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Read. Follow. Verify.Oregon Senate Bill 1519 revises formulas for temporary and permanent total disability compensation
Last action · April 6, 2026: Effective date, January 1, 2027.
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What This Bill Does
Oregon Senate Bill 1519 restructures how temporary and compensation is calculated for injured workers, basing payments on portions of wages above or below 75 percent of the state average weekly wage. The law applies to claims with a date of injury on or after January 1, 2027.
Injured workers qualifying for total disability benefits after January 1, 2027, will have their wage-replacement payments determined under a tiered percentage formula rather than a flat percentage of prior earnings.
- Oregon Senate Bill 1519 was introduced during the 2026 Regular Session at the request of the Senate Interim Committee on Labor and Business. context
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
injured workers
Workers who experience temporary or permanent total disabilities will have their compensation benefits calculated under a new tiered wage formula starting in 2027.
insurers and self-insured employers
Insurers and self-insured employers are responsible for periodic reexaminations of permanent total disability claims and managing benefit payments or notices of closure.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
24 actions- Apr 6, 2026SenateEffective date, January 1, 2027.
- Apr 6, 2026SenateChapter 78, 2026 Laws.
- Mar 31, 2026SenateGovernor signed.
- Mar 5, 2026HouseSpeaker signed.
- Mar 5, 2026SenatePresident signed.
- Mar 3, 2026HouseThird reading. Carried by Grayber. Passed.
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- Mar 2, 2026HouseSecond reading.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseRecommendation: Do pass.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseReferred to Ways and Means.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
- Feb 27, 2026SenateThird reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed.
- Feb 26, 2026SenateSecond reading.
- Feb 26, 2026SenateRecommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill.
- Feb 25, 2026SenateWork Session held.
- Feb 23, 2026SenateReturned to Full Committee.
- Feb 23, 2026SenateWork Session held.
- Feb 19, 2026SenateAssigned to Subcommittee On General Government.
- Feb 12, 2026SenateReferred to Ways and Means by order of the President.
- Feb 12, 2026SenateRecommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means. (Printed A-Eng.)
- Feb 9, 2026SenateWork Session held.
- Feb 4, 2026SenatePublic Hearing and Work Session held.
- Feb 2, 2026SenateInformational Meeting held.
- Feb 2, 2026SenateReferred to Labor and Business.
- Feb 2, 2026SenateIntroduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
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Transition to Tiered Wage Replacement
The legislation replaces a single percentage calculation for total disability with a tiered wage structure relative to 75 percent of the state average weekly wage.
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