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Senate Labor and Business committee sends several bills to the floor; one bill carried over

April 17, 2025 | Labor and Business, Senate, Committees, Legislative, Oregon


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Senate Labor and Business committee sends several bills to the floor; one bill carried over
At the April 17 meeting the Senate Committee on Labor and Business moved several House bills to the Senate floor with due pass recommendations by unanimous consent or closed public hearings and scheduled additional work sessions. The committee also carried one bill over for the next hearing day.

Votes and formal outcomes recorded during the session (motions passed by unanimous consent unless otherwise noted):

- House Bill 2541: Moved to the Senate floor with a due pass recommendation. Summary: Grants the right for an agricultural hand‑harvest or pruning laborer paid on a piece‑rate basis who commutes daily and has been employed less than 13 weeks during the preceding calendar year to express breast milk in the workplace. The sponsor declared an emergency effective on passage. Mover: Vice Chair (recorded motion); outcome: approved by unanimous consent.

- House Bill 3020A: Moved to the Senate floor with a due pass recommendation. Summary: Prohibits wagering on the outcome of dog races and prohibits accepting or facilitating such wagering, operative 07/01/2027. Mover: Vice Chair (recorded motion); outcome: approved by unanimous consent.

- House Bill 3021A: Moved to the Senate floor with a due pass recommendation. Summary: Administrative updates to the Oregon Employment Department's statutes and terminology; effective on the 91st day following adjournment. Mover: Vice Chair (recorded motion); outcome: approved by unanimous consent.

- House Bill 3115A (House Bill 3,115): Moved to the Senate floor with a due pass recommendation. Summary: Prohibits selling, purchasing or claiming for compensation a winning lottery ticket or share of a winning lottery ticket prize, with an exemption for prizes that the Oregon State Lottery Commission authorizes retailers to pay under ORS 461.250. Mover: Vice Chair (recorded motion); outcome: approved by unanimous consent.

- House Bill 2127A: (See separate article) Committee adopted the A3 amendment and moved the amended bill to the floor with a due pass recommendation; outcome: approved by unanimous consent; Senator Bottom volunteered to be the floor carrier.

Carried over:

- House Bill 3447 (nitrous oxide): The committee decided to carry HB 3447 over to the next committee date (April 22) so Representative McIntyre could respond to an outstanding amendment question; outcome: carryover scheduled.

Notes: Where the committee acted by unanimous consent or "no objection," no roll‑call tallies were recorded in the transcript. Several bills were described by committee staff as having come over from the House with recorded House vote counts; the Senate committee's actions on April 17 were procedural motions to report bills to the Senate floor.

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