Business and Labor

OR - Representative Paul Holvey (D)

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Chair

OR - Representative Greg Barreto (R)

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Vice-chair

OR - Representative Janelle Bynum (D)

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Vice-chair

OR - Representative Margaret Doherty (D)

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Member

OR - Representative Paul Evans (D)

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Member

OR - Representative Julie Fahey (D)

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Member

OR - Representative Jodi Hack (U)

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Member

OR - Representative Dallas Heard (R)

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Member

OR - Representative Bill Kennemer (R)

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Member

OR - HB2508 Requires applicant who does not select investment option when enrolling in Oregon 529 program for higher education expenses be enrolled in investment option that Oregon 529 Savings Board determines is most appropriate for greatest number of participants.

OR - HB2264 Increases application fee for individual who applies to be included on State Conciliation Service list of qualified arbitrators for labor controversy.

OR - HB2263 Increases fee from $500 to $625 for third mediation session conducted by mediator assigned by Employment Relations Board to resolve labor dispute or labor controversy.

OR - HB2736 Provides that smoke shop certified by Oregon Health Authority may allow on-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages.

OR - HB2337 Increases workers' compensation benefits for permanent total disability .

OR - HB2338 Specifies only one monthly benefit rate for children of deceased worker and uniform duration of benefits for children under 19 years of age.

OR - HB2189 Establishes statute of repose for actions arising out of real estate appraisal activity.

OR - HB3337 Creates limited landscape construction professional license.

OR - HB3146 Defines "qualified rural county" to mean, for certain economic development programs, county outside all metropolitan statistical areas in which total property taxes imposed by all taxing districts equal at least 1.3 percent of total assessed value of all taxable property in county.

OR - HB2191 Authorizes Secretary of State to investigate alleged or potential violations of business entity statutes and to require business entity to provide list of shareholders and respond to interrogatories.

OR - HJM3 Urges Congress to support qualification board's proposed changes to qualification requirements for real estate appraisers.

OR - SB984 Directs employer in specified industries to pay greater of daily or weekly overtime when employee is eligible for both in same week.

OR - HB2196 Requires contracting agency to base determination of contractor's responsibility for public improvement contract on contractor's demonstrating that contractor has provided health insurance to contractor's employees for period of two years before contractor submitted bid for public improvement contract.

OR - HB3037 Makes certain increases in benefits occurring when Public Employees Retirement Board learns that payments are subject to Oregon personal income tax effective on first day of month after receipt of notice, rather than first day of calendar year after receipt of notice.

OR - HB2844 Excludes free play or free wager awarded by customer loyalty program from gross mutuel wagering for purposes of required payments.

OR - HB2926 Requires drug testing for unlawful use of controlled substances of individual making initial application for unemployment insurance benefits if individual was terminated by most recent employer for unlawful use of controlled substances or suitable work is available for individual only in occupation that regularly conducts drug testing.

OR - HB2207 Directs Public Employees Retirement Board to pay increased benefits not paid to person who failed to file statement indicating that payments were subject to Oregon personal income tax if person later establishes that payments were subject to Oregon personal income tax.

OR - HB2183 Transfers authority relating to plan review and inspections of health care facilities from State Fire Marshal to Department of Consumer and Business Services.

OR - HB3034 Requires Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries to study methods to modernize and streamline existing overtime rules for individuals who engage in administrative, executive or professional work.

OR - HB2356 Establishes requirements under which debt buyer or debt collector that acts on debt buyer's behalf may bring legal action to collect debt.

OR - HB2855 Creates procedure for purchaser of real property to enforce contractual requirement for delivery of deed of conveyance without instituting suit or action.

OR - HB3111 Provides for extension of time in which credit against improvement fee must be used when construction of qualified public improvement for which credit is granted is suspended for any cause.

OR - HB3342 Prohibits requiring high school diploma or General Educational Development (GED) certificate as qualification for obtaining limited specialty plumber license to install or replace residential water heaters.

