Committees · 2025 Regular Session
Labor and Business
Members
As the committee stood at the end of the term. Each name leads to the member's page.
Kathleen TaylorChair
Democrat · 21st District
Daniel BonhamVice-chair
Republican · 26th District
Republican · 6th District
Democrat · 10th District
Democrat · 23rd District
Bills
Bills sent to the committee in the 2025 Regular Session.
Bills sent143
10% of the bills the Senate sent to committees
Reported out55%
78 of 143; 65 stopped in committee
Time in committee43 days
most between 21 and 59 days
Amendments offered0
committee amendments
In every session
Each session over its whole term. The 2026 is so far.
202610 bills
reported 90% · too few to say · 0 amendments · 5 members
2025143 bills
reported 55% · typically 43 days, most 21–59 · 0 amendments · 5 members
202413 bills
reported 85% · typically 9 days, most 8–9 · 0 amendments · 5 members
2023114 bills
reported 60% · typically 32 days, most 23–49 · 0 amendments · 5 members
202218 bills
reported 94% · typically 13 days, most 7–13 · 0 amendments · 5 members
2021115 bills
reported 52% · typically 38 days, most 33–63 · 0 amendments · 5 members
202010 bills
reported 80% · too few to say · 0 amendments · 5 members
Bills it was sent
Each time a bill was sent to the committee in the 2025 Regular Session, newest first.
143 bills
House Bill 3167 · Prohibits willfully selling or using software that is designed to circumvent, thwart, interfere with or evade a control or measure, including a security measure or an access control system, that an operator, ticket seller or reseller establishes or uses to ensure an equitable distribution, sale or resale of admission tickets for an entertainment event, including a public or private presale of admission tickets.
Sent May 2, 2025 · Reported out after 32 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2236 · Allows a professional employer organization to elect to treat the employees of a client employer for whom the PEO has assumed employer responsibilities as either the employees of the PEO itself or of the client employer for certain purposes under unemployment insurance law.
Sent April 23, 2025 · Reported out after 23 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2380 · Directs the Board of Cosmetology to adopt rules to allow the holder of a provisional certificate to perform in a cosmetology field of practice under the supervision of a practitioner in the same field of practice under certain circumstances.
Sent April 23, 2025 · Reported out after 19 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2425 · Establishes the Task Force on Ethical Procurement with 11 members appointed by the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Governor.
Sent April 23, 2025 · Reported out after 40 days · did not pass the Senate
House Bill 3646 · Adds entities in which employees of the entity own at least 50 percent of the ownership interest in the entity directly or through an employee stock ownership plan to the list of sources to which a contracting agency may give preference in procuring goods or services for public contracts.
Sent April 22, 2025 · Reported out after 27 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2282 · Requires certain individuals to hold a retail liquor sales permit from the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission in order to sell alcohol to consumers.
Sent April 21, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 67 days
House Bill 2415 · Replaces the dollar cap on grants awarded to ports from the Port Planning and Marketing Fund with a maximum amount adopted by the Oregon Business Development Department by rule.
Sent April 21, 2025 · Reported out after 21 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2680 · Requires a contractor, as a condition of receiving public funds to install, repair or remodel a fenestration product or system in a public building, to have a national certification as a glazing contractor and at least one employee that has a national certification as an architectural glass and metal technician.
Sent April 21, 2025 · Reported out after 29 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2799 · Raises and indexes the cap for witness fees, expenses and costs for a claimant who prevails against a denial in a workers' compensation dispute.
Sent April 21, 2025 · Reported out after 21 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2944 · Directs the Employment Relations Board to impose civil penalties against a public employer that has a history of failing to comply with certain requirements under the Public Employee Collective Bargaining Act.
Sent April 21, 2025 · Reported out after 25 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 3187 · Makes it an unlawful employment practice for an employer to require or request disclosure of certain information regarding age and attendance or graduation dates.
Sent April 21, 2025 · Reported out after 21 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 3588 · Permits the Secretary of State to accept a commercial mail receiving agency as a business entity's principal office, records office address or principal address if the physical street address of the business entity's principal office, records office address or principal address is the same as the physical street address of the commercial mail receiving agency.
Sent April 21, 2025 · Reported out after 21 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2128 · Updates and standardizes state laws that govern soliciting, offering, negotiating and selling travel insurance and products and services that include or are related to travel insurance.
