---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to union security agreements; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Ensures that private sector labor organizations and employers throughout state may enter into union security agreements to full extent allowed by federal law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 1040"
citation: "Oregon SB 1040 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arnie Roblan", "Dan Rayfield", "Ginny Burdick", "James Manning Jr.", "Jennifer Williamson", "John Lively", "Kathleen Taylor"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-03-29T16:28:06+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-22T20:08:39+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d07ed55c-e417-4c58-8954-deff14334a77"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB1040"
source_hash: "647cf9c048766b64b7ae988e227a4b1da5b3dc215f48a8c91ed6620c7623e650"
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 1040 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to union security agreements; and declaring an emergency.

Ensures that private sector labor organizations and employers throughout state may enter into union security agreements to full extent allowed by federal law.

## 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/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1040/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1040/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **6–2** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Doherty. Passed. — **41–17** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **3–2** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. — **17–12** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Arnie Roblan — primary (person)
- Dan Rayfield — primary (person)
- Ginny Burdick — primary (person)
- James Manning Jr. — primary (person)
- Jennifer Williamson — primary (person)
- John Lively — primary (person)
- Kathleen Taylor — primary (person)
- Ann Lininger — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Smith Warner — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie Monnes Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Doherty — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Dembrow — cosponsor (person)
- Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Holvey — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Devlin — cosponsor (person)
- Rod Monroe — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Gelser — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-03-29T16:28:06+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29T22:21:05+00:00** Referred to Workforce. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-17T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-24T15:37:08+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-24T17:04:12+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-25T17:05:00+00:00** Made a Special Order of Business by voice vote.
- **2017-04-25T18:32:50+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-26T16:16:05+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-28T22:28:46+00:00** Referred to Business and Labor. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-10T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-05-12T23:36:02+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-15T16:34:42+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-16T18:59:34+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 17, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-17T19:03:22+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 18, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-18T19:01:17+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 22, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-22T19:50:17+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 23, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-23T18:38:49+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 24, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-24T21:56:50+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 25, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-25T22:00:25+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 26, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-26T15:36:22+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 30, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-30T18:44:50+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 31, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-31T18:56:58+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 1, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-01T21:07:50+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 5, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-05T18:58:16+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Doherty. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-07T15:13:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-09T19:03:51+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-14T22:30:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-22T20:00:31+00:00** Chapter 369, 2017 Laws.
- **2017-06-22T20:08:39+00:00** Effective date, June 14, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d07ed55c-e417-4c58-8954-deff14334a77`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).