---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to union misrepresentation."
description: "Makes it unlawful to falsely impersonate a union representative. Provides that a labor organization shall have, as a matter of internal governance, the sole authority to identify and designate the union representatives associated with the labor organization. Provides a cause of action for a union representative alleging a violation of the prohibition against falsely impersonating a union representative."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "HB 3789"
citation: "Oregon HB 3789 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dacia Grayber", "Hai Pham", "Nathan Sosa", "Rep Neron", "Tom Andersen"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-02-27T19:29:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-24T02:30:47+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b248d8a8-bbc1-4bfd-a1ec-b591ecf1d88a"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3789"
source_hash: "01345a4d4607341bb5a4e1f5697ea93b3e366ce2c568d34a252e72511aabb780"
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 3789 (2025R1) — Relating to union misrepresentation.

Makes it unlawful to falsely impersonate a union representative. Provides that a labor organization shall have, as a matter of internal governance, the sole authority to identify and designate the union representatives associated with the labor organization. Provides a cause of action for a union representative alleging a violation of the prohibition against falsely impersonating a union representative.

## 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/HB3789/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3789/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3789/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3789/B-Engrossed)
5. **HLWS Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/27534)
6. **Minority Report to B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3789/Minority%20Report%20to%20B-Engrossed)
7. **SLB Amendment -A6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/28958)
8. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3789/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
9. **Senate Minority Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3789/Senate%20Minority%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
10. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3789/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Motion to substitute Minority Report for Committee Report failed. — **12–18** (fail) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–3** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Broadman. Passed. — **18–12** (pass) · upper
- Motion to refer to Rules failed. — **22–31** (fail) · lower
- Passed. — **32–22** (pass) · lower
- Motion to rerefer to Labor and Workplace Standards failed. — **22–31** (fail) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **33–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dacia Grayber — primary (person)
- Hai Pham — primary (person)
- Nathan Sosa — primary (person)
- Rep Neron — primary (person)
- Tom Andersen — primary (person)
- Anthony Broadman — cosponsor (person)
- April Dobson — cosponsor (person)
- David Gomberg — cosponsor (person)
- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Farrah Chaichi — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd Prozanski — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Kropf — cosponsor (person)
- Jules Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Kate Lieber — cosponsor (person)
- Khanh Pham — cosponsor (person)
- Lesly Muñoz — cosponsor (person)
- Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Fragala — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Mari Watanabe — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Travis Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Willy Chotzen — cosponsor (person)
- Zach Hudson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-27T19:29:00+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05T00:19:48+00:00** Referred to Labor and Workplace Standards. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-10T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-03-31T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-04-04T20:10:34+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07T18:34:06+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-08T19:23:13+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 9, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-04-09T19:09:30+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 10, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-04-10T22:27:07+00:00** Motion to rerefer to Labor and Workplace Standards failed.
- **2025-04-10T22:31:33+00:00** Motion to refer to Rules failed.
- **2025-04-10T22:41:08+00:00** Passed.
- **2025-04-10T22:00:00+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Pham H.
- **2025-04-14T16:19:36+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14T20:36:04+00:00** Referred to Labor and Business. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-06T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-05-08T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-05-13T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-05-23T19:56:44+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng bill. (Printed B-Eng.) Bonham, Hayden not concurring. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-23T19:56:45+00:00** Minority Recommendation: Do pass with different amendments to the A-Eng bill. (Printed B-Eng. Minority) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-27T18:00:44+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-05-28T20:00:09+00:00** Motion to substitute Minority Report for Committee Report failed.
- **2025-05-28T20:29:41+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Broadman. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-02T19:06:45+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2025-06-03T17:29:53+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-03T22:25:52+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-11T23:16:13+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-24T02:30:47+00:00** Chapter 307, (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/b248d8a8-bbc1-4bfd-a1ec-b591ecf1d88a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).