---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to assistant attorneys general as strike-prohibited employees."
description: "Includes assistant attorneys general among public employees who are prohibited from striking."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 272"
citation: "Oregon SB 272 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Manning Jr.", "Margaret Doherty"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-10T16:12:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb89c227-be14-4c92-b946-a2cf64cfe049"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB272"
source_hash: "863895919939fe8ef0a65415f242112ef20951c0da7504d2c9210f7a5cf1bb58"
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 272 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to assistant attorneys general as strike-prohibited employees.

Includes assistant attorneys general among public employees who are prohibited from striking.

## 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/SB272/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB272/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Doherty. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- James Manning Jr. — primary (person)
- Margaret Doherty — primary (person)
- Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Shemia Fagan — cosponsor (person)

## 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 Workforce. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-03-14T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-03-21T15:33:06+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21T18:24:11+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-25T18:25:31+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-25T18:26:31+00:00** Knopp declared potential conflict of interest.
- **2019-03-26T16:40:47+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27T20:25:43+00:00** Referred to Business and Labor. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-05-08T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-13T15:25:38+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-13T19:10:45+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14T19:29:10+00:00** Carried over to May 15, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-15T19:27:33+00:00** Carried over to May 16, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-16T18:33:40+00:00** Carried over to May 17, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-17T18:57:34+00:00** Carried over to May 20, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-20T19:29:22+00:00** Carried over to May 21, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-21T19:06:09+00:00** Carried over to May 22, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-23T03:28:37+00:00** Carried over to May 23, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-24T01:45:42+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Doherty. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-28T20:46:10+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-29T00:53:27+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-04T22:07:40+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10T16:05:04+00:00** Chapter 242, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-06-10T16:12:23+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/cb89c227-be14-4c92-b946-a2cf64cfe049`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).