OR - HB3323 Increases from $40,000 to $100,000 amount of bond or letter of credit that certain vehicle dealers are required to purchase.

OR - HB2544 Allows issuance of electrical permit to electrical contractor contracting for services of general supervising electrician.

OR - HB2164 Requires municipalities administering and enforcing building inspection programs to provide electronic access to building code information and services.

OR - SB983 Eliminates electrician license category authorizing licensee to repair and maintain electrical wiring and equipment in manufactured structure.

OR - SB986 Permits insurance licensee to not provide annual notices of licensee's policies and practices with respect to disclosing personal information if licensee provides personal information to nonaffiliated third parties only in accordance with applicable law and does not change policies and practices that licensee last disclosed to customer.

OR - HB3445 Directs Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries to appoint Transportation Network Company Oversight Board.

OR - SB985 Exempts insurers that transact certain classes of commercial insurance from requirement to file rates or policy forms.

OR - HB2916 Provides that specification or calculation of amount provider must charge person who receives personal injury protection benefits, or person's insurer, may not consider discounts that provider allows in individual cases for personal or financial hardship, for prompt payment or for payment at time person receives services from provider.

OR - HB2425 Prohibits public employer from agreeing to pay or provide retirement benefit to member of Public Employees Retirement System other than payments required or provided for in statutes governing retirement benefits of members of system.

OR - HB3219 Requires public employer to publish collective bargaining agreement.

OR - HB2354 Requires person to obtain or renew license from Secretary of State in order to serve as commercial registered agent in this state.

OR - HB2966 Excludes certain Portland employers from sick leave requirements if employer is located in Portland on temporary or seasonal basis and has permanent location outside city.

OR - HB2936 Specifies that, for purpose of sick leave employee-count threshold, employee and parent, spouse or child of employee may not be counted if employee or parent, spouse or child of employee is director of corporation with substantial ownership interest, member of limited liability company or partner of limited liability partnership.

OR - HB3157 Directs Department of Transportation to regulate privately owned vehicles for hire, including taxicabs and limousines.

OR - HB3233 Allows employer to pay accrued sick leave to employee who is employed on fixed-rate, piece-rate or commission basis at employee's fixed hourly rate.

OR - HB3168 Exempts certain persons measuring or describing water, underwater areas or submerged lands from laws regulating practice of surveying or other practices regulated by State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying.

OR - HB3169 Establishes that Office of Administrative Hearings has sole jurisdiction over appeal of classification of worker as independent contractor.

OR - HB3209 Removes from coverage as subject worker member or manager of limited liability company who holds direct or indirect ownership interest in limited liability company, including through one or more holding companies, regardless of work that member or manager performs for limited liability company.

OR - SB279 Requires that notice of nonpayment of wages or compensation to employer include statement that payment of unpaid wages or compensation to employee within 12 days limits penalty to 100 percent of unpaid wages or compensation owed to employee.

OR - SB331 Permits insurer in lieu of renewing policy to offer insured replacement policy if insurer provides notice to insured and insurance producer at least 45 days before date on which policy subject to renewal expires.

OR - SB134 Subjects motor vehicle seller and buyer to certain conditions contingent on lender's agreement or failure to agree to purchase retail installment contract or lease agreement for motor vehicle.

OR - SB381 Requires certain notices related to real estate loans to be mailed to all addresses on file for recipient, including post office boxes.

OR - HB2184 Provides that contractor may award subcontract only to responsible subcontractor.

OR - HB2971 Increases number of video lottery game terminals allowed on premises of race meet licensee that qualifies as video lottery game retailer to 50 terminals.

OR - SB1040 Ensures that private sector labor organizations and employers throughout state may enter into union security agreements to full extent allowed by federal law.

OR - HB2861 Grants Governor authority to declare economic emergency.

OR - SB97 Provides that Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services must act as, or acknowledge another regulatory official as, group-wide supervisor for internationally active insurance group.

OR - HB3411 Allows labor arbitrator to consider reasonable alternative to last best offers by each party during labor negotiation.

