---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to employment classification of certain strike-prohibited employees; and declaring an emergency."
description: "<b>Digest: The Act modifies a defined term under PECBA. The Act restricts the makeup of certain collective bargaining units. The Act takes effect as soon as it is passed. (Flesch Readability Score: 70.4).</b>"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2024R1"
identifier: "HB 4115"
citation: "Oregon HB 4115 (2024R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffrey Helfrich", "Paul Evans"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-05T16:09:01+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-10T21:29:11+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d303f569-41b0-4e24-bc26-0f7eb77fd5ea"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Measures/Overview/HB4115"
source_hash: "a12f8a6775371dd7779527d40b4800e334064ff51adeb49cad46632c672ba242"
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 4115 (2024R1) — Relating to employment classification of certain strike-prohibited employees; and declaring an emergency.

<b>Digest: The Act modifies a defined term under PECBA. The Act restricts the makeup of certain collective bargaining units. The Act takes effect as soon as it is passed. (Flesch Readability Score: 70.4).</b>

## 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.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4115/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4115/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4115/A-Engrossed)
4. **HBL Amendment -3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/25887)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4115/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Helfrich. Passed. — **54–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jeffrey Helfrich — primary (person)
- Paul Evans — primary (person)
- Annessa Hartman — cosponsor (person)
- Bobby Levy — cosponsor (person)
- Boomer Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Charlie Conrad — cosponsor (person)
- Court Boice — cosponsor (person)
- Cyrus Javadi — cosponsor (person)
- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- James Hieb — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Kropf — cosponsor (person)
- John Lively — cosponsor (person)
- Jules Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Kate Lieber — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Helm — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Mannix — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Thatcher — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Owens — cosponsor (person)
- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
- Ricki Ruiz — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Sen Steiner — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne Weber — cosponsor (person)
- Virgle Osborne — cosponsor (person)
- Zach Hudson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-05T16:09:01+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05T18:06:35+00:00** Referred to Business and Labor. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05T19:21:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2024-02-14T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-02-15T20:57:28+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-16T18:20:13+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-19T20:05:53+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Helfrich. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-20T19:25:09+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20T21:00:24+00:00** Referred to Labor and Business. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2024-02-28T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-02-29T17:04:25+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-29T20:28:05+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-01T23:05:13+00:00** Carried over to 03-04 by unanimous consent.
- **2024-03-04T22:48:00+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-05T22:10:17+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-06T20:03:59+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-04-04T23:03:58+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-10T21:29:11+00:00** Chapter 84, (2024 Laws): Effective date April 4, 2024.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d303f569-41b0-4e24-bc26-0f7eb77fd5ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).