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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to protected activities of public employees."
+description: "Directs directors of certain state agencies to develop pilot program to provide optional procedure for employees to anonymously disclose certain information."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
+legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
+session: "2018 Regular Session"
+identifier: "SB 1559"
+citation: "Oregon SB 1559 (2018 Regular Session)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jackie Winters"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2018-01-22T18:07:44+00:00"
+last_action: "2018-04-11T18:56:56+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e34746ce-d6fb-4781-8d36-c2e8251bb063"
+source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Measures/Overview/SB1559"
+source_hash: "ecd113f02aa3014b42465ffb245f9f9f854ad272557d3d860fe55d6c29817c3b"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-or"]
+---
+
+# Oregon SB 1559 (2018 Regular Session) — Relating to protected activities of public employees.
+
+Directs directors of certain state agencies to develop pilot program to provide optional procedure for employees to anonymously disclose certain information.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1559/Introduced)
+2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1559/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
+3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1559/A-Engrossed)
+4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1559/B-Engrossed)
+5. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1559/Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed)
+6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1559/Enrolled)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Winters. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Williamson. Passed. — **57–1** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jackie Winters — primary (person)
+- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Janelle Bynum — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeffrey Helfrich — cosponsor (person)
+- Julie Parrish — cosponsor (person)
+- Kim Thatcher — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-22T18:07:44+00:00** Presession Released to the Public.
+- **2018-02-05T15:42:35+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-05T16:42:14+00:00** Referred to General Government and Accountability. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-06T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
+- **2018-02-15T23:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
+- **2018-02-16T23:28:21+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Rules. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-02-16T23:28:22+00:00** Referred to Rules by order of the President. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-01T00:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2018-03-01T00:28:43+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-01T19:08:53+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2018-03-02T00:02:34+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Winters. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2018-03-02T00:20:34+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-02T01:30:15+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-03T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2018-03-03T17:19:59+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-03T18:51:09+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2018-03-04T00:25:42+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Williamson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2018-03-06T23:56:11+00:00** President signed. `passage`
+- **2018-03-07T00:24:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2018-04-03T20:15:14+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2018-04-11T18:48:02+00:00** Chapter 83, 2018 Laws.
+- **2018-04-11T18:56:56+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2019.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e34746ce-d6fb-4781-8d36-c2e8251bb063`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).
+