republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2019-regular-session/sb-726.md

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Bill	Relating to unlawful conduct in the workplace; and prescribing an effective date.	Makes unlawful employment practice for employer to <i>request employee to</i>] enter agreement that would prevent employee from disclosing or discussing conduct that constitutes unlawful discrimination, including sexual assault. Allows civil and administrative remedies for violation against unlawful employment practice. <b>Provides that employer may, in certain circumstances, enter into settlement, separation or severance agreement that includes provision that would prevent employee from disclosing or discussing such conduct or that would prohibit employee from seeking reemployment with employer as term or condition of agreement. Allows civil and administrative remedies for violation against unlawful practice.</b>	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2019 Regular Session	SB 726	Oregon SB 726 (2019 Regular Session)	bill		enacted	Andrea Salinas Jennifer Williamson Kathleen Taylor Sara Gelser Tim Knopp	5	27	4	2019-01-31T17:36:05+00:00	2019-06-17T16:18:58+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/95f028e9-05b6-4640-8b77-873d755b4629	https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB726	fab11efbd5fe890704c90abe4da63eeb762d500b1f8e310f199a3b743b0787b2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon SB 726 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to unlawful conduct in the workplace; and prescribing an effective date.

Makes unlawful employment practice for employer to request employee to] enter agreement that would prevent employee from disclosing or discussing conduct that constitutes unlawful discrimination, including sexual assault. Allows civil and administrative remedies for violation against unlawful employment practice. Provides that employer may, in certain circumstances, enter into settlement, separation or severance agreement that includes provision that would prevent employee from disclosing or discussing such conduct or that would prohibit employee from seeking reemployment with employer as term or condition of agreement. Allows civil and administrative remedies for violation against unlawful practice.

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/SB726/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. SWF Amendment -5 (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Heard and Reported Out — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Third reading. Carried by Williamson, Salinas. Passed. — 60–0 (pass) · lower
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Third reading. Carried by Taylor, Knopp. Passed. — 23–6 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Andrea Salinas — primary (person)
• Jennifer Williamson — primary (person)
• Kathleen Taylor — primary (person)
• Sara Gelser — primary (person)
• Tim Knopp — primary (person)
• Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)
• Anna Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Arnie Roblan — cosponsor (person)
• Barbara Smith Warner — cosponsor (person)
• Cedric Hayden — cosponsor (person)
• Cheri Helt — cosponsor (person)
• Chris Gorsek — cosponsor (person)
• Christine Drazan — cosponsor (person)
• Diego Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth Steiner Hayward — cosponsor (person)
• James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Janelle Bynum — cosponsor (person)
• Jeff Golden — cosponsor (person)
• Jeff Reardon — cosponsor (person)
• Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
• Karin Power — cosponsor (person)
• Laurie Monnes Anderson — cosponsor (person)
• Lee Beyer — cosponsor (person)
• Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
• Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
• Marty Wilde — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Dembrow — cosponsor (person)
• Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)
• Paul Holvey — cosponsor (person)
• Rachel Prusak — cosponsor (person)
• Rep Boles — cosponsor (person)
• Rob Wagner — cosponsor (person)
• Shemia Fagan — cosponsor (person)
• Teresa Alonso Leon — cosponsor (person)
• Tiffiny Mitchell — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-31T17:36:05+00:00 Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2019-02-01T21:41:32+00:00 Referred to Workforce. referral-committee
• 2019-02-12T16:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2019-03-21T15:01:00+00:00 Informational Meeting held.
• 2019-04-04T15:01:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2019-04-09T15:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2019-04-17T22:22:15+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-18T17:02:40+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2019-04-22T18:15:00+00:00 Made a Special Order of Business by unanimous consent.
• 2019-04-22T18:34:46+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Taylor, Knopp. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2019-04-22T18:35:46+00:00 Vote explanations filed by Boquist, Thomsen.
• 2019-04-23T16:30:15+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2019-04-26T21:22:29+00:00 Referred to Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2019-05-09T20:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2019-05-16T20:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2019-05-20T23:26:12+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-05-22T17:29:40+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 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.
• 2019-05-30T03:22:24+00:00 Carried over to May 30, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
• 2019-05-30T21:17:52+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Williamson, Salinas. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2019-06-03T22:11:33+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2019-06-04T15:18:06+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2019-06-11T16:24:00+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2019-06-17T16:09:17+00:00 Effective Date, September 29, 2019.
• 2019-06-17T16:18:58+00:00 Chapter 343, 2019 Laws.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/95f028e9-05b6-4640-8b77-873d755b4629. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).