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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to older foster children."
+description: "Modifies independent living requirements for older foster children. Authorizes the Department of Human Services to exempt an individual placed in a household by the department before the individual turned 18 from applicable background check requirements after the individual attains 18 years of age."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
+legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
+session: "2025R1"
+identifier: "SB 944"
+citation: "Oregon SB 944 (2025R1)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2025-01-28T19:02:06+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-06-20T20:17:59+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7407bf4d-3dbb-4f31-baaf-68575f9bdf8e"
+source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB944"
+source_hash: "ed0f4cafe247299efe896bffb19ba6425fdbeb2149bd8ce7860bca1b797a0800"
+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 (2025R1) — Relating to older foster children.
+
+Modifies independent living requirements for older foster children. Authorizes the Department of Human Services to exempt an individual placed in a household by the department before the individual turned 18 from applicable background check requirements after the individual attains 18 years of age.
+
+## 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/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB944/Introduced)
+2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB944/Enrolled)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third reading. Carried by Scharf. Passed. — **52–0** (pass) · lower
+- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third reading. Carried by Linthicum. Passed. — **26–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-28T19:02:06+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-28T19:37:34+00:00** Referred to Human Services. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-20T16:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
+- **2025-03-20T15:47:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2025-03-27T16:11:03+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-27T19:39:46+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-31T19:15:19+00:00** Carried over to 04-01 by unanimous consent.
+- **2025-04-01T19:07:22+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Linthicum. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-04-01T20:08:54+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-07T17:30:40+00:00** Referred to Early Childhood and Human Services. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-24T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
+- **2025-05-20T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2025-05-22T18:40:57+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-27T19:09:56+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-28T20:23:29+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 29, 2025 Calendar.
+- **2025-05-29T22:05:03+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 2, 2025 Calendar.
+- **2025-06-02T20:50:42+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 3, 2025 Calendar.
+- **2025-06-03T19:20:55+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Scharf. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-06-04T19:32:26+00:00** President signed. `passage`
+- **2025-06-04T22:59:38+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2025-06-11T21:26:16+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-06-20T18:52:40+00:00** Chapter 317, 2025 Laws.
+- **2025-06-20T20:17:59+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2026.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7407bf4d-3dbb-4f31-baaf-68575f9bdf8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).
+