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PCUN priority bills 2005
Other legislation of interest
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PCUN priority
bills 2005
As of August 5, 2005 (end of session)
| Bill Number | Description | Status |
| SR 1 | Encourages Oregonians to undertake a day of voluntary
service to honor Cesar Chavez |
Approved by the full Oregon Senate 3/31/05 |
| Farmworker Rights | ||
| SB 584 | Would place farmworker collective bargaining under
the Employment Relations Board Sponsor: Commerce Committee PCUN position: OPPOSE |
Died in Senate Commerce Committee |
| HB 3258 | Would place farmworker collective bargaining under
the Employment Relations Board Sponsors: Reps. Scott, Boone, Brown, Kropf, Roblan, P Smith, Sumner, Senators Atkinson, Beyer, Kruse, Monnes Anderson, Schrader PCUN position: OPPOSE |
Approved by the full Oregon House, 33-24, 5/16/05 Died in Senate Commerce Committee |
| SB 1083 | Provides tax credit to agricultural employers for
wage increases due to increase in the minimum wage. Sponsor: Senator Schrader PCUN position: OPPOSE |
Approved by the full Oregon Senate, 25-4, 7/13/05 Approved by the full Oregon House, 33-27, 7/30/05 Governor expected to veto |
| Minimum Wage | ||
| HB 2331 | Repeals indexing of minimum wage Sponsor: Rep. Wayne Scott at request of OR Restaurant Association PCUN position: OPPOSE |
Died in House Business, Labor, and Consumer Affairs Committee |
| HB 2409 | Regarding tip credit and training wage: would allow
employers to pay workers under age 18 less than the minimum wage for
the first 60 days; sets a minimum wage for tipped workers Sponsor: Rep. Gilman PCUN position: OPPOSE |
Died in House Business, Labor, and Consumer Affairs Committee |
| HB 2386 | Permits employers to pay new employees federal min.
wage of $5.15/hr for the first year of employment; exempts public
employees from collective bargaining laws during training period. Sponsor: Rep. Nelson PCUN position: OPPOSE |
Died in House Business, Labor, and Consumer Affairs Committee |
| SB 452 | Allows reduced minimum wage for employees under
age 18 for first 60 days of employment Sponsor: Senators Kruse, Beyer, George, Morse, C Starr, Westlund, Whitsett, Winters PCUN position: OPPOSE |
Died in Senate Commerce Committee |
| SB 455 | Deletes annual cost-of-living increase to minimum
wage |
Died in Senate Commerce Committee |
| SB 451 | Would allow employers to pay workers under age 18
less than the minimum wage for the first 60 days; sets a minimum wage
for tipped workers Sponsor: Senators Kruse, Beyer, George, Morse, C Starr, Westlund, Whitsett, Winters PCUN position: OPPOSE |
Died in Senate Commerce Committee |
| HB 2720 | Caps annual increase in minimum wage, allows reduced
minimum wage for new employees under 18 years old. Sponsor: Committee on Business, Labor, and Consumer Affairs PCUN position: OPPOSE |
Hearing held April 27 Business, Labor, and Consumer Affairs |
| HB 3319 | Repeals current civil penalties an employee receives
if their employer fails to pay minimum wage and overtime Sponsor: Rep. Brown PCUN position: OPPOSE |
Hearing held 4/19/05, worksession held 5/9/05. Died in House Business, Labor, and Consumer Affairs
Committee. |
| Criminal Justice | ||
| HB 2313 | Allows longer sentence upon conviction of crime
if defendant is a street gang member Sponsor: Rep. Karen Minnis PCUN position: OPPOSE |
Approved by the full Oregon House, 43-15, 7/18/05 Died in Senate Rules Committee |
| Education | ||
| SB 769 | Would allow eligible undocumented students to pay
in-state tuition at four-year public universities Sponsor: Committee on Education and Workforce PCUN position: SUPPORT |
|
| HB 3195 | Prohibits school district from offering instruction
in more than one language to students whose native language is not
English; Eliminates ESL funding Sponsor: Committee on Education PCUN position: OPPOSE |
Died in House Education Committee |
| Immigrant Rights | ||
| HB 2608 | Requires person to have legal status in order to
receive a driver's license, permit, or identification card Sponsor: Reps. Bruun, Brown, Sumner PCUN position: OPPOSE |
Hearing held 3/23 |
| HB 2611 | Requires person to submit Social Security number
when applying for issuance, renewal, or replacement of driver's license,
permit, or identification card Sponsor: Rep. Nelson PCUN position: OPPOSE |
|
| HB 2947 | Requires person to submit Social Security number
when applying for issuance, renewal, or replacement of driver's
license, permit, or identification card. |
Hearing held 4/6, Died in House |
| HB 2841 | Requires evidence of citizenship
for persons registering to vote for the first time in Oregon Sponsor: Rep. Anderson PCUN position: OPPOSE |
Died in House Elections and Rules Committee |
| HB 2583 | Requires evidence of citizenship for persons registering
to vote for the first time in Oregon Sponsor: Rep. Flores, Hunt, Schaufler, Thatcher, Whisnant PCUN position: OPPOSE |
Approved by the full Oregon House, 5/16/05, 33-24 |
| Advocacy Commissions | ||
| SB 359 | Establishes Oregon Advocacy Commissions Office to
provide administrative support to Commission on Hispanic Affairs,
Black Affairs, Asian Affairs, and Commission for Women. Sponsor: Committee on Rules PCUN position: SUPPORT |
Approved 8/3/05 and sent to the Governor for signature |
| SB 5502 | Appropriates money for Oregon Advocacy Commission
Office PCUN position: SUPPORT |
Superceded by SB 359 |
| Bill Number | Description | Status |
| Worker's Rights | ||
| SB 139 | Would make it unlawful to discriminate against an
employee for asserting wage and hour rights Sponsor: Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) PCUN position: SUPPORT |
Died in Senate Commerce Committee |
| SB 143 | Provides penalty for employer's nonpayment of
wages due to willful or repeated failure to record actual hours
worked |
Died in Senate Commerce Committee |
| SB 140 | Allows BOLI to assess a fee against employer
for processing wage claim where employer failed to pay a worker
the proper amount |
Died in Senate Commerce Committee |
| SB 133 | Increases amount of damages recoverable from farm
labor contractor Sponsor: BOLI PCUN position: SUPPORT |
Died in House Judiciary |
| SB 134 | Provides alternate methods of service of process
to farmworker camp operator who has not registered camp. |
Passed Senate 28-2, Defeated in the House 24-30 |
| SB 132 | Requires farm labor contractors to provide worker's
compensation for workers Sponsor: BOLI PCUN position: SUPPORT |
Passed Senate 26-3, Died in House Judiciary Committee |
| SB 135 | Requires farm labor contractor to submit certified
payroll records to BOLI Sponsor: BOLI PCUN position: SUPPORT |
Governor signed 6/29/05 |
For more information,
choose the following links:
Oregon
State Legislature Committee Schedules
Oregon State Legislature
Bills and Laws
Oregon AFL-CIO
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