OR - HB3210 Requires Oregon Department of Administrative Services to provide notice and opportunity for comment for statewide human resource policy and to submit policy to Legislative Counsel for review.

OR - HB3317 Effective January 1, 2018, repeals nonurban county minimum wage tier and replaces it with urban minimum wage tier for certain cities, increasing incrementally on annual basis through 2023.

OR - HB2165 Requires building official to inspect small home for compliance with recreational vehicle program standards if home is not intended for use as residence or is not permanently sited.

OR - HB3221 Requires State Chief Information Officer to develop, in collaboration with state agencies and Secretary of State, State Treasurer and Attorney General, curriculum and materials for training state employees in information security.

OR - HB2148 Allows construction contractor or subcontractor to post retainage bond as substitute for moneys being withheld as retainage.

OR - HB2915 Allows employer to pay federal minimum wage to youth employee during employee's initial period of employment.

OR - HB2195 Requires inspector of construction work to ascertain name and license type and number of each contractor or subcontractor having responsibility for work being inspected.

OR - HB3013 Directs Public Employees Retirement Board to use lesser of assumed interest rate for system determined by board or assumed interest rate published by federal Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation in formulating actuarial equivalency factor tables for purpose of computing payments to members of Public Employees Retirement System.

OR - HB2572 Allows Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries to issue multiyear license to qualifying labor contractor.

OR - SB299 Allows employers to limit number of hours of sick time that employees may accrue per year.

OR - HB2924 Requires seller of real property to disclose if property was used as site for manufacture, processing, storage, distribution or retail sale of medical or recreational marijuana items.

OR - SB416 Provides that Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries may apply certain considerations to determine whether to divide public works project into separate contracts.

OR - SB96 Requires broker-dealers and state investment advisers to maintain errors and omissions insurance policy in amount of at least $1 million as condition of state licensure.

OR - SB722 Provides that debt management service provider may charge fee of not more than $50 per month during term of agreement between consumer and debt management service provider under which debt management service provider improves or preserves, or offers to improve or preserve, consumer's credit record, credit history or credit rating but does not conduct budget analysis for consumer, act as broker for another debt management service provider or otherwise engage in other activity that constitutes deb

OR - SB298 Extends sunset for provisions making discretionary Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries' authority to prepare formal charges and pursue certain matters in court.

OR - SB336 Requires inclusion of certain information in notification that contractor or business sends to Construction Contractors Board upon person ceasing to be responsible managing individual for contractor or business.

OR - SB974 Prohibits persons other than retail customers of vehicle dealer from making claim against vehicle dealer when vehicle dealer is authorized to deal exclusively in motorcycles, mopeds, Class I all-terrain vehicles or snowmobiles or any combination of those vehicles.

OR - HB2359 Removes requirement for beneficiary in trust deed to send, and Attorney General to receive, copy of notice that beneficiary has denied grantor's eligibility for foreclosure avoidance measure.

OR - HB2495 Removes requirement that person intending to meet financial responsibility requirements for driving in this state by self-insuring have more than 25 vehicles, including commercial buses, registered in person's name.

OR - HB2161 Provides that amendments to bylaws of credit union are automatically effective unless disapproved by Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services.

OR - HB2075 Extends sunset for tax credit for insurers transacting fire insurance.

OR - HB3170 Extends collective bargaining rights to certain faculty members of public university with academic rather than administrative focus.

OR - HB2756 Transfers duties, functions and powers of State Department of Energy related to issuance of loans for small scale local energy projects to Oregon Business Development Department.

OR - HB2262 Allows Employment Relations Board to employ and set salaries for state employees.

OR - SB1028 Allows professional licensing board to consider experience in lieu of high school diploma or equivalent for licensure, certification or other authorization to provide certain occupational or professional services.

OR - SB94 Increases threshold for estimated cost at which construction project sites must provide sanitary facilities by changing amount that triggers requirement from $1 million to $1.75 million.

OR - SB398 Requires Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries to adopt rules to require employers to provide written notice to employees about state and federal earned income tax credits.

