---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to fraudulent misrepresentation by employers to reduce workers' compensation premiums; declaring an emergency."
description: "<b>Digest: The Act would make it a crime for an employer to file a false payroll report to lower its workers' comp premium. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.1).</b>"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2024R1"
identifier: "SB 1580"
citation: "Oregon SB 1580 (2024R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kathleen Taylor", "Paul Holvey", "Tom Andersen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
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/c60e1b17-f91e-448e-a153-6a7e59e1a279"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Measures/Overview/SB1580"
source_hash: "2d54a366c0e4cbc50b4c74cdee688ddce47d5890eccff5d637f3632a2e05070e"
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 1580 (2024R1) — Relating to fraudulent misrepresentation by employers to reduce workers' compensation premiums; declaring an emergency.

<b>Digest: The Act would make it a crime for an employer to file a false payroll report to lower its workers' comp premium. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.1).</b>

## 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/SB1580/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1580/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1580/A-Engrossed)
4. **SLB Amendment -6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/25673)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1580/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. — **24–5** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Andersen. Passed. — **49–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kathleen Taylor — primary (person)
- Paul Holvey — primary (person)
- Tom Andersen — primary (person)
- Aaron Woods — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Gorsek — cosponsor (person)
- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Farrah Chaichi — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd Prozanski — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- John Lively — cosponsor (person)
- Kate Lieber — cosponsor (person)
- Kayse Jama — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Helm — cosponsor (person)
- Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Dembrow — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Nathanson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Gelser Blouin — cosponsor (person)
- Travis Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Virgle Osborne — cosponsor (person)
- Wlnsvey Campos — 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`
- **2024-02-05T18:01:00+00:00** Informational Meeting held.
- **2024-02-07T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2024-02-12T16:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2024-02-14T22:01:09+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15T18:50:32+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-19T19:34:02+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-19T20:14:53+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-19T19:35:02+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Boquist.
- **2024-02-21T22:31:37+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2024-02-29T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-03-01T23:23:54+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-04T19:42:08+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-05T01:12:24+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 5, 2024 Calendar.
- **2024-03-05T23:41:04+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Andersen. 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 66, 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/c60e1b17-f91e-448e-a153-6a7e59e1a279`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).