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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2877
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: This Act tells ODVA to start a pilot program to give help to veterans in the con-
struction industry. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.6).
Directs the Department of Veterans’ Affairs to develop and implement one or more pilot pro-
grams statewide to provide training, job placement services, financial assistance, technical support
and business creation assistance to veterans in the construction and construction materials indus-
tries.
Permits the department to use moneys in the Veterans’ Services Fund to develop, implement and
maintain the pilot programs.
Requires a report to the Legislative Assembly regarding the status of the pilot programs by
September 15, 2026.
Sunsets pilot programs on December 31, 2027.
Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to workforce assistance to veterans in the construction industry; and declaring an emer-
gency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. (1) As used in this section:
(a) “Veteran” has the meaning given that term in ORS 408.225.
(b) “Veteran” includes a disabled veteran as defined in ORS 408.225.
(2) The Department of Veterans’ Affairs shall develop and implement one or more pilot
programs statewide to provide training, job placement services, financial assistance, techni-
cal support and business creation assistance to veterans in the construction and con-
struction materials industries. The purpose of the pilot programs is to help veterans
successfully transition from military service to the workforce and the business community.
(3) The department shall implement pilot programs under this section by awarding grants
to entities involved in the construction and construction materials industries, including but
not limited to:
(a) Providers of private training programs for the purpose of providing training to vet-
erans who wish to enter the construction and construction materials workforce;
(b) Providers of employment placement services for the purpose of placing veterans as
apprentices or permanent employees within the construction and construction materials in-
dustries; and
(c) Private entities that can provide technical support and financial assistance to veter-
ans to establish veteran-owned construction and construction materials businesses.
(4) The department shall:
(a) Develop criteria for providers of private training programs and employment place-
ment services that identify and address the special skills and needs of veterans in entering
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 2047 HB2877
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the construction and construction materials workforce; and
(b) By rule, establish processes and procedures for veterans to apply for assistance from
providers and entities identified in subsection (3) of this section.
(5) The department may solicit and accept gifts, grants and donations from public and
private sources to further the purposes of this section.
(6) The department may use moneys in the Veterans’ Services Fund established under
ORS 406.140, to develop, implement and maintain the pilot programs under this section.
(7) The department may adopt rules to implement the provisions of this section.
SECTION 2. The Department of Veterans’ Affairs shall prepare and submit a report to
the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to veterans’ services on or before
September 15, 2026, regarding the status of pilot programs developed and implemented under
section 1 of this 2025 Act.
SECTION 3. (1) Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed on December 31, 2027.
(2) All moneys for the pilot programs developed and implemented under section 1 of this
2025 Act that are unexpended and unobligated on the date of the repeal of section 1 of this
2025 Act shall revert to the Veterans’ Services Fund and become available for use pursuant
to ORS 406.140.
SECTION 4.This 2025 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2025 Act takes effect
July 1, 2025.
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