HB 3634 — Establishes the Water Workforce Program in the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to support workforce development initiatives within the water workforce.
Congress · introduced 2025-02-18
Digest: The Act makes new laws with respect to workforce development activities with respect to the water workforce. The Act takes effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4). Establishes the Water Workforce Program in the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to support workforce development initiatives within the water workforce. Directs the commission to award grants to local workforce development boards to administer the program. [<i>Requires the commission to disburse funds appropriated for the purpose of administering the program to local workforce development boards within a certain timeline.</i>] <b>Requires the commission and local workforce development boards to consult with certain entities to establish a process and criteria for distributing moneys to certain subgrantees and entities that participate in certain workforce development activities. Requires the commission and the boards to establish the process and criteria within a certain timeline.</b> Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Latest action: — In House Committee
Sponsors
- Owens, Mark (R, OR-60) — sponsor
- Helm, Ken (D, OR-27) — sponsor
- McLain, Susan (D, OR-29) — sponsor
- McDonald , Sarah (D, OR-16) — cosponsor
- Anderson, Dick (R, OR-5) — cosponsor
- Weber, Suzanne (R, OR-16) — cosponsor
- Wright, Boomer (R, OR-9) — cosponsor
- Reschke, E. Werner (R, OR-55) — cosponsor
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Inbound (8)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-18 | McDonald , Sarah | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-18 | Reschke, E. Werner | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-18 | Wright, Boomer | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-18 | Anderson, Dick | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-18 | Weber, Suzanne | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-18 | Helm, Ken | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-18 | McLain, Susan | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-18 | Owens, Mark | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helm, Ken (D, state_lower OR-27) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | McLain, Susan (D, state_lower OR-29) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 3 | Owens, Mark (R, state_lower OR-60) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 4 | Anderson, Dick (R, state_upper OR-5) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | McDonald , Sarah (D, state_lower OR-16) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Reschke, E. Werner (R, state_lower OR-55) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Weber, Suzanne (R, state_upper OR-16) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Wright, Boomer (R, state_lower OR-9) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2025-02-18 · sponsored by Helm, Ken (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-18 · cosponsored by Anderson, Dick (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-18 · sponsored by McLain, Susan (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-18 · cosponsored by Wright, Boomer (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-18 · sponsored by Owens, Mark (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-18 · cosponsored by Reschke, E. Werner (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-18 · cosponsored by McDonald , Sarah (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-18 · cosponsored by Weber, Suzanne (cosponsor) · sponsorship