---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to unlawful employment practices."
description: "Provides that employer is not in violation of pay equity requirements for paying different level of compensation to employee <i>who is performing</i>] <b>for</b> modified work in certain circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 123"
citation: "Oregon SB 123 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00"
last_action: "2019-08-08T20:20:47+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f4ef323-c78a-4bc4-a794-5be3c21bed5c"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB123"
source_hash: "3ac4ecc9d47258f461c02c1a9fbb2ee91161f28ae17ddf268c41e5bac8cf9c44"
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 123 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to unlawful employment practices.

Provides that employer is not in violation of pay equity requirements for paying different level of compensation to employee <i>who is performing</i>] <b>for</b> modified work in certain circumstances.

## 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/SB123/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB123/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB123/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB123/B-Engrossed)
5. **HRULES Amendment -A7** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/16865)
6. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB123/House Amendments to A-Engrossed)
7. **SRULES Amendment -5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/15965)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB123/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Williamson. Passed. — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## 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`
- **2019-01-15T16:47:07+00:00** Referred to Workforce. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-09T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-16T15:51:35+00:00** Recommendation: Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Rules.
- **2019-04-16T15:51:36+00:00** Referred to Rules by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-05-06T20:49:18+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-13T17:37:25+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14T18:28:45+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-14T18:46:51+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-20T21:34:04+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-06-13T22:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-14T21:20:13+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-18T03:26:31+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-18T21:46:06+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Williamson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-29T16:33:54+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
- **2019-07-03T15:38:33+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-07-03T20:21:15+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-07-23T18:22:49+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-08T20:19:12+00:00** Chapter 617, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-08-08T20:20:47+00:00** 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/2f4ef323-c78a-4bc4-a794-5be3c21bed5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).