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Multiple pieces of legislation related to the construction industry will be reviewed by lawmakers at the Capitol in Salem over the next couple of weeks.

Senate Business and Transportation Committee

Hearing Room B

Monday, 3 p.m.

Work session

HOUSE BILL 2646 would require that workers be paid prevailing wage law on construction projects on Oregon’s public college and university campuses.

HISTORY: Members of the House Business and Labor Committee sent the bill to the House floor on March 19. It was passed by the House on April 10 by a vote of 47-10.

May 13, 3 p.m.

Public hearing and possible work session

HOUSE BILL 2545 would permit the state labor commissioner to ban contractors and subcontractors from working on public projects if they fail to pay prevailing wage or help a subcontractor skirt prevailing wage laws by falsifying documents.

HISTORY: Members of the House Business and Labor Committee sent the bill to the House floor on March 12. It was passed by the House on March 14 by a vote of 39-18.

May 14, 3 p.m.

Public hearings and possible work sessions

HOUSE BILL 2524 would limit the exemption from construction contractor licensing requirement for financial institutions, subsidiaries, real estate managers and suppliers of workers.

HISTORY: Members of the House Business and Labor Committee sent the bill to the House floor on April 18. It was passed by the House on April 23 by a vote of 49-8.

HOUSE BILL 2540 would let the Construction Contractors Board revoke, suspend or refuse to issue licenses if it finds that a person has engaged in dishonesty by enabling evasion of certain obligations.

HISTORY: Members of the House Business and Labor Committee sent the bill to the House floor on April 23. It was passed by the House on April 25 by a vote of 49-10.

Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee

Hearing Room C

Monday, 3 p.m.

Public hearing

HOUSE BILL 2801 would authorize public purpose charge money invested in cost-effective local energy conservation involving energy efficiency updates of residential or nonresidential building to be used for purpose of conducting whole building assessment of energy efficiency.

HISTORY: Members of the House Energy and Environment Committee sent the bill to the House floor on April 15. It was passed by the House on April 17 by a vote of 35-25.