---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to elections; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Directs that Enrolled House Bill 3427, if referred by referendum petition, be submitted to people at special election held on January 21, 2020."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 116"
citation: "Oregon SB 116 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 10
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00"
last_action: "2019-08-14T21:24:59+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/913cf638-4a4d-4330-b078-a616e3ea1322"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB116"
source_hash: "7e05816e3e2faaa334903c80d9162d69ebd2f3fea851e000e00583c9f248ad1b"
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 116 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to elections; and declaring an emergency.

Directs that Enrolled House Bill 3427, if referred by referendum petition, be submitted to people at special election held on January 21, 2020.

## 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/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB116/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB116/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **Senate Minority Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB116/Senate Minority Amendments to Introduced)
4. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB116/A-Engrossed)
5. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB116/B-Engrossed)
6. **JWM Amendment -A4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/16993)
7. **Minority Report A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB116/Minority Report A-Engrossed)
8. **SRULES Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/16819)
9. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB116/Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed)
10. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB116/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **29–12** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Steiner Hayward. Passed. — **17–9** (pass) · upper
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Rayfield. Passed. — **34–18** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-15T23:44:19+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-06-17T17:27:40+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng). Requesting referral to Ways and Means. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-17T17:27:41+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17T17:27:42+00:00** Minority Recommendation: Do pass with different amendments. (Printed A-Eng. Minority) Requesting referral to Ways and Means . Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-17T17:28:42+00:00** (Not concurring: Boquist, Baertschiger)
- **2019-06-18T17:57:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Capital Construction. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18T20:33:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2019-06-18T20:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-18T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-19T21:58:59+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-29T17:37:10+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-29T18:29:21+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Steiner Hayward. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-29T18:56:45+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-29T20:53:13+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-30T01:01:57+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-30T02:12:47+00:00** Rules suspended. Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-30T03:43:02+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Rayfield. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-03T15:38:33+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-07-03T20:21:15+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-29T18:30:21+00:00** Vote explanation filed by Golden.
- **2019-08-09T17:15:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-14T21:20:22+00:00** Chapter 674, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-08-14T21:24:59+00:00** Effective date, August 9, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/913cf638-4a4d-4330-b078-a616e3ea1322`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).