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HB 4027
Creates a dedicated BOLI Expenses Fund financed by a new hourly workers’ compensation assessment on employers, establishes phased funding targets reaching at least $9.5 million annually by 2031, and raises the prevailing wage contract fee cap to $12,500 to fund expanded workplace law enforcement staffing and administrative costs, while legally separating these funds from the Workers’ Benefit Fund.
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Creates a dedicated BOLI Expenses Fund financed by a new hourly workers’ compensation assessment on employers, establishes phased funding targets reaching at least $9.5 million annually by 2031, and raises the prevailing wage contract fee cap to $12,500 to fund expanded workplace law enforcement staffing and administrative costs, while legally separating these funds from the Workers’ Benefit Fund.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Enrolled
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 legislature intends to insulate BOLI enforcement funding from annual appropriations volatility by structurally tying assessment rates directly to projected operational expenses.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Enrolled; Fiscal Impact Statement A
Will pay a new hourly assessment deposited into the BOLI Expenses Fund, increasing operational costs proportional to hours worked rather than wages or claims history.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Enrolled
Gains dedicated funding streams starting in 2029 to cover administrative expenses and enforce workplace laws under ORS 651.050, subject to a $5.25 million annual position cost cap after 2031.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Enrolled
Gains authority to set separate assessment rates, manage the new fund, and receive reimbursement for administrative expenses, increasing its regulatory workload.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Enrolled
Face a higher maximum prevailing wage fee cap ($12,500), potentially increasing project administration costs.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Enrolled
Employers will see increased payroll compliance costs tied to hours worked. BOLI’s enforcement capacity may expand if assessment rates successfully meet reserve targets, but rate volatility protections and undefined terms create budgeting uncertainty. DCBS faces new administrative duties for rate calculation, forecasting, and fund management. The jurisdiction of the law being amended remains strictly Oregon statutory authority; while it incorporates definitions from ORS 656.005 (which may reference federal standards), the assessment mechanism, fund creation, and enforcement duties are Oregon-law changes applying only to Oregon-covered workers and employers.
Basis: Bill text · Sources: Enrolled; Fiscal Impact Statement A
Oregon workers and employers
BOLI successfully hires and retains specialized investigators using the dedicated fund, leading to a measurable increase in prevailing wage and workplace safety inspections across high-risk industries without raising general taxes.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Enrolled
Oregon employers and labor-intensive sectors
Inflation or rapid hiring drives projected expenses above the $5.25 million position cap, forcing DCBS to continuously raise employer assessment rates to maintain the 12-month reserve, significantly increasing labor costs for small businesses and triggering economic contraction.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Enrolled
The text legally permits DCBS to set assessment rates based on projected expenses and allows transfers to BOLI for ORS 651.050 duties. Weak enforcement or broad interpretation of actual administrative expenses could allow the fund to absorb costs unrelated to workplace law enforcement, effectively creating a permanent, self-funding regulatory expansion insulated from annual legislative appropriations. The undefined term new positions lacks verification mechanisms, risking misclassification of existing roles as newly funded.
Sources · Enrolled
The measure trades predictable, long-term funding for BOLI enforcement capacity against increased, potentially volatile compliance costs for employers and reduced direct legislative control over agency spending levels. Upsides include stabilized regulatory staffing and dedicated revenue streams; downsides include employer cost burdens, rate volatility risks, and statutory ambiguity around position caps and expense projections.
Stabilized regulatory staffing and dedicated revenue streams for workplace law enforcement.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Enrolled
Employer cost burdens, rate volatility risks, and statutory ambiguity around position caps and expense projections.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Enrolled
The enrolled version retains the core structure of the House-amended text. Key operational changes include clarifying that DCBS shall maintain (rather than create) a 12-month reserve in the BOLI Expenses Fund, standardizing rate-setting language to remove bracketed editorial marks, and confirming operative dates for assessment deposits (January 1, 2027), fund transfers (July 1, 2029), and revised rate structures (July 1, 2031). No substantive policy shifts or funding target alterations are present between the two versions.
Clarified that DCBS shall maintain a 12-month reserve in the BOLI Expenses Fund rather than create one, aligning statutory language with ongoing fund management expectations.
high
Sources · Enrolled
Removed bracketed editorial marks and standardized rate-setting language across ORS 656.506 subsections.
low
Sources · Enrolled
Tradeoff: The enrolled text finalizes the funding mechanism without altering the fundamental tradeoff between dedicated enforcement capacity and employer assessment costs established in the House-amended version.
Model self-rating: high. Analysis is grounded exclusively in the enrolled bill text and official fiscal/revenue impact statements. No external speculation or unverified claims are included. This is the model’s assessment of its own analysis, not independent verification or human review.
Possible effects if adopted; not current bill text.
This proposal has not become law. The generated effects below describe what it would require if enacted.
The measure would create a dedicated BOLI Expenses Fund financed by splitting the existing workers' compensation hourly assessment, mandates minimum annual deposits ($4.25 million by June 2029, $9.5 million by June 2031) to cover BOLI enforcement duties and DCBS administrative costs, would raise the prevailing wage contract fee cap from $7,500 to $12,500, and would require biennial staffing sufficiency reports. Employers would face a new assessment rate specifically earmarked for labor law enforcement, with rates adjusted annually to maintain a 12-month reserve, directly increasing compliance costs while funding BOLI's operational capacity.
Basis: Bill text · Source: House Amendments to Introduced
Committee discussions explicitly identify historic funding challenges for BOLI and the impact of those challenges on the bureau's ability to enforce workplace laws as primary drivers for the measure.
Basis: Official analysis · Source: Staff Measure Summary A
Inferred from cited text; not a stated purpose.
The text ties assessment rates directly to projected expenses for BOLI positions and DCBS reimbursements, suggesting a legislative intent to stabilize enforcement funding through a dedicated, self-sustaining mechanism that reduces reliance on general fund appropriations or volatile workers' compensation claims.
