republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2019-regular-session/sb-494.md

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Bill	Relating to employment of individuals with disabilities; and prescribing an effective date.	Requires employers who are authorized to pay subminimum wages to individuals with disabilities to pay certain wage rates until June 30, 2023. Requires employers to pay individuals with disabilities at minimum wage rate by July 1, 2023.	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2019 Regular Session	SB 494	Oregon SB 494 (2019 Regular Session)	bill		enacted	Carla Piluso Sara Gelser	8	29	5	2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00	2019-06-21T20:11:10+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/2277777f-d0c0-45ef-aaaf-f11ddbb19009	https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB494	63c7b6cb2d93ec21281ae2d3e828cce7889b5b1268148cc3d21072a6bab5a45a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon SB 494 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to employment of individuals with disabilities; and prescribing an effective date.

Requires employers who are authorized to pay subminimum wages to individuals with disabilities to pay certain wage rates until June 30, 2023. Requires employers to pay individuals with disabilities at minimum wage rate by July 1, 2023.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Senate Amendments to Introduced (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB494/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. B-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. HBL Amendment -A4 (committee substitute) — source
6. House Amendments to A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB494/House Amendments to A-Engrossed)
7. SWF Amendment -1 (committee substitute) — source
8. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Third reading. Carried by Piluso. Passed. — 46–10 (pass) · lower
• Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. — 18–9 (pass) · upper
• Heard and Reported Out — 7–2 (pass) · lower
• Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. — 20–10 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Carla Piluso — primary (person)
• Sara Gelser — primary (person)
• Cedric Hayden — cosponsor (person)
• Jeff Reardon — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00 Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2019-01-16T17:20:23+00:00 Referred to Workforce, then Human Services. referral-committee
• 2019-02-21T16:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2019-03-26T15:02:00+00:00 Public Hearing and Work Session held.
• 2019-04-02T15:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2019-04-10T16:10:04+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and subsequent referral to Human Services be rescinded. (Printed A-Eng.) committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-10T16:10:05+00:00 Subsequent referral rescinded by order of the President.
• 2019-04-11T16:40:54+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2019-04-15T18:19:09+00:00 Carried over to 04-16 by unanimous consent.
• 2019-04-16T18:52:08+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2019-04-17T17:34:10+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2019-04-24T23:49:29+00:00 Referred to Business and Labor. referral-committee
• 2019-05-06T15:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2019-05-13T15:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2019-05-16T17:49:51+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-05-17T17:55:33+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2019-05-20T19:29:22+00:00 Carried over to May 21, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
• 2019-05-21T19:06:09+00:00 Carried over to May 22, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
• 2019-05-23T03:28:37+00:00 Carried over to May 23, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
• 2019-05-24T04:43:42+00:00 Carried over to May 27, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
• 2019-05-27T18:12:22+00:00 Carried over to May 28, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
• 2019-05-29T01:47:35+00:00 Carried over to May 29, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
• 2019-05-30T01:34:17+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Piluso. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2019-06-05T18:19:40+00:00 Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
• 2019-06-06T23:28:20+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2019-06-07T15:15:44+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2019-06-13T18:20:42+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2019-06-21T20:04:28+00:00 Chapter 371, 2019 Laws.
• 2019-06-21T20:11:10+00:00 Effective Date, September 29, 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2277777f-d0c0-45ef-aaaf-f11ddbb19009. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).