---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to unlawful employment practices."
description: "Clarifies prohibitions regarding provisions that may not be included in agreements between employers and former, current or prospective employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2022R1"
identifier: "SB 1586"
citation: "Oregon SB 1586 (2022R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kathleen Taylor"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-02-01T15:05:58+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-01T17:10:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94a34f5c-4ded-4df6-8ad7-dedc4266eed5"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Measures/Overview/SB1586"
source_hash: "c4d8b2d2a17d832f228868049e9f656eb1af9f3cec809721cfae434a105be02c"
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 1586 (2022R1) — Relating to unlawful employment practices.

Clarifies prohibitions regarding provisions that may not be included in agreements between employers and former, current or prospective employees.

## 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/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1586/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1586/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1586/A-Engrossed)
4. **SLB Amendment -4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/21950)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1586/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Bynum. Passed. — **47–9** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. — **22–2** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **9–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kathleen Taylor — primary (person)
- Andrea Salinas — cosponsor (person)
- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
- Janelle Bynum — cosponsor (person)
- Karin Power — cosponsor (person)
- Kayse Jama — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Dembrow — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Prusak — cosponsor (person)
- Travis Nelson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01T15:05:58+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01T16:27:56+00:00** Referred to Labor and Business. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2022-02-08T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2022-02-10T15:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2022-02-14T16:59:21+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-15T19:41:29+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-16T20:52:28+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-16T20:58:38+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-18T03:32:01+00:00** Referred to Business and Labor. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-21T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2022-02-23T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2022-02-24T00:18:35+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-24T00:46:20+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-25T01:30:20+00:00** Carried over to February 25, 2022 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2022-02-26T00:41:39+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to February 28, 2022 Calendar.
- **2022-03-01T01:31:45+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Bynum. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-02T20:49:56+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-02T21:14:39+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-24T18:16:55+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-01T17:03:00+00:00** Chapter 107, 2022 Laws.
- **2022-04-01T17:10:00+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2023.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94a34f5c-4ded-4df6-8ad7-dedc4266eed5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).