republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2023r1/sb-168.md

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Bill	Relating to political activities of public employees.	Expressly prohibits public employees, while on job during working hours or while otherwise working in official capacity, from promoting or opposing appointment, nomination or election of public officials.	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2023R1	SB 168	Oregon SB 168 (2023R1)	bill		enacted		8	27	5	2023-01-09T18:53:53+00:00	2023-07-21T18:21:19+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/7c0bc4ea-4b2f-4bdb-b201-6cd1ff951e58	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/SB168	ca8d7a8c0ccb85972f6c6d30c6cc2ccd1f27e9a3df75f058be421834d9c61c20	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon SB 168 (2023R1) — Relating to political activities of public employees.

Expressly prohibits public employees, while on job during working hours or while otherwise working in official capacity, from promoting or opposing appointment, nomination or election of public officials.

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
3. A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. B-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. HRULES Amendment -A4 (committee substitute) — source
6. House Amendments to A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
7. SRULES Amendment -1 (committee substitute) — source
8. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third reading. Carried by Lieber. Passed. — 17–11 (pass) · upper
• Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. — 48–0 (pass) · lower
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. — 22–0 (pass) · upper
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 7–0 (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-09T18:53:53+00:00 Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-01-13T19:45:37+00:00 Referred to Rules. referral-committee
• 2023-03-21T22:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2023-03-28T22:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2023-03-31T19:57:17+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-03T17:34:01+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2023-04-04T17:33:44+00:00 Carried over to 04-05 by unanimous consent.
• 2023-04-05T19:55:09+00:00 Carried over to 04-06 by unanimous consent.
• 2023-04-06T20:01:02+00:00 Carried over to 04-10 by unanimous consent.
• 2023-04-11T03:11:05+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Lieber. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2023-04-11T17:00:02+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-04-14T00:26:03+00:00 Referred to Rules. referral-committee
• 2023-04-25T00:16:00+00:00 Public Hearing cancelled.
• 2023-04-27T20:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2023-05-18T20:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2023-05-19T19:48:57+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-22T18:01:06+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2023-05-23T21:17:55+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to May 24, 2023 Calendar.
• 2023-05-24T19:22:52+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to May 25, 2023 Calendar.
• 2023-05-26T00:25:17+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2023-06-15T19:14:25+00:00 Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
• 2023-06-15T19:15:25+00:00 Vote explanation(s) filed by Findley.
• 2023-06-20T19:47:38+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2023-06-20T22:34:10+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2023-07-13T19:18:45+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2023-07-21T18:15:41+00:00 Chapter 268, 2023 Laws.
• 2023-07-21T18:21:19+00:00 Effective date, January 1, 2024.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7c0bc4ea-4b2f-4bdb-b201-6cd1ff951e58. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).