---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to education; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Expands 90-day grace period for employment to all licensees who are licensed by Teacher Standards and Practices Commission. Allows commission to adopt expedited process for issuance of licenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2018 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 1520"
citation: "Oregon SB 1520 (2018 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-22T18:07:44+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-11T18:56:56+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e60d7b08-f4f8-4fab-b1ea-669e903caf96"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Measures/Overview/SB1520"
source_hash: "97e7fdc566973bfc03e2750e72daf4a78d050dc33e0e768a2e69ff7a220ef464"
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 1520 (2018 Regular Session) — Relating to education; and declaring an emergency.

Expands 90-day grace period for employment to all licensees who are licensed by Teacher Standards and Practices Commission. Allows commission to adopt expedited process for issuance of licenses.

## 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/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1520/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1520/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1520/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1520/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **6–1** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Doherty. Passed. — **56–2** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Roblan. Passed. — **26–3** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **8–0** (pass) · legislature

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-22T18:07:44+00:00** Presession Released to the Public.
- **2018-02-05T15:42:35+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05T16:42:14+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2018-02-14T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2018-02-15T22:25:27+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Finance and Revenue. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-15T22:25:28+00:00** Referred to Finance and Revenue by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20T16:32:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2018-02-22T16:19:58+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22T19:35:46+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2018-02-23T19:01:13+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Roblan. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-23T19:08:23+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23T22:09:45+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02T01:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2018-03-02T18:28:44+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-02T18:43:26+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2018-03-03T23:47:25+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Doherty. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-06T23:56:11+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-07T00:24:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-04-03T20:15:14+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-11T18:48:02+00:00** Chapter 72, 2018 Laws.
- **2018-04-11T18:56:56+00:00** Effective date, April 3, 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e60d7b08-f4f8-4fab-b1ea-669e903caf96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).