---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to employment classification of certain employees of Oregon State Police."
description: "Makes permanent provision excluding certain employees of Oregon State Police from meaning of supervisory employee for purposes of public employment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2023R1"
identifier: "SB 194"
citation: "Oregon SB 194 (2023R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Gorsek", "James Manning Jr."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-09T18:53:53+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-26T19:41:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cddfe021-0d94-4ec6-a908-c06d4da851fe"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/SB194"
source_hash: "9425eee79c0f2cde8592cfda71931944b4026a498aa44e01c4138cc4f13f2ce9"
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 194 (2023R1) — Relating to employment classification of certain employees of Oregon State Police.

Makes permanent provision excluding certain employees of Oregon State Police from meaning of supervisory employee for purposes of public employment.

## 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/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB194/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB194/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. — **27–2** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **8–3** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Hudson. Passed. — **50–1** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chris Gorsek — primary (person)
- James Manning Jr. — primary (person)
- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Zach Hudson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09T18:53:53+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13T19:45:37+00:00** Referred to Labor and Business. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-02-07T16:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2023-02-13T17:42:30+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13T19:21:07+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-14T20:48:01+00:00** Carried over to 02-15 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-02-15T20:33:48+00:00** Carried over to 02-16 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-02-16T19:55:15+00:00** Carried over to 02-20 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-02-20T20:00:44+00:00** Carried over to 02-21 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-02-21T19:22:56+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-21T19:23:56+00:00** Vote explanation filed by Findley.
- **2023-02-28T18:14:25+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03T17:30:17+00:00** Referred to Business and Labor. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-05-03T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-05-04T18:26:57+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-08T18:34:07+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-05-09T19:39:19+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 11, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-05-11T19:10:19+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hudson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-16T17:59:31+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-05-16T19:50:15+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-05-26T19:31:00+00:00** Chapter 123, 2023 Laws.
- **2023-05-26T19:41:00+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2024.
- **2023-05-24T19:10:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cddfe021-0d94-4ec6-a908-c06d4da851fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).