republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2021-regular-session/hb-2818.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to employment; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Allows payment from Wage Security Fund to be made to wage claimant for wages earned and unpaid in event that Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries has obtained judgment in action or has issued final order in administrative proceeding for collection of wage claim."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2818"
citation: "Oregon HB 2818 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie Fahey"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-11T15:57:04+00:00"
last_action: "2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bb88503-be11-46f4-a214-c98808365774"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB2818"
source_hash: "1489f568c9fc7ad68dba28d178e72fa67cff0ee1786bc253eb680dd66505b907"
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 2818 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to employment; and declaring an emergency.

Allows payment from Wage Security Fund to be made to wage claimant for wages earned and unpaid in event that Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries has obtained judgment in action or has issued final order in administrative proceeding for collection of wage claim.

## 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/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2818/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2818/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2818/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2818/B-Engrossed)
5. **HBL Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/18385)
6. **SLB Amendment -A8** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/21136)
7. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2818/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2818/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **54–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Fahey. Passed. — **54–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Riley. Passed. — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Julie Fahey — primary (person)
- Anna Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Hansell — cosponsor (person)
- Brad Witt — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Hayden — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Reardon — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Wilde — cosponsor (person)
- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Alonso Leon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11T15:57:04+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20T04:40:25+00:00** Referred to Business and Labor. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08T23:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-03T23:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-03-05T20:59:16+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09T19:14:11+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-03-15T20:02:57+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 16, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-03-17T02:15:15+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Fahey. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-17T15:50:49+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24T16:00:51+00:00** Referred to Labor and Business. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-04-29T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-25T16:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-27T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-07T15:14:53+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-08T17:24:39+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-09T19:53:20+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Riley. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-14T18:27:03+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2021-06-15T18:52:39+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-17T16:27:09+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-23T17:52:48+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00** Chapter 363, (2021 Laws): Effective date June 23, 2021.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5bb88503-be11-46f4-a214-c98808365774`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).