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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the Public Records Advisory Council; and declaring an emergency."
+description: "Establishes Public Records Advocate as independent office<b> within executive department</b>. Requires Public Records Advocate to select and appoint Deputy Public Records Advocate and authorizes advocate to delegate authority, power or duty to act to deputy."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
+legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
+session: "2021 Regular Session"
+identifier: "SB 500"
+citation: "Oregon SB 500 (2021 Regular Session)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Karin Power", "Kim Thatcher"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-08-20T17:10:35+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/018eda25-ee36-42f3-973f-10a3b8edc6ed"
+source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB500"
+source_hash: "1488fb416c8cc916e224042af8a8225332a14812c0d1273fc816f897c3913a18"
+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 500 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to the Public Records Advisory Council; and declaring an emergency.
+
+Establishes Public Records Advocate as independent office<b> within executive department</b>. Requires Public Records Advocate to select and appoint Deputy Public Records Advocate and authorizes advocate to delegate authority, power or duty to act to deputy.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB500/Introduced)
+2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB500/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
+3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB500/A-Engrossed)
+4. **SLB Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/18317)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB500/Enrolled)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Heard and Reported Out — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Third reading. Carried by Power. Passed. — **56–0** (pass) · lower
+- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third reading. Carried by Golden. Passed. — **28–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Karin Power — primary (person)
+- Kim Thatcher — primary (person)
+- Bill Hansell — cosponsor (person)
+- Bill Kennemer — cosponsor (person)
+- Cedric Hayden — cosponsor (person)
+- Courtney Neron — cosponsor (person)
+- Dick Anderson — cosponsor (person)
+- Janelle Bynum — cosponsor (person)
+- Marty Wilde — cosponsor (person)
+- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-19T19:35:42+00:00** Referred to Labor and Business. `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-11T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
+- **2021-03-02T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2021-03-05T20:25:06+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-05T20:25:07+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President. `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-05T14:17:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On General Government. `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-10T20:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
+- **2021-06-10T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2021-06-11T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2021-06-15T15:37:14+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-15T18:01:33+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2021-06-16T19:04:07+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Golden. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-06-16T19:14:00+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-16T19:05:07+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
+- **2021-06-16T22:09:57+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-18T18:12:48+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-21T17:43:38+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2021-06-23T00:38:57+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 23, 2021 Calendar.
+- **2021-06-23T17:52:09+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Power. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-06-26T17:19:39+00:00** President signed. `passage`
+- **2021-06-26T21:22:31+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2021-07-19T22:29:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2021-08-20T17:05:08+00:00** Chapter 582, 2021 Laws.
+- **2021-08-20T17:10:35+00:00** Effective date, July 19, 2021.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/018eda25-ee36-42f3-973f-10a3b8edc6ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).
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