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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to professional workforce; and declaring an emergency."
+description: "Requires a professional licensing board to publish specified guidance regarding licensure and ensure certain staff receive culturally responsive training not later than January 1, 2028. Declares an emergency, effective on passage."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
+legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
+session: "2026R1"
+identifier: "SB 1595"
+citation: "Oregon SB 1595 (2026R1)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Courtney Neron Misslin", "Kayse Jama"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2026-02-02T15:32:59+00:00"
+last_action: "2026-04-06T18:52:40+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/716abad0-2204-4fb2-a770-148a199ed68c"
+source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Measures/Overview/SB1595"
+source_hash: "de0c0dec04f37ccb186893dd1f19ecd2b2254e94271b0ab62761f6f86c28ebfc"
+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 1595 (2026R1) — Relating to professional workforce; and declaring an emergency.
+
+Requires a professional licensing board to publish specified guidance regarding licensure and ensure certain staff receive culturally responsive training not later than January 1, 2028. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
+
+## 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/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1595/Introduced)
+2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1595/Enrolled)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Heard and Reported Out — **6–1** (pass) · lower
+- Third reading. Carried by Watanabe. Passed. — **46–10** (pass) · lower
+- Heard and Reported Out — **4–1** (pass) · upper
+- Third reading. Carried by Jama. Passed. — **25–4** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Courtney Neron Misslin — primary (person)
+- Kayse Jama — primary (person)
+- Daniel Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
+- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Floyd Prozanski — cosponsor (person)
+- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
+- Khanh Pham — cosponsor (person)
+- Lamar Wise — cosponsor (person)
+- Lesly Muñoz — cosponsor (person)
+- Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
+- Mari Watanabe — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
+- Sarah McDonald — cosponsor (person)
+- Shannon Isadore — cosponsor (person)
+- Sue Rieke Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Tom Andersen — cosponsor (person)
+- Travis Nelson — cosponsor (person)
+- Willy Chotzen — cosponsor (person)
+- Wlnsvey Campos — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-02T15:32:59+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-02T17:38:57+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-18T16:46:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
+- **2026-02-23T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2026-02-24T17:15:56+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-24T20:44:45+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-25T19:01:36+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Jama. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-25T19:13:25+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-26T00:26:14+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-27T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
+- **2026-03-03T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2026-03-03T23:49:50+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-04T22:25:04+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-06T00:12:17+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Watanabe. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-03-06T16:59:18+00:00** President signed. `passage`
+- **2026-03-06T19:23:54+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2026-03-31T21:30:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2026-04-06T18:50:36+00:00** Chapter 99, 2026 Laws.
+- **2026-04-06T18:52:40+00:00** Effective date, March 31, 2026.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/716abad0-2204-4fb2-a770-148a199ed68c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).
+