republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2025r1/hb-2944.md

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Bill	Relating to penalties for failure to comply with certain requirements under the laws governing public employee collective bargaining.	Directs the Employment Relations Board to impose civil penalties against a public employer that has a history of failing to comply with certain requirements under the Public Employee Collective Bargaining Act. <b>Provides that a violation resulting from certain events is not subject to a civil penalty.</b> Permits the board to consider extenuating circumstances when determining the amount of the civil penalty to impose.	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2025R1	HB 2944	Oregon HB 2944 (2025R1)	bill		enacted	Chris Gorsek James Manning Jr. Travis Nelson	10	22	6	2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00	2025-06-20T01:28:51+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/0d90abb3-7a85-4e15-aca1-098f99909ec1	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2944	997668bf1a87b08bcffc47c303fa27704f81b92e7b0d1a8bb7fba23327682580	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon HB 2944 (2025R1) — Relating to penalties for failure to comply with certain requirements under the laws governing public employee collective bargaining.

Directs the Employment Relations Board to impose civil penalties against a public employer that has a history of failing to comply with certain requirements under the Public Employee Collective Bargaining Act. Provides that a violation resulting from certain events is not subject to a civil penalty. Permits the board to consider extenuating circumstances when determining the amount of the civil penalty to impose.

Version chain

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

1. House Amendments to Introduced (filed) — source
2. House Minority Amendments to Introduced (filed) — source
3. Introduced (filed) — source
4. A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. B-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
6. HLWS Amendment -3 (committee substitute) — source
7. Minority Report A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
8. SLB Amendment -A7 (committee substitute) — source
9. Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
10. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 4–3 (pass) · lower
• Third reading. Carried by Nelson. Passed. — 33–24 (pass) · lower
• House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — 35–21 (pass) · lower
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. — 16–11 (pass) · upper
• Motion to substitute Minority Report for Committee Report failed. — 24–33 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Chris Gorsek — primary (person)
• James Manning Jr. — primary (person)
• Travis Nelson — primary (person)
• Lesly Muñoz — cosponsor (person)
• Lisa Fragala — cosponsor (person)
• Thuy Tran — cosponsor (person)
• Tom Andersen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-01-17T20:47:46+00:00 Referred to Labor and Workplace Standards. referral-committee
• 2025-02-17T23:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2025-04-07T22:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-04-14T21:18:28+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-14T21:18:29+00:00 Minority Recommendation: Do pass with different amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-16T17:54:42+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2025-04-17T18:48:00+00:00 Motion to substitute Minority Report for Committee Report failed.
• 2025-04-17T19:17:10+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Nelson. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2025-04-21T18:38:45+00:00 First reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-04-21T21:55:42+00:00 Referred to Labor and Business. referral-committee
• 2025-05-01T15:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2025-05-08T15:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-05-16T17:20:56+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-19T18:21:23+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2025-05-20T19:31:29+00:00 Carried over to 05-21 by unanimous consent.
• 2025-05-21T19:26:08+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2025-05-27T19:04:54+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
• 2025-05-28T22:06:38+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2025-05-29T16:30:30+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2025-06-05T23:36:03+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2025-06-20T01:28:51+00:00 Chapter 270, (2025 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2026.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0d90abb3-7a85-4e15-aca1-098f99909ec1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).