OR - HB2856 Creates Community Outreach and Labor Education Program within Bureau of Labor and Industries to promote awareness of employee rights.

OR - HB2265 Allows parties to agree in writing to starting date for 150-day period after which parties involved in negotiations over terms of collective bargaining agreement may notify Employment Relations Board of need for mediator.

OR - HB2090 Provides that person engages in unlawful trade practice if person publishes on website related to person's business, or in consumer agreement related to consumer transaction, statement or representation of fact in which person asserts that person, in particular manner or for particular purposes, will use, disclose, collect, maintain, delete or dispose of information that person requests, requires or receives from consumer and person uses, discloses, collects, maintains, deletes or disposes of in

OR - HB3101 Prohibits hotels or inns from charging facility fees in addition to price of guest room rental unless facility fees are disclosed prior to guest room reservation or rental.

OR - HB2193 Requires large employers in specified industries to provide new employee with estimated work schedule and to provide current employee with two weeks' notice of employee work schedule.

OR - HB2737 Requires Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services to adopt construction standards for homes that have floor area of not more than 600 square feet.

OR - HB3264 Directs Department of Transportation to conduct pilot program on prompt payment of certain contracts.

OR - HB2181 Creates rebuttable presumption against employer if employer takes certain adverse actions against employee within 90 days of employee's protected, wage-related activity.

OR - HB2180 Establishes right of employee for civil action based on unpaid wages.

OR - HB2353 Requires corporations, incorporators of corporations, limited liability companies and organizers of limited liability companies to file document that declares whether corporation or limited liability company has previously filed or will file tax return or that lists certain identifying information for each of corporation's or limited liability company's beneficial owners.

OR - HB2501 Modifies laws related to real estate appraisers and appraisal management companies.

OR - HB2231 Directs Public Employees Retirement Board to study use of intercept agreements with respect to pension obligation bonds and report to appropriate committee or interim committee of Legislative Assembly no later than December 31, 2017.

OR - HB3054 Establishes minimum wage for tipped employee of not less than $10 per hour if employee earns in tips at least $5 per hour more than minimum wage otherwise required by law.

OR - HB2188 Permits employee of contracting agency that conducts cost analysis or determines feasibility of procurement, or exclusive representative of employee's bargaining unit, to seek judicial review of cost analysis or determination.

OR - HB3188 Prohibits person from engaging in business as debt buyer unless person first obtains certificate of registration from Department of Consumer and Business Services.

OR - HB2962 Removes certain exemptions that State Treasurer has from Public Contracting Code.

OR - HB2761 Includes daily fantasy sports game in definition of "contest of chance" for purposes of gambling and gaming laws.

OR - HB2850 Creates income tax credit for employing up to three youth workers.

OR - HB2671 Establishes task force to study and consider issues related to liquor store agent compensation.

OR - HB2032 Creates task force to identify and develop proposals for privatization of sale of distilled liquors.

OR - HB3320 Imposes fee on money transmission made by person other than corporation to location outside state.

OR - HB2352 Specifies that principal office of business entity incorporated or organized in this state or authorized to transact business in this state must have physical street address that may not be commercial mail receiving agency, mail forwarding business or virtual office.

OR - HB2206 Eliminates education, experience and examination requirements for issuance or renewal of landscape contracting business license or landscape construction professional license.

OR - HB2476 Excludes from unfair labor practices employer practice of establishing wages, benefits or other employment terms for member of labor organization that are different from wages, benefits or other employment terms for employee who is not member of labor organization.

OR - HB2563 Requires contracting agency to develop and implement policy for granting preference to bidder, proposer or offeror that is headquartered or does majority of business transactions within this state or within United States, that agrees to supply goods or services from sources located within this state or within United States or that agrees to perform substantially all work required in procurement with personnel or resources obtained within this state or within United States.

OR - HB3424 Requires person that engages in business as transportation network company in this state to obtain license from Department of Transportation.

OR - HB2635 Includes base pay of corrections employees of certain counties as comparable factor to be considered by arbitrator in establishing base pay for employees of Department of Corrections.

