HB 4012
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HB 4012 directs the Construction Contractors Board (CCB) and Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) to conduct a six-month targeted assessment of unlicensed construction labor contractors on job sites from January 1, 2027, through July 1, 2027. CCB inspectors may screen for unlicensed contractors and document suspected violations during existing inspections, sharing data with BOLI without creating new penalties or limiting current enforcement authority. The measure requires a report by October 1, 2027, recommending changes to enforcement, education, or law, and expires on January 2, 2028. Material consequences include temporary inter-agency data sharing, increased visibility of unlicensed contractors during inspections, and a legislative basis for future regulatory action based on collected prevalence data, with no new costs imposed on licensees.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Enrolled
Committee analysis identifies a 'lack of information about the utilization of construction labor contractors' as a key issue, indicating the measure addresses a documented gap in data regarding unlicensed contractor prevalence.
Basis: Official analysis · Sources: Staff Measure Summary A; Staff Measure Summary A
Inferred from cited text; not a stated purpose.
The mandate to report on 'gaps in current laws' and 'potential statutory changes' suggests the legislature may suspect existing licensure or enforcement frameworks are insufficient for construction labor contractors, prompting a need for empirical evidence to justify targeted reforms.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Enrolled
Subject to screening and documentation of suspected violations during CCB inspections; no new penalties are created, but presence on job sites may be more frequently recorded.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Enrolled
Receive written notice of the assessment initiative and applicable requirements; subject to existing enforcement authority which is explicitly preserved.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Enrolled
Authorized to share confidential data and conduct targeted assessments; obligated to complete planning by December 31, 2026, and report outcomes by October 1, 2027.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Enrolled
Receives a report with recommendations on enforcement coordination, education, licensure clarification, and statutory gaps to inform future policy decisions.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Enrolled
CCB must provide written notice to licensees and applicants specifying the initiative period and requirements before beginning assessments.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Enrolled
CCB and BOLI must finalize planning strategies, screening methods, and indicators of noncompliance by December 31, 2026.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Enrolled
Agencies may exchange confidential documents and data without waiving confidentiality protections under ORS 192.311 to 192.478.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Enrolled
No new violations or penalties are established; enforcement relies on existing statutes ORS 658.405 to 658.511 and ORS chapter 701.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Enrolled
Construction Workers and Public Safety
CCB identifies a widespread, previously undetected network of unlicensed contractors operating across multiple counties, enabling the legislature to pass targeted reforms that mandate real-time digital license verification and significantly reduce wage theft on construction sites.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Enrolled
Contractors and Workers
BOLI uses shared assessment data to disproportionately target specific demographic groups or small contractors based on subjective screening indicators, resulting in biased enforcement actions despite the absence of new statutory authority for such targeting.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Enrolled
The distinction between authorized screening and discriminatory enforcement relies on external safeguards not provided in the text.
Sources · Enrolled
The measure balances the legislature's need for empirical data on unlicensed contractor prevalence to inform future policy against the risk of temporary, resource-intensive inspection activities that may create uncertainty for contractors without immediately altering enforcement outcomes.
Provides a data-driven basis for potential legislative reforms to address gaps in construction labor contractor regulation.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Enrolled
Enhances inter-agency coordination and data sharing between CCB and BOLI without waiving confidentiality protections.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Enrolled
Creates temporary uncertainty for contractors due to increased screening and documentation activities.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Enrolled
Lacks objective criteria for 'common indicators of suspected noncompliance,' potentially leading to inconsistent screening practices.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Enrolled
The enrolled bill contains no substantive changes from the House Amendments to Introduced; it represents the finalized text of those amendments with formatting cleanup and official enrollment markers.
No substantive change identified.
Tradeoff: No change in tradeoffs compared to previous version.
high confidence. Analysis is based on enrolled bill text and official committee/fiscal analysis. No speculation presented as fact.
Possible effects if adopted; not current bill text.
If adopted, the amendment would replace a standalone BOLI study with a joint CCB-BOLI six-month assessment initiative (January–July 2027) to screen for and document the frequency and prevalence of unlicensed construction labor contractors at job sites, authorize confidential data sharing between the agencies, require advance notice to licensees, and mandate a legislative report by October 2027 recommending potential enforcement, education, or statutory changes before the measure expires on January 2, 2028.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Official sources do not state why this measure was proposed.
Sponsor testimony, staff summaries, committee materials, or statutory findings may explain it.