Basis: Inferred · Source: House Amendments to Introduced
Would pay a new assessment rate split from the existing workers' compensation hourly assessment, increasing direct compliance costs and requiring additional hour-tracking/reporting via DOR forms.
Basis: Bill text · Source: House Amendments to Introduced
Potential effect if enacted: Gains dedicated, continuously appropriated funding for enforcement duties under ORS 651.050 starting July 2029, subject to a $5.25 million annual cap on new position costs after July 2031.
Basis: Bill text · Source: House Amendments to Introduced
Potential effect if enacted: Receives reimbursement for actual administrative expenses incurred managing the fund and assessments, with authority to set separate assessment rates and maintain a 12-month reserve.
Basis: Bill text · Source: House Amendments to Introduced
Potential effect if enacted: Face a higher maximum prevailing wage fee ($12,500 vs. $7,500) to fund wage surveys, enforcement, and education programs.
Basis: Bill text · Source: House Amendments to Introduced
Potential effect if enacted: WBF is explicitly ring-fenced from BOLI transfers, preserving its stability for benefit payments, but enforcement costs are shifted entirely to employer assessments rather than general fund or penalty sources.
Basis: Bill text · Source: House Amendments to Introduced
DCBS would annually adjust assessment rates to meet reserve targets, creating predictable but potentially rising costs tied directly to BOLI's projected expenses and inflation adjustments.
Basis: Bill text · Source: House Amendments to Introduced
Employers would have to file combined reports of employee hours and amounts due with the Department of Revenue, adding administrative reporting layers to existing workers' compensation compliance.
Basis: Bill text · Source: House Amendments to Introduced
Potential effect if enacted: BOLI may utilize transferred funds for ORS 651.050 enforcement duties starting July 1, 2029, but new position costs are capped at $5.25 million annually after July 1, 2031, limiting long-term staffing expansion without additional appropriations.
Basis: Bill text · Source: House Amendments to Introduced
BOLI and Oregon workers
Potential effect if enacted: Dedicated funding enables BOLI to hire specialized investigators for wage theft, discrimination, and safety violations, resulting in a measurable drop in unreported workplace violations, faster claim resolutions, and improved compliance across high-risk industries.
Basis: Inferred · Source: House Amendments to Introduced
Oregon employers and small businesses
Potential effect if enacted: Projected expenses rise due to inflation, expanded statutory duties, or administrative cost allocations, triggering continuous assessment rate hikes that significantly increase operational costs for small employers without proportional enforcement gains or measurable safety improvements.
Basis: Inferred · Source: House Amendments to Introduced
The text would grant broad discretion to set rates based on projected expenses but would lack independent audit requirements or statutory definitions for 'projected expenses' or 'new positions,' creating duty creep risk.
Sources · House Amendments to Introduced
Stabilizing and expanding BOLI's enforcement capacity through dedicated funding would require employers to bear predictable but potentially escalating assessment costs, balancing regulatory oversight against business compliance burdens.
Predictable, ring-fenced funding for labor law enforcement would reduce reliance on volatile general fund appropriations.
Basis: Bill text · Source: House Amendments to Introduced
Potential effect if enacted: Explicit prohibition on transferring WBF moneys to the BOLI fund protects workers' compensation benefit stability.
Basis: Bill text · Source: House Amendments to Introduced
Potential effect if enacted: Biennial staffing reports create legislative oversight mechanisms for enforcement capacity.
Basis: Bill text · Source: House Amendments to Introduced
Potential effect if enacted: Assessment rates are tied to projected expenses, which may rise independently of actual enforcement outcomes or economic conditions.
Basis: Bill text · Source: House Amendments to Introduced
Potential effect if enacted: Administrative complexity increases for DCBS and DOR due to separate rate-setting, fund accounting, and reporting requirements.
Basis: Bill text · Source: House Amendments to Introduced
Potential effect if enacted: Small employers may face disproportionate compliance costs relative to their size, despite the assessment being distributed statewide.
Basis: Bill text · Source: House Amendments to Introduced
Model self-rating: high. Analysis is grounded exclusively in the supplied bill text and official legislative revenue/fiscal statements. Inferences are explicitly labeled and bounded by statutory language. This is the model’s assessment of its own analysis, not independent verification or human review.
This proposal has not become law. The generated effects below describe what it would require if enacted.
Would create a dedicated BOLI Expenses Fund financed by splitting the existing workers' compensation hourly assessment into two separate rates. It phases in mandatory deposits up to $9.5 million annually by 2031, caps new funded positions at $5.25 million per year, and would raise the prevailing wage contract fee cap to $12,500. Employers would face a new or increased hourly assessment rate, while BOLI gains a dedicated funding stream for workplace law enforcement starting in 2029.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Amendment -3 — proposed amendment; Fiscal Impact Statement 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.
