l9n/ Oregon

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 2271

Provides a credit against an employer's unemployment insurance taxes for calendar year 2025 if the employer's tax rate for calendar year 2025 is at least 2.5 percentage points less than the employer's tax rate for calendar year 2024.

Became law as Chapter 563, Oregon Laws 2025, signed July 24, 2025, 192 days after it was filed. In force from January 1, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

<b>Digest: The Act would give a credit off their UI taxes to employers whose rate for 2025 is less than their rate for the prior year by at least two and a half percentage points. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8).</b> [<i>Digest: The Act would give a credit against UI taxes to employers whose rate for 2025 is less than their rate for the prior year by at least three percentage points. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7).</i>] Provides a credit against an employer's unemployment insurance taxes for calendar <b>year 2025</b> [<i>years 2025, 2026 and 2027</i>] if the employer's tax rate for calendar year 2025 is at least [<i>three</i>] <b>2.5</b> percentage points less than the employer's tax rate for calendar year 2024.

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

1 co-sponsor

Bobby Levy

Its course

January 13 to August 13, 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 action18 actions on 13 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 13 to Jun 20158 days

Waiting for a committeeJan 13 to Jan 174 days

RevenueJan 17 to Jun 18152 days

In the SenateJun 20 to Jun 255 days

Waiting for a committeeJun 20 to Jun 200 days

Finance and RevenueJun 20 to Jun 255 days

With the GovernorJun 25 to Jul 2429 days

Votes

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

  • House of Representatives, third reading50–0

    Passed · Jun 20 · 10 present

  • Senate, third reading28–0

    Passed · Jun 25 · 2 present

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Jun 18

Text

Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.

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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 – Jun 20

  1. Jan 13Introduced
  2. Jan 17Sent to Revenue
  3. Mar 4Heard in Revenue
  4. Jun 16Heard in Revenue
  5. Jun 18Revenue recommended it as amended
  6. Jun 19Read a second time
  7. Jun 20Passed the House of Representatives, 50 to 0

In the Senate Jun 20 – Jun 25

  1. Jun 20Arrived in the Senate
  2. Sent to Finance and Revenue
  3. Jun 24Heard in Finance and Revenue
  4. Jun 25Finance and Revenue recommended it
  5. Read a second time
  6. Passed the Senate, 28 to 0

To the Governor Jun 26 – Aug 13

  1. Jun 26Signed in the House of Representatives
  2. Signed in the Senate
  3. Jul 24Signed by the Governor
  4. Aug 13Became chapter 563 of Oregon Laws 2025, in force from January 1, 2026
All 18 actions, as published
  1. Jan 13First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
  2. Jan 17Referred to Revenue.House of Representatives
  3. Feb 13Public Hearing cancelled.House of Representatives
  4. Mar 4Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
  5. Jun 16Public Hearing and Work Session held.House of Representatives
  6. Jun 18Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed.House of Representatives
  7. Jun 19Second reading.House of Representatives
  8. Jun 20Third reading. Carried by Wright. Passed.House of Representatives
  9. Jun 20First reading. Referred to President's desk.Senate
  10. Jun 20Referred to Finance and Revenue.Senate
  11. Jun 24Public Hearing and Work Session held.Senate
  12. Jun 25Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill.Senate
  13. Jun 25Second reading.Senate
  14. Jun 25Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Smith DB. Passed.Senate
  15. Jun 26Speaker signed.House of Representatives
  16. Jun 26President signed.Senate
  17. Jul 24Governor signed.House of Representatives
  18. Aug 13Chapter 563, (2025 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2026.House of Representatives