OR SB 1518
enactedRelating to worker protections.
Oregon · 2026 Regular Session · upper
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Did OR SB 1518 pass?
Yes. OR SB 1518 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-03-04): Effective date, January 1, 2027.
What is OR SB 1518 about?
</b> </i>] [<i>Requires the Bureau of Labor and Industries to study issues relating to worker protections. Directs the bureau to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to labor and business no later than September 15, 2027.</i>] [<i>Sunsets on January 2, 2028.</i>] <b>Clarifies the meaning of "companionship services" for purposes of minimum wage and overtime requirements for certain individuals performing such services.</b>
Description
</b> </i>] [<i>Requires the Bureau of Labor and Industries to study issues relating to worker protections. Directs the bureau to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to labor and business no later than September 15, 2027.</i>] [<i>Sunsets on January 2, 2028.</i>] <b>Clarifies the meaning of "companionship services" for purposes of minimum wage and overtime requirements for certain individuals performing such services.</b>
- Introduced
- 2026-02-02
- Latest action
- 2026-03-04 — Effective date, January 1, 2027.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
Not provided by source.
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-03-04
Effective date, January 1, 2027.
2026-03-04
Chapter 2, 2026 Laws.
2026-03-03
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2026-02-24
Speaker signed.
passage
2026-02-23
President signed.
passage
2026-02-20
Third reading. Carried by Rieke Smith. Passed.
passage,reading-3
2026-02-19
Second reading.
reading-2
2026-02-19
Recommendation: Do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-18
Public Hearing and Work Session held.
2026-02-11
Referred to Labor and Workforce Development.
referral-committee
2026-02-10
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
introduction,reading-1,referral-committee
2026-02-10
Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed.
passage,reading-3
2026-02-09
Second reading.
reading-2
2026-02-06
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.)
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-04
Public Hearing and Work Session held.
2026-02-02
Informational Meeting held.
2026-02-02
Referred to Labor and Business.
referral-committee
2026-02-02
Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
introduction,reading-1,referral-committee
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Votes
Heard and Reported Out
2026-02-04 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Wlnsvey Campos: yes
- Christine Drazan: yes
- Cedric Hayden: yes
- Deb Patterson: yes
- Kathleen Taylor: yes
Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed.
2026-02-10 · pass · 26-3
Member-level votes (30)
- Rob Wagner: yes
- Dick Anderson: yes
- Wlnsvey Campos: yes
- Fred Girod: no
- James Manning Jr.: yes
- Janeen Sollman: yes
- Bruce Starr: yes
- Diane Linthicum: no
- Suzanne Weber: yes
- Mark Meek: yes
- Kathleen Taylor: yes
- Noah Robinson: no
- Christine Drazan: absent
- David Brock Smith: yes
- Sara Gelser Blouin: yes
- Deb Patterson: yes
- Mike McLane: yes
- Todd Nash: yes
- Courtney Neron Misslin: yes
- Lew Frederick: yes
- Chris Gorsek: yes
- Floyd Prozanski: yes
- Kim Thatcher: yes
- Kate Lieber: yes
- Kayse Jama: yes
- Anthony Broadman: yes
- Jeff Golden: yes
- Cedric Hayden: yes
- Khanh Pham: yes
- Lisa Reynolds: yes
Heard and Reported Out
2026-02-18 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (8)
- Shelly Boshart Davis: absent
- Matt Bunch: yes
- Lisa Fragala: yes
- Dacia Grayber: yes
- Lesly Muñoz: yes
- Travis Nelson: yes
- Sue Rieke Smith: yes
- Anna Scharf: yes
Third reading. Carried by Rieke Smith. Passed.
2026-02-20 · pass · 34-6
Member-level votes (60)
- Shannon Isadore: yes
- Kim Wallan: absent
- Nancy Nathanson: yes
- Zach Hudson: yes
- Travis Nelson: absent
- Lesly Muñoz: yes
- Matt Bunch: yes
- Thuy Tran: absent
- Farrah Chaichi: yes
- Kevin Mannix: yes
- Ed Diehl: absent
- Ben Bowman: absent
- Tawna Sanchez: yes
- Dacia Grayber: yes
- Nathan Sosa: yes
- Dwayne Yunker: absent
- Emerson Levy: yes
- Jeffrey Helfrich: absent
- Mark Gamba: yes
- Court Boice: absent
- Annessa Hartman: absent
- Cyrus Javadi: yes
- E. Werner Reschke: no
- Alek Skarlatos: absent
- Mari Watanabe: absent
- Gregory Smith: yes
- Julie Fahey: absent
- Mark Owens: yes
- Jason Kropf: yes
- Willy Chotzen: yes
- Darin Harbick: no
- Sarah McDonald: yes
- Susan McLain: yes
- Boomer Wright: absent
- Ricki Ruiz: yes
- Darcey Edwards: no
- April Dobson: yes
- Emily McIntire: no
- Jules Walters: yes
- Virgle Osborne: absent
- John Lively: absent
- Pam Marsh: yes
- Bobby Levy: absent
- Anna Scharf: yes
- Lisa Fragala: yes
- Lamar Wise: yes
- Andrea Valderrama: absent
- Jami Cate: no
- Tom Andersen: yes
- Paul Evans: yes
- Sue Rieke Smith: yes
- David Gomberg: yes
- Vikki Breese-Iverson: absent
- Rob Nosse: yes
- Ken Helm: yes
- Rick Lewis: absent
- Shelly Boshart Davis: absent
- Daniel Nguyen: yes
- Hai Pham: yes
- Lucetta Elmer: no
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