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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to employees' rights to refuse to perform certain work assignments."
+description: "<i>Provides employee with right to refuse to perform task assigned by employer under certain circumstances. Protects employee against disciplinary action for exercising right.</i>]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
+legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
+session: "2023R1"
+identifier: "SB 907"
+citation: "Oregon SB 907 (2023R1)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Deb Patterson", "Tom Andersen", "Travis Nelson", "Zach Hudson"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2023-02-14T19:29:55+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-06-14T18:56:36+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64f62d1b-b0de-4efc-af40-8b0d64c888fe"
+source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/SB907"
+source_hash: "d8e4b892a317e562cceeb9bbac7df8856a88b442c45952ea5b7e1e91b5eb2a68"
+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 907 (2023R1) — Relating to employees' rights to refuse to perform certain work assignments.
+
+<i>Provides employee with right to refuse to perform task assigned by employer under certain circumstances. Protects employee against disciplinary action for exercising right.</i>]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB907/Introduced)
+2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB907/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
+3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB907/A-Engrossed)
+4. **SLB Amendment -6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/24103)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB907/Enrolled)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Heard and Reported Out — **6–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third reading. Carried by Hudson. Passed. — **33–15** (pass) · lower
+- Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. — **21–8** (pass) · upper
+- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Deb Patterson — primary (person)
+- Tom Andersen — primary (person)
+- Travis Nelson — primary (person)
+- Zach Hudson — primary (person)
+- Annessa Hartman — cosponsor (person)
+- Ben Bowman — cosponsor (person)
+- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
+- Farrah Chaichi — cosponsor (person)
+- Jules Walters — cosponsor (person)
+- Kate Lieber — cosponsor (person)
+- Ken Helm — cosponsor (person)
+- Khanh Pham — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
+- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul Holvey — cosponsor (person)
+- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-14T19:29:55+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-15T20:48:39+00:00** Referred to Labor and Business. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-16T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
+- **2023-03-30T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
+- **2023-04-04T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2023-04-07T22:34:59+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-10T23:28:24+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-12T03:34:40+00:00** Carried over to 04-12 by unanimous consent.
+- **2023-04-12T23:59:19+00:00** Carried over to 04-13 by unanimous consent.
+- **2023-04-13T19:59:44+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-13T20:00:44+00:00** Sollman, excused, granted unanimous consent to vote aye.
+- **2023-04-14T15:48:14+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-13T20:01:44+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Boquist.
+- **2023-04-20T16:33:07+00:00** Referred to Business and Labor. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-10T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
+- **2023-05-17T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2023-05-18T21:50:18+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-22T18:01:06+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-23T21:17:55+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 24, 2023 Calendar.
+- **2023-05-24T19:22:52+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 25, 2023 Calendar.
+- **2023-05-26T01:44:21+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hudson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-05-26T01:45:21+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Cramer.
+- **2023-05-31T18:07:56+00:00** President signed. `passage`
+- **2023-06-01T17:16:39+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2023-06-07T18:25:15+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2023-06-14T18:51:29+00:00** Chapter 196, 2023 Laws.
+- **2023-06-14T18:56:36+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2024.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64f62d1b-b0de-4efc-af40-8b0d64c888fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).
+