Oregon House Bill 2254

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-17 - Referred to Labor and Workplace Standards.
Pending: House Labor and Workplace Standards Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

The Act makes laws about unpaid wages for workers who work on construction projects. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7). Makes an owner and a direct contractor jointly and severally liable in a civil action for any unpaid wages owed to the unrepresented employees of the direct contractor and subcontractors at any tier. Provides the statute of limitations for actions regarding recovery for unpaid and overtime wages. Requires subcontractors to provide certain payroll records and other information to the owner or the direct contractor, upon request. Permits the owner and the direct contractor to withhold payment to a subcontractor in certain circumstances.

Relating to wages.

Rep. Lisa Fragala [D]	Sen. Floyd Prozanski [D]	Sen. James Manning [D]	Rep. Gregory Smith [R]
Rep. Andrea Valderrama [D]	Rep. Dacia Grayber [D]	Rep. Sarah Finger McDonald [D]	Rep. Ricki Ruiz [D]
Sen. Mark Meek [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-17	House	Referred to Labor and Workplace Standards.
2025-01-13	House	First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2254
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2254/Introduced
Supplement	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureAnalysisDocument/83243