---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to expression of milk in the workplace; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Conforms Oregon law related to expression of milk in workplace to federal law. <i>Eliminates</i>] <b>Limits to employers with 10 or fewer employees </b>exemption from providing rest periods for expression of milk in workplace if granting rest period imposes undue hardship."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2593"
citation: "Oregon HB 2593 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Smith Warner", "Jennifer Williamson", "Karin Power", "Kathleen Taylor", "Shelly Boshart Davis"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-17T21:27:46+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1af4ef23-0be9-4b05-8fa0-bdad1e1042d3"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2593"
source_hash: "7b5a41c853a1c0bee6cdb62a5f545648457688ccab8db3325b2ea9de8100f380"
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 HB 2593 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to expression of milk in the workplace; and prescribing an effective date.

Conforms Oregon law related to expression of milk in workplace to federal law. <i>Eliminates</i>] <b>Limits to employers with 10 or fewer employees </b>exemption from providing rest periods for expression of milk in workplace if granting rest period imposes undue hardship.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **House Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2593/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2593/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2593/A-Engrossed)
4. **HBL Amendment -3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/15428)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2593/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Power. Passed. — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barbara Smith Warner — primary (person)
- Jennifer Williamson — primary (person)
- Karin Power — primary (person)
- Kathleen Taylor — primary (person)
- Shelly Boshart Davis — primary (person)
- Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)
- Andrea Salinas — cosponsor (person)
- Courtney Neron — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie Monnes Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Wilde — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Prusak — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Wagner — cosponsor (person)
- Sheri Schouten — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Knopp — cosponsor (person)
- Tina Kotek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-15T23:56:58+00:00** Referred to Business and Labor. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-08T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-15T23:23:27+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-16T18:20:12+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-17T22:58:00+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Power. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-18T16:14:32+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-19T21:06:39+00:00** Referred to Workforce. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-25T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-02T15:36:37+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-02T18:43:10+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-06T18:29:28+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-07T19:31:39+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-07T22:38:30+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-14T22:45:39+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-17T21:27:46+00:00** Chapter 118, (2019 Laws): Effective date September 29, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1af4ef23-0be9-4b05-8fa0-bdad1e1042d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).