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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to collective bargaining rights of legislative employees."
+description: "Directs <i>Legislative Administrator</i>] <b>presiding officers of each house of Legislative Assembly</b> to represent legislative department in collective bargaining negotiations with legislative department employee bargaining units. <b>Permits presiding officers to delegate collective bargaining responsibility to chief negotiator.</b>"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
+legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
+session: "2021 Regular Session"
+identifier: "SB 759"
+citation: "Oregon SB 759 (2021 Regular Session)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chris Gorsek", "Michael Dembrow"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2021-02-18T17:42:43+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-08-20T17:26:23+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea63c010-2727-467d-92af-47aa930fc8b5"
+source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB759"
+source_hash: "5f51289e4e7960cde59d2cf67fe281e11db246aef0da510e3a6c47ca8ecca5af"
+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 759 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to collective bargaining rights of legislative employees.
+
+Directs <i>Legislative Administrator</i>] <b>presiding officers of each house of Legislative Assembly</b> to represent legislative department in collective bargaining negotiations with legislative department employee bargaining units. <b>Permits presiding officers to delegate collective bargaining responsibility to chief negotiator.</b>
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **House Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB759/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
+2. **House Minority Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB759/House%20Minority%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
+3. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB759/Introduced)
+4. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB759/A-Engrossed)
+5. **HRULES Amendment -3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/21454)
+6. **Minority Report A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB759/Minority%20Report%20A-Engrossed)
+7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB759/Enrolled)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Motion to rerefer to Rules failed. — **20–37** (fail) · lower
+- Third reading. Carried by Smith Warner. Passed. — **40–16** (pass) · lower
+- Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. — **17–12** (pass) · upper
+- Motion to substitute Minority Report for Committee Report failed. — **21–36** (fail) · lower
+- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · upper
+- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–3** (pass) · lower
+- Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. — **16–11** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chris Gorsek — primary (person)
+- Michael Dembrow — primary (person)
+- Andrea Salinas — cosponsor (person)
+- Andrea Valderrama — cosponsor (person)
+- Anna Williams — cosponsor (person)
+- Brad Witt — cosponsor (person)
+- Chuck Riley — cosponsor (person)
+- Courtney Neron — cosponsor (person)
+- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
+- Dan Rayfield — cosponsor (person)
+- Floyd Prozanski — cosponsor (person)
+- Jason Kropf — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeff Golden — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeff Reardon — cosponsor (person)
+- Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
+- Karin Power — cosponsor (person)
+- Kate Lieber — cosponsor (person)
+- Kayse Jama — cosponsor (person)
+- Ken Helm — cosponsor (person)
+- Khanh Pham — cosponsor (person)
+- Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
+- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
+- Rachel Prusak — cosponsor (person)
+- Ricki Ruiz — cosponsor (person)
+- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
+- Sara Gelser Blouin — cosponsor (person)
+- Sheri Schouten — cosponsor (person)
+- Susan McLain — cosponsor (person)
+- Wlnsvey Campos — cosponsor (person)
+- Zach Hudson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-18T17:42:43+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-22T20:55:42+00:00** Referred to Labor and Business. `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-09T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
+- **2021-03-23T15:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
+- **2021-04-01T15:14:51+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-01T17:55:16+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-05T19:21:37+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-05T19:22:37+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Boquist, Heard.
+- **2021-04-06T03:28:08+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-13T03:22:43+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-29T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
+- **2021-06-17T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2021-06-21T20:26:41+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-21T20:26:42+00:00** Minority Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-22T17:41:10+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2021-06-23T17:18:17+00:00** Motion to substitute Minority Report for Committee Report failed.
+- **2021-06-23T17:38:50+00:00** Motion to rerefer to Rules failed.
+- **2021-06-23T17:44:35+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Smith Warner. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-06-24T17:23:13+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
+- **2021-06-26T17:19:39+00:00** President signed. `passage`
+- **2021-06-26T21:22:31+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2021-06-24T17:24:13+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Thatcher.
+- **2021-07-27T22:29:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2021-08-20T17:22:42+00:00** Chapter 656, 2021 Laws.
+- **2021-08-20T17:26:23+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2022.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea63c010-2727-467d-92af-47aa930fc8b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).
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