---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to benefits for public employees."
description: "Removes requirement that Public Employees' Benefit Board and Oregon Educators Benefit Board solicit new bids for actuarial or technical support every three years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2023R1"
identifier: "HB 3140"
citation: "Oregon HB 3140 (2023R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rob Nosse"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-24T18:12:05+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-16T23:52:40+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80c5c3cf-4356-4a1f-aa70-0a5e1761858d"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/HB3140"
source_hash: "3b69429babdc731adb67b0db08b8438379e1c9a919f85c745c71cf4360fb7348"
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 3140 (2023R1) — Relating to benefits for public employees.

Removes requirement that Public Employees' Benefit Board and Oregon Educators Benefit Board solicit new bids for actuarial or technical support every three years.

## 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/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3140/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3140/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Jama. Passed. — **18–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rob Nosse — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24T18:12:05+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30T21:47:24+00:00** Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-03-22T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-03-24T22:57:23+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27T18:32:32+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-28T19:14:57+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 29, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-03-29T19:09:02+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-29T20:06:24+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31T16:52:34+00:00** Referred to Labor and Business. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-04-13T15:01:00+00:00** Work Session cancelled.
- **2023-04-18T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-04-24T16:49:55+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-24T18:26:01+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-25T19:53:56+00:00** Carried over to 04-26 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-04-26T19:27:01+00:00** Carried over to 04-27 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-04-27T18:24:03+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Jama. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-02T22:10:52+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-05-03T18:08:20+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-05-08T19:53:23+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-16T23:52:40+00:00** Chapter 51, (2023 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2024.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80c5c3cf-4356-4a1f-aa70-0a5e1761858d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).