OR - HB2564 Requires contracting agency to base determination of contractor's responsibility for public improvement contract on contractor's demonstrating that contractor has provided health insurance to contractor's employees for period of two years before contractor submitted bid for public improvement contract.

OR - HB2583 Modifies definition of "public works." Classifies exemption from ad valorem property taxation as funds of public agency for purpose of requiring payment of prevailing rate of wage.

OR - HB2646 Provides hours of service credit for vesting purposes and retirement credit to member of Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan who receives workers' compensation disability payments and subsequently is reemployed by any participating public employer.

OR - HB2632 Expands exemption from limitations on employment of retired members of Public Employees Retirement System reemployed by Oregon State Police.

OR - HB3238 Prohibits person employed by state agency from participating in public contract within five years after person ceases to hold position.

OR - HB3356 Removes existing specification of maximum application and processing fees local government may charge for recommendation regarding Oregon Liquor Control Commission issuance or renewal of license.

OR - HB3362 Creates income tax credit for taxpayers that provide apprenticeship opportunities.

OR - HB3329 Directs Appraiser Certification and Licensure Board to establish program to award grants to state certified appraisers and state licensed appraisers to whom board issues certificate or license on or after January 1, 2018.

OR - HB3114 Creates income tax credit for employing up to three students enrolled in at least four credit hours in institution of higher education.

OR - HB2154 Directs Oregon State Lottery Commission to employ ombudsmen to assist small businesses that are or wish to become lottery game retailers or contractors.

OR - HB2581 Requires person that possesses or has access to account information to report breach of security to financial institution that issued financial access device.

OR - HB2168 Requires municipality or business employing person to perform state building code specialty code inspection to provide equipment required for performance of inspection.

OR - HB3385 Extends sunset on provisions allowing retired member of Public Employees Retirement System to be reemployed by participating public employer as teacher of career and technical education without loss of retirement benefits.

OR - HB2609 Updates laws that govern nonprofit corporations in this state.

OR - HB2670 Provides that contracting agency, in solicitation for procurement, must require bidder or proposer to disclose violations of certain laws.

OR - HB3402 Limits hours that nurses employed in Department of Corrections institutions may work.

OR - HB2112 Prohibits financial institutions from unilaterally closing customer account unless customer is given 60 days' notice of closure and of reason for closure.

OR - HB2441 Provides that employee of public employer is liable to employer for wages paid to employee during period of administrative leave if employee was placed on leave as result of allegation that employee engaged in criminal conduct and if employee is thereafter convicted of crime by reason of conduct.

OR - HB3410 Allows labor arbitrator to consider county economic factors such as cost of living in addition to population in establishing base pay for employees.

OR - HB2783 Authorizes Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries to require employer that is able to pay but has not paid wages to provide bond for a period of time determined by commissioner or cease conducting business until employer has provided bond.

OR - HB3099 Requires principal real estate brokers to complete continuing education in brokerage practices to qualify for renewal of principal real estate broker license.

OR - HB3035 Directs Public Employees Retirement Board to immediately initiate or resume payment of certain increased benefits under Public Employees Retirement System if recipient shows that benefits were reduced or not increased because recipient failed to provide required statement due to physical illness of recipient or recipient's spouse.

OR - HB2935 Modifies provision allowing waiver of qualification for registration as professional engineer if applicant has professional engineering experience in another jurisdiction.

OR - HB2677 Prohibits state contracting agency from entering public contract with contract price that exceeds $100,000 with contractor that discriminates in providing benefits against employee or employee's dependent on basis of employee's or dependent's actual or perceived gender identity, including identification as transgendered.

OR - HB2842 Requires professional licensing boards to consider homeschool diploma to be equivalent to high school diploma for purposes of licensure, certification or other authorization needed to provide occupational or professional service.

OR - HB2781 Directs Bureau of Labor and Industries to study issue of wage theft. .

OR - SB330 Specifies changes to conditions under which insurer or supervising entity may terminate portable electronics insurance coverage.