Sent April 15, 2025 · Reported out after 21 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2971 · Modifies the allowable investments for certain financial institutions.
Sent April 15, 2025 · Reported out after 21 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 3156 · Requires each public utility to include with each utility bill the phone numbers for the Public Utility Commission's consumer services and website address for the commission's online consumer complaint form.
Sent April 15, 2025 · Reported out after 21 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 3533 · Prohibits a person that offers or sells consumer goods or services in this state from advertising, displaying or offering a price for the consumer goods or services that does not include all fees and charges that a resident must pay to complete the transaction in the consumer goods or services other than taxes or fees that a governmental body imposes on the transaction or reasonable charges actually incurred for shipping the goods or providing the services.
Sent April 15, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 73 days
House Bill 3789 · Makes it unlawful to falsely impersonate a union representative.
Sent April 14, 2025 · Reported out after 39 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 3875 · Provides that a motor vehicle manufacturer and an affiliate of a motor vehicle manufacturer must comply with the requirements of the state's privacy laws in controlling and processing personal data the motor vehicle manufacturer or affiliate obtains from a consumer's use of a motor vehicle, regardless of the number of consumers from which the motor vehicle manufacturer or affiliate obtains personal data.
Sent April 14, 2025 · Reported out after 28 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 1207 · Appropriates moneys for distribution to Soul District Business Association for the acquisition and redevelopment of property as the AfroEats Community Cultural Hub in Portland.
Sent April 14, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 74 days
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.
Sent April 10, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 78 days
123 more
House Bill 2127 · Makes various changes to the laws that govern franchise agreements between motor vehicle dealers and manufacturers, distributors and importers.
Sent April 10, 2025 · Reported out after 11 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2800 · Changes the term "worker leasing company" to "professional employer organization" in statute to reflect the use of agreements under which professional employer organizations and client employers allocate employer responsibilities for some or all of the client employer's workers.
Sent April 10, 2025 · Reported out after 26 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 3178 · Requires a seller in a motor vehicle transaction that involves a retail installment contract or lease agreement to make a good faith effort to sell the retail installment contract or lease agreement to a lender on the exact terms that the seller and buyer negotiated.
Sent April 10, 2025 · Reported out after 19 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2563 · Requires an insurer to provide to an insured a clear and reasonable explanation of the reasons for any increase in the premium amount for a qualified policy upon renewal of the qualified policy.
Sent April 9, 2025 · Reported out after 43 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 3724 · Prohibits advertising, packaging and labeling of marijuana items in a manner likely to cause minors to unlawfully possess or consume marijuana items.
Sent April 9, 2025 · Reported out after 19 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2373 · Prohibits selling or offering for sale a timeshare without a license.
Sent April 8, 2025 · Reported out after 20 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2541 · Provides certain agricultural workers with rights to express breast milk in the workplace.
Sent April 3, 2025 · Reported out after 19 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2957 · Prohibits employers from entering into agreements that shorten the statute of limitations with respect to violations over which the Bureau of Labor and Industries has enforcement authority.
Sent April 3, 2025 · Reported out after 64 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2248 · Establishes the Employer Assistance Division within the Bureau of Labor and Industries.
Sent April 1, 2025 · Reported out after 21 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 3550 · Exempts from certain laws governing certain employment conditions minor league baseball players who are subject to a collective bargaining agreement that provides for payment of wages and other working conditions.
Sent March 27, 2025 · Reported out after 47 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 1200 · Transfers regulatory authority over construction labor contractors from the Bureau of Labor and Industries to the Construction Contractors Board.
Sent March 27, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 92 days
Senate Bill 1190 · Permits employees of residential training homes to refuse to work an additional mandatory overtime shift scheduled by the employer when the employee has already worked a mandatory overtime shift in the same month.
Sent March 20, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 99 days
House Bill 3115 · Prohibits the transfer, for consideration, of winning Oregon State Lottery tickets or shares above a certain value.
Sent March 18, 2025 · Reported out after 35 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 3020 · Prohibits wagering on dog races.
Sent March 17, 2025 · Reported out after 36 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2130 · Makes various changes to the responsibilities of the Oregon Insurance Guaranty Association with respect to providing coverage for the obligations of member insurers.
