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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to protected activities of public employees."
description: "Directs directors of certain state agencies to develop pilot program to provide optional procedure for employees to anonymously disclose certain information."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2018 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 1559"
citation: "Oregon SB 1559 (2018 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackie Winters"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-22T18:07:44+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-11T18:56:56+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e34746ce-d6fb-4781-8d36-c2e8251bb063"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Measures/Overview/SB1559"
source_hash: "ecd113f02aa3014b42465ffb245f9f9f854ad272557d3d860fe55d6c29817c3b"
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 1559 (2018 Regular Session) — Relating to protected activities of public employees.
Directs directors of certain state agencies to develop pilot program to provide optional procedure for employees to anonymously disclose certain information.
## 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/SB1559/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1559/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1559/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1559/B-Engrossed)
5. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1559/Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1559/Enrolled)
## Votes
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **50** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Winters. Passed. — **290** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **90** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **50** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Williamson. Passed. — **571** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Jackie Winters — primary (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Janelle Bynum — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Helfrich — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Parrish — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Thatcher — 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 General Government and Accountability. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2018-02-15T23:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2018-02-16T23:28:21+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Rules. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-16T23:28:22+00:00** Referred to Rules by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01T00:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2018-03-01T00:28:43+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-01T19:08:53+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2018-03-02T00:02:34+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Winters. 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 Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-03T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2018-03-03T17:19:59+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-03T18:51:09+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2018-03-04T00:25:42+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Williamson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-06T23:56:11+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-07T00:24:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-04-03T20:15:14+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-11T18:48:02+00:00** Chapter 83, 2018 Laws.
- **2018-04-11T18:56:56+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2019.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e34746ce-d6fb-4781-8d36-c2e8251bb063`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).