OR - HB3218 Requires labor organization to be recertified as exclusive representative every four years.

OR - SB85 Changes composition of Telecommunication Devices Access Program Advisory Committee.

OR - HB3379 Provides for establishment of percentage by which district school board shall annually increase total amount of moneys used to pay for salary and benefits of employees under collective bargaining agreement.

OR - HB2335 Permits Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services, at request of party to proceeding to close workers' compensation claim, to appoint as many as three members to panel of medical arbiters in accordance with criteria director sets by rule.

OR - HB2624 Exempts out-of-state banks, extranational institutions and foreign associations from requirement to file notice before dealing in notes secured by mortgages or trust deeds, if authorized to conduct banking business in this state by certificate of Department of Consumer and Business Services.

OR - HB2186 Provides that Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services may certify self-insurance program created by intergovernmental agreement as self-insured employer for purposes of workers' compensation insurance.

OR - HB2317 Increases term of member of State Mortuary and Cemetery Board from three years to four years.

OR - HB2192 Increases term of Workers' Compensation Management-Labor Advisory Committee members from two years to three years.

OR - HB2336 Permits Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services to appoint claims processing agent for self-insured employer or self-insured employer group that defaults or cancels employer's or group's certification or that director decertifies.

OR - HB2346 Directs insured institution or credit union to accept declaration rather than affidavit from Department of Human Services or Oregon Health Authority to pay claim on death of depositor.

OR - HB3473 Provides that outside compensation of employee of public university or community college is not included in employee's salary for purposes of Public Employees Retirement System.

OR - HB3184 Permits Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services to develop and implement system that provides loan counseling to consumers who borrow from payday loan lenders and title loan lenders.

OR - HB3383 Establishes refundable tax credit against income or corporate excise taxes for employers in specified industrial sectors for wages paid to employees at or below specified rate.

OR - HB2005 Provides definitions relating to comparable work for purposes of pay equity provisions.

OR - HB2562 Requires lender that has contract with person for reverse mortgage to send person or escrow agent, title insurance company or other agent that pays property taxes on person's behalf notice that states that title to property that is subject to reverse mortgage remains with person and person is responsible for paying property taxes and related taxes on property.

OR - SB664 Prohibits agency from imposing civil penalty on small business under certain circumstances.

OR - HB3008 Prohibits employer from requiring employee to create, file or sign documents containing information that employer knows is false related to hours worked or compensation received by employee.

OR - HB3060 Prohibits state contracting agency from entering into public contract with prospective contractor that has not certified that prospective contractor has policy and practice of preventing sexual harassment, sexual assault and discrimination against members of protected classes of workers.

OR - HB3203 Requires contracting agency to perform analysis to determine whether constructing public improvement with contracting agency's own equipment and personnel will result in least cost to contracting agency.

OR - HB2348 Increases amount of revenue from business registry filings that Secretary of State dedicates to operations of office of Secretary of State from $20 per filing to $25 per filing.

OR - HB2975 Authorizes court to award retail customers of vehicle dealers statutory damages under certain circumstances.

OR - HB2162 Requires state contracting agency that awards public improvement contract with contract price of more than $5 million to require contractor to employ apprentices to perform 10 percent of work hours on public improvement that workers in apprenticeable occupations perform.

OR - HB3305 Includes travel trailers as vehicles that are subject to state's "lemon law." Declares emergency, effective on passage.

OR - HB2190 Modifies definition of "social game" for purposes of regulation of gambling.

OR - HB3189 Establishes Department of Building Codes.

OR - HB3420 Ensures that private sector labor organizations and employers throughout state may enter into union security agreements to full extent allowed by federal law.

OR - SB901 Specifies that amateur athlete is not employee for purpose of certain employment-related provisions.

OR - HB2252 Expands exemption of retired members of Public Employees Retirement System from limitations on reemployment to members reemployed by state or county for work in correctional institution located in county with population of fewer than 100,000 residents.

