---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to reemployment rights for servicemembers; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Exempts certain types of voluntary service in uniformed service from five-year limit on eligibility for reemployment rights in private and public sectors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2231"
citation: "Oregon HB 2231 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marty Wilde"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-11T15:57:04+00:00"
last_action: "2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28371cea-649d-4df9-86c3-12b652d8a738"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB2231"
source_hash: "d4e2834494b1ba41603a87cce442b75f4cc0c2b4ef889f09b837a064d7e0792a"
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 2231 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to reemployment rights for servicemembers; and prescribing an effective date.

Exempts certain types of voluntary service in uniformed service from five-year limit on eligibility for reemployment rights in private and public sectors.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2231/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2231/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Wilde. Passed. — **55–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. — **29–1** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **3–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Marty Wilde — primary (person)
- Bill Post — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Hayden — cosponsor (person)
- Christine Drazan — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly Boshart Davis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11T15:57:04+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20T04:40:25+00:00** Referred to Business and Labor. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03T23:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-08T23:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-03-10T22:13:30+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-15T18:11:34+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-03-17T03:58:00+00:00** Carried over to March 22, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-03-22T19:57:45+00:00** Carried over to March 24, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-03-24T18:08:50+00:00** Carried over to March 29, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-03-29T18:12:26+00:00** Carried over to March 30, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-03-31T03:44:01+00:00** Carried over to March 31, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-04-01T03:58:35+00:00** Carried over to April 1, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-04-02T03:46:57+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Wilde. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-05T18:52:45+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12T16:11:26+00:00** Referred to Veterans and Emergency Preparedness. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20T22:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-04-27T22:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-10T15:14:10+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-10T17:16:24+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-05-11T19:11:50+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-11T19:12:50+00:00** Burdick, absent, granted unanimous consent to vote aye.
- **2021-05-11T19:13:50+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-05-13T18:07:57+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-05-14T18:54:17+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-05-21T23:53:45+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00** Chapter 62, (2021 Laws): Effective date September 25, 2021.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28371cea-649d-4df9-86c3-12b652d8a738`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).