Lawmakers likely intend to gradually build enforcement capacity without triggering immediate employer rate shocks, using phased targets and volatility-minimization requirements to stabilize funding over time.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Amendment -3 — proposed amendment; Staff Measure Summary A
Would pay a new or adjusted hourly workers' compensation assessment specifically earmarked for BOLI enforcement, increasing operational and payroll accounting costs.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Amendment -3 — proposed amendment; Fiscal Impact Statement A
Potential effect if enacted: Gains a dedicated, continuously appropriated funding stream starting July 2029 to cover enforcement expenses under ORS 651.050, potentially expanding staffing or resources.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -3 — proposed amendment
Potential effect if enacted: Assumes administrative management of the fund and assessment rate calculation, incurring setup and ongoing accounting costs.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -3 — proposed amendment
Potential effect if enacted: Face a higher maximum prevailing wage fee (up to $12,500), increasing project compliance costs.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -3 — proposed amendment
Potential effect if enacted: Receives mandatory reports on reserve shortfalls and rate adjustment plans.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -3 — proposed amendment
Employers would have to adjust payroll accounting to track a separate assessment rate alongside the existing WBF rate.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -3 — proposed amendment
DCBS would need to develop forecasting models for projected expenses to set rates that meet phased deposit targets while minimizing volatility.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -3 — proposed amendment
BOLI's ability to enforce wage, safety, and discrimination laws may improve if funds are deployed as intended, but actual capacity would depend on legislative appropriations and position authority approvals.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Fiscal Impact Statement A
The 12-month reserve requirement would create a buffer against revenue fluctuations but may delay fund deployment during low-revenue periods.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -3 — proposed amendment
State workforce and public safety
Potential effect if enacted: BOLI successfully hires dozens of new investigators using the $9.5M annual deposit, dramatically reducing case backlogs and increasing compliance audits, leading to measurable drops in wage theft and workplace safety violations statewide.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -3 — proposed amendment
Oregon employers and small businesses
Economic downturn would reduce payroll hours, causing assessment revenues to fall short of the $9.5M target. DCBS is forced to sharply increase the hourly rate to maintain the 12-month reserve, disproportionately burdening small businesses and triggering industry pushback or litigation over rate volatility.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -3 — proposed amendment
The text would legally permit rate adjustments and administrative reimbursements but does not define key terms like 'projected expenses' or 'new positions,' leaving room for misclassification or duty creep if enforcement is weak.
Sources · Amendment -3 — proposed amendment
Would provide BOLI with predictable, dedicated funding to address historic enforcement capacity gaps, but shifts long-term financial risk and rate volatility onto employers while granting DCBS broad discretion over assessment calculations without clear statutory limits on projected expense definitions.
Stable enforcement funding would reduce reliance on annual appropriations.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Fiscal Impact Statement A
Potential effect if enacted: Potential improvement in workplace law compliance through dedicated staffing and resources.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -3 — proposed amendment
Potential effect if enacted: Increased and potentially volatile employer costs due to separate rate calculations and reserve requirements.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -3 — proposed amendment
Potential effect if enacted: Administrative complexity in separating assessment rates and forecasting expenses.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Fiscal Impact Statement A
Potential effect if enacted: Limited legislative oversight over future rate adjustments and position classifications.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -3 — proposed amendment
Model self-rating: high. Analysis is grounded exclusively in the supplied proposed amendment text and official fiscal/revenue statements. No legislative intent or external events are assumed. This is the model’s assessment of its own analysis, not independent verification or human review.
This proposal has not become law. The generated effects below describe what it would require if enacted.
If adopted, the amendment would create a dedicated BOLI Expenses Fund financed by a new hourly assessment on employers and employees, establish phased minimum reserve targets reaching $9.5 million by June 30, 2031, authorize fund transfers to BOLI for workplace law enforcement starting July 1, 2029, and raise the prevailing wage contract fee cap from $7,500 to $12,500. Potential effects could include a new mandatory payroll cost for employers, DCBS administration of separate assessment rates, dedicated funding for BOLI enforcement duties under ORS 651.050, and statutory limits on funded positions that lack clear compliance definitions.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Amendment -7 — proposed amendment; Fiscal Impact Statement 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 amendment replaces an introductory study of out-of-state labor agency funding models with a direct statutory funding mechanism, suggesting a legislative shift from analysis to immediate structural financing. This hypothesis is derived from comparing the introduced bill's study requirement against the amendment's creation of a dedicated assessment fund and reserve targets.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Amendment -7 — proposed amendment; Introduced
Subject to a new hourly assessment collected by DCBS alongside the existing Workers' Benefit Fund assessment, increasing payroll-related costs. Rates would be set separately from WBF rates to minimize volatility while meeting reserve targets.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Amendment -7 — proposed amendment; Fiscal Impact Statement A
Potential effect if enacted: Gains access to dedicated funding for enforcement duties under ORS 651.050 starting July 1, 2029, subject to reserve requirements and a $5.25 million annual position cost cap.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Amendment -7 — proposed amendment; Fiscal Impact Statement A
Potential effect if enacted: Assumes responsibility for setting separate assessment rates, forecasting revenues, managing the new fund, and reporting reserve shortfalls to the MLAC. Incurs initial printing/mailing costs and indeterminate administrative workload.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Amendment -7 — proposed amendment; Fiscal Impact Statement A
Potential effect if enacted: Face an increased maximum prevailing wage fee of $12,500 (up from $7,500) to support BOLI education and enforcement activities.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Amendment -7 — proposed amendment; Fiscal Impact Statement A
Potential effect if enacted: Receives protected separation from the new fund, with explicit statutory prohibition against transferring WBF moneys to the BOLI Expenses Fund.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -7 — proposed amendment
Employers would incur a new mandatory hourly assessment, with rates set independently from the WBF rate to minimize volatility while meeting reserve targets. DCBS would have to develop separate forecasting and accounting systems for the new fund, incurring initial printing/mailing costs and indeterminate administrative workload. BOLI could begin drawing funds for ORS 651.050 enforcement duties in 2029, but actual revenue would depend on finalized assessment rates. The $5.25 million position cap would create a funding ceiling that would require careful tracking, though the statute does not define new positions or specify compliance verification methods.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Amendment -7 — proposed amendment; Fiscal Impact Statement A
Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) and workers
Potential effect if enacted: BOLI utilizes the dedicated funding to rapidly expand its investigative workforce, successfully reducing wage theft and discrimination case backlogs by over 50% within three years, leading to higher compliance rates and increased worker recovery payouts.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -7 — proposed amendment
Employers and low-margin businesses
A prolonged economic downturn would significantly reduce statewide payroll hours; to meet the statutory $9.5 million reserve requirement, DCBS would have to sharply increase assessment rates, imposing severe cost burdens on employers and potentially triggering layoffs or business closures in affected sectors.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -7 — proposed amendment
The text would legally permit DCBS to set assessment rates based on projected expenses and costs of BOLI positions, which are undefined statutory terms. Weak enforcement or administrative discretion could allow BOLI to expand its operational scope beyond ORS 651.050 duties using these funds, or enable DCBS to overestimate projections to justify sustained rate increases. The absence of a statutory definition for new positions under the $5.25 million cap would create ambiguity that could be exploited to circumvent funding limits through reclassification or reallocation of existing roles.
