---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to elections."
description: "Digest: Tells the SOS to translate the voters' pamphlet into the 10 most common languages used in each county. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.6)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2024R1"
identifier: "SB 1533"
citation: "Oregon SB 1533 (2024R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Manning Jr.", "Kayse Jama", "Khanh Pham", "Lew Frederick"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
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/7851fdfe-71ff-4f92-9cf5-49abc5d9246c"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Measures/Overview/SB1533"
source_hash: "4ba0dfe7b37ed6df3da6bddda72647a474fd7d9cf6e6155206a2ef733869a4f8"
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 1533 (2024R1) — Relating to elections.

Digest: Tells the SOS to translate the voters' pamphlet into the 10 most common languages used in each county. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.6).

## 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/SB1533/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1533/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Pham K. Passed. — **45–9** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Jama. Passed. — **21–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- James Manning Jr. — primary (person)
- Kayse Jama — primary (person)
- Khanh Pham — primary (person)
- Lew Frederick — primary (person)
- Annessa Hartman — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Hansell — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Gorsek — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Farrah Chaichi — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd Prozanski — cosponsor (person)
- Hoa Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Jules Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Dembrow — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Sosa — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Gelser Blouin — cosponsor (person)
- Thuy Tran — 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 Rules, then Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2024-02-15T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-02-19T17:30:27+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.
- **2024-02-19T17:30:28+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22T23:28:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On General Government. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26T23:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2024-02-26T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-02-29T01:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-03-01T17:36:00+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-01T22:57:24+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04T19:22:55+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Jama. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-04T22:05:25+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05T00:05:17+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05T22:07:53+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-05T23:11:46+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-06T23:32:47+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Pham K. 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 55, 2024 Laws.
- **2024-03-28T19:49:35+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2025.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7851fdfe-71ff-4f92-9cf5-49abc5d9246c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).