OR - HB2362 Provides that right and privilege to construct, maintain or operate water, gas, electric or communication service line, fixture or other facility along public roads, free of charge, does not extend to county roads.

OR - HB2145 Establishes lower minimum wage for work-study students, adjusted annually for inflation.

OR - HB2323 Exempts retired member of Public Employees Retirement System from limitations on reemployment if member is reemployed for purposes of providing law enforcement or security services to Governor, Legislative Assembly, Judicial Department or Department of Revenue.

OR - HB2567 Requires employers with 100 or more employees to provide 60 days' notice to employees and certain officials before ceasing operations, relocating or ordering mass layoff involving 50 or more employees.

OR - HB2604 Provides that judicial marshal certified by Department of Public Safety Standards and Training qualifies as police officer under Public Employees Retirement System.

OR - HB2976 Requires public employer to publish proposed collective bargaining agreement and cost analysis before signing.

OR - HB2762 Provides that employer must provide injured worker, within 48 hours after injury, with form that Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services develops.

OR - HB2549 Authorizes Oregon State Lottery Commission to issue registrations to fantasy contest operators to organize or offer fantasy contests.

OR - HB2626 Allows arbitrator to consider base pay for city police officers in assessing compensation for unsworn Department of State Police troopers and for sworn Department of State Police troopers.

OR - HB2653 Establishes alternate death benefit for surviving spouse of member of Public Employees Retirement System who dies before retirement.

OR - HB2977 Requires Division of Audits of Secretary of State's office to perform cost analysis of proposed collective bargaining agreement between public employer and labor organization before execution of agreement.

OR - HB2378 Allows employer to pay 85 percent of minimum wage to employee under 21 years of age for initial 90 days of employment.

OR - HB3043 Requires transportation network company or other employer to conduct or have other person conduct criminal records check to determine whether individual that transportation network company or other employer intends to engage as participating driver has committed certain criminal violations.

OR - HB3246 Requires transportation network company that operates in this state to obtain license from Department of Consumer and Business Services.

OR - HB3436 Defines terms related to construction material resellers.

OR - HB3217 Requires labor negotiation with public body to take place in open meeting.

OR - HB2187 Requires issue subject to collective bargaining during term of collective bargaining agreement that is not resolved through negotiation or mediation to be resolved through binding arbitration.

OR - HB2860 Restricts number of personnel files concerning faculty members that community college may maintain.

OR - HB3096 Requires financial institution to report to Department of Consumer and Business Services customer complaint concerning improper charges to customer's credit card or debit card or improper withdrawals from customer's deposit account that alleges that improper charges or withdrawals came after inadequate disclosure or failure to disclose that initial purchase obligated customer to make additional purchases or payments unless customer acts affirmatively to cancel obligation.

OR - HB3324 Requires Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services to provide incentive to small employers to participate in consultative services, to provide maximum allowable protection from fines and penalties to small employers that participate in consultative services and to promote consultative services to small business community.

OR - HB3309 Extends time limitation to bring certain pay equity claims by making each subsequent payroll action that is based on underlying pay equity violation actionable.

OR - HB3316 Allows certain school districts to apply for grants for certain elementary schools to provide additional daily hour of English instruction if school performance on statewide summative assessment for English falls below specified levels.

OR - HB3130 Modifies funding mechanism for public employees' health care benefit to avoid excise tax under Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

OR - HB2484 Defers annual minimum wage increases in Baker and Malheur Counties by two years.

OR - HB3126 Removes service charge exemption for translator districts in certain instances.

OR - HB2674 Provides that police officer commissioned by public university or Oregon Health and Science University is police officer for purposes of Public Employees Retirement System.

OR - HB2858 Specifies procedures Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services may use to investigate violations of Insurance Code.

OR - HB3265 Provides that any business license issued by city or county must be transferable to benefit of purchaser of licensed business for remaining term of license without additional payment of business license tax.

OR - HB3186 Makes strike or recognition of picket line of labor organization by assistant attorney general unlawful.