Sources · Amendment -7 — proposed amendment; Fiscal Impact Statement A
The measure would provide BOLI with a dedicated, predictable funding stream to address historic enforcement gaps, but shifts the financial burden to employers through mandatory hourly assessments and would create long-term rate volatility risks tied to administrative projections.
Potential effect if enacted: Stabilizes BOLI enforcement capacity by establishing a dedicated revenue source separate from the Workers' Benefit Fund.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -7 — proposed amendment
Potential effect if enacted: Mandates reserve requirements and rate volatility minimization, reducing the risk of sudden funding shortfalls for workplace law enforcement.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -7 — proposed amendment
Would impose a new mandatory payroll cost on employers and employees, with actual financial impact indeterminate until assessment rates are finalized.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Fiscal Impact Statement A
Would lack clear definitions for projected expenses and new positions, creating compliance ambiguity and potential for administrative overreach in rate setting.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Amendment -7 — proposed amendment; Fiscal Impact Statement A
Model self-rating: high. The amendment text explicitly establishes the fund, assessment mechanism, reserve targets, and fee cap. Fiscal impacts are officially classified as indeterminate pending rate finalization, which is accurately reflected in the analysis. This is the model’s assessment of its own analysis, not independent verification or human review.
This proposal has not become law. The generated effects below describe what it would require if enacted.
Would create a dedicated BOLI Expenses Fund financed by a new parallel hourly assessment on employers and employees, mandating minimum reserves ($4.25M by 2029, $9.5M by 2031) to finance DCBS administrative costs and BOLI workplace law enforcement starting in 2029, while capping new funded positions at $5.25M annually and raising the prevailing wage contract fee cap to $12,500.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Amendment -3 — proposed amendment; Fiscal Impact Statement 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 measure aims to insulate BOLI enforcement funding from annual general fund appropriations volatility by creating a dedicated assessment-funded reserve, addressing documented historic underfunding that limits inspection and compliance capacity.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Staff Measure Summary A
Potential effect if enacted: Subject to a new parallel hourly assessment on top of existing workers' compensation assessments, with rates set by DCBS to meet reserve targets.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -3 — proposed amendment
Potential effect if enacted: Gains dedicated, reserve-backed funding for enforcement duties starting 2029, subject to a $5.25M annual position cost cap.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -3 — proposed amendment
Potential effect if enacted: Assumes fund management, separate rate-setting, and administrative reimbursement duties, with authority to adjust rates based on projected expenses.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -3 — proposed amendment
Potential effect if enacted: Face increased prevailing wage fee caps from $7,500 to $12,500.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -3 — proposed amendment
Potential effect if enacted: Protected from cross-funding, but overall assessment volatility remains a shared design feature.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -3 — proposed amendment
Obligations/Costs: Employers and employees would pay new hourly assessments; rates are set to minimize volatility but tied to projected expenses, creating potential upward pressure if administrative or staffing costs rise.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -3 — proposed amendment
Potential effect if enacted: Enforcement/Access: BOLI gains predictable funding for wage, safety, and discrimination enforcement, potentially increasing inspection capacity and compliance activities post-2029.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -3 — proposed amendment
Potential effect if enacted: Administration: DCBS assumes rate-setting, forecasting, and fund management duties, requiring interagency agreements and mandatory reporting to the Workers' Compensation Management-Labor Advisory Committee when reserves fall short.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -3 — proposed amendment
Potential effect if enacted: Eligibility/Benefits: No direct change to worker benefit eligibility; WBF benefits remain legally separate, and retroactive program funding remains tied to the WBF.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -3 — proposed amendment
Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI)
Potential effect if enacted: BOLI successfully hires and retains specialized inspectors using the dedicated fund, dramatically increasing workplace safety inspections and wage theft recoveries, leading to measurable reductions in occupational injuries and unpaid wages statewide by 2035.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -3 — proposed amendment
Oregon employers and employees
Potential effect if enacted: DCBS sets assessment rates high enough to meet reserve targets during an economic downturn, significantly increasing labor costs for employers, triggering reduced hiring or business closures, while the $5.25M position cap prevents BOLI from scaling enforcement proportionally to the increased revenue.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -3 — proposed amendment
The text would legally permit DCBS to set assessment rates based on projected expenses and would allow rate increases to avoid unintentional program or benefit reductions. Weak oversight could allow sustained rate hikes that function as a de facto tax increase without explicit legislative approval, while the undefined term new positions would create ambiguity over whether existing roles could be reclassified to bypass the $5.25M cumulative cost cap.
Sources · Amendment -3 — proposed amendment
Insulating BOLI enforcement funding from annual budget volatility would guarantee stable resources for workplace law compliance but shifts long-term financial risk and rate-setting authority to DCBS, potentially increasing employer costs without corresponding legislative oversight of position growth or rate adjustments. Upsides include predictable enforcement capacity and reduced reliance on general fund appropriations; downsides include employer cost uncertainty, limited statutory guardrails on rate volatility and position definitions, and potential administrative burden without proportional benefit gains.
Potential effect if enacted: Predictable enforcement capacity
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -3 — proposed amendment
Potential effect if enacted: Reduced reliance on general fund appropriations
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -3 — proposed amendment
Potential effect if enacted: Employer cost uncertainty
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -3 — proposed amendment
Potential effect if enacted: Limited statutory guardrails on rate volatility and position definitions
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -3 — proposed amendment
Potential effect if enacted: Potential administrative burden without proportional benefit gains
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -3 — proposed amendment
Model self-rating: high. The analysis is grounded in the explicit statutory text and official fiscal/revenue impact statements. Key uncertainties are explicitly cataloged as unknowns rather than inferred. This is the model’s assessment of its own analysis, not independent verification or human review.
