---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to unemployment insurance benefits for nonprofessional educational workers."
description: "Eliminates restrictions on payment of unemployment insurance benefits to certain nonprofessional educational workers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2023R1"
identifier: "SB 489"
citation: "Oregon SB 489 (2023R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Gorsek", "Paul Evans"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-09T18:53:53+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-14T18:56:36+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b99cc012-2bce-4778-acc4-c1ba99cb784a"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/SB489"
source_hash: "5df61bb89dc1d41b92ced3ec5e7fcbe5150674338aabec6e44773527c8095e58"
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 489 (2023R1) — Relating to unemployment insurance benefits for nonprofessional educational workers.

Eliminates restrictions on payment of unemployment insurance benefits to certain nonprofessional educational workers.

## 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/SB489/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB489/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Gelser Blouin. Passed. — **18–10** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Hudson. Passed. — **33–21** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Gorsek — primary (person)
- Paul Evans — primary (person)
- Annessa Hartman — cosponsor (person)
- Ben Bowman — cosponsor (person)
- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
- Emerson Levy — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Gelser Blouin — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Andersen — cosponsor (person)
- Wlnsvey Campos — 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`
- **2023-01-11T23:42:09+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-04-04T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-04-13T16:24:42+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-13T19:25:24+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-18T04:07:10+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gelser Blouin. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-18T17:10:18+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18T04:08:10+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Robinson.
- **2023-04-20T16:33:07+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-05-15T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-05-17T23:46:47+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18T18:49:28+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-05-22T18:59:57+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 23, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-05-23T21:17:55+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 24, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-05-24T19:22:52+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 25, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-05-25T19:22:21+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hudson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-25T19:23:21+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Diehl.
- **2023-05-31T18:07:56+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-01T17:16:39+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-07T18:25:15+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-14T18:51:29+00:00** Chapter 180, 2023 Laws.
- **2023-06-14T18:56:36+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2024.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b99cc012-2bce-4778-acc4-c1ba99cb784a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).