Inferred from cited text; not a stated purpose.
The measure appears designed to generate empirical data on unlicensed contractor activity to inform future regulatory or enforcement adjustments.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Must lead a six-month assessment, coordinate planning with BOLI by December 31, 2026, notify licensees and applicants, and compile a legislative report covering enforcement coordination, education, licensure clarification, statutory gaps, and potential changes.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Must collaborate on the initiative, share confidential data with CCB without waiving protections, and participate in joint reporting.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Will receive written notice of the assessment, updated compliance information, and increased observational scrutiny during existing job-site inspections.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
May face indirect regulatory or compliance shifts if the October 2027 report leads to stricter enforcement, new licensure verification rules, or statutory amendments.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Agencies will allocate staff time for planning, job-site screening, and data analysis within existing statutory authority, with no new violations or penalties created.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Contractors must maintain license visibility and be prepared for documented observations during routine inspections, while existing enforcement mechanisms under ORS 658.405–511 and ORS chapter 701 remain unchanged.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Data sharing protocols will operate without confidentiality waivers, streamlining interagency coordination while preserving existing exempt status protections.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Industry and workers
The initiative uncovers a widespread, systemic pattern of unlicensed contracting that leads to targeted enforcement campaigns, successfully recovering unpaid wages for workers and standardizing licensure verification across the industry.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Small contractors and subcontractors
Overly broad screening criteria or misclassification of independent subcontractors as unlicensed labor contractors during the assessment triggers unwarranted compliance burdens, chilling legitimate small-business operations before the measure expires.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
The amendment authorizes screening and documentation of suspected noncompliance but relies on existing inspection authority rather than establishing clear procedural safeguards for how observations transition to enforcement actions.
Sources · Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
The measure trades a narrow, time-limited data collection effort on unlicensed contractor activity against the risk of regulatory overreach or misclassification during observational screenings.
Targeted enforcement and informed policy design based on empirical prevalence data.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Improved interagency coordination and streamlined data sharing without confidentiality waivers.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Administrative burden on contractors facing increased observational scrutiny and notice requirements.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Potential chilling effects on legitimate subcontracting arrangements if screening criteria or enforcement thresholds are applied inconsistently.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
high confidence. The analysis is grounded exclusively in the supplied proposed amendment text and official committee/fiscal summaries. No enacted provisions, litigation history, or external policy assumptions are used.
The amendment replaces the original bill’s directive for BOLI alone to study labor contractor laws with a joint, six-month CCB-BOLI field assessment initiative focused on documenting the frequency and prevalence of unlicensed construction labor contractors at job sites. It authorizes interagency sharing of otherwise confidential data, mandates licensee notification, requires a legislative report with enforcement and education recommendations by October 2027, and sunsets in January 2028.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment; Staff Measure Summary A; Staff Measure Summary A
Official sources do not state why this measure was proposed.
Sponsor testimony, staff summaries, committee materials, or statutory findings may explain it.
Inferred from cited text; not a stated purpose.
The text emphasizes screening, observational documentation, expert consultation, and reporting on enforcement coordination and licensure clarification, suggesting a hypothesis that lawmakers seek to resolve an information gap regarding unlicensed contractor prevalence to inform future regulatory adjustments.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Must coordinate planning with BOLI, conduct field screenings during existing inspections, notify licensees/applicants, and draft a compliance report.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Must participate in joint planning, receive shared observational data, and collaborate on the final legislative report.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Will receive mandatory written notice of the initiative and may face increased observational scrutiny during site visits without new penalty exposure.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Indirectly affected as the initiative tracks unlicensed contractor prevalence; existing liability rules for knowingly hiring unlicensed CLCs remain unchanged.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
CCB inspectors will integrate screening and documentation steps into routine inspections without gaining new penalty authority.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Agencies gain explicit legal clearance to bypass standard confidentiality restrictions for this initiative, streamlining interagency data exchange.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
No new compliance costs or licensing obligations are created for contractors, and official fiscal analysis confirms minimal government expenditure impact with no revenue effect.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Fiscal Impact Statement A; Revenue Impact Statement A
CCB and BOLI
Successfully identify a concentrated pattern of unlicensed contractor activity in a specific trade, leading to targeted enforcement actions and revised licensure examination requirements that significantly reduce wage theft or worksite safety incidents.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Independent subcontractors and small contractors
Inspectors misclassify independent subcontractors as unlicensed labor contractors due to ambiguous screening indicators, triggering unwarranted compliance pressure on legitimate small businesses without creating new legal protections against such misclassification.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
The text legally permits interagency data sharing and observational screening during lawful inspections. A potentially unlawful outcome could arise if agencies use the shared data for unrelated enforcement actions outside the initiative's scope, or if screening effectively becomes de facto unlicensed investigations without proper procedural safeguards, exploiting the temporary confidentiality waiver to bypass standard due process expectations.