This proposal has not become law. The generated effects below describe what it would require if enacted.
Would create a dedicated BOLI Expenses Fund financed by mandatory hourly assessments on employers and employees, would establish phased deposit targets reaching $9.5 million annually by 2031 to fund BOLI enforcement and administrative costs starting in 2029, and would raise the prevailing wage contract fee cap to $12,500.
Basis: Stakeholder claim · Sources: Amendment -2 — proposed amendment; Fiscal Impact Statement 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.
To resolve chronic underfunding of workplace law enforcement by creating a dedicated revenue stream tied to payroll activity.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Amendment -2 — proposed amendment; Fiscal Impact Statement A
Potential effect if enacted: Subject to new hourly assessments on top of existing workers' compensation rates, increasing payroll costs and reporting obligations.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Amendment -2 — proposed amendment; Fiscal Impact Statement A
Potential effect if enacted: Gains dedicated funding for wage/condition enforcement and administrative expenses starting July 1, 2029, but operates under a $5.25 million annual position cost cap after 2031.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Amendment -2 — proposed amendment; Fiscal Impact Statement A
Potential effect if enacted: Gains authority to manage the new fund, set assessment rates, and recover administrative costs through interagency agreements.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Amendment -2 — proposed amendment; Fiscal Impact Statement A
Potential effect if enacted: Face a higher prevailing wage fee cap of $12,500 per contract to support BOLI education and enforcement.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Amendment -2 — proposed amendment; Fiscal Impact Statement A
Employers would have to calculate, track, and remit two separate hourly assessments via the Department of Revenue. DCBS would have to annually set assessment rates to maintain a 12-month reserve in the BOLI Expenses Fund and report shortfalls to the Workers’ Compensation Management-Labor Advisory Committee. Payroll costs would rise as rates adjust to meet phased deposit targets ($4.25 million by 2029, $9.5 million by 2031), with potential volatility if projected expenses increase. BOLI gains sustained funding for ORS 651.050 duties but would have to rely on DCBS rate-setting and fund transfers.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Amendment -2 — proposed amendment; Fiscal Impact Statement A
Workers and employers statewide
Potential effect if enacted: BOLI successfully deploys dedicated investigators using the new fund, resulting in a measurable decline in unpaid wage claims and improved compliance with minor employment and apprenticeship laws.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Amendment -2 — proposed amendment; Fiscal Impact Statement A
Small businesses and employers statewide
A sustained economic contraction would reduce covered payroll hours, causing assessment revenues to fall short of the $9.5 million target. DCBS is forced to sharply increase hourly rates to maintain the required reserve, significantly raising operational costs for small businesses and triggering widespread compliance delays or industry litigation over rate volatility.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Amendment -2 — proposed amendment; Fiscal Impact Statement A
The text would authorize rate-setting tied to undefined projected expenses and flexible reimbursement categories, creating structural opportunities for duty creep or unauthorized fiscal expansion if audit mechanisms are insufficient.
Sources · Amendment -2 — proposed amendment; Fiscal Impact Statement A
Potential effect if enacted: The measure trades increased employer payroll assessments and potential rate volatility for dedicated, sustained funding to expand BOLI's enforcement capacity.
Would provide a predictable, assessment-based revenue stream to address historic underfunding of workplace law enforcement; would establish clear reserve requirements and advisory oversight.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Amendment -2 — proposed amendment; Fiscal Impact Statement A
Potential effect if enacted: Increases payroll costs for all employers subject to workers' compensation; ties future funding levels to undefined projected expenses, creating uncertainty and potential rate volatility without legislative adjustment.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Amendment -2 — proposed amendment; Fiscal Impact Statement A
Model self-rating: high. Analysis is grounded exclusively in the provided proposed amendment text and official legislative revenue/fiscal impact statements. No enacted provisions or external speculation are included. This is the model’s assessment of its own analysis, not independent verification or human review.
This proposal has not become law. The generated effects below describe what it would require if enacted.
Would establish a dedicated BOLI Expenses Fund by splitting the existing workers' compensation hourly assessment, mandates phased minimum deposits reaching at least $9.5 million annually by 2031, and would raise the prevailing wage public works fee cap to $12,500, thereby creating a stable, employer-funded revenue stream for workplace law enforcement while altering how those funds are collected, reserved, and deployed.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment; Fiscal Impact Statement 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.
Lawmakers likely aim to stabilize BOLI's enforcement capacity by creating a dedicated, multi-year reserve funded through an existing assessment mechanism, reducing reliance on annual appropriations and mitigating historical budget volatility for workplace safety and wage enforcement.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment; Staff Measure Summary A
Would pay a split hourly assessment; costs may rise depending on DCBS rate-setting and projected expense calculations.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment; Fiscal Impact Statement A
Potential effect if enacted: Gain dedicated funding for enforcement operations and administrative cost recovery; DCBS manages the fund, sets rates, and maintains reserves.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment; Fiscal Impact Statement A
Indirectly affected; WBF balance is protected from transfers to the new fund, but overall assessment volatility could impact WBF stability if rates are not carefully calibrated.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Potential effect if enacted: Face higher prevailing wage fee caps, increasing contract administration costs.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Employers would have to track hours and pay split assessments via Department of Revenue forms; DCBS would have to annually forecast expenses, set separate rates, and maintain a 12-month reserve.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
The measure would create indeterminate initial costs but could trigger automatic rate increases tied to projected expenses without further legislative action.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Fiscal Impact Statement A
Potential effect if enacted: BOLI gains predictable funding for wage, safety, and discrimination enforcement starting in 2029, potentially improving inspection capacity.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
The lack of a total revenue cap means administrative cost growth could directly translate into sustained employer assessment hikes.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Fiscal Impact Statement A
BOLI and Oregon workers
Potential effect if enacted: BOLI utilizes the fully funded reserve to hire dozens of new inspectors and investigators by 2031, dramatically reducing wage theft backlogs and preventing a major industrial accident through proactive safety enforcement.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Oregon employers
Potential effect if enacted: DCBS sets assessment rates based on optimistic expense projections that materialize as structural cost increases; employers face sustained, compounding hourly rate hikes that significantly raise operational costs across construction, manufacturing, and service sectors without corresponding legislative caps on total revenue.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment; Fiscal Impact Statement A
The text would legally permit DCBS to set assessment rates based on projected expenses and mandates a 12-month reserve, with no explicit cap on the total assessment rate or annual revenue growth beyond the $5.25 million position cost limit. Weak oversight of expense projections could allow administrative duty creep, where routine BOLI operational costs are reclassified as enforcement expenses to justify continuous rate increases, effectively creating an uncapped employer tax without explicit legislative approval for each increment.
