---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to interpreter collective bargaining."
description: "Provides right to collectively bargain with State of Oregon to <b>health care</b> interpreters <i>who receive compensation paid by state for providing interpretation services</i>]."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2231"
citation: "Oregon HB 2231 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Teresa Alonso Leon"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-10T15:43:41+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f66720c-8bca-4f08-baed-0c3238299648"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2231"
source_hash: "23c1dbb116faf31b2aaf915aa1746534663cec1a60a37570a05348fa5ebb416f"
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 HB 2231 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to interpreter collective bargaining.

Provides right to collectively bargain with State of Oregon to <b>health care</b> interpreters <i>who receive compensation paid by state for providing interpretation services</i>].

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **House Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2231/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2231/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2231/A-Engrossed)
4. **HBL Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/15576)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2231/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–4** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Alonso Leon. Passed. — **38–21** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **3–1** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Wagner. Passed. — **22–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Teresa Alonso Leon — primary (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Janelle Bynum — cosponsor (person)
- Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Doherty — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Wagner — cosponsor (person)
- Sheri Schouten — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-18T19:43:45+00:00** Referred to Business and Labor. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-03T15:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-09T00:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-15T23:22:52+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-16T18:20:12+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-17T22:04:42+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Alonso Leon. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-18T16:14:32+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-19T21:06:39+00:00** Referred to Workforce. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-05-09T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-16T15:29:04+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-16T17:58:53+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-20T18:40:27+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Wagner. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-21T17:56:12+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-21T22:56:14+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-24T19:06:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10T15:43:41+00:00** Chapter 157, (2019 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f66720c-8bca-4f08-baed-0c3238299648`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).