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SB1119 • 2025

Prohibits employers from engaging in unfair immigration-related practices.

Prohibits employers from engaging in unfair immigration-related practices.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Senator Taylor, Senator Manning Jr
Last action
2025-06-27
Official status
In Senate Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Prohibits employers from engaging in unfair immigration-related practices.

Digest: The Act stops employers from doing certain things at work with respect to immigration.

What This Bill Does

  • Digest: The Act stops employers from doing certain things at work with respect to immigration.
  • (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7).
  • Prohibits employers from engaging in unfair immigration-related practices.
  • Relating to: Relating to immigration-related employment activities.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-27 Senate

    In committee upon adjournment.

  2. 2025-04-01 Senate

    Public Hearing and Work Session held.

  3. 2025-03-03 Senate

    Referred to Labor and Business.

  4. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act stops employers from doing certain things at work with respect to immigration. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7).
Prohibits employers from engaging in unfair immigration-related practices.
Relating to: Relating to immigration-related employment activities.
Current location: In Senate Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 1119
Sponsored by Senator TAYLOR
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure as introduced. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: The Act stops employers from doing certain things at work with respect to immigration.
(Flesch Readability Score: 65.7).
Prohibits employers from engaging in unfair immigration-related practices.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to immigration-related employment activities.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
Section 2 of this 2025 Act is added to and made a part of ORS chapter 659A.
SECTION 2. (1) As used in this section:
(a) “Federal immigration authority” has the meaning given that term in ORS 180.805.
(b) “Unfair immigration-related practices” includes:
(A) Threatening to contact a federal immigration authority because the employee has
exercised a right otherwise provided by law.
(B) Retaliating against an employee because the employee has updated the employee’s
employment information due to a change in the employee’s immigration status.
(2) It is an unlawful practice for an employer to engage in unfair immigration-related
practices.
NOTE: Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [ italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
LC 4591