Oregon Plumbing Heating Cooling Contractors Association Government Affairs

Prevailing wage bill leaves Oregon Dems caught between cheaper affordable housing production and unions

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 04:38:01 GMT

By Jonathan Bach | The Oregonian/OregonLive

Salem’s Democratic supermajority finds itself in a double bind as lawmakers weigh a bill intended to lower the cost of building affordable apartments.

If they approve Senate Bill 1566 — brought forward by the ranking Republican lawmaker on the Senate housing committee to address the high cost of publicly subsidized apartment construction — they’ll alienate trade unions that spend heavily for Democrats during election season.

If they ignore the bill, they skip a chance to do what housing policy analysts, and even state agency Oregon Housing and Community Services, say is necessary to build more affordable housing: lower construction costs.

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PHCC Legislative Conference: Collaboration on Capitol Hill - May 2024

Fri, 31 May 2024 22:25:07 GMT

PHCC members, chapter executives, and corporate partners visited Washington, D.C. on May 21-22, to meet with lawmakers and educate them on energy, economic, and workforce policies that are important to the industry and consumers.

https://www.phccweb.org/news/phcc-legislative-conference-collaboration-on-capitol-hill/

BIG CHANGES TO OFLA & PAID LEAVE OREGON ARE COMING (AGAIN)

Mon, 11 Mar 2024 20:22:17 GMT

By Amy Angel & Stacie Damazo, Barran Liebman Law, LLP

(2/28/24) The Oregon legislature has passed Senate Bill 1515 A to repeal the provisions of the Oregon Family Leave Act (“OFLA”) that are duplicated by Paid Leave Oregon and to minimize stacking of leave under these two laws. We anticipate that Governor Tina Kotek will sign the bill into law in the coming days. Except as noted below, the majority of the changes will go into effect on July 1, 2024, which means Oregon employers have four months to prepare for the changes. Click HERE to read full article

50 Years of Oregon Building Codes Division: Oregon’s Success Story for Builders and the Public

Wed, 08 Nov 2023 19:03:40 GMT

For five decades, the Building Codes Division has worked to collaboratively adopt and administer the state’s building code, issue trade licenses, and support economic development throughout Oregon. Join us we celebrate our 50th anniversary.

Watch the video here: 50 Years of Oregon Building Codes Division: Oregon’s Success Story for Builders and the Public - YouTube

Legislative Wrap-up Report

Mon, 07 Aug 2023 18:42:58 GMT

It will take a few weeks -- perhaps longer -- to really understand what happened in the Capitol DMZ that was the final days of the 82nd Legislative Assembly. News stories, legislators, reporters, lobbyists, and pundits have been using words like “turbulent”, “frantic”, “rancor”, “chaotic”, “exasperating” and “tumultuous”. Oregon PHCC Lobbyist Darrell Fuller provides an in-depth summary to what happened before the politicians left town, and how it will impact your business.

ORPHCC End-of-Session Legislative Report

ORPHCC End-of-Session Bill Summary 2023

General Business End-of-Session Bill Summary 2023