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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Oregon Government Ethics Commission authority over public meeting executive sessions."
description: "Authorizes Oregon Government Ethics Commission to proceed on own motion to review and investigate, if commission has reason to believe that public body conducted meetings in executive session that were not in compliance with laws authorizing executive sessions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2023R1"
identifier: "SB 207"
citation: "Oregon SB 207 (2023R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-09T18:53:53+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-16T23:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f0cc7ee-2cfb-4d47-8434-cc9ba6497182"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/SB207"
source_hash: "5f80d7ad5d5f744355e329ce64fed26f491ef666519feb3cca7efdd7a1b00d40"
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 207 (2023R1) — Relating to Oregon Government Ethics Commission authority over public meeting executive sessions.
Authorizes Oregon Government Ethics Commission to proceed on own motion to review and investigate, if commission has reason to believe that public body conducted meetings in executive session that were not in compliance with laws authorizing executive sessions.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB207/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB207/Enrolled)
## Votes
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Sosa. Passed. — **37–18** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Lieber. Passed. — **21–8** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · upper
## 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`
- **2023-01-14T20:26:46+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing Cancelled.
- **2023-03-07T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-03-14T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-03-21T16:16:05+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21T17:35:04+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22T19:06:15+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Lieber. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-22T19:07:15+00:00** Vote explanation filed by Boquist.
- **2023-03-23T17:16:55+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23T22:57:44+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-04-13T20:01:00+00:00** Work Session cancelled.
- **2023-04-20T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-04-25T16:43:45+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-25T18:07:14+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-26T19:06:57+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 27, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-04-27T19:20:26+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Sosa. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-01T23:48:07+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-05-02T22:10:52+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-05-08T20:12:01+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-16T22:45:00+00:00** Chapter 68, 2023 Laws.
- **2023-05-16T23:00:00+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2024.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f0cc7ee-2cfb-4d47-8434-cc9ba6497182`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).