---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to employment; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "</b> </i>] Allows a [<i>worker leasing company</i>] <b>professional employer organization</b> to elect to treat the employees [<i>it furnishes to</i>] <b>of</b> a client employer <b>for whom the PEO has assumed employer responsibilities</b> as either the employees of the [<i>company</i>] <b>PEO</b> itself or of the client employer for certain purposes under unemployment insurance law. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "HB 2236"
citation: "Oregon HB 2236 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shelly Boshart Davis"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-24T02:25:10+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b12e0708-1871-4cf4-b7f9-93e3170182f9"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2236"
source_hash: "d58c05f65f52b75aad2fd8f9d8629414644aee4b36791a4ceff76d2f70a80391"
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 2236 (2025R1) — Relating to employment; and prescribing an effective date.

</b> </i>] Allows a [<i>worker leasing company</i>] <b>professional employer organization</b> to elect to treat the employees [<i>it furnishes to</i>] <b>of</b> a client employer <b>for whom the PEO has assumed employer responsibilities</b> as either the employees of the [<i>company</i>] <b>PEO</b> itself or of the client employer for certain purposes under unemployment insurance law. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

## 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/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2236/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2236/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2236/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2236/B-Engrossed)
5. **HLWS Amendment -3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/28508)
6. **SLB Amendment -A6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/28894)
7. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2236/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2236/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Bonham. Passed. — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **51–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Boshart Davis. Passed. — **53–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shelly Boshart Davis — primary (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-17T20:47:46+00:00** Referred to Labor and Workplace Standards. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2025-04-09T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-04-15T21:47:18+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-16T17:54:42+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-17T22:37:38+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 21, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-04-21T19:59:47+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 22, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-04-22T19:03:23+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Boshart Davis. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-23T18:10:26+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23T20:35:25+00:00** Referred to Labor and Business. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-29T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-05-08T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-05-16T17:20:40+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-19T18:21:23+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-05-20T19:31:29+00:00** Carried over to 05-21 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-05-21T19:19:17+00:00** Carried over to 05-22 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-05-22T19:23:08+00:00** Carried over to 05-23 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-05-27T19:03:18+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Bonham. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-29T18:19:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2025-06-02T17:06:22+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-02T18:20:19+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-09T21:40:13+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-24T02:25:10+00:00** Chapter 280, (2025 Laws): effective on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b12e0708-1871-4cf4-b7f9-93e3170182f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).