Sources · Amendment -1 — proposed amendment; Fiscal Impact Statement A
The measure trades predictable, long-term funding for workplace law enforcement against the risk of automatic, uncappped assessment rate growth that could increase employer costs beyond current levels. Upsides include stabilizing BOLI's budget and reducing reliance on annual appropriations; downsides include removing legislative control over total revenue generation and potentially passing compounding administrative cost increases directly to employers.
Stabilizes BOLI's budget and would reduce reliance on annual appropriations.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Fiscal Impact Statement A
Would create a dedicated, multi-year reserve for workplace safety and wage enforcement.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Would remove legislative control over total revenue generation.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Fiscal Impact Statement A
Potential effect if enacted: may pass compounding administrative cost increases directly to employers without explicit caps.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment; Fiscal Impact Statement A
Model self-rating: high. Analysis is grounded in the proposed amendment text, LFO fiscal impact statement, and LPRO revenue impact statements. Indeterminate revenue impacts and missing rate-setting methodology are explicitly noted as constraints. This is the model’s assessment of its own analysis, not independent verification or human review.
This proposal has not become law. The generated effects below describe what it would require if enacted.
Would create a dedicated BOLI Expenses Fund funded by split workers' compensation assessments, mandates phased minimum deposits reaching $9.5 million annually by 2031, and would raise prevailing wage contract fees to $12,500. This shifts BOLI enforcement financing from general appropriations to a guaranteed employer/employee assessment while capping new position costs at $5.25 million and legally insulating the Workers' Benefit Fund from diversion.
Basis: Bill text · 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 amendment aims to guarantee stable, dedicated operational funding for BOLI enforcement by bypassing annual appropriations volatility, while structurally limiting new hiring growth to prevent unfunded liabilities.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Potential effect if enacted: Subject to a split hourly assessment deposited into the new BOLI Expenses Fund, increasing total assessment burden while requiring updated payroll tracking for dual-fund allocation.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Gains a dedicated funding stream for enforcement expenses starting July 1, 2029, but faces a hard statutory cap on new position costs ($5.25 million) and would have to submit biennial staffing sufficiency reports.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Potential effect if enacted: Receives a separately calculated assessment rate and is legally prohibited from having its funds transferred to the BOLI fund, preserving its balance for worker benefits.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Potential effect if enacted: Face increased prevailing wage fees (up to $12,500) to fund BOLI education and enforcement activities.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Potential effect if enacted: Gains management authority over the new fund, responsibility for setting separate assessment rates, and reimbursement for administrative costs.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Employers would pay adjusted hourly assessments split between two funds, requiring updated payroll tracking and compliance procedures.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
DCBS would have to calculate separate rates, minimize volatility, and maintain a 12-month reserve, with explicit authority to raise rates if reserves fall short or to prevent unintentional benefit reductions.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Potential effect if enacted: BOLI gains predictable operational funding but cannot exceed the $5.25 million new position cost cap, creating a potential mismatch between guaranteed revenue and actual staffing capacity.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Potential effect if enacted: WBF balances are legally protected from transfer, preserving worker benefit solvency and preventing cross-fund diversion during budget shortfalls.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI)
Potential effect if enacted: BOLI utilizes the dedicated fund to rapidly hire specialized wage theft and discrimination investigators, significantly reducing case backlogs and improving statewide compliance without competing for general budget allocations.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Oregon employers and employees
A prolonged economic downturn would reduce covered payroll hours, causing assessment revenues to fall short of the $9.5 million target. DCBS is forced to sharply increase rates to maintain the 12-month reserve, creating a regressive cost burden on employers and employees while BOLI's actual enforcement capacity remains constrained by the statutory position cap.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
The text would legally permit flexible rate-setting and broad expense coverage but would lack audit trails or definitions that would prevent duty creep or structural evasion of hiring caps.
Sources · Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Would guarantee stable, dedicated funding for BOLI enforcement operations at the cost of increased mandatory assessments on employers and employees, while capping new hiring growth to prevent unfunded liability expansion.
Predictable operational funding for labor law enforcement; protects WBF from diversion; would reduce annual budget volatility for BOLI.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Mandatory rate increases may burden businesses and workers regardless of economic conditions; the $5.25 million position cap would create a structural mismatch between guaranteed funding and actual staffing capacity; lack of clear definitions for 'new positions' and expense tracking would reduce accountability.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Model self-rating: high. The amendment text explicitly defines fund creation, deposit mandates, rate-setting authority, position caps, and fee adjustments. Fiscal impacts are marked indeterminate pending rate finalization, but statutory mechanics are unambiguous. This is the model’s assessment of its own analysis, not independent verification or human review.
This proposal has not become law. The generated effects below describe what it would require if enacted.
Would create a dedicated BOLI Expenses Fund by splitting the existing workers’ compensation assessment, mandates phased minimum deposits reaching $9.5 million annually by 2031, would authorize those funds to finance new BOLI enforcement positions starting in 2029, and would raise the prevailing wage contract fee cap to $12,500.
