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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to election law; declaring an emergency."
description: "Digest: The Act makes many changes to election laws. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.8)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2024R1"
identifier: "SB 1538"
citation: "Oregon SB 1538 (2024R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-05T15:05:18+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-28T19:49:35+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d480356-807f-4b84-86ff-89539d65a477"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Measures/Overview/SB1538"
source_hash: "3820d8af7961848e913136f47c833bf44c910f0940f9abad1e4ec223ebab1b30"
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 1538 (2024R1) — Relating to election law; declaring an emergency.
Digest: The Act makes many changes to election laws. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.8).
## 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/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1538/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1538/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1538/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1538/B-Engrossed)
5. **HRULES Amendment -A4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/26213)
6. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1538/House%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
7. **SRULES Amendment -3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/25971)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1538/Enrolled)
## Votes
- Third reading. Carried by Lieber. Passed. — **20–10** (pass) · upper
- Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. — **22–7** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Fahey. Passed. — **45–6** (pass) · lower
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-02-05T15:05:18+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05T17:31:30+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2024-02-15T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-02-19T17:30:29+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20T19:25:09+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-21T20:05:11+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Lieber. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-22T18:24:53+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23T00:04:11+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27T21:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2024-03-04T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-03-05T01:01:15+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-05T18:26:01+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-05T23:59:06+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Fahey. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-06T21:49:46+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
- **2024-03-07T19:30:22+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07T21:16:50+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-27T19:48:17+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-28T19:46:49+00:00** Chapter 56, 2024 Laws.
- **2024-03-28T19:49:35+00:00** Effective date, March 27, 2024.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d480356-807f-4b84-86ff-89539d65a477`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).