---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to elections; and declaring an emergency."
description: "<i>Permits minor political parties to choose to nominate candidates for particular offices as part of state-sponsored primary election.</i>]"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 226"
citation: "Oregon SB 226 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-23T17:39:36+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93a229a2-7633-4a36-95c7-72856a748ae8"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB226"
source_hash: "323f39d50c74920e5bf63bfabd929e2e16ddc60eb788ba964575883fc15f543a"
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 226 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to elections; and declaring an emergency.

<i>Permits minor political parties to choose to nominate candidates for particular offices as part of state-sponsored primary election.</i>]

## 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/SB226/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB226/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB226/A-Engrossed)
4. **SRULES Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/16621)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB226/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Fagan. Passed. — **27–1** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Holvey. Passed. — **47–12** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **6–1** (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`
- **2019-01-15T16:47:07+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-03T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-06-05T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-12T15:36:28+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-13T23:13:10+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-17T18:19:13+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Fagan. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-17T19:28:18+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18T21:47:56+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-06-24T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-06-24T21:35:14+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-24T23:28:30+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-25T22:31:17+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Holvey. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-27T16:04:45+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-29T18:19:22+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-07-15T16:31:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-23T17:36:36+00:00** Chapter 545, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-07-23T17:39:36+00:00** Effective date, July 15, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93a229a2-7633-4a36-95c7-72856a748ae8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).