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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to discrimination on the basis of disability; and declaring an emergency."
+description: "Clarifies that sexual orientation <i>and transgender status are</i>] <b>is</b> not considered physical or mental <i>impairments</i>]<b> impairment and that individual does not have disability solely by reason of individual's sexual orientation</b>."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
+legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
+session: "2019 Regular Session"
+identifier: "HB 2589"
+citation: "Oregon HB 2589 (2019 Regular Session)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Karin Power", "Kathleen Taylor", "Rob Nosse"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00"
+last_action: "2019-05-10T16:26:58+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2389c45c-6671-4ef6-8978-19acc0b48099"
+source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2589"
+source_hash: "d65002c6519e94d1751bed74a2498a4a5118b3645201270eba3712329e27ae27"
+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 HB 2589 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to discrimination on the basis of disability; and declaring an emergency.
+
+Clarifies that sexual orientation <i>and transgender status are</i>] <b>is</b> not considered physical or mental <i>impairments</i>]<b> impairment and that individual does not have disability solely by reason of individual's sexual orientation</b>.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **House Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2589/House Amendments to Introduced)
+2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2589/Introduced)
+3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2589/A-Engrossed)
+4. **HJUD Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/13990)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2589/Enrolled)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third reading. Carried by Power. Passed. — **58–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Karin Power — primary (person)
+- Kathleen Taylor — primary (person)
+- Rob Nosse — primary (person)
+- Anna Williams — cosponsor (person)
+- Barbara Smith Warner — cosponsor (person)
+- Caddy McKeown — cosponsor (person)
+- Courtney Neron — cosponsor (person)
+- Ginny Burdick — cosponsor (person)
+- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
+- Jennifer Williamson — cosponsor (person)
+- John Lively — cosponsor (person)
+- Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
+- Marty Wilde — cosponsor (person)
+- Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)
+- Rachel Prusak — cosponsor (person)
+- Rob Wagner — cosponsor (person)
+- Tawna Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
+- Teresa Alonso Leon — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-15T23:56:58+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-26T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
+- **2019-03-04T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2019-03-07T23:06:05+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-11T18:16:33+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-12T18:34:40+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 13, 2019 Calendar.
+- **2019-03-13T18:26:36+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Power. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-03-14T16:57:03+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-15T18:43:02+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-22T15:32:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
+- **2019-04-24T15:44:23+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-24T17:26:59+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-25T19:19:40+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-04-29T16:32:46+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2019-04-29T20:33:17+00:00** President signed. `passage`
+- **2019-05-06T22:22:10+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-10T16:26:58+00:00** Chapter 71, (2019 Laws): Effective date May 6, 2019.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2389c45c-6671-4ef6-8978-19acc0b48099`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).
+