Oregon Senate Bill 290 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Unknown
Status: Failed on July 6 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-07-06 - In committee upon adjournment.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to establish program that certifies that prospective bidder or proposer understands pay equity provisions in laws of this state. Specifies elements that program must include. Permits department to conduct training or to enter into interagency agreement or contract to provide training. Provides that state contracting agency may not prequalify prospective bidder or proposer for public contract for goods or services, or for public improvement contract, if prospective bidder or proposer employs 50 or more workers and if public contract has estimated contract price that exceeds $500,000, unless prospective bidder or proposer submits certificate that shows completion of training program for compliance with pay equity provisions of state law. Requires bidder or proposer to demonstrate to state contracting agency that bidder or proposer has certificate from program as part of bidder's or proposer's demonstration of responsibility. Requires all public contracts to provide that contractors must comply with prohibitions against discrimination in wage payments and compensation and that contractors may not prohibit employees from discussing with others employees' rate of wage, salary or other compensation or retaliate against employees who discuss employees' rate of wage, salary or other compensation. Becomes operative January 1, 2016. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Relating to requirements in public contracting for compliance with pay equity provisions of state law; declaring an emergency.

No sponsor information available at this time.

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-07-06	Senate	In committee upon adjournment.
2015-01-20	Senate	Referred to Workforce.
2015-01-12	Senate	Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2015R1/Measures/Overview/SB290
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2015R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB290/Introduced