l9n/ Oregon

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 2125

Authorizes the Director of the Employment Department to waive the unpaid waiting week period for unemployment insurance claimants who are unable to perform services due a state-declared emergency related to severe weather.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Labor and Business Committee on June 27, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

Digest: The Act would let the unpaid first week of an unemployment claim be waived for a worker who is away from work due to a severe weather emergency. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.5). Authorizes the Director of the Employment Department to waive the unpaid waiting week period for unemployment insurance claimants who are unable to perform services due a state-declared emergency related to severe weather. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

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

2 co-sponsors

David Gomberg, Dacia Grayber

Its course

January 13 to June 27, 2025, 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 action13 actions on 11 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 13 to Apr 1087 days

Waiting for a committeeJan 13 to Jan 174 days

Labor and Workplace StandardsJan 17 to Apr 477 days

In the SenateApr 10 to Jun 27 · stopped78 days

Waiting for a committeeApr 10 to Apr 100 days

Labor and BusinessApr 10 to Jun 27 · stopped78 days

Votes

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

  • House of Representatives, third reading36–20

    Passed · Apr 10 · 4 present

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 Jan 13 – Apr 10

  1. Jan 13Introduced
  2. Jan 17Sent to Labor and Workplace Standards
  3. Feb 5Heard in Labor and Workplace Standards
  4. Mar 31Heard in Labor and Workplace Standards
  5. Apr 4Labor and Workplace Standards recommended it
  6. Apr 7Read a second time
  7. Apr 10Passed the House of Representatives, 36 to 20

In the Senate Apr 10 – Jun 27

  1. Apr 10Arrived in the Senate
  2. Sent to Labor and Business
  3. Apr 29Heard in Labor and Business
  4. Jun 27Died when the session ended
All 13 actions, as published
  1. Jan 13First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
  2. Jan 17Referred to Labor and Workplace Standards.House of Representatives
  3. Feb 5Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
  4. Mar 31Work Session held.House of Representatives
  5. Apr 4Recommendation: Do pass.House of Representatives
  6. Apr 7Second reading.House of Representatives
  7. Apr 8Rules suspended. Carried over to April 9, 2025 Calendar.House of Representatives
  8. Apr 9Rules suspended. Carried over to April 10, 2025 Calendar.House of Representatives
  9. Apr 10Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed.House of Representatives
  10. Apr 10First reading. Referred to President's desk.Senate
  11. Apr 10Referred to Labor and Business.Senate
  12. Apr 29Public Hearing held.Senate
  13. Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.Senate