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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2889
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 makes clear the meaning of “provide consultative services” for purposes of the
OSEA. The Act tells DCBS to give incentives to small employers who use certain services to get
help with following the laws. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.6).
Clarifies the meaning of “provide consultative services” to require the Director of the Depart-
ment of Consumer and Business Services to provide incentive to small employers to participate in
consultative services, to provide maximum allowable protection from fines and penalties to small
employers that participate in consultative services and to promote consultative services to the small
businesscommunity.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to small employer compliance with the Oregon Safe Employment Act; amending ORS
654.090.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 654.090 is amended to read:
654.090. In order to carry out the purposes of ORS 654.001 to 654.295, 654.412 to 654.423 and
654.750 to 654.780 and encourage voluntary compliance with occupational safety and health laws,
regulations and standards and to promote more effective workplace health and safety programs, the
Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall:
(1) Develop greater knowledge and interest in the causes and prevention of industrial accidents,
occupational diseases and related subjects through:
(a) Research, conferences, lectures and the use of public communications media;
(b) The collection and dissemination of accident statistics; and
(c) The publication and distribution of training and accident prevention materials, including
audio and visual aids.
(2) Appoint advisers who shall, without compensation, assist the director in establishing stan-
dards of safety and health. The director may adopt and incorporate in its regulations, rules and
standards such safety and health recommendations as it may receive from such advisers.
(3) Provide consultative services for employers on safety and health matters and prescribe pro-
cedures which will permit any employer to request a special inspection or investigation, focused on
specific problems or hazards in the place of employment of the employer or to request assistance in
developing a plan to correct such problems or hazards, which will not directly result in a citation
and civil penalty. For purposes of this subsection, “provide consultative services” includes:
(a) Providing incentive to small employers to participate in consultative services.
(b) Providing maximum allowable protection from fines and penalties to small employers
that participate in consultative services.
(c) Promoting consultative services to the small business community.
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 1940 HB2889
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(4) Place emphasis, in the research, education and consultation program, on development of a
model for providing services to groups of small employers in particular industries and their em-
ployees.
(5) Separately administer the voluntary compliance and research, education and consultation
activities described in this section and the enforcement activities described in ORS 654.025 to
654.086.
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