Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Workforce Committee on July 6, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.
2015 Regular Session
Senate Bill 290
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to establish program that certifies that prospective bidder or proposer understands pay equity provisions in laws of this state.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to establish program that certifies that prospective bidder or proposer understands pay equity provisions in laws of this state. Specifies elements that program must include. Permits department to conduct training or to enter into interagency agreement or contract to provide training. Provides that state contracting agency may not prequalify prospective bidder or proposer for public contract for goods or services, or for public improvement contract, if prospective bidder or proposer employs 50 or more workers and if public contract has estimated contract price that exceeds $500,000, unless prospective bidder or proposer submits certificate that shows completion of training program for compliance with pay equity provisions of state law. Requires bidder or proposer to demonstrate to state contracting agency that bidder or proposer has certificate from program as part of bidder's or proposer's demonstration of responsibility. Requires all public contracts to provide that contractors must comply with prohibitions against discrimination in wage payments and compensation and that contractors may not prohibit employees from discussing with others employees' rate of wage, salary or other compensation or retaliate against employees who discuss employees' rate of wage, salary or other compensation. Becomes operative January 1, 2016. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Its course
January 12 to July 6, 2015, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action3 actions on 3 days
In the SenateJan 12 to Jul 6 · stopped175 days
Waiting for a committeeJan 12 to Jan 208 days
WorkforceJan 20 to Jul 6 · stopped167 days
Text
Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.