---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to judicial positions; prescribing an effective date."
description: "Digest: The Act adds new circuit court judges. Two of the judges start on July 1, 2024, and one judge starts on July 1, 2025. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.7)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2024R1"
identifier: "SB 1541"
citation: "Oregon SB 1541 (2024R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-05T15:05:18+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-28T19:49:35+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70501dd3-d0a3-4f24-bc3f-c13e4873974e"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Measures/Overview/SB1541"
source_hash: "62718e35a1acc16cefa0fb782f17515cae9f65bbc7ae71ef0f3b1bf267ec4189"
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 1541 (2024R1) — Relating to judicial positions; prescribing an effective date.

Digest: The Act adds new circuit court judges. Two of the judges start on July 1, 2024, and one judge starts on July 1, 2025. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.7).

## 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/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1541/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1541/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1541/A-Engrossed)
4. **JWM Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/26223)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1541/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **42–4** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Conrad. Passed. — **48–5** (pass) · lower
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Sollman. Passed. — **19–10** (pass) · upper

## 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 Judiciary, then Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05T21:01:00+00:00** Informational Meeting held.
- **2024-02-06T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2024-02-08T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-02-12T22:49:25+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.
- **2024-02-12T22:49:26+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27T15:41:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29T23:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2024-02-29T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-03-04T20:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-03-05T23:22:13+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-06T19:01:51+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-06T19:24:30+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Sollman. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-06T19:41:51+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06T20:29:01+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07T18:40:57+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-07T22:42:41+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-07T23:07:30+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Conrad. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **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 57, 2024 Laws.
- **2024-03-28T19:49:35+00:00** Effective date, July 1, 2024.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70501dd3-d0a3-4f24-bc3f-c13e4873974e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).