l9n/ Oregon

2023 Regular Session

House Bill 3205

Permits employer to pay employees at different compensation levels pursuant to retention bonus provided that employer does not discriminate in payment of retention bonus, and that retention bonus accounts for entire compensation differential.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Labor and Business Committee on June 25, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

<i>Modifies definition of "compensation," for purposes of pay equity requirements, to exclude hiring bonuses and retention bonuses.</i>] <b>Permits employer to pay employees at different compensation levels pursuant to retention bonus provided that employer does not discriminate in payment of retention bonus, and that retention bonus accounts for entire compensation differential.</b> Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

12 co-sponsors

Shelly Boshart Davis, John Lively, Hai Pham, Daniel Nguyen, Brian Stout, E. Werner Reschke, Kim Wallan, Virgle Osborne, Ed Diehl, Ricki Ruiz, Bobby Levy, Nathan Sosa

In the Senate

7 co-sponsors

Daniel Bonham, Michael Dembrow, Chris Gorsek, Bill Hansell, Mark Meek, Elizabeth Steiner, Aaron Woods

Its course

February 7 to June 25, 2023, 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 action16 actions on 15 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 7 to Apr 1466 days

Waiting for a committeeFeb 7 to Feb 92 days

Business and LaborFeb 9 to Apr 757 days

In the SenateApr 14 to Jun 25 · stopped72 days

Waiting for a committeeApr 14 to Apr 195 days

Labor and BusinessApr 19 to Jun 25 · stopped67 days

Votes

Yeas to nays, as the Legislative Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.

  • House of Representatives, third reading41–0

    Passed · Apr 14 · 19 present

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Apr 7

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.

In the House of Representatives Feb 7 – Apr 14

  1. Feb 7Introduced
  2. Feb 9Sent to Business and Labor
  3. Mar 13Heard in Business and Labor
  4. Apr 3Heard in Business and Labor
  5. Apr 7Business and Labor recommended it as amended
  6. Apr 10Read a second time
  7. Apr 14Passed the House of Representatives, 41 to 0

In the Senate Apr 17 – Jun 25

  1. Apr 17Arrived in the Senate
  2. Apr 19Sent to Labor and Business
  3. May 9Heard in Labor and Business
  4. May 11Heard in Labor and Business
  5. Jun 25Died when the session ended
All 16 actions, as published
  1. Feb 7First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
  2. Feb 9Referred to Business and Labor.House of Representatives
  3. Mar 13Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
  4. Apr 3Work Session held.House of Representatives
  5. Apr 7Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed.House of Representatives
  6. Apr 10Second reading.House of Representatives
  7. Apr 10Rules suspended. Carried over to April 11, 2023 Calendar.House of Representatives
  8. Apr 11Rules suspended. Carried over to April 12, 2023 Calendar.House of Representatives
  9. Apr 12Rules suspended. Carried over to April 13, 2023 Calendar.House of Representatives
  10. Apr 13Rules suspended. Carried over to April 14, 2023 Calendar.House of Representatives
  11. Apr 14Third reading. Carried by Bynum. Passed.House of Representatives
  12. Apr 17First reading. Referred to President's desk.Senate
  13. Apr 19Referred to Labor and Business.Senate
  14. May 9Public Hearing held.Senate
  15. May 11Public Hearing and Work Session held.Senate
  16. Jun 25At President's desk upon adjournment.Senate