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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2459
Sponsored by Representative EVANS (Presession filed.)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure as introduced.The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: The Act says that some state agencies may not pay a worker more than 10 times as
much as the lowest paid worker in the agency. The Act lets an agency ask for an exemption. The
Act makes some agencies report to the LFO. (Flesch Readability Score: 78.5).
Provides that, beginning on January 1, 2028, the annual salary or wages paid to an officer or
employee of certain state agencies may not exceed 10 times the lowest annual salary or wages paid
to a full-time officer or employee of the agency. Allows an agency to request an exemption.
Requires certain agencies, including agencies not subject to the limit on salary and wages, to
report to the Legislative Fiscal Officer.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to compensation of state employees.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. (1) As used in this section, “state agency” means a state officer, board,
commission, bureau, department, or division thereof, in the executive branch of state gov-
ernment, except that “state agency” does not include the office of the Secretary of State or
office of the State Treasurer.
(2)(a) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, the annual salary or wages paid
to any officer or employee of a state agency may not exceed 10 times the lowest annual sal-
ary or wages paid to a full-time officer or employee of the state agency.
(b) For purposes of this section, the annual salary and wages of an officer or employee
does not include amounts paid to the officer or employee from private, nongovernmental
sources.
(3) An agency may request an exemption from the Workers’ Compensation
Management-Labor Advisory Committee to allow the agency to pay an officer or employee
in excess of the amount allowed under subsection (2) of this section for a three-year period.
If the committee grants the exemption under this subsection, the agency may request one
two-year extension of the exemption.
SECTION 2.(1) As used in this section, “agency” means the Secretary of State, the State
Treasurer, the Oregon Health and Science University and the Oregon State Bar.
(2) An agency shall submit annually to the Legislative Fiscal Officer a list of officers or
employees of the agency whose salary or wages exceeds 10 times the lowest annual salary
or wages paid to a full-time officer or employee of the agency.
SECTION 3.A state agency, as defined in section 1 of this 2025 Act, shall submit to the
Legislative Fiscal Officer, no later than January 1, 2027, a list of officers or employees of the
agency whose salary or wages exceeds 10 times the lowest annual salary or wages paid to a
full-time officer or employee of the agency.
NOTE:Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
LC 1097 HB2459
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SECTION 4. Section 1 of this 2025 Act becomes operative on January 1, 2028.
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