---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to collective bargaining."
description: "Requires public employer to grant reasonable paid time to public employee who is designated representative to engage in certain activities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2016"
citation: "Oregon HB 2016 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Witt", "Jeff Golden", "John Lively", "Kathleen Taylor"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-21T17:59:26+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-02T21:19:47+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/133fd712-dd0f-4eb3-8bc9-d7194e9baa96"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2016"
source_hash: "b93e221b76bb57bcfbd0bb8873524877a6666813f7fc4c3d0dec617a57ab8a52"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-or"]
---

# Oregon HB 2016 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to collective bargaining.

Requires public employer to grant reasonable paid time to public employee who is designated representative to engage in certain activities.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **House Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2016/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **House Minority Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2016/House Minority Amendments to Introduced)
3. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2016/Introduced)
4. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2016/A-Engrossed)
5. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2016/B-Engrossed)
6. **HBL Amendment -8** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/14250)
7. **Minority Report A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2016/Minority Report A-Engrossed)
8. **SWF Amendment -A13** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/16111)
9. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2016/Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed)
10. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2016/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–4** (pass) · lower
- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **38–21** (pass) · lower
- Motion to substitute Minority Report for Committee Report failed. — **22–36** (fail) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. — **17–11** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Barker. Passed. — **36–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brad Witt — primary (person)
- Jeff Golden — primary (person)
- John Lively — primary (person)
- Kathleen Taylor — primary (person)
- Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)
- Andrea Salinas — cosponsor (person)
- Arnie Roblan — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Smith Warner — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Clem — cosponsor (person)
- Carla Piluso — cosponsor (person)
- Diego Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth Steiner Hayward — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd Prozanski — cosponsor (person)
- Ginny Burdick — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Williamson — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
- Karin Power — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Helm — cosponsor (person)
- Lee Beyer — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Wilde — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Dembrow — cosponsor (person)
- Mitch Greenlick — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Holvey — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Prusak — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Wagner — cosponsor (person)
- Sheri Schouten — cosponsor (person)
- Susan McLain — cosponsor (person)
- Tawna Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Alonso Leon — cosponsor (person)
- Tiffiny Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Tina Kotek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-21T17:59:26+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-21T19:58:45+00:00** Referred to Business and Labor. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-03-18T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-03-25T19:22:01+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-25T19:22:03+00:00** Minority Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26T18:24:10+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-27T18:49:46+00:00** Motion to substitute Minority Report for Committee Report failed.
- **2019-03-27T20:01:52+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Barker. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-28T16:34:23+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29T20:14:04+00:00** Referred to Workforce. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-05-21T15:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-29T15:39:08+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-30T16:36:42+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-03T20:11:15+00:00** Taken from 06-03 Calendar and placed on 06-04 Calendar by unanimous consent.
- **2019-06-04T19:15:04+00:00** Carried over to 06-05 by unanimous consent.
- **2019-06-05T18:46:18+00:00** Carried over to 06-06 by unanimous consent.
- **2019-06-06T19:05:51+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-11T17:26:34+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2019-06-12T21:31:14+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-13T16:24:03+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-20T22:17:13+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-02T21:19:47+00:00** Chapter 429, (2019 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/133fd712-dd0f-4eb3-8bc9-d7194e9baa96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).