OR - HB3414 Establishes retirement benefits payable under Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan to persons who establish membership in Public Employees Retirement System on or after effective date of Act.

OR - HB2714 Provides that unemployment insurance benefits are payable during summer term to community college instructor who has received assignment for previous summer term.

OR - HB3093 Requires transportation network company or other employer to conduct or have other person conduct test to determine whether individual that transportation network company or other employer intends to engage as participating driver has used or is using controlled substance.

OR - HB3045 Requires transportation network company to make certain disclosures to participating drivers.

OR - HB2163 Permits employer to make deduction from employee's wages for contribution to individual account for employee's benefit in plan maintained under section 125, 401(k), 403(b), 408, 408A or 457 of Internal Revenue Code if employee is given certain notices and right to cancel or change contribution.

OR - HB3396 Requires communications service providers, Internet service providers and television service providers to provide customers with written confirmation of verbally agreed upon rate, term or condition of service within 10 days of verbal agreement.

OR - HB2907 Provides that specialized building inspector authorized by, but not employed by, municipality to administer and enforce parts of state building code specialty code is appointee of municipality for purpose of inspector certification statutes.

OR - HB3299 Imposes on owner of foreclosed residential real property liability to local government of $10 for each day that property remains unsold and vacant during period that begins 270 days after date of trustee's sale or judgment of foreclosure, unless owner demonstrates that property remains unsold and vacant because owner is renovating or substantially remodeling property.

OR - HB2857 Prohibits certain activities by, and specifies additional duties for, performing rights society in notifying business proprietors concerning proprietors' duties with respect to performing copyrighted musical works and in negotiating contracts for paying royalties for performing copyrighted musical works.

OR - HB3381 Requires prospective contractor to state in bid or proposal for public contract whether and extent to which prospective contractor will use conflict minerals in performing public contract and whether prospective contractor's disclosures, policies, practices and procedures with respect to procuring conflict minerals comply with rules that Securities and Exchange Commission promulgates under provisions of Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

OR - HB2167 Creates unlawful employment practice and violation of Oregon Safe Employment Act for creating or maintaining abusive work environment.

OR - HB2843 Directs Occupational Safety and Health Division of Department of Consumer and Business Services to study potential safety benefits of screening replacement workers during labor dispute with employer that employs more than 100 employees in industry involving hazardous materials.

OR - HB3036 Directs Public Employees Retirement Board to reimburse certain recipient of reduced payment under Public Employees Retirement System if recipient establishes that payment was subject to Oregon personal income tax.

OR - HB3028 Authorizes employee of employer that employs more than 1.3 million employees nationwide to request flexible or predictable work schedule.

OR - HB2169 Limits certain attorney fee awards to employee who prevails on claim against employer in wage and hour and employment cases.

OR - HB3322 Requires person that engages in business as vehicle repair shop to obtain certificate from Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services.

OR - HB2651 Includes school class size as mandatory collective bargaining subject.

OR - HB2166 Requires debt buyer to register with Department of Consumer and Business Services to engage in business as debt buyer in this state.

OR - SB67 Defines "business day," "commingle" and "main office" for purposes of certain real estate statutes.

OR - SB21 Authorizes Oregon Board of Accountancy to disclose confidential information to certain public entities.

OR - SB92 Allows Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services to set civil penalties for violations of state occupational health and safety statutes, not to exceed maximum penalties or fall below certain minimum penalties under federal Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.

OR - SB41 Authorizes Employment Department to disclose information in department records to public universities and Oregon Health and Science University to extent necessary to carry out planning, performance measurement, program analysis, socioeconomic analysis or policy analysis functions.

OR - SB980 Requires manufacturer to compensate manufacturer's franchisee for all labor and parts manufacturer requires franchisees to use to perform repairs on vehicles that are subject to recall.

OR - SB42 Reverses amendments to statute made by Enrolled Senate Bill 1534 (2016) that were determined by United States Secretary of Labor to be out of conformity with federal law.

OR - SB838 Excludes persons who are not developers of timeshares from compliance with certain provisions governing timeshares.