Basis: Bill text · Sources: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment; Fiscal Impact Statement 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 measure appears designed to insulate BOLI’s operational budget from annual legislative appropriations volatility by tying employer assessments directly to projected administrative expenses and mandating a continuous appropriation with a 12-month reserve.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment; Fiscal Impact Statement A
Would pay a new, separate hourly assessment on top of existing workers’ compensation assessments. Costs would scale with DCBS projections of BOLI expenses rather than fixed legislative appropriations.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Potential effect if enacted: WBF balances are statutorily protected from transfers to the new fund, but WBF assessment rates may adjust if total revenue requirements change. Retroactive Program benefits remain funded by WBF.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Potential effect if enacted: Gains a dedicated, continuously appropriated revenue stream for enforcement expenses and administrative costs. DCBS gains independent authority to set assessment rates tied to projected expenses.
Basis: Bill text · Sources: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment; Fiscal Impact Statement A
Potential effect if enacted: Face higher prevailing wage fees, with the maximum cap raised from $7,500 to $12,500.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Employers would have to track employee hours and remit two separate assessments via Department of Revenue forms, increasing payroll compliance complexity.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Potential effect if enacted: DCBS may adjust assessment rates annually to maintain a 12-month reserve, potentially smoothing employer costs but delaying revenue adjustments if projected expenses rise.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
BOLI could hire new enforcement staff starting July 1, 2031, funded by the new reserve, subject to a cumulative annual cost cap of $5.25 million.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Statewide workplace safety and wage enforcement
Potential effect if enacted: BOLI successfully hires dozens of new investigators within the $5.25 million position cap, significantly reducing case backlogs, increasing proactive inspections, and recovering substantial unpaid wages for low-wage workers.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment; Fiscal Impact Statement A
Oregon employers and small businesses
Projected expenses surge due to inflation or expanded statutory duties; DCBS would raise assessment rates sharply to meet the 12-month reserve requirement, causing substantial, uncontrolled cost increases for employers without direct legislative rate-setting oversight.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment; Fiscal Impact Statement A
The text would legally permit expense-driven rate adjustments but does not define 'projected expenses' or specify how compliance with the position cap is calculated, creating ambiguity that could enable duty creep if oversight mechanisms are weak.
Sources · Amendment -1 — proposed amendment; Fiscal Impact Statement A
Would provide BOLI with stable, dedicated funding to address historic enforcement capacity gaps, but shifts long-term budget authority from the Legislature to DCBS by tying employer assessments directly to projected administrative expenses rather than fixed appropriations.
Predictable, multi-year funding for workplace law enforcement would reduce reliance on annual legislative bargaining.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Potential effect if enacted: Mandated 12-month reserve and rate volatility minimization provisions protect both employer costs and program continuity.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Employer costs may rise without direct legislative rate-setting oversight, as DCBS would adjust rates based on internal expense projections.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Potential effect if enacted: Ambiguous definitions for 'projected expenses' and 'BOLI funding positions' create risk of administrative bloat or mission drift.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Model self-rating: high. Analysis is grounded exclusively in the provided proposed amendment text and official fiscal/revenue impact statements. No external speculation or legislative intent assumptions are included. This is the model’s assessment of its own analysis, not independent verification or human review.
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Posted Jan 28, 2026, 3:25 PM PST
AI-assessed adopted replacement
The adopted introduced-to-A-engrossed transition removes the labor-agency funding study and replaces it with operative BOLI financing provisions.
AI assessment dated 2026-09-29. This classification is separate from enactment and legal effect.
Evidence snapshot: 2026-09-29. Later legislative records are not automatically reassessed.
Policy purpose: substantially changed.
Reviewer: /root/review_recent_a · 2026-09-29
AI-assessed adopted replacement
The adopted introduced-to-A-engrossed transition removes the labor-agency funding study and replaces it with operative BOLI financing provisions.
Policy purpose: substantially changed.
“SECTION 1. The Legislative Policy and Research Director shall conduct a study of the 5 manner in which state labor agencies in other states are funded. The director shall submit 6 a report in the manner provided by ORS 192.245 to the interim commit”
Introduced
“SECTION 1. Section 2 of this 2026 Act is added to and made a part of ORS chapter 656. 6 SECTION 2. (1) The BOLI Expenses Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate 7 and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the BOLI Expenses ”
A-Engrossed
Reviewer: /root/review_recent_b · 2026-09-29
AI-assessed adopted replacement
The adopted -7 amendment replaces the entire comparative research proposal with binding revenue and fund provisions. The first mainline transition changes the purpose from studying funding to imposing it.
Policy purpose: substantially changed.
“SECTION 1. The Legislative Policy and Research Director shall conduct a study of the 5 manner in which state labor agencies in other states are funded. The director shall submit 6 a report in the manner provided by ORS 192.245 to the interim committees of th”
Introduced
“SECTION 1. Section 2 of this 2026 Act is added to and made a part of ORS chapter 656. 6 SECTION 2. (1) The BOLI Expenses Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate 7 and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the BOLI Expenses Fund shall be 8 credited to the fund. 9 (2) Mone”
A-Engrossed
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Likely revised proposal · Amendment -7
High confidence from shared inserted text: ORS 279, ORS 28, ORS 316.168, ORS 316.197, ORS 651.050, Tax deduction, Effective date.
Likely revised proposal · Amendment -2
High confidence from shared inserted text: ORS 279, ORS 316.168, ORS 316.197, ORS 651.185, ORS 656.005, Tax deduction, Effective date.
Likely revised proposal · Amendment -3
High confidence from shared inserted text: ORS 279, ORS 316.168, ORS 316.197, ORS 651.185, ORS 656.005, Tax deduction, Effective date.
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Chief sponsors: Representative Mari Watanabe, Senator Kathleen Taylor, Representative Nathan Sosa, Representative Hai Pham, Representative Sue Rieke Smith, Representative Dacia Grayber
Regular sponsors: Representative Lesly Muñoz, Representative Mark Gamba, Representative Travis Nelson, Representative John Lively, Representative Lisa Fragala, Representative Farrah Chaichi, Representative Shannon Isadore, Representative Thuy Tran, Representative Tom Andersen, Senator Deb Patterson
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Representative Mari Watanabe
Third Reading Of House Bills · Version A
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Senator Kathleen Taylor
Third Reading Of House Measures · Version A
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Chapter 30, (2026 Laws): Effective date June 5, 2026.
