Legislation: batch D — NY OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TX UT

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

legislation/us/states/or/2021-regular-session/sb-565.md

@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to slayers; and declaring an emergency."
+description: "Modifies definition of \"slayer\" to include individuals who are found responsible or guilty except for insanity of taking person's life."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
+legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
+session: "2021 Regular Session"
+identifier: "SB 565"
+citation: "Oregon SB 565 (2021 Regular Session)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kim Thatcher", "Sara Gelser Blouin"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-06-10T18:49:52+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9c3ef38-b6cc-41ce-8120-971f983d7413"
+source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB565"
+source_hash: "12f5fa2fa27344611b84ad0a41f10a378b67fc9257b2089256a865b271519b96"
+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 565 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to slayers; and declaring an emergency.
+
+Modifies definition of "slayer" to include individuals who are found responsible or guilty except for insanity of taking person's life.
+
+## 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/SB565/Introduced)
+2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB565/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
+3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB565/A-Engrossed)
+4. **SJD110 Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/19357)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB565/Enrolled)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Heard and Reported Out — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third reading. Carried by Wallan. Passed. — **54–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. — **26–3** (pass) · upper
+- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–3** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kim Thatcher — primary (person)
+- Sara Gelser Blouin — primary (person)
+- Bill Kennemer — cosponsor (person)
+- James Manning Jr. — 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 Judiciary and Ballot Measure 110 Implementation. `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-22T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
+- **2021-03-29T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2021-04-13T19:48:07+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-14T17:50:57+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-15T19:32:34+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-16T02:32:30+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-15T19:33:34+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
+- **2021-04-20T22:23:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-29T20:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
+- **2021-05-06T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2021-05-11T16:00:38+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-11T18:40:04+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-12T19:27:08+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 13, 2021 Calendar.
+- **2021-05-13T19:08:28+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Wallan. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-05-14T18:54:17+00:00** President signed. `passage`
+- **2021-05-17T18:03:11+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2021-05-21T15:38:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-10T18:23:55+00:00** Chapter 81, 2021 Laws.
+- **2021-06-10T18:49:52+00:00** Effective date, May 21, 2021.
+- **2021-03-25T15:16:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9c3ef38-b6cc-41ce-8120-971f983d7413`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).
+