Sent March 13, 2025 · Reported out after 40 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2802 · Establishes the circumstances in which an insurer is required to make a lump sum payment of a permanent partial disability award.
Sent March 13, 2025 · Reported out after 40 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 3447 · Requires a business that makes retail sales of certain nitrous oxide canisters to verify the recipient is at least 18 years of age.
Sent March 13, 2025 · Reported out after 48 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 4 · Requires an Internet service provider to issue a prorated bill credit to a consumer for any service outage that lasts longer than one hour.
Sent March 12, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 107 days
Senate Bill 727 · Modifies the definition of "health care provider" for purposes of laws concerning job-protected leave.
Sent March 11, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 108 days
House Bill 3024 · Eliminates the reduction of an individual's maximum benefit amount by eight times the individual's weekly benefit amount after the individual is disqualified from the receipt of benefits for cause and has not earned at least four times the individual's weekly benefit amount.
Sent March 6, 2025 · Reported out after 83 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 3370 · Modifies the time frame in which state agencies may submit information to financial institutions related to deceased members or depositors.
Sent March 6, 2025 · Reported out after 53 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 7 · Repeals the provision of law that prohibits transit workers from striking.
Sent March 6, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 113 days
House Bill 2561 · Declares that this state does not want the amendments set forth in section 521 of the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980 to apply to consumer finance loans made in this state.
Sent March 4, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 115 days
Senate Bill 1108 · Makes blood donation that is made in connection with a voluntary program that is approved or accredited by the American Association of Blood Banks or the American Red Cross a permissible use of sick time.
Sent March 3, 2025 · Reported out after 44 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 1110 · Authorizes the issuance of lottery bonds with the proceeds distributed to Williams & Russell CDC for the purpose of developing a business hub to support small businesses, professional development, workforce training and economic growth in Portland's Albina neighborhood.
Sent March 3, 2025 · Reported out after 28 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 1119 · Prohibits employers from engaging in unfair immigration-related practices.
Sent March 3, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 116 days
Senate Bill 1128 · Provides that a police officer or firefighter member of the Public Employees Retirement System is considered disabled if the member is unable to perform the work the member performed at the time the member became disabled.
Sent March 3, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 116 days
Senate Bill 1138 · Establishes the Home and Community-Based Services Workforce Standards Board.
Sent March 3, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 116 days
Senate Bill 1140 · Prohibits employers from imposing requirements that employees speak only English in the workplace unless the employer can demonstrate that the requirement is justified by business necessity and applicable only in limited circumstances.
Sent March 3, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 116 days
Senate Bill 1142 · Requires the Employment Department to study issues related to leave benefits under the family and medical leave insurance program.
Sent March 3, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 116 days
Senate Bill 1148 · Prohibits disability income insurers from requiring a person to use or apply for other available benefits for which the person is eligible prior to being eligible for disability benefits offered by the insurer.
Sent March 3, 2025 · Reported out after 50 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 1166 · Requires transportation network companies to pay minimum compensation rates to drivers.
Sent March 3, 2025 · Reported out after 21 days · did not pass the Senate
House Bill 3022 · Authorizes the Department of Revenue to disclose information to the Employment Department for purposes of administering the paid family and medical leave insurance program.
Sent February 26, 2025 · Reported out after 55 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 1086 · Requires the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services to assist and provide support to the Oregon Building Officials Association to develop a proposal for establishing an apprenticeship program for building inspectors.
Sent February 25, 2025 · Reported out after 41 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 1087 · Directs the Public Employees Retirement Board to study the treatment of the salary of chaplains under the Public Employees Retirement System.
Sent February 25, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 122 days
House Bill 2348 · Adjusts certain economic development program statutes related to the administration of the programs.
Sent February 21, 2025 · Reported out after 77 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 3021 · Makes changes to statutes related to unemployment insurance law and paid family and medical leave insurance law.
Sent February 21, 2025 · Reported out after 60 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 1061 · Requires the Director of the Oregon State University Extension Service to establish a lumber grading training pilot program.
Sent February 21, 2025 · Reported out after 56 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 1032 · Prohibits the retail sale of an aerosol duster that contains 1,1-Difluoroethane to an individual under 18 years of age.
Sent February 18, 2025 · Reported out after 59 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 1044 · Clarifies for purposes of state wage and hour laws that "work time" does not include meal periods.
