republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2017-regular-session/sb-398.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to increased employee awareness of the earned income tax credit; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Requires Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries to adopt rules to require employers to provide written notice to employees about state and federal earned income tax credits. Requires Bureau of Labor and Industries to include information about earned income tax credits in posters regarding state minimum wage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 398"
citation: "Oregon SB 398 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elizabeth Steiner Hayward"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-22T19:07:58+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22e90356-087f-43b0-b47a-73be4ed474ec"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB398"
source_hash: "6414d2782038a5e7ceb66406c2f448db22a9d7382678e02496b0329880666ebd"
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 SB 398 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to increased employee awareness of the earned income tax credit; and prescribing an effective date.

Requires Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries to adopt rules to require employers to provide written notice to employees about state and federal earned income tax credits. Requires Bureau of Labor and Industries to include information about earned income tax credits in posters regarding state minimum wage.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB398/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB398/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB398/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB398/B-Engrossed)
5. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB398/House Amendments to A-Engrossed)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB398/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Keny-Guyer. Passed. — **53–4** (pass) · legislature
- Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. — **23–7** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Steiner Hayward. Passed. — **19–9** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Elizabeth Steiner Hayward — primary (person)
- Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)
- Knute Buehler — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-17T16:06:43+00:00** Referred to Workforce. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-05T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-10T22:27:44+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-11T18:55:58+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-12T18:37:38+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Steiner Hayward. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-13T16:07:29+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-20T22:02:38+00:00** Referred to Business and Labor. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-01T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-17T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-05-22T20:29:09+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-23T16:21:59+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-24T21:56:50+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 25, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-25T22:00:25+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 26, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-26T15:36:22+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 30, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-30T18:44:50+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 31, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-31T18:56:58+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 1, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-01T22:35:30+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Keny-Guyer. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-06T18:21:45+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
- **2017-06-07T15:13:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-09T19:03:51+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-14T22:30:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-22T19:06:39+00:00** Effective date, October 6, 2017.
- **2017-06-22T19:07:58+00:00** Chapter 333, 2017 Laws.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22e90356-087f-43b0-b47a-73be4ed474ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).