republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2023r1/hb-2865.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to military leave."
description: "<i>Specifies</i>] <b>Increases military</b> leave of absence <i>entitled for public employee for initial active duty for training and annual active duty training as</i>] <b>to which public employee who is</b> member of National Guard, National Guard Reserve or reserve component of Armed Forces of the United States or of United States Public Health Service is <i>for days that are</i>] <b>entitled to 21</b> work days."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2023R1"
identifier: "HB 2865"
citation: "Oregon HB 2865 (2023R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dacia Grayber", "James Manning Jr.", "Paul Evans"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-09T16:13:56+00:00"
last_action: "2023-07-26T17:51:21+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63063730-a0ae-46ec-bf95-049034a39819"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/HB2865"
source_hash: "f38d1af1dbf6137088a126b07c57d93305528b46ce1ed87cb7efc99de37bafdd"
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 2865 (2023R1) — Relating to military leave.

<i>Specifies</i>] <b>Increases military</b> leave of absence <i>entitled for public employee for initial active duty for training and annual active duty training as</i>] <b>to which public employee who is</b> member of National Guard, National Guard Reserve or reserve component of Armed Forces of the United States or of United States Public Health Service is <i>for days that are</i>] <b>entitled to 21</b> work days.

## 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/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2865/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2865/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2865/A-Engrossed)
4. **HEMGGV Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/24201)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2865/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Evans, Grayber. Passed. — **51–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dacia Grayber — primary (person)
- James Manning Jr. — primary (person)
- Paul Evans — primary (person)
- Ben Bowman — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Hayden — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09T16:13:56+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16T17:42:49+00:00** Referred to Emergency Management, General Government, and Veterans. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-04-04T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-04-07T23:33:35+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10T19:17:57+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-11T00:45:46+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 11, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-04-12T01:02:56+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 12, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-04-13T00:54:41+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 13, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-04-13T22:01:50+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Evans, Grayber. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-13T23:20:23+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-17T23:42:27+00:00** Referred to Housing and Development. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-24T15:47:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-04-26T19:55:55+00:00** Recommendation: Without recommendation as to passage and be returned to President's desk for referral. Referred to Veterans, Emergency Management, Federal and World Affairs by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-04T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-05-09T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-06-15T15:13:28+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-15T21:55:03+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-16T19:18:31+00:00** Carried over to 06-20 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-06-21T00:07:02+00:00** Carried over to 06-21 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-06-22T01:47:37+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-22T01:48:37+00:00** Campos, absent, granted unanimous consent to vote aye.
- **2023-06-24T18:06:15+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-24T23:08:16+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-22T01:49:37+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Smith DB.
- **2023-07-18T20:55:25+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-26T17:51:21+00:00** Chapter 325, (2023 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2024.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/63063730-a0ae-46ec-bf95-049034a39819`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).