l9n/ Oregon

2025 Regular Session

Senate Bill 990

Amends the definition of "public agency" to include only certain public bodies and other entities with statewide operations or jurisdiction, incorporated cities with a population of 2,500 or more and counties with a population of 300,000 or more.

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: Says that cities or counties with smaller populations do not need to pay the prevailing rate of wage for public projects. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6). Amends the definition of "public agency" to include only certain public bodies and other entities with statewide operations or jurisdiction, incorporated cities with a population of 2,500 or more and counties with a population of 300,000 or more. Exempts public bodies that are not public agencies from requiring contractors to pay a prevailing rate of wage on construction projects.

Sponsors

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

In the Senate

Its course

February 6 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 action3 actions on 3 days

In the SenateFeb 6 to Jun 27 · stopped141 days

Waiting for a committeeFeb 6 to Feb 104 days

Labor and BusinessFeb 10 to Jun 27 · stopped137 days

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 Senate Feb 6 – Jun 27

  1. Introduced
  2. Sent to Labor and Business
  3. Died when the session ended
All 3 actions, as published