The purpose of this amendment is to discourage members of the minority party from walking out (i.e., being intentionally absent) from legislative sessions in order to block passing new laws that they do not have the voting majority to prevent through normal democratic processes.

[1] Measure 113 was a response to Republican members of the legislature, who in the three years before Measure 113's passage (from 2019 to 2022) repeatedly walked out of the State Capitol to block Democrats from passing Democratic legislative priorities, including a business tax to fund education and greenhouse gas cap-and-trade legislation to limit Oregon's carbon emissions.

[3][7] No formal opposition to Measure 113 was organized, but The Oregonian/OregonLive, the Bend Bulletin and the Willamette Week all endorsed a "no" vote on the grounds that the measure would give too much power to the Senate president and the House speaker to determine when a member's absence should count as excused or unexcused, and because it could infringe on the rights of Oregonians to elect their preferred candidates to represent them in the Legislature.

[10] Measure 113 was codified as Article IV, Section 15, of the Oregon Constitution, which states: "Failure to attend, without permission or excuse, ten or more legislative floor sessions called to transact business during a regular or special legislative session shall be deemed disorderly behavior and shall disqualify the member from holding office as a Senator or Representative for the term following the election after the member's current term is completed.

[12][13] By May 18, 2023, nine Republican senators (Knopp, Bonham, Lynn Findley, Bill Hansell, Cedric Ross Hayden, Dennis Linthicum, Art Robinson, Kim Thatcher, and Suzanne Weber), and one Republican-aligned Independent Party senator (Brian Boquist) reached the ten unexcused absence limit set by Measure 113 by refusing to show up and enable votes on bills pertaining to abortion and gun reform in the session.

[11] On May 8, 2023, Cedric Ross Hayden filed a complaint with the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries regarding Measure 113 on the grounds of religious discrimination.

[16] On August 8, 2023, Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade confirmed she would enforce the measure and prevent the ten legislators from filing for reelection.