---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a prevailing rate of wage for electrical workers; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Digest: Makes pay for electricians equal to the pay in a union contract in parts of the state where there is a union contract and the union is the only one that speaks for electricians. Takes effect 91 days after session ends (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2024R1"
identifier: "SB 1568"
citation: "Oregon SB 1568 (2024R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Janeen Sollman", "Julie Fahey"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
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/ccdf85fd-90d6-4815-a019-5cf28bd87c94"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Measures/Overview/SB1568"
source_hash: "e81e1c099b47dad83f6abbaecc97eaf04525dece37f459b1245939a76df5b310"
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 1568 (2024R1) — Relating to a prevailing rate of wage for electrical workers; and prescribing an effective date.

Digest: Makes pay for electricians equal to the pay in a union contract in parts of the state where there is a union contract and the union is the only one that speaks for electricians. Takes effect 91 days after session ends (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6).

## 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/SB1568/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1568/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Sollman. Passed. — **26–3** (pass) · upper
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Fahey. Passed. — **55–1** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Janeen Sollman — primary (person)
- Julie Fahey — primary (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — 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 Labor and Business. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-12T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2024-02-14T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-02-15T17:34:19+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15T18:50:32+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-19T19:25:29+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Sollman. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-19T20:14:53+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-19T19:26:29+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Boquist.
- **2024-02-21T22:31:37+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27T21:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2024-03-04T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-03-04T23:38:03+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-05T18:26:01+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-06T00:13:32+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Fahey. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-07T19:30:22+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07T21:16:50+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-27T19:48:17+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-28T19:46:49+00:00** Chapter 61, 2024 Laws.
- **2024-03-28T19:49:35+00:00** Effective date, June 6, 2024.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ccdf85fd-90d6-4815-a019-5cf28bd87c94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).