Bill Text: OR SB847 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to employee wellness programs; prescribing an effective date.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [SB847 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-SB847-Introduced.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

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amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 3901

                         Senate Bill 847

Sponsored by Senator CLOSE; Senators BAERTSCHIGER JR, BOQUIST,
  GEORGE, KNOPP

                             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.

  Creates subtraction from federal taxable income for up to $500
in cash dividends paid by employer to employee for participation
in workplace wellness program. Applies to tax years beginning on
and after January 1, 2014.
  Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to employee wellness programs; and prescribing an
  effective date.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + Section 2 of this 2013 Act is added to and made
a part of ORS chapter 316. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + (1) As used in this section, 'workplace
wellness program' means a program in which an employee, on the
basis of a health assessment, participates in one or more of the
following:
  (a) A fitness program.
  (b) A weight control program.
  (c) A nutritional education program.
  (d) A tobacco use cessation or prevention program.
  (2) There shall be subtracted from federal taxable income an
amount, not to exceed $500, equal to any cash dividends that are
paid by an employer to an employee as a reward or incentive for
participating in a workplace wellness program. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + Section 2 of this 2013 Act applies to tax years
beginning on and after January 1, 2014. + }
  SECTION 4.  { + This 2013 Act takes effect on the 91st day
after the date on which the 2013 regular session of the
Seventy-seventh Legislative Assembly adjourns sine die. + }
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