republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2021-regular-session/sb-759.md

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Bill	Relating to collective bargaining rights of legislative employees.	Directs <i>Legislative Administrator</i>] <b>presiding officers of each house of Legislative Assembly</b> to represent legislative department in collective bargaining negotiations with legislative department employee bargaining units. <b>Permits presiding officers to delegate collective bargaining responsibility to chief negotiator.</b>	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2021 Regular Session	SB 759	Oregon SB 759 (2021 Regular Session)	bill		enacted	Chris Gorsek Michael Dembrow	7	25	7	2021-02-18T17:42:43+00:00	2021-08-20T17:26:23+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/ea63c010-2727-467d-92af-47aa930fc8b5	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB759	5f51289e4e7960cde59d2cf67fe281e11db246aef0da510e3a6c47ca8ecca5af	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon SB 759 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to collective bargaining rights of legislative employees.

Directs Legislative Administrator] presiding officers of each house of Legislative Assembly to represent legislative department in collective bargaining negotiations with legislative department employee bargaining units. Permits presiding officers to delegate collective bargaining responsibility to chief negotiator.

Version chain

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

1. House Amendments to Introduced (filed) — source
2. House Minority Amendments to Introduced (filed) — source
3. Introduced (filed) — source
4. A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. HRULES Amendment -3 (committee substitute) — source
6. Minority Report A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
7. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Motion to rerefer to Rules failed. — 20–37 (fail) · lower
• Third reading. Carried by Smith Warner. Passed. — 40–16 (pass) · lower
• Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. — 17–12 (pass) · upper
• Motion to substitute Minority Report for Committee Report failed. — 21–36 (fail) · lower
• Heard and Reported Out — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 4–3 (pass) · lower
• Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. — 16–11 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chris Gorsek — primary (person)
• Michael Dembrow — primary (person)
• Andrea Salinas — cosponsor (person)
• Andrea Valderrama — cosponsor (person)
• Anna Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Brad Witt — cosponsor (person)
• Chuck Riley — cosponsor (person)
• Courtney Neron — cosponsor (person)
• Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
• Dan Rayfield — cosponsor (person)
• Floyd Prozanski — cosponsor (person)
• Jason Kropf — cosponsor (person)
• Jeff Golden — cosponsor (person)
• Jeff Reardon — cosponsor (person)
• Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
• Karin Power — cosponsor (person)
• Kate Lieber — cosponsor (person)
• Kayse Jama — cosponsor (person)
• Ken Helm — cosponsor (person)
• Khanh Pham — cosponsor (person)
• Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
• Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
• Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
• Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
• Rachel Prusak — cosponsor (person)
• Ricki Ruiz — cosponsor (person)
• Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
• Sara Gelser Blouin — cosponsor (person)
• Sheri Schouten — cosponsor (person)
• Susan McLain — cosponsor (person)
• Wlnsvey Campos — cosponsor (person)
• Zach Hudson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-18T17:42:43+00:00 Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-02-22T20:55:42+00:00 Referred to Labor and Business. referral-committee
• 2021-03-09T16:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2021-03-23T15:02:00+00:00 Public Hearing and Work Session held.
• 2021-04-01T15:14:51+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-01T17:55:16+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2021-04-05T19:21:37+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-05T19:22:37+00:00 Vote explanation(s) filed by Boquist, Heard.
• 2021-04-06T03:28:08+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-04-13T03:22:43+00:00 Referred to Rules. referral-committee
• 2021-04-29T20:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2021-06-17T20:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2021-06-21T20:26:41+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-21T20:26:42+00:00 Minority Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-22T17:41:10+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2021-06-23T17:18:17+00:00 Motion to substitute Minority Report for Committee Report failed.
• 2021-06-23T17:38:50+00:00 Motion to rerefer to Rules failed.
• 2021-06-23T17:44:35+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Smith Warner. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2021-06-24T17:23:13+00:00 Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
• 2021-06-26T17:19:39+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2021-06-26T21:22:31+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2021-06-24T17:24:13+00:00 Vote explanation(s) filed by Thatcher.
• 2021-07-27T22:29:00+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2021-08-20T17:22:42+00:00 Chapter 656, 2021 Laws.
• 2021-08-20T17:26:23+00:00 Effective date, January 1, 2022.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ea63c010-2727-467d-92af-47aa930fc8b5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).