OR HB3646 | 2025 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: Introduced on February 20 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-21 - Referred to Emergency Management, General Government, and Veterans.
Pending: House Emergency Management, General Government, and Veterans Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 20 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-21 - Referred to Emergency Management, General Government, and Veterans.
Pending: House Emergency Management, General Government, and Veterans Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Lets state agencies that buy goods or services prefer doing so from businesses owned by their employees. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). Adds entities in which employees of the entity own at least 50 percent of the ownership interest in the entity directly or through an employee stock ownership plan to the list of sources to which a contracting agency may give preference in procuring goods or services for public contracts. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Title
Relating to contract preferences in public procurement for employee-owned businesses; prescribing an effective date.
Sponsors
| Rep. Thuy Tran [D] | Rep. Pam Marsh [D] | Sen. Deb Patterson [D] | Sen. Janeen Sollman [D] |
| Sen. Suzanne Weber [R] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-21 | House | Referred to Emergency Management, General Government, and Veterans. |
| 2025-02-20 | House | First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. |
