---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the American semiquincentennial; declaring an emergency."
description: "<b>Digest: The Act would create a body to plan for America's 250th birthday. The Act would require the views of Indian tribes to feature in the birthday planning and activities. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.8).</b>"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2024R1"
identifier: "SB 1531"
citation: "Oregon SB 1531 (2024R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kate Lieber", "Rob Wagner", "Tim Knopp"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-02-05T15:05:18+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-28T19:49:35+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f506277-40c6-4dfb-b885-7b347b1ab2d5"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Measures/Overview/SB1531"
source_hash: "8a5c64f6ab145b4d79bf7a05fcca37c8d43d29ccd1feba1449d756be499c6173"
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 1531 (2024R1) — Relating to the American semiquincentennial; declaring an emergency.

<b>Digest: The Act would create a body to plan for America's 250th birthday. The Act would require the views of Indian tribes to feature in the birthday planning and activities. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.8).</b>

## 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.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1531/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1531/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1531/A-Engrossed)
4. **HRULES Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/26241)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1531/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. — **24–4** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. — **26–4** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **44–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. — **55–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kate Lieber — primary (person)
- Rob Wagner — primary (person)
- Tim Knopp — primary (person)
- Anna Scharf — cosponsor (person)
- Boomer Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Diehl — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Jules Walters — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-05T15:05:18+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05T17:31:30+00:00** Referred to Veterans, Emergency Management, Federal and World Affairs, then Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2024-02-13T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-02-14T17:45:29+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.
- **2024-02-14T17:45:30+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-18T22:23:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On General Government. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-19T23:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2024-02-19T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-02-23T18:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-02-26T17:15:07+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26T19:06:37+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27T20:28:16+00:00** Carried over to 02-28 by unanimous consent.
- **2024-02-28T19:31:41+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-28T19:58:42+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28T19:32:41+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Boquist, Robinson.
- **2024-02-29T00:20:30+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01T23:23:47+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-04T19:42:08+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-05T01:07:29+00:00** Motion to refer to Rules carried. Referred.
- **2024-03-05T01:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Gomberg.
- **2024-03-06T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-03-06T18:07:43+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-06T23:25:50+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-08T02:31:41+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
- **2024-03-12T18:41:21+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-13T22:07:25+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-27T19:48:17+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-28T19:46:49+00:00** Chapter 54, 2024 Laws.
- **2024-03-28T19:49:35+00:00** Effective date, March 27, 2024.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f506277-40c6-4dfb-b885-7b347b1ab2d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).