Sources · Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
The measure trades a narrow, time-limited expansion of interagency data-sharing and observational authority for a structured evidence base to guide future labor contractor enforcement and licensure policy.
Targeted compliance insights without new statutory penalties.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Improved regulatory intelligence through streamlined interagency data exchange and expert consultation.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Potential operational burden on inspectors adding screening steps to existing duties.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Reliance on voluntary expert consultation rather than mandatory data collection protocols may limit assessment rigor.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
high confidence. Analysis is grounded exclusively in the supplied proposed amendment text, official fiscal/revenue statements, and staff measure summaries. No legislative intent or external events are assumed.
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Introduced bill text posted
Posted Jan 28, 2026, 3:25 PM PST
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Presession filing record
Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. Presession filed.
LC 144 draft
Date printed on LC draft: December 9, 2025
LC 144 became HB 4012
Mapping document posted: January 12, 2026 at 4:11 AM PST
LC0144_DRAFT_2026_Regular_Session
House Interim Committee on Labor and Workforce Development introduction work session
Committee meeting: January 13, 2026 at 2:30 PM PST
HR 30
Committee introduction motion
Committee meeting: January 13, 2026 at 2:30 PM PST
A motion was made to adopt the listed legislative concepts as committee bills.
Official vote: 8-0-0
Committee introduction allows consideration; it does not imply every member supported the introduced or final text.
The text changed substantially while keeping measure number HB 4012.
House carrier
Representative Anna Scharf
Third Reading Of House Bills · Version A
Senate carrier
Senator Kathleen Taylor
Third Reading Of House Measures · Version A
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Chapter 6, (2026 Laws): Effective date June 5, 2026.
Governor signed.
President signed.
Speaker signed.
Starr, Thatcher declared potential conflict of interest by unanimous consent.
Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed.
Ayes, 27; Nays, 2--Linthicum, Robinson; Excused, 1--Smith DB.
Carried over to 02-25 by unanimous consent.
Carried over to 02-24 by unanimous consent.
Second reading.
Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill.
Work Session held.
Work Session
Heard and Reported Out · Agenda item 1 · Room HR E · Directs the Construction Contractors Board to consult and collaborate with the Bureau of Labor and Industries to carry out a targeted assessment initiative to observe and collect information regarding the use of services of unlicensed labor contractors and unlicensed construction labor contractors at construction job sites.
IS_Impact HB 4012 A
Revenue Impact Statement
Public Hearing held.
Public Hearing
Heard · Agenda item 1 · Room HR E · Directs the Construction Contractors Board to consult and collaborate with the Bureau of Labor and Industries to carry out a targeted assessment initiative to observe and collect information regarding the use of services of unlicensed labor contractors and unlicensed construction labor contractors at construction job sites.
IS_Impact HB 4012 A
Revenue Impact Statement
Referred to Labor and Business.
First reading. Referred to President's desk.
Third reading. Carried by Scharf. Passed.
Ayes, 58; Excused, 1--Valderrama; Excused for Business of the House, 1--Speaker Fahey.
Second reading.
House Amendments to Introduced bill text posted
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed.
Work Session held.
Work Session
Heard and Reported Out with Amendments · Agenda item 4 · Room HR 60 · Requires the Bureau of Labor and Industries to study the adequacy of the statutory provisions governing labor contractors.
IS_Impact HB 4012 1
Revenue Impact Statement
Amendment -1 adopted
Public Hearing scheduled.
Public Hearing
Agenda item 3 · Room HR 60 · Requires the Bureau of Labor and Industries to study the adequacy of the statutory provisions governing labor contractors.
Amendment -1 proposed
Referred to Labor and Workforce Development.
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
“Directs the Construction Contractors Board to consult and collaborate with the Bureau of Labor and Industries to carry out a targeted assessment initiative to observe and collect information regarding the use of services of unlicensed labor contractors and unlicensed construction labor contractors at construction job sites.”
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