l9n/ Oregon

2026 Regular Session

House Bill 4093

Directs the Bureau of Labor and Industries to create certain guidance and informational materials to assist employers and employees.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Ways and Means Committee on March 6, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

Digest: The Act makes new laws with respect to people with disabilities. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.9). Directs the Bureau of Labor and Industries to create certain guidance and informational materials to assist employers and employees. Prohibits employers from denying an employee's request to have [<i>an authorized representative</i>] <b>a support person</b> accompany the employee in discussions concerning reasonable accommodation<b> subject to specific conditions</b>. Extends prohibition against discrimination in government services, programs and activities to local governments. Prohibits employers from using minimum physical requirements [<i>to screen out persons with disabilities</i>] <b>in a job posting without connecting the physical requirements to the essential functions of the job</b>.

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

4 co-sponsors

Shannon Isadore, Sarah McDonald, Jules Walters, Tom Andersen

In the Senate

1 co-sponsor

Deb Patterson

Its course

February 2 to March 6, 2026, 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 action7 actions on 4 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 2 to Mar 6 · stopped32 days

Waiting for a committeeFeb 2 to Feb 20 days

Labor and Workforce DevelopmentFeb 2 to Feb 1311 days

Ways and MeansFeb 13 to Mar 6 · stopped21 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 13

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 2 – Mar 6

  1. Feb 2Introduced
  2. Sent to Labor and Workforce Development
  3. Feb 11Heard in Labor and Workforce Development
  4. Feb 13Labor and Workforce Development recommended it as amended, and that it go to Ways and Means
  5. Sent to Ways and Means
  6. Mar 6Died when the session ended
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Feb 2First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
  2. Feb 2Referred to Labor and Workforce Development with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.House of Representatives
  3. Feb 2Public Hearing scheduled.House of Representatives
  4. Feb 11Work Session held.House of Representatives
  5. Feb 13Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.House of Representatives
  6. Feb 13Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.House of Representatives
  7. Mar 6In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives