HB2972 • 2025

Provides funding to the Employment Department for staffing workforce reentry programs for adults in custody.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Representative Gomberg,, Mannix,, Senator Frederick, Representative Chaichi,, Drazan,, Nguyen H,, Senator Gorsek,, Manning Jr,
Last action: 2025-06-27
Official status: In House Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Provides funding to the Employment Department for staffing workforce reentry programs for adults in custody.

Digest: The Act provides OED money for staffing certain workforce programs.

What This Bill Does

Digest: The Act provides OED money for staffing certain workforce programs.
(Flesch Readability Score: 61.3).
Provides funding to the Employment Department for staffing workforce reentry programs for adults in custody.
Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

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Bill History

2025-06-27 House
In committee upon adjournment.
2025-03-25 House
Recommendation: Do pass and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.
2025-03-25 House
Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.
2025-03-19 House
Work Session held.
2025-03-03 House
Public Hearing held.
2025-01-17 House
Referred to Labor and Workplace Standards with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.
2025-01-13 House
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act provides OED money for staffing certain workforce programs. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3).
Provides funding to the Employment Department for staffing workforce reentry programs for adults in custody.
Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Relating to: Relating to funding for staffing workforce reentry programs; prescribing an effective date.
Current location: In House Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2972
Sponsored by Representatives GOMBERG, MANNIX, Senator FREDERICK; Representative DRAZAN, Senators
GORSEK, MANNING JR (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 provides OED money for staffing certain workforce programs. (Flesch Read-
ability Score: 61.3).
Provides funding to the Employment Department for staffing workforce reentry programs for
adults in custody.
Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to funding for staffing workforce reentry programs; and prescribing an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
In addition to and not in lieu of any other appropriation, there is appropri-
ated to the Employment Department, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, out of the
General Fund, the amount of $3,000,000, which may be expended for staffing workforce re-
entry programs for adults in custody delivered through the WorkSource Oregon system.
SECTION 2. This 2025 Act takes effect on the 91st day after the date on which the 2025
regular session of the Eighty-third Legislative Assembly adjourns sine die.
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 1715