---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to public employee retirement; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Provides that common law employees are employees for purposes of Public Employees Retirement System."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 112"
citation: "Oregon SB 112 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-10T18:49:52+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08e2785c-f9fc-4165-9743-4e97b61565fb"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB112"
source_hash: "2718ee561fb0f0c25f5c419f340e0063e018d69041436a0c427d082223432679"
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 112 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to public employee retirement; and declaring an emergency.

Provides that common law employees are employees for purposes of Public Employees Retirement System.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB112/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB112/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Holvey. Passed. — **36–21** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Riley. Passed. — **22–6** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–4** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19T19:35:42+00:00** Referred to Labor and Business. `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-11T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-18T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-03-25T15:04:25+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25T22:07:42+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-03-31T18:47:45+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Riley. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-31T18:48:45+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Boquist, Heard.
- **2021-04-01T17:25:35+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08T03:21:06+00:00** Referred to Business and Labor. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-03T22:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-12T22:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-14T23:44:52+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-17T18:24:34+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-05-18T20:00:12+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 19, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-05-19T19:55:20+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Holvey. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-25T17:04:30+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-05-26T15:46:56+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-01T17:10:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-10T18:23:55+00:00** Chapter 136, 2021 Laws.
- **2021-06-10T18:49:52+00:00** Effective date, June 1, 2021.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08e2785c-f9fc-4165-9743-4e97b61565fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).