republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2018-regular-session/sb-1541.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to toxic air contaminants; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Authorizes Environmental Quality Commission to adopt program and rules to reduce public health risks from emissions of toxic air contaminants from individual stationary industrial and commercial air contamination sources."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2018 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 1541"
citation: "Oregon SB 1541 (2018 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arnie Roblan", "Brad Witt", "Fred Girod", "Jackie Winters", "Michael Dembrow"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-22T18:07:44+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-17T16:33:16+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7d04bd0-c21f-4b84-965c-b257f54c5fe5"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Measures/Overview/SB1541"
source_hash: "52be54aee8cadbe49a301087231ac39aec6f2b79ee47bc22ac783c6e280f706d"
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 (2018 Regular Session) — Relating to toxic air contaminants; and declaring an emergency.

Authorizes Environmental Quality Commission to adopt program and rules to reduce public health risks from emissions of toxic air contaminants from individual stationary industrial and commercial air contamination sources.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1541/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1541/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1541/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1541/B-Engrossed)
5. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1541/Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1541/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Dembrow, Girod. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Power. Passed. — **55–3** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Arnie Roblan — primary (person)
- Brad Witt — primary (person)
- Fred Girod — primary (person)
- Jackie Winters — primary (person)
- Michael Dembrow — primary (person)
- E. Werner Reschke — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Helfrich — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Williamson — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Parrish — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Noble — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-22T18:07:44+00:00** Presession Released to the Public.
- **2018-02-05T15:42:35+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05T16:42:14+00:00** Referred to Environment and Natural Resources, then Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2018-02-14T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2018-02-15T22:25:31+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-15T22:25:32+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26T18:09:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27T21:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2018-02-27T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2018-03-01T00:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2018-03-01T20:58:01+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) Amendments distributed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-01T20:59:00+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2018-03-01T23:46:48+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Dembrow, Girod. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-02T00:20:34+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02T01:30:15+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02T21:27:12+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-02T21:55:52+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2018-03-03T23:58:20+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Power. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-03T23:59:20+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by McLain, Smith DB, Speaker Kotek.
- **2018-03-06T23:56:11+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-07T00:24:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-04-10T21:46:54+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-17T16:29:44+00:00** Chapter 102, 2018 Laws.
- **2018-04-17T16:33:16+00:00** Effective date, April 10, 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7d04bd0-c21f-4b84-965c-b257f54c5fe5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).