---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to penalties for failure to comply with certain requirements under the laws governing public employee collective bargaining."
description: "Directs the Employment Relations Board to impose civil penalties against a public employer that has a history of failing to comply with certain requirements under the Public Employee Collective Bargaining Act. <b>Provides that a violation resulting from certain events is not subject to a civil penalty.</b> Permits the board to consider extenuating circumstances when determining the amount of the civil penalty to impose."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "HB 2944"
citation: "Oregon HB 2944 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Gorsek", "James Manning Jr.", "Travis Nelson"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-20T01:28:51+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d90abb3-7a85-4e15-aca1-098f99909ec1"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2944"
source_hash: "997668bf1a87b08bcffc47c303fa27704f81b92e7b0d1a8bb7fba23327682580"
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 2944 (2025R1) — Relating to penalties for failure to comply with certain requirements under the laws governing public employee collective bargaining.

Directs the Employment Relations Board to impose civil penalties against a public employer that has a history of failing to comply with certain requirements under the Public Employee Collective Bargaining Act. <b>Provides that a violation resulting from certain events is not subject to a civil penalty.</b> Permits the board to consider extenuating circumstances when determining the amount of the civil penalty to impose.

## 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/HB2944/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **House Minority Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2944/House%20Minority%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2944/Introduced)
4. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2944/A-Engrossed)
5. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2944/B-Engrossed)
6. **HLWS Amendment -3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/28126)
7. **Minority Report A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2944/Minority%20Report%20A-Engrossed)
8. **SLB Amendment -A7** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/28909)
9. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2944/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
10. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2944/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–3** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Nelson. Passed. — **33–24** (pass) · lower
- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **35–21** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. — **16–11** (pass) · upper
- Motion to substitute Minority Report for Committee Report failed. — **24–33** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Gorsek — primary (person)
- James Manning Jr. — primary (person)
- Travis Nelson — primary (person)
- Lesly Muñoz — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Fragala — cosponsor (person)
- Thuy Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Andersen — 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`
- **2025-02-17T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-04-07T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-04-14T21:18:28+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14T21:18:29+00:00** Minority Recommendation: Do pass with different amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-16T17:54:42+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-17T18:48:00+00:00** Motion to substitute Minority Report for Committee Report failed.
- **2025-04-17T19:17:10+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Nelson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-21T18:38:45+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-21T21:55:42+00:00** Referred to Labor and Business. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-01T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-05-08T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-05-16T17:20:56+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.
- **2025-05-21T19:26:08+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-27T19:04:54+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2025-05-28T22:06:38+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-05-29T16:30:30+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-05T23:36:03+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20T01:28:51+00:00** Chapter 270, (2025 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2026.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d90abb3-7a85-4e15-aca1-098f99909ec1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).