---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to unemployment insurance benefits; declaring an emergency."
description: "Provides that unemployed individual receiving unemployment insurance benefits <b>for weeks ending before January 1, 2022,</b> who has earnings from less than full-time employment may earn greater of $300 or one-third of individual's weekly benefit amount before individual's weekly benefit amount is reduced."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2020S2"
identifier: "SB 1701"
citation: "Oregon SB 1701 (2020S2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-08-10T14:12:34+00:00"
last_action: "2020-10-06T19:41:05+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/031ecd76-f4f1-4c89-9143-fa2eab06c8ee"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2020S2/Measures/Overview/SB1701"
source_hash: "f1915b13e14cd308b7b4f60bbc954b741e79c5b7c40798be96ecf1bc5ab53819"
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 1701 (2020S2) — Relating to unemployment insurance benefits; declaring an emergency.

Provides that unemployed individual receiving unemployment insurance benefits <b>for weeks ending before January 1, 2022,</b> who has earnings from less than full-time employment may earn greater of $300 or one-third of individual's weekly benefit amount before individual's weekly benefit amount is reduced.

## 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/2020S2/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1701/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2020S2/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1701/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2020S2/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1701/A-Engrossed)
4. **J2SS Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2020S2/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/18064)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2020S2/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1701/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **16–4** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Monnes Anderson. Passed. — **21–6** (pass) · upper
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Holvey. Passed. — **52–5** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2020-08-10T14:12:34+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-10T15:26:06+00:00** Referred to The Second Special Session of 2020. `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-10T17:22:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2020-08-11T00:10:03+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.)(Amendments distributed) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-08-11T01:20:27+00:00** Rules suspended. Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2020-08-11T01:48:49+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Monnes Anderson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-08-11T02:10:31+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-11T03:02:34+00:00** Referred to The Second Special Session of 2020. `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-11T03:54:13+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-08-11T04:44:31+00:00** Rules suspended. Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2020-08-11T05:49:11+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Holvey. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-08-13T18:17:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-08-20T23:13:58+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-09-01T18:33:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-10-06T19:39:31+00:00** Chapter 1, 2020 Laws.
- **2020-10-06T19:41:05+00:00** Effective date, September 1, 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/031ecd76-f4f1-4c89-9143-fa2eab06c8ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).