Governor signed.
President signed.
Speaker signed.
Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed.
Ayes, 18; Nays, 12--Anderson, Drazan, Girod, Hayden, Linthicum, McLane, Nash, Robinson, Smith DB, Starr, Thatcher, Weber.
Second reading.
Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill.
Staff Measure Summary · Version A
Referred to Ways and Means.
First reading. Referred to President's desk.
Third reading. Carried by Watanabe. Passed.
Ayes, 33; Nays, 11--Boice, Breese-Iverson, Bunch, Cate, Elmer, Harbick, Levy B, Owens, Reschke, Scharf, Wallan; Excused, 16--Boshart Davis, Diehl, Edwards, Helfrich, Javadi, Lewis, Mannix, McIntire, Nelson, Osborne, Pham H, Skarlatos, Tran, Valderrama, Wright, Yunker.
Second reading.
Recommendation: Do pass.
Work Session held.
Work Session
Heard and Reported Out · Agenda item 2 · Room HR 40 · Relating to the Bureau of Labor and Industries; prescribing an effective date (Representative Gomberg, carrier)
Returned to Full Committee.
Work Session held.
Work Session
Heard and Reported Out · Agenda item 1 · Room HR H · Relating to the Bureau of Labor and Industries; prescribing an effective date.
Assigned to Subcommittee On Transportation and Economic Development.
House Amendments to Introduced bill text posted
Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.
Work Session held.
Work Session
Heard and Reported Out with Amendments · Agenda item 3 · Room HR 60 · CARRIED OVER FROM THE 2/11/2026 MEETING: Requires the Legislative Policy and Research Director to conduct a study of the manner in which state labor agencies in other states are funded.
IS_Impact HB 4027 07
Revenue Impact Statement
Amendment -3 proposed
Amendment -7 adopted
Work Session held.
Work Session
Heard · Agenda item 2 · Room HR 60 · Requires the Legislative Policy and Research Director to conduct a study of the manner in which state labor agencies in other states are funded.
Amendment -3 proposed
IS_Impact HB 4027 2
Revenue Impact Statement
Amendment -2 proposed
IS_Impact HB 4027 1
Revenue Impact Statement
Amendment -1 proposed
Public Hearing held.
Public Hearing
Heard · Agenda item 1 · Room HR 60 · Requires the Legislative Policy and Research Director to conduct a study of the manner in which state labor agencies in other states are funded.
IS_Impact HB 4027 1
Revenue Impact Statement
Amendment -1 proposed
Public Hearing scheduled.
Public Hearing
Not Heard · Agenda item 1 · Room HR 60 · Requires the Legislative Policy and Research Director to conduct a study of the manner in which state labor agencies in other states are funded.
Amendment -1 proposed
Informational Meeting scheduled.
Informational Meeting
Agenda item 7 · Room HR 60 · Requires the Legislative Policy and Research Director to conduct a study of the manner in which state labor agencies in other states are funded. Josh Nasbe, Legislative Director, Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) Jessica Giannettino Villatoro, Deputy Labor Commissioner, BOLI Sean O'Day, Director, Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) Matt West, Administrator, DCBS Workers' Compensation Division
Referred to Labor and Workforce Development with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
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I reinvestment package positions’ means those positions 19 funded by section 7, chapter 629, Oregon Laws 2025. 20 “[(a)] (d) ‘Employee’ means a subject worker as defined in ORS 656.005 21 [
I reinvestment package positions’ means those positions 19 funded by section 7, chapter 629, Oregon Laws 2025. 20 “[(a)] (d) ‘Employee’ means a subject worker as defined in ORS 656.005 21 [
I reinvestment package positions’ means those positions 29 funded by section 7, chapter 629, Oregon Laws 2025. 30 “[(a)] (d) ‘Employee’ means a subject worker as defined in ORS 656.005 HB
B 4027-3 2/11/26 Proposed Amendments to HB 4027 Page 2 1 funded by section 7, chapter 629, Oregon Laws 2025. 2 “[(a)] (d) ‘Employee’ means a subject worker as defined in ORS 656.005 3 [
B 4027-3 2/11/26 Proposed Amendments to HB 4027 Page 2 1 funded by section 7, chapter 629, Oregon Laws 2025. 2 “[(a)] (d) ‘Employee’ means a subject worker as defined in ORS 656.005 3 [
I reinvestment package positions’ means those positions funded 10 by section 7, chapter 629, Oregon Laws 2025. 11 “(d) ‘Employee’ means a subject worker as defined in ORS 656.005. 12 “(e) ‘
I reinvestment package positions’ means those positions funded 10 by section 7, chapter 629, Oregon Laws 2025. 11 “(d) ‘Employee’ means a subject worker as defined in ORS 656.005. 12 “(e) ‘
I reinvestment package positions’ means those positions funded 10 by section 7, chapter 629, Oregon Laws 2025. 11 “(d) ‘Employee’ means a subject worker as defined in ORS 656.005. 12 “(e) ‘
I reinvestment package positions’ means those positions funded 22 by section 7, chapter 629, Oregon Laws 2025. 23 “(d) ‘Employee’ means a subject worker as defined in ORS 656.005. 24 “(e) ‘
I reinvestment package positions’ means those positions funded 24 by section 7, chapter 629, Oregon Laws 2025. 25 “(d) ‘Employee’ means a subject worker as defined in ORS 656.005. 26 “(e) ‘
I reinvestment package positions’ means those positions funded 24 by section 7, chapter 629, Oregon Laws 2025. 25 “(d) ‘Employee’ means a subject worker as defined in ORS 656.005. 26 “(e) ‘
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