Sent February 18, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 129 days
Senate Bill 1052 · Directs the Director of the Employment Department to reimburse a worker leasing company for any employer contribution payments made by the worker leasing company if the Department of Revenue determines pursuant to an amended combined quarterly report that a refund is due.
Sent February 18, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 129 days
Senate Bill 1005 · Provides that when offering a service with age restrictions, a private entity is allowed to swipe a driver license or identification card to verify a person's age, regardless of how old the person looks.
Sent February 11, 2025 · Reported out after 56 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 1010 · Requires the Bureau of Labor and Industries to study issues related to safeguarding protected labor relations activities.
Sent February 11, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 136 days
Senate Bill 1020 · Requires producers of inhalant delivery systems to join an inhalant delivery system producer responsibility organization and implement an inhalant delivery system producer responsibility program for the collection and disposal of inhalant delivery systems.
Sent February 11, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 136 days
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.
Sent February 10, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 137 days
Senate Bill 991 · Deletes two bases for a worker to refuse an offer of modified employment without losing temporary total disability benefits to increase possible modified employment placements.
Sent February 10, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 137 days
Senate Bill 999 · Modifies the definition of "farmworker camp" so that the relevant statutes apply to farmworker camps specifically in connection with workers who work on a seasonal or temporary basis.
Sent February 10, 2025 · Reported out after 63 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 959 · Adds signal jammers that interfere with alarm system signals and communication to the definition of "burglary tool or theft device," possession of which with intent to commit or facilitate a forcible entry into premises or a physical taking constitutes the crime of possession of a burglary tool or theft device.
Sent January 30, 2025 · Reported out after 6 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 968 · Provides conditions and procedures under which a public employer may deduct amounts of erroneous overpayments from a public employee's wages.
Sent January 30, 2025 · Reported out after 77 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 946 · Authorizes the payment out of the Workers' Benefit Fund of the expenses of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries in carrying out the commissioner's statutory duties.
Sent January 28, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 150 days
Senate Bill 879 · Modifies procedure for rebutting presumption of inability to pay child support when an obligor earns wages from work performed while the obligor is a patient at the state hospital or incarcerated.
Sent January 21, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 157 days
Senate Bill 900 · Requires the Employment Department to study issues related to laws concerning job-protected leave from work.
Sent January 21, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 157 days
Senate Bill 902 · Requires the Public Employees Retirement Board to study age qualifications for retirement.
Sent January 21, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 157 days
Senate Bill 903 · Requires the Bureau of Labor and Industries to study issues regarding the payment of certain bonuses under the pay equity law.
Sent January 21, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 157 days
Senate Bill 904 · Includes school districts among the self-insured employers that may apply for exemption from the rules requiring such employers to demonstrate financial viability and provide security to the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services.
Sent January 21, 2025 · Reported out after 70 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 906 · Requires employers to provide to all employees, at the time of hire, a written explanation of earnings and deductions shown on itemized statements.
Sent January 21, 2025 · Reported out after 76 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 907 · Requires an applicant for a license to manufacture psilocybin to submit to the Oregon Health Authority information regarding the ownership and location of the premises to be licensed or for which a license will be renewed.
Sent January 21, 2025 · Reported out after 85 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 914 · Requires that certain billboards related to the state lottery include information about a problem gambling helpline.
Sent January 21, 2025 · Reported out after 45 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 916 · 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.
Sent January 21, 2025 · Reported out after 55 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 921 · Authorizes the Oregon Infrastructure Finance Authority to approve a loan to the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay for shipyard repairs.
Sent January 21, 2025 · Reported out after 62 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 922 · Requires employers to distribute to food service industry employees the tips received from credit card transactions within 24 hours after the credit card transaction is processed.
Sent January 21, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 157 days
Senate Bill 928 · Requires public bodies that procure electric vehicles and solar photovoltaic energy systems to receive before entering a contract for the electric vehicle or solar photovoltaic energy system a certification from the manufacturer, distributor, vendor or supplier that the production, assembly, transportation or sale of the electric vehicle or solar photovoltaic energy system did not use or involve forced labor or oppressive child labor.
