During the 2009 Session, Sal
Esquivel:
• Co-sponsored House Bill 2377, which prohibits driving
while talking or texting on a hand-held cell phone.
2009 Regular Session
Business and Labor
Business and Labor Subcommittee On Work Force Development
Conference Committee On HB 2227
Land Use, Vice-Chair
Veterans and Emergency Services
2009 Interim
Business and Labor
Business and Labor Subcommittee On Workforce Development
Veterans and Emergency Services
2010 Special Session
Business and Labor
Business and Labor Subcommittee On Work Force Development
Veterans and Emergency Services
Sal’s 2007 Legislative Session
COMMITTEES
• Vice-Chair of the Business and Labor Committee
• Elections, Ethics and Rules Committee
INTERIM SESSION
• Vice-Chair of the Business and Labor Committee
• Comprehensive Revenue Restructuring Committee
• Elections Ethics and Rules Committee
During the 2007 Session, Sal Esquivel and the Southern
Oregon delegation accomplished the following:
• Created a rainy day fund so that vital services are not
lost
in economic downturns.
• Co-wrote the House rules that allow all representatives
to introduce legislation in the House, taking politics out
of the process.
• Created a medically involved home-care program for
seniors.
• Set health standards for food and beverages sold in
schools.
• Made it a crime to furnish sexually explicit material to
children.
In 2005, Sal Esquivel and our entire Southern Oregon
delegation accomplished the following:
• Paved the way for Chambers of Commerce to provide group
health insurance for themselves, their members, and members’
employees.
• Funding for Southern Oregon University/Rogue Community
College
education center in downtown Medford ($5.9 million in
bonding authority
and $3.1 million in general fund appropriation).
- Provides seamless transition between community colleges
and higher education.
- Provides economic enhancement in downtown Medford.
• Helped secure $358,000 federal grant to purchase protected
woodlands
in Jacksonville – Jacksonville Woodlands Project.
• Approval of a new judge position for Jackson County
(Circuit Court Judge, position 9), to help handle the
growing crime rate.
• Funding for the Family Nurturing Center – Jackson County
Children’s
Crisis Relief Nursery, which provides services to families
with young
children at risk of abuse or neglect.
• Funding to save Project Independence, a seniors program
that
allows aging seniors to remain in their homes, preserving
their dignity
and independence.
• Funding to save Head Start, the child development program
serving low-income children and families.
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Sal
with Congressman
Gregg Walden |
