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Oregon bill would update Employment Department statutes to reflect Paid Leave Oregon
Summary
At a Jan. 27 House Committee hearing, the Oregon Employment Department asked lawmakers to pass House Bill 3021 to remove outdated references to the Office of Childcare, add Paid Leave Oregon references and add a federal-conformity clause; presenters said the changes are administrative and have no fiscal impact.
House Committee on Labor and Workplace Standards Chair Graber presided over a public hearing Jan. 27 at which the Oregon Employment Department asked the committee to support House Bill 3021, a measure that would revise statutes the department administers to reflect current program responsibilities.
"The main adjustment that we're seeking to make with this bill is to remove all references to the office of childcare, which hasn't been part of the employment department since 2013, and replace them with the paid leave Oregon program," David Gens, senior legislative adviser with the Oregon Employment Department, told the committee.
The bill would make six housekeeping updates to chapters of law the department administers, including Oregon Revised Statutes chapter 657 and 657B, department staff said. Gens also described a proposed provision to ensure that future state-law changes that do not conform with federal requirements would have no force or effect for federally funded programs the department administers.
Gens told the committee the changes reflect current practice, are consistent with existing terminology in other Oregon laws and would not create any fiscal impact. "All the proposed changes included as part of House Bill 3021 are consistent with how OED is already administering our programs and they do not create any fiscal impact," he said.
Committee leadership did not take a vote at the hearing. Chair Graber said committee members may submit follow-up questions and that a work session on the measure will be scheduled later in the session.
The hearing was informational only; no committee action or vote was recorded during the Jan. 27 session.
