---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to rights of certain agricultural workers to express milk in the workplace; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Provides certain agricultural workers with rights to express breast milk in the workplace. Declares an emergency, effective on passage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "HB 2541"
citation: "Oregon HB 2541 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrea Valderrama", "Dacia Grayber", "Kathleen Taylor", "Sara Gelser Blouin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-20T18:52:15+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a29e1be7-b3b5-43b7-aec1-04826b632c9c"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2541"
source_hash: "873fecf012bdd5d09883bdc15f4d070d008d8d8a436d934e835f608dbeed2e70"
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 2541 (2025R1) — Relating to rights of certain agricultural workers to express milk in the workplace; and declaring an emergency.

Provides certain agricultural workers with rights to express breast milk in the workplace. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

## 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/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2541/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2541/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Munoz. Passed. — **52–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. — **26–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Andrea Valderrama — primary (person)
- Dacia Grayber — primary (person)
- Kathleen Taylor — primary (person)
- Sara Gelser Blouin — primary (person)
- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Emerson Levy — cosponsor (person)
- Hoa Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Khanh Pham — cosponsor (person)
- Lesly Muñoz — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Fragala — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)
- Rep Neron — cosponsor (person)
- Ricki Ruiz — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Thuy Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Andersen — cosponsor (person)
- Travis Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Wlnsvey Campos — 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`
- **2025-03-19T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-03-24T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-03-28T18:45:33+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31T18:25:02+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-01T20:21:08+00:00** Carried over to April 2, 2025 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2025-04-02T18:55:16+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Munoz. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-03T17:48:24+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03T20:46:17+00:00** Referred to Labor and Business. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-15T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-04-17T15:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-04-22T16:35:59+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-22T19:24:51+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-23T19:22:47+00:00** Carried over to 04-24 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-04-24T17:42:10+00:00** Carried over to 04-28 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-04-28T19:20:57+00:00** Carried over to 04-29 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-04-29T18:53:34+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-01T16:47:44+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-05-01T19:29:25+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-05-07T21:22:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-20T18:52:15+00:00** Chapter 24, (2025 Laws): Effective date May 7, 2025.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a29e1be7-b3b5-43b7-aec1-04826b632c9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).