republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2023r1/hb-3028.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to employment protections; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Prohibits employer from requiring employee to use vacation, sick or annual leave for time spent by employee as appointed member of <i>board, commission, council or committee created by statute</i>] <b>state board or commission</b>. <b>Provides that protections apply to employee who has provided employer with at least 21 days' advance notice of time employee needs to spend in service of state board or commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2023R1"
identifier: "HB 3028"
citation: "Oregon HB 3028 (2023R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Gorsek", "Courtney Neron", "James Manning Jr."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-09T16:13:56+00:00"
last_action: "2023-07-26T17:51:21+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ace1dc2-4070-4017-abbc-652f786fa373"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/HB3028"
source_hash: "5a24bfd368a2d2148bbcd75b8041131746b0266943bcb6a98cfbfa73952ffc9d"
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 3028 (2023R1) — Relating to employment protections; and prescribing an effective date.

Prohibits employer from requiring employee to use vacation, sick or annual leave for time spent by employee as appointed member of <i>board, commission, council or committee created by statute</i>] <b>state board or commission</b>. <b>Provides that protections apply to employee who has provided employer with at least 21 days' advance notice of time employee needs to spend in service of state board or commission.

## 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/HB3028/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3028/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3028/A-Engrossed)
4. **HBL Amendment -5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/23868)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3028/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **8–3** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. — **18–6** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Neron. Passed. — **38–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Gorsek — primary (person)
- Courtney Neron — primary (person)
- James Manning Jr. — primary (person)
- Aaron Woods — cosponsor (person)
- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Farrah Chaichi — cosponsor (person)
- Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Sosa — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Travis Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Wlnsvey Campos — cosponsor (person)
- Zach Hudson — 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 Business and Labor. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-03-29T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-04-05T17:45:45+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T19:34:26+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.
- **2023-04-13T18:48:03+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Neron. 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 Labor and Business. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-05-04T15:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2023-06-15T15:13:38+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.
- **2023-06-22T02:44:02+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-24T18:06:15+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-24T23:08:16+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-22T02:45:02+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Hansell.
- **2023-07-18T20:55:25+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-26T17:51:21+00:00** Chapter 331, (2023 Laws): Effective date September 24, 2023.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ace1dc2-4070-4017-abbc-652f786fa373`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).