by establishing uniform training standards and disciplinary procedures to be followed by retail establishments that sell alcoholic beverages. It would have protected retail clerks from discharge or demotion for unknowingly selling to a minor if no training had been provided by the employer. Passed the House 45-0. Failed to get a hearing in the Senate Rules and Redistricting Committee. Right vote: Yes. |
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HB 2624
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Accurate Wage Surveys for Prevailing Wage. This bill promotes accurate prevailing wage determinations by requiring contractors and subcontractors on public works projects to prepare weekly certified payroll statements and submit them monthly. Passed the House 55-1. Passed the Senate 26-0. Right vote: Yes. Morrisette's vote: Yes. |
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Workers' Voice at Work
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HB 3816
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Voice at Work for Home Care Workers. This bill establishes the Home Care Commission mandated by Measure 99 and provides an employer of record for the state's 14,000 home care workers. This will enable these workers to gain a voice at work and fair pay and benefits for the services they provide to the elderly and disabled. Passed the House 59-0. Passed the Senate 26-4. Right vote: Yes. Morrisette's vote: Yes. |
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Open and Informed Participation in Our Elections
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HB 3323
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Identification of Constitutional Amendments. This bill would have required that constitutional amendments be identified and listed separately on the ballot. Passed the House 57-0. Failed to get out of the Senate Rules and Redistricting Committee. Right vote: Yes. Morrisette's vote: Yes. |
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HB 3595a
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Minority Report: Punch Card Ballots. The only vote that legislators cast to eliminate punch card ballots, still used in seven Oregon counties, came on a Minority Report to HB 3595 on the floor of the House. Failed in the House 27-33. Right vote: Yes. Morrisette's vote: Yes. |
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HB 3595b
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Committee Report: Evening Voting on Election Day. After rejecting the Minority Report to HB 3595, the House voted for the main bill as a committee report. This bill would have cut off voting two hours early (at 6:00 PM) on Election Day and would have effectively disenfranchised tens of thousands of working family voters. Right vote: No. Morrisette's vote: No. |
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HB 2575
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Initiative Campaign Funding Disclosure. This bill now requires that campaigns submit contribution and expenditure reports during the signature gathering phase of initiative campaigns. Passed the House 57-1. Passed the Senate 25-1. Right vote: Yes. Morrisette's vote: Yes. |
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Fair and Adequate Funding for Public Services
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SB 67
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Capital Gains Taxes. This bill cuts capital gains taxes and shifts more of the tax burden to working families. But the cut - totaling $588 million per biennium -- was postponed to future years, setting the stage for massive reductions in public services for future legislatures to deal with. Passed the Senate 17-12. Passed the House 40-20. Right vote: No. Morrisette's vote: No. |
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HB 2281
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Corporate Income Taxes. This bill changes the formula for business taxation to benefit corporations with high proportions of out-of-state sales and penalize those with predominately in-state sales. It will reduce corporate income taxes - and funding for public services -- by $65 million in 2003-2005. Passed the House 49-11. Passed the Senate 16-13. Right vote: No. Morrisette's vote: No. |
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HJM 28
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Bush Tax Cut. This joint memorial urged Congress to support President Bush's tax cut, which provided a windfall for the wealthy and undermined funding for Medicare and other federal programs. Passed the House 43-14. Passed the Senate 16-13. Right vote: No. Morrisette's vote: No. |
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