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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to election audits."
+description: "Permits county clerk to decide whether to conduct hand count of ballots or risk-limiting audit following each primary, general or special election. Establishes requirements for risk-limiting audit. Requires that records relating to risk-limiting audit or hand count of ballots be retained for two years."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
+legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
+session: "2019 Regular Session"
+identifier: "SB 944"
+citation: "Oregon SB 944 (2019 Regular Session)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Diego Hernandez", "Lew Frederick", "Tim Knopp"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2019-03-04T17:37:28+00:00"
+last_action: "2019-07-23T17:39:36+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd781952-19f4-4e76-8eed-87abde2dbbb5"
+source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB944"
+source_hash: "297fe14823c6d0bc0af59e504b8030413303319d9a729e885ad8fc6b09fc3108"
+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 944 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to election audits.
+
+Permits county clerk to decide whether to conduct hand count of ballots or risk-limiting audit following each primary, general or special election. Establishes requirements for risk-limiting audit. Requires that records relating to risk-limiting audit or hand count of ballots be retained for two years.
+
+## 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/SB944/Introduced)
+2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB944/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
+3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB944/A-Engrossed)
+4. **SRULES Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/16117)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB944/Enrolled)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third reading. Carried by Frederick. Passed. — **26–2** (pass) · upper
+- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **3–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third reading. Carried by Smith Warner. Passed. — **55–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Diego Hernandez — primary (person)
+- Lew Frederick — primary (person)
+- Tim Knopp — primary (person)
+- Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)
+- Arnie Roblan — cosponsor (person)
+- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Jennifer Williamson — cosponsor (person)
+- Kathleen Taylor — cosponsor (person)
+- Mike Nearman — cosponsor (person)
+- Rob Wagner — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-04T17:37:28+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-06T16:32:23+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-10T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
+- **2019-05-13T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2019-05-17T16:02:52+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-20T17:44:52+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-21T18:25:43+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Frederick. 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`
+- **2019-06-10T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
+- **2019-06-13T22:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2019-06-14T21:20:19+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-18T03:26:31+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2019-06-18T22:37:43+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Smith Warner. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-06-24T22:53:53+00:00** President signed. `passage`
+- **2019-06-25T15:12:43+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2019-07-15T16:31:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2019-07-23T17:36:36+00:00** Chapter 562, 2019 Laws.
+- **2019-07-23T17:39:36+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2020.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd781952-19f4-4e76-8eed-87abde2dbbb5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).
+