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Business and Labor
On the record
2007–2024
27 session and interim terms
Members now
11
2024 Regular Session
Meetings this term
8
12 distinct measures on agendas
Staff
2
Desi Root
What the chair and the committee can do
Chair
calls meetings, sets the agenda
Majority of members
can compel a hearing within 5 business days
Final action
majority of the committee
Minority report
two dissenters may file one
About these figures
The chair calls meetings and sets the agenda; a hearing or work session must be scheduled within five business days if a majority of members request it in writing; amendments must be posted online four hours before action; final action needs a majority of the committee; two dissenting members may file a minority report. House Rules 8.15, 8.20, 8.25, 9.15 (adopted January 13, 2025). Jurisdiction is set by referral practice and chamber rules; OLIS records the committee's name and type, not a written jurisdiction statement.
Chairs by session
2024 Regular Session
Feb 5, 2024 to open · 2 informational meeting, 1 organizational meeting, 1 possible work session, 10 public hearing, 3 public hearing and work session, 16 unspecified, 11 work session
Earlier terms
2023-2024 Interim as Business and Labor (Inactive) · 11 members · 3 meetings · chairs: Holvey
2023 Regular Session 11 members · 37 meetings · chairs: Holvey
2022 Regular Session 11 members · 8 meetings · chairs: Holvey
2021-2022 Interim 11 members · 6 meetings · chairs: Holvey
2021 Regular Session 10 members · 39 meetings · chairs: Holvey
2020 Regular Session 11 members · 8 meetings · chairs: Barker
2019-2020 Interim 11 members · 8 meetings · chairs: Holvey
2019 Regular Session 10 members · 40 meetings · chairs: Barker
2018 Regular Session 11 members · 13 meetings · chairs: Holvey
2017-2018 Interim 11 members · 6 meetings · chairs: Holvey
2017 Regular Session 9 members · 37 meetings · chairs: Holvey
2016 Regular Session 11 members · 13 meetings · chairs: Holvey
2015-2016 Interim 11 members · 7 meetings · chairs: Holvey
2015 Regular Session 11 members · 56 meetings · chairs: Holvey
2014 Regular Session 11 members · 10 meetings · chairs: Doherty
2013 - 2014 Interim 11 members · 6 meetings · chairs: Doherty
2013 Regular Session 10 members · 50 meetings · chairs: Doherty
2012 Regular Session 8 members · 8 meetings · chairs: Garrett, Kennemer
2011 - 2012 Interim 8 members · 6 meetings · chairs: Kennemer, Garrett
2011 Regular Session 8 members · 42 meetings · chairs: Kennemer, Schaufler
2010 Special Session 10 members · 9 meetings · chairs: Schaufler
2009 - 2010 Interim 10 members · 5 meetings · chairs: Schaufler
2009 Regular Session 10 members · 53 meetings · chairs: Schaufler
2008 Special Session 7 members · 5 meetings · chairs: Schaufler
2007 - 2008 Interim 7 members · 7 meetings · chairs: Schaufler
Evidence for this page
Committee terms, members, staff, meetings, and agenda items come from the Oregon Legislative Information System’s official record, observed 2026-09-01. OLIS committee codes are stable identifiers across sessions; a renamed committee keeps its code and the name history is listed. A code reused for a different body would appear here as one committee and requires review.
Meeting counts are scheduled meetings recorded by the system, including cancelled ones where marked. Referral counts require the measure history and are shown on decision pages. Edition dated August 31, 2026.