republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2023r1/sb-592.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Oregon Safe Employment Act; and declaring an emergency."
description: "<b>Authorizes Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services to conduct comprehensive inspection of any place of employment as deemed necessary by department based on prior violation history of place of employment.</b>"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2023R1"
identifier: "SB 592"
citation: "Oregon SB 592 (2023R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dacia Grayber", "Kathleen Taylor"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-09T18:53:53+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-26T19:41:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f727474-0309-4e4f-b776-ebf370ed80a2"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/SB592"
source_hash: "afb5df77350e1a827bf29985e35483aabd7a21c47d9cd99a4d621dd252da10d8"
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 592 (2023R1) — Relating to the Oregon Safe Employment Act; and declaring an emergency.

<b>Authorizes Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services to conduct comprehensive inspection of any place of employment as deemed necessary by department based on prior violation history of place of employment.</b>

## 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/SB592/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB592/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB592/A-Engrossed)
4. **House Minority Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB592/House%20Minority%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
5. **Minority Report to B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB592/Minority%20Report%20to%20B-Engrossed)
6. **SLB Amendment -7** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/22725)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB592/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Motion to substitute Minority Report for Committee Report failed. — **24–34** (fail) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **6–5** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. — **20–10** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Grayber. Passed. — **35–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dacia Grayber — primary (person)
- Kathleen Taylor — primary (person)
- Ben Bowman — cosponsor (person)
- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Khanh Pham — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Sosa — cosponsor (person)
- Ricki Ruiz — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Travis Nelson — cosponsor (person)

## 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`
- **2023-01-15T16:54:08+00:00** Referred to Labor and Business. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-02-21T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-02-28T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-03-03T23:15:20+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-06T19:07:22+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-07T18:20:31+00:00** Carried over to 03-08 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-03-08T18:57:50+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-08T18:58:50+00:00** Vote explanation filed by Boquist.
- **2023-03-09T18:14:52+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T23:20:24+00:00** Referred to Business and Labor. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-04-24T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-05-08T15:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-05-10T22:39:05+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-10T22:39:06+00:00** Minority Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng bill and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-11T19:06:41+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-05-15T18:39:13+00:00** Motion to substitute Minority Report for Committee Report failed.
- **2023-05-15T19:17:47+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Grayber. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-15T19:18:47+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Mannix.
- **2023-05-17T18:09:17+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-05-18T19:52:25+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-05-26T19:31:00+00:00** Chapter 126, 2023 Laws.
- **2023-05-26T19:41:00+00:00** Effective date, May 24, 2023.
- **2023-05-24T19:10:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f727474-0309-4e4f-b776-ebf370ed80a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).