Oregon Bill Prohibits Job Postings with Unconnected Physical Requirements and Grants Employees Right to Support Persons in Accommodation Discussions

Original title: Directs the Bureau of Labor and Industries to create certain guidance and informational materials to assist employers and employees.

Last action · March 6, 2026: In committee upon adjournment.Sponsors: Travis Nelson and 14 others

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What This Bill Proposed

Oregon House Bill 4093 bars employers from listing minimum physical requirements in job postings unless tied to essential job functions, and prohibits denying an employee's request to have a support person present during discussions under specific conditions.

Why it matters

The measure directly alters the rules governing hiring criteria and workplace accommodation meetings for employers and workers across Oregon, establishing clear guidelines for confidentiality and support personnel.

Who It Would Have Affected

Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

Employers

Employers must adjust job posting practices to tie physical requirements to essential job functions and must permit support persons in accommodation discussions under specified confidentiality terms.

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Employees

Employees gain the right to be accompanied by a support person during reasonable accommodation discussions and are protected from unverified physical requirement screens in job postings.

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Bureau of Labor and Industries

The Bureau is directed to create guidance and informational materials to assist employers and employees with these new standards.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

Can an employer refuse to let an employee bring a support person to a reasonable accommodation meeting?

An employer may not deny such a request as long as the support person does not disrupt or inhibit the discussion and agrees to confidentiality requirements.

What restriction does the bill place on job postings regarding physical requirements?

Employers are prohibited from using minimum physical requirements in a job posting without connecting those physical requirements directly to the of the job.

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Where This Stands

This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.

Procedural history

7 actions

Mar 6, 2026House
In committee upon adjournment.
Feb 13, 2026House
Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.
Feb 13, 2026House
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.
Feb 11, 2026House
Work Session held.
Feb 2, 2026House
Public Hearing scheduled.
Feb 2, 2026House
Referred to Labor and Workforce Development with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.

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Feb 2, 2026House
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

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