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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to professional practice authorizations; and declaring an emergency."
+description: "Directs professional licensing boards to <i>develop pathways to licensure, certification or other authorization to practice occupation or profession for specified persons.</i>] <b>study manner in which persons who are immigrants or refugees become authorized to practice occupation or profession. Directs boards to reduce barriers to authorization to practice for immigrants or refugees.</b> Requires boards to report to Legislative Assembly not later than November 30, 2019."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
+legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
+session: "2019 Regular Session"
+identifier: "SB 855"
+citation: "Oregon SB 855 (2019 Regular Session)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Michael Dembrow"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2019-02-26T16:44:29+00:00"
+last_action: "2019-07-02T21:41:21+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0650643-597f-45a0-a048-3a7f3d1441f4"
+source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB855"
+source_hash: "89b39c64d0002b691268e668292a30921e2b673bf0a1a415a17fe14e8d2e9e8b"
+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 SB 855 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to professional practice authorizations; and declaring an emergency.
+
+Directs professional licensing boards to <i>develop pathways to licensure, certification or other authorization to practice occupation or profession for specified persons.</i>] <b>study manner in which persons who are immigrants or refugees become authorized to practice occupation or profession. Directs boards to reduce barriers to authorization to practice for immigrants or refugees.</b> Requires boards to report to Legislative Assembly not later than November 30, 2019.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB855/Introduced)
+2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB855/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
+3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB855/A-Engrossed)
+4. **SBGG Amendment -3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/15416)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB855/Enrolled)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Heard and Reported Out — **4–2** (pass) · lower
+- Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. — **18–10** (pass) · upper
+- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **3–2** (pass) · upper
+- Third reading. Carried by Piluso. Passed. — **51–8** (pass) · lower
+- Heard and Reported Out — **3–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Michael Dembrow — primary (person)
+- Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)
+- Carla Piluso — cosponsor (person)
+- Diego Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
+- Elizabeth Steiner Hayward — cosponsor (person)
+- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
+- Jennifer Williamson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-26T16:44:29+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-27T21:42:53+00:00** Referred to Business and General Government. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-04T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
+- **2019-04-09T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2019-04-26T16:17:48+00:00** Recommendation: Do Pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.)
+- **2019-04-26T16:17:49+00:00** Referred to Rules by order of the President. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-13T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
+- **2019-05-20T15:45:40+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-20T17:44:52+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-21T18:20:51+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-05-22T15:59:24+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-28T17:57:19+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-03T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
+- **2019-06-06T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2019-06-07T20:47:00+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-10T17:54:39+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2019-06-11T18:35:25+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Piluso. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-06-14T17:21:17+00:00** President signed. `passage`
+- **2019-06-14T19:17:15+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2019-06-20T22:59:05+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2019-07-02T21:32:37+00:00** Chapter 469, 2019 Laws.
+- **2019-07-02T21:41:21+00:00** Effective date, June 20, 2019.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0650643-597f-45a0-a048-3a7f3d1441f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).
+