---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to government cost containment; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Establishes specified reporting requirements to ensure legislative review of potential future costs in state government workforce. Modifies state government employment cap based on state population."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 1067"
citation: "Oregon SB 1067 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peter Courtney", "Tina Kotek"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-06-05T16:28:36+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-23T20:41:03+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97111484-3f59-4355-a468-004b1bfe3e5d"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB1067"
source_hash: "b3330f7adf7833ccce9b9b33797b6bb37dfa119970567be3aa680dff847d24a3"
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 1067 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to government cost containment; and declaring an emergency.

Establishes specified reporting requirements to ensure legislative review of potential future costs in state government workforce. Modifies state government employment cap based on state population.

## 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/SB1067/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1067/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1067/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1067/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Nathanson, Rayfield. Passed. — **31–28** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Devlin. Passed. — **17–12** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **28–12** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Peter Courtney — primary (person)
- Tina Kotek — primary (person)
- Betsy Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Jackie Winters — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Nathanson — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Devlin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-05T16:28:36+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-05T19:27:24+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-09T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-06-05T21:38:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Capital Construction. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-03T23:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2017-07-03T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-07-04T20:32:10+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-07-03T23:22:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-07-05T20:24:50+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-06T17:20:00+00:00** Motion to rerefer to Ways and Means to adopt the -A30 amendment failed.
- **2017-07-06T17:25:31+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Devlin. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-06T18:38:07+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-06T19:00:50+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-06T23:39:54+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-07-07T00:53:36+00:00** Rules suspended. Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-07T21:13:31+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Nathanson, Rayfield. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-07T21:14:31+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Alonso Leon, Barnhart, Doherty, Evans, Fahey, Gomberg, Gorsek, Helm, Malstrom, Mclain, Smith DB, Sollman.
- **2017-07-18T20:42:13+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-07-18T20:45:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-08-15T17:39:28+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-23T20:36:16+00:00** Chapter 746, 2017 Laws.
- **2017-08-23T20:41:03+00:00** Effective date, August 15, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97111484-3f59-4355-a468-004b1bfe3e5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).