---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to rights of foster children who are siblings."
description: "Requires Department of Human Services to adopt rules to establish Oregon Foster Children's Sibling Bill of Rights."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2216"
citation: "Oregon HB 2216 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carla Piluso", "Sara Gelser", "Susan McLain"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-22T20:07:54+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce0116fb-0af6-49ee-a9d9-b11f522dac06"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2216"
source_hash: "ae5f3ca6de5f99d94ca5a15dc8792135fc74d08543fc1f70dfff452f10b8e7f3"
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 HB 2216 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to rights of foster children who are siblings.

Requires Department of Human Services to adopt rules to establish Oregon Foster Children's Sibling Bill of Rights.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **House Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2216/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2216/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2216/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2216/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Piluso. Passed. — **59–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Carla Piluso — primary (person)
- Sara Gelser — primary (person)
- Susan McLain — primary (person)
- Alan Olsen — cosponsor (person)
- Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)
- Andy Olson — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Smith Warner — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Hayden — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Duane Stark — cosponsor (person)
- Gene Whisnant — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Jodi Hack — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Tawna Sanchez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-18T01:55:48+00:00** Referred to Human Services and Housing. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-02-16T16:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-03-09T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-03-14T19:48:52+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-15T16:10:05+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-03-16T18:43:57+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Piluso. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-20T16:13:39+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22T20:14:19+00:00** Referred to Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-19T20:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-24T20:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-05-01T15:31:45+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-01T18:25:38+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-02T19:26:00+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-04T21:23:46+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-09T18:48:15+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-15T21:48:06+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-22T20:07:54+00:00** Chapter 36, (2017 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce0116fb-0af6-49ee-a9d9-b11f522dac06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).