Sent January 21, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 157 days
Senate Bill 13 · Requires a professional licensing board to consider experience in lieu of a high school diploma or an equivalent for licensure, certification or other authorization to provide certain occupational or professional services.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 66 · Authorizes the Oregon Business Development Department to survey state loan and grant programs for economic development.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 67 · Requires the Employment Department to study issues related to the family and medical leave insurance program.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 68 · Requires the Bureau of Labor and Industries to study matters relating to laws concerning unpaid, job-protected leave.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 69 · Specifies that the Bureau of Labor and Industries is responsible for certain administrative and regulatory oversight regarding certain provisions under the laws governing paid family and medical leave that relate to retaliation and discrimination.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 17 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 70 · Requires the Bureau of Labor and Industries to study matters relating to laws over which the bureau has enforcement authority.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 71 · Requires the Employment Department to study issues related to employment.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 86 · Provides clarification regarding multiemployer exceptions from state laws governing sick leave.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 87 · Permits the Electrical and Elevator Board to enter into agreements with municipalities to share responsibility for enforcing the Electrical Safety Law.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 24 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 151 · Requires the Bureau of Labor and Industries to study issues related to wage theft.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 227 · Requires the Bureau of Labor and Industries to study issues related to wage theft.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 327 · Prohibits a veterinarian from requiring the owner of an animal treated by the veterinarian to surrender the animal on the basis that the owner has not paid for the treatment.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 397 · Provides that laws regarding employee entitlements for recovery of unpaid wages and penalties do not apply to wages and penalties lost as a result of an employer's time-rounding policies that comply with federal rounding standards.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 423 · Requires the Bureau of Labor and Industries to study matters relating to penalties for violating requirements to accept cash as currency in places of public accommodation.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 425 · Prohibits a merchant from charging or collecting a fee for a person's use of a credit card or debit card in payment for goods or services if the merchant does not accept payment for the goods or services in cash.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 430 · Prohibits a person that offers or sells goods or services online from advertising, displaying or offering a price for the goods or services that does not include all fees or charges that a purchaser must pay to complete a transaction for the goods or services, other than taxes or fees that a governmental body imposes on the transaction, reasonable charges that the person actually incurs to ship the goods or provide the services or a service fee that is calculated according to distance or a purchaser's selections.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 91 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 433 · Changes from $300 to $1,000 the threshold value above which an owner of a self-service storage facility must publish a notice of sale for personal property that is subject to a lien for unpaid rent, labor, materials or other services related to storing the personal property.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 80 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 445 · Authorizes the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation to form or acquire subsidiaries to perform any function the corporation may delegate under law.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 460 · Exempts workers on public works who are participants in a pre-apprenticeship program from the application of laws that determine and require payment of a prevailing rate of wage.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 463 · Requires the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to submit by January 31 of each even-numbered year a report to the Legislative Assembly concerning the soundness of the state's Insurance Fund.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 75 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 475 · Modifies how the overtime cap is calculated for use in calculating the final average salary of members of the Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 480 · Requires the Department of Consumer and Business Services to study contract terms for point of sale systems.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 481 · Requires a license to provide earned income access services in this state.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 488 · Repeals provisions requiring employers to pay overtime to agricultural workers who work in excess of the maximum allowable hours.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 497 · Prohibits a municipality that administers and enforces a building inspection program from adopting construction standards or methods from the Reach Code, or a similar or related code of standards and methods, that exceed or are more stringent than statewide standards and methods that the Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services adopts and administers.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 569 · Directs the Oregon Business Development Department to establish a program to provide grants to nonprofit and community-based organizations that assist businesses owned by minority individuals to become certified by the Certification Office for Business Inclusion and Diversity as minority-owned businesses so that the certified businesses can compete effectively for public contracts.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 80 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 583 · Establishes the State Public Bank Task Force.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 585 · Requires the Public Employees Retirement Board to study retirement.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 588 · Requires the Public Employees Retirement Board to refer a contested case for a hearing requested by a police officer or firefighter who is denied disability benefits within a certain period of time.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 59 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 605 · Prohibits medical service providers from reporting the amount or existence of medical debt to a consumer reporting agency.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 91 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 606 · Adds certain health care employees to the list of workers for whom certain stress disorders give rise to a presumption that a workers' compensation claim is compensable as an occupational disease.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 80 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 613 · Modifies pay equity requirements for employers.