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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3853
Sponsored by Representative SMITH G
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 tells OED to study issues related to the job market. A report will be submitted
by September 15 of next year.(Flesch Readability Score: 70.1).
Requires the Employment Department to study issues related to the job market in Oregon. Di-
rects the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly re-
lated to business and labor not later than September 15, 2026.
Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to jobs.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. The Employment Department shall study issues related to the job market
in Oregon. The department shall submit a report in the manner provided by ORS 192.245, and
may include recommendations for legislation, to the interim committees of the Legislative
Assembly related to business and labor no later than September 15, 2026.
SECTION 2.Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed on January 2, 2027.
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 3492