House Bill 2016

Requires public employer to grant reasonable paid time to public employee who is designated representative to engage in certain activities. Requires public employer, upon request by exclusive representative, to authorize release time to designated representative of exclusive representative. Authorizes public employer and exclusive representative to negotiate and enter into agreements regarding release time. Entitles designated representative to be restored to same position after conclusion of release time. Requires public employer to provide exclusive representative reasonable access to employees in appropriate bargaining unit. Requires employers to provide employee contact information to exclusive representative within certain time limits. Permits public employer to deduct dues, fees and assessments from salary and wages of public employee who has authorized deduction. Requires employer to pay amounts deducted to labor organization. Expands definition of "employment relations" to include labor organization access to represented employees. Makes <i>certain activities, related to labor organization,</i>] attempts to influence employee to resign from or decline membership <i>, use of employer's electronic mail to discourage membership</i>] in labor organization <i>or to discourage authorization of deduction for payment to labor organization,</i>]<b> and</b> employer's encouragement of employee to revoke authorization of deduction for payment to labor organization <i>and provision of certain personally identifiable information about public employees within bargaining unit to entity other than exclusive representative,</i>] unfair labor practices.

In the House of Representatives

• Brad Witt

  Sponsor

• John Lively

  Chief co-sponsor

In the Senate

• Jeff Golden

  Sponsor

• Kathleen Taylor

  Chief co-sponsor

• House of Representatives, third reading22–36

  Mar 27 · 2 present

• House of Representatives, third reading36–22

  Passed · Mar 27 · 2 present

• Senate, third reading17–11

  Passed · Jun 6 · 1 present

• House of Representatives, concurrence38–21

  Agreed to the other chamber's changes · Jun 11 · 1 present

• House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

  Adopted Mar 25

• Senate committee amendmentAdopted

  Adopted May 29

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In the House of Representatives Feb 21 – Mar 27

1. Feb 21Introduced
2. Sent to Business and Labor
3. Mar 11Heard in Business and Labor
4. Mar 18Heard in Business and Labor
5. Mar 25Business and Labor recommended it as amended
6. Mar 26Read a second time
7. Mar 27Passed the House of Representatives, 36 to 22

In the Senate Mar 28 – Jun 6

1. Mar 28Arrived in the Senate
2. Mar 29Sent to Workforce
3. Apr 18Heard in Workforce
4. May 21Heard in Workforce
5. May 29Workforce recommended it as amended
6. May 30Read a second time
7. Jun 6Passed the Senate, 17 to 11

Back in the House of Representatives Jun 11 – Jun 12

1. Jun 11The House of Representatives agreed to the Senate's amendments and passed it again, 38 to 21
2. Jun 12Signed in the House of Representatives

To the Governor Jun 13 – Jul 2

1. Jun 13Signed in the Senate
2. Jun 20Signed by the Governor
3. Jul 2Became chapter 429 of Oregon Laws 2019, in force from January 1, 2020