What they did, didn't do and still want to do.

Byline: David Steves and Greg Bolt The Register-Guard

When surveying the recently completed legislative session, one's opinion of its accomplishments is a matter of perspective.

What one lawmaker may view as a success may be another's failure. The 12 legislators whose districts include part of Lane County offer here their assessments of the 74th legislative session that concluded Thursday.

They were asked:

1. What was your most important accomplishment this session?

2. What was the Legislature's most important accomplishment?

3. What is your biggest disappointment?

4. What should the Legislature do in its February session?

Here's how they responded:

SENATE

Floyd Prozanski, D-Eugene

District 4

Personal accomplishment: Taking on a leadership role and passing House Bill 3540, which will give voters an opportunity to clarify and fix the unintended consequences of Measure 37, and Senate Bill 583 (the Oregon Consumer Theft Act), which will give Oregonians needed protections against identity theft.

Legislative accomplishment: Increased investments in all levels of public education, set up a process to get us closer to universal health care, passed needed consumer protections and made Oregon a national leader in renewable energies.

Disappointment: We still have work to do to make universal health care, including mental health services, a reality. We also did not adequately fund senior services.

February: Adjust the state budgets based on the actual revenue the state receives, and establish a process for the Legislature to adequately fund citizen initiatives when they are passed so that existing services do not suffer as a consequence.

Joanne Verger, D-Coos Bay

District 5

Personal accomplishment: Getting the funding for dredging the Port of Coos Bay channel.

Legislative accomplishment: Creating the rainy day fund.

Disappointment: Failure to accept my Senate Bill 481, to completely overhaul the bottle bill.

February: Continue with emergency preparedness in case of a natural or man-made disaster in Oregon.

Bill Morrisette,

D-Springfield, District 6

Personal accomplishment: Getting the Oregon Prescription Drug Program expanded to include all individuals without insurance to cover drug costs. Small businesses and employee organizations also can join the pool, which is able to use its large economy of scale to bargain with pharmaceutical makers for discounted prices.

Legislative accomplishment: Increased funding for education.

Disappointment: Legislature's failure to pass a beer tax to pay for mental health and drug and alcohol treatment and prevention, and more state police.

February: Improve state oversight to ensure patient safety in hospitals and nursing facilities.

Vicki Walker, D-Eugene

District 7

Personal accomplishment: Helping increase funding to Head Start and K-12, and investing in a higher education and community college system that increases access and affordability.

Legislative accomplishment: Working together on a common agenda for Oregon at a record pace.

Disappointment: Inability to resolve the field-burning issue.

February: Some limited fine-tuning of budgets based on new revenue forecasts, and bringing Oregon closer to the health care reform envisioned in Senate Bill 329, passed into law this session.

HOUSE

Bruce Hanna, R-Roseburg

District 7

Personal accomplishment: Using increased revenue and awareness to invest more in education and boost the numbers of troopers on Oregon's roads.

Legislative accomplishment: Creation of the rainy day fund to even out some of the peaks and valleys of Oregon's revenue stream.

Disappointment: Not achieving adequate funding for state troopers for around-the-clock coverage of Oregon's highways and not achieving common sense immigration reform.

February: Focus on a minimum number of subject areas, such as fiscal reform, health care reform or the like.

Paul Holvey, D-Eugene

District 8

Personal accomplishment: Serving as chairman of the Consumer Protection Committee and curbing predatory lending practices through new regulations and a 36 percent interest rate cap on lending in the payday, car title and consumer finance industries.

Legislative accomplishment: Reversing the disinvestment in Oregon schools by passing a $6.245 billion K-12 budget and Head Start budget, which will be backed up by a rainy day fund that will help provide stability for our state budgets.

Disappointment: Failure to pass a ban on grass seed field burning.

February: Find an equitable distribution formula for community colleges that improves Lane Community College's operating budget, and provide additional revenue for health care and human services.

Arnie Roblan, D-Coos Bay

District 9

Personal accomplishment: Securing an increase in education funding and the funding for the Port of Coos Bay/Gateway Project.

Legislative accomplishment: The equal rights legislation and the increase in education funding.

Disappointment: The failure of the educational excellence collaborative bill (House Bill 2614, to provide professional development for schoolteachers and administrators) to make it out of committee.

February: Focus on budget issues and fix any issues that arise between now and February.

Jean Cowan, D-Newport

District 10

Personal accomplishment: Increased support of education and public safety, our work on renewable energy and wave energy development, and more focus on emergency preparedness and planning.

Legislative accomplishment: Renewed focus on affordable health care and increased state support for local public health programs, as well as significantly strengthening consumer protections against predatory lending practices.

Disappointment: Failure to focus more attention on the need for increased funding in senior services and providing health care for all Oregon children.

February: Issues relating to seniors and people with disabilities.

Phil Barnhart, D-Eugene

District 11

Personal accomplishment: Legislation creating Oregon's first-ever rainy day fund, alternative energy tax credits and tax laws to help the state and counties better fund crucial services.

Legislative accomplishment: Passing the rainy day fund, reinvesting in K-12 public schools and funding 100 new state police troopers.

Disappointment: The failure to gain the Republican votes needed to get to the three-fifths supermajority necessary to increase the corporate minimum tax and to pass the Healthy Kids Initiative.

February: Continue to address the issues of tax fairness and restructuring our tax system to continue to improve funding for community colleges, universities and other key programs.

Terry Beyer, D-Springfield

District 12

Personal accomplishment: The establishment of separate urban growth boundaries for Springfield and Eugene.

Legislative accomplishment: Putting education on sound financial footing, through the appropriations to schools, colleges and universities and the establishment of a rainy day fund.

Disappointment: The lack of transportation funding for highways and funding for senior and disabled people.

February: Increase the state's investment in transportation, both for expanded traffic capacity and improved maintenance.

Nancy Nathanson,

D-Eugene, District 13

Personal accomplishment: Increased funding for drug courts to provide effective treatment and other help to get offenders back on track with their jobs and families, and close the revolving door to the criminal justice system.

Legislative accomplishment: Finishing a great amount of work and making major progress, including the landmark legislation to set up a rainy day reserve fund, in an efficient, six-month session.

Disappointment: Inability to get enough votes for a supermajority to pass the Healthy Kids Initiative and an updated corporate minimum tax to help community colleges, universities and job training.

February: Make additional solid progress in health care reform, address a few issues completed through interim committee work and take care of budget adjustments.

Chris Edwards, D-Eugene

District 14

Personal accomplishment: Legislation that will have a direct effect on my constituents, including protecting the rights of owners of manufactured homes (House Bill 2735) and fighting forced annexation (House Bill 2760).

Legislative accomplishment: Creating a rainy day fund, funding 100 new state troopers and instituting landmark ethics reform legislation.

Disappointment: Not getting more accomplished, particularly additional protections for mobile home owners and addressing groundwater pollution in the Bethel and Trainsong neighborhoods.

February: Be concise and goal-oriented. Go in with a plan and be ready to get to work on important and time-sensitive issues.