Senate Bill 916

Digest: The Act would repeal the law that denies UI benefits to a person who is unemployed due to an active labor dispute. The Act would make it so that striking workers have an extra unpaid week before they qualify for benefits, which are subject to a possible limit based on the UI tax schedule at the time. The Act would require benefits to be paid back if they are overpaid due to the worker's later receipt of back pay. The Act would make a school district deduct from a worker's future wages benefits charged for weeks during a labor dispute. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). Provides that an individual otherwise eligible for unemployment insurance benefits is not disqualified for any week that the individual's unemployment is due to a labor dispute in active progress at the individual's place of employment. Provides that individuals unemployed due to a strike are disqualified for benefits for one week before eligibility begins, with the usual unpaid waiting week, subject to a [<i>possible</i>] limit based on the tax schedule in effect at the time. Provides for the collection of benefits overpaid during a strike due to the later receipt of back pay. Requires a school district to deduct from an employee's future wages benefits charged for weeks during a labor dispute.

In the Senate

• Kathleen Taylor

  Sponsor

• Wlnsvey Campos, James Manning Jr.

  Chief co-sponsors

In the House of Representatives

• Dacia Grayber

  Sponsor

• Ben Bowman

  Chief co-sponsor

• Senate, third reading10–18

  Mar 20 · 2 present

• Senate, third reading16–12

  Passed · Mar 20 · 2 present

• House of Representatives, third reading22–33

  Jun 4 · 4 present

• House of Representatives, third reading33–23

  Passed · Jun 4 · 3 present

• Senate, third reading14–15

  Jun 10 · 1 present

• Senate, concurrence16–12

  Agreed to the other chamber's changes · Jun 12 · 2 present

• House of Representatives, concurrence35–22

  Agreed to the other chamber's changes · Jun 12 · 3 present

• House of Representatives, third reading35–22

  Passed · Jun 12 · 3 present

• Senate committee amendmentAdopted

  Adopted Mar 17

• Senate amendmentPending

• House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

  Adopted May 29

• House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

  Adopted May 29

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In the Senate Jan 21 – Mar 20

1. Jan 21Introduced
2. Sent to Labor and Business
3. Feb 6Heard in Labor and Business
4. Feb 11Heard in Labor and Business
5. Feb 18Heard in Labor and Business
6. Feb 27Heard in Labor and Business
7. Mar 4Heard in Labor and Business
8. Mar 6Heard in Labor and Business
9. Mar 17Labor and Business recommended it as amended
10. Mar 18Read a second time
11. Mar 20Passed the Senate, 16 to 12

In the House of Representatives Mar 24 – Jun 4

1. Mar 24Arrived in the House of Representatives
2. Mar 27Sent to Labor and Workplace Standards
3. Apr 28Heard in Labor and Workplace Standards
4. Apr 30Heard in Labor and Workplace Standards
5. May 21Heard in Labor and Workplace Standards
6. May 29Labor and Workplace Standards recommended it as amended
7. Labor and Workplace Standards recommended it as amended
8. Jun 3Read a second time
9. Jun 4Passed the House of Representatives, 33 to 23

Back in the Senate Jun 10 – Jun 16

1. Jun 10The Senate refused the other chamber's changes
2. Sent to a conference committee
3. Sent to a conference committee
4. Jun 11Heard in the conference committee
5. The conference committee recommended amending it
6. Jun 12The Senate adopted the conference committee's report, 16 to 12
7. The House of Representatives adopted the conference committee's report, 35 to 22
8. Passed the House of Representatives, 35 to 22
9. Jun 16Signed in the Senate

To the Governor Jun 16 – Jul 2

1. Jun 16Signed in the House of Representatives
2. Jun 24Signed by the Governor
3. Jul 2Became chapter 432 of Oregon Laws 2025
4. In force from January 1, 2026