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 622 · Exempts employers of noncitizens in agricultural labor who are not eligible for unemployment insurance benefits from liability for contributions related to that labor.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 625 · Repeals provisions requiring employers to pay overtime to agricultural workers who work in excess of the maximum allowable hours.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 651 · Requires the Secretary of State to study methods for reducing the paperwork filing burden on businesses in this state.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 704 · Directs those agencies that administer certain state laws to use specific criteria to determine whether an individual is an employee or independent contractor and to cooperate in adopting rules to facilitate consistency in the application of the statutory provisions concerning independent contractors and the provisions of the Act.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 705 · Provides an alternative weekly minimum amount of workers' compensation benefits for temporary total disability.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 706 · Requires the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to study methods for detecting paycheck errors.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 731 · Requires public employer employment policies to provide for a pay differential for sign language skills in the same manner that pay differentials are provided for other bilingual or multilingual skills.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 25 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 748 · Authorizes the Employment Department to require drug testing for an initial claim for unemployment benefits if the claimant was fired by the claimant's most recent employer for unlawful drug use or suitable work is available for the claimant only in an occupation that regularly conducts drug testing.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 751 · Establishes the Task Force on Health Insurance Coverage for Retired Police and Fire Members of the Public Employees Retirement System.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 80 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 752 · Requires the Oregon Business Development Department to review statewide economic development plans and strategies implemented in the other states and submit a report to the Legislative Assembly that includes recommendations for the creation of a statewide economic development plan for Oregon.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 754 · Permits a labor organization to file a civil action against a public employer for failing to timely provide the labor organization with certain information regarding public employees.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 757 · Provides that, in determining the salary of a chaplain at the Oregon Health and Science University for purposes of the Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan, a housing allowance shall be treated as if it were includable in the chaplain's taxable income.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 80 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 758 · Applies the prevailing rate of wage to certain off-site custom work fabricated, assembled or produced in accordance with specifications for a particular public works.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 759 · Requires the Oregon Business Development Department to study the use of a loan loss reserve fund to support infrastructure improvement projects by underserved communities in Oregon and submit a report to the legislature by September 15, 2026.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 760 · Requires the owner of a public building to periodically conduct inspections and testing of fire dampers, smoke dampers, combination fire and smoke dampers and smoke control systems in the public building.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 766 · Imposes a cap on the percentage increase that the minimum wage rate may be adjusted for inflation.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 771 · Directs the Oregon Business Development Department to develop and administer a program for awarding grants to rodeo organizations based in communities with a population of 12,000 or less to fund certain capital projects on existing rodeo property.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 48 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 797 · Modifies laws regulating public accountancy professionals.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 45 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 831 · Requires the person that has ultimate control over an insurer to file a group capital calculation with the chief insurance regulatory official of the state that the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services determines is the lead state for the insurance holding company system of which the insurer is a part.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 80 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 847 · Increases the Retirement Health Insurance Account subsidy under the Public Employees Retirement System.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 56 days · then passed the Senate, and not the House of Representatives
Senate Bill 849 · Changes the application of moneys in the School Districts Unfunded Liability Fund.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 49 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 851 · Modifies provisions relating to the Public Employees Retirement System.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 20 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 852 · Modifies certain post-retirement death benefits under the Public Employees Retirement System.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 20 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 856 · Authorizes officers and employees of the Oregon Racing Commission to place bets or wagers on certain race meets in the course of official auditing duties.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 45 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 858 · Makes technical changes to statutory provisions concerning the administration of the family and medical leave insurance program.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 17 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 859 · Authorizes the Director of the Employment Department to compromise or adjust certain debts and overpayments relating to the paid family and medical leave program.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 13 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 864 · Sets a bonding requirement of $20,000 for applicants for a landscape contracting business license or for licensed landscape contracting businesses.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 49 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 865 · Requires the State Landscape Contractors Board to determine that a landscape contracting business is an independent contractor with responsibility for obtaining workers' compensation insurance if the landscape contracting business performs certain work related to backflow assemblies for irrigation systems and ornamental water features, to landscape irrigation control wiring and outdoor landscape lighting or to removing or pruning trees or tree limbs or stumps or performing tree or tree limb guying.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 46 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 871 · Requires Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission retail licensees to maintain invoices of alcoholic beverage deliveries.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 53 days · then passed the Senate, and became law