---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to public safety; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Directs Attorney General to appoint members with certain <b>backgrounds or</b> qualifications to batterers' intervention program standards advisory committee. Specifies requirements for program standards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2018 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 1543"
citation: "Oregon SB 1543 (2018 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-22T18:07:44+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-17T16:33:16+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/829442c7-f7aa-4278-97ac-80a835b75a12"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Measures/Overview/SB1543"
source_hash: "caae194ba8cf4d7ecc7b850938230a552b8311a7a843e9ada32cb7c11db4828a"
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 1543 (2018 Regular Session) — Relating to public safety; and declaring an emergency.

Directs Attorney General to appoint members with certain <b>backgrounds or</b> qualifications to batterers' intervention program standards advisory committee. Specifies requirements for program standards.

## 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/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1543/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1543/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1543/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1543/B-Engrossed)
5. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1543/House Amendments to A-Engrossed)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1543/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Williamson. Passed. — **59–0** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. — **29–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — **26–3** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **10–0** (pass) · legislature

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-22T18:07:44+00:00** Presession Released to the Public.
- **2018-02-05T15:42:35+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05T16:42:14+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08T16:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2018-02-15T16:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2018-02-20T00:08:28+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-20T18:02:38+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2018-02-21T19:07:15+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-21T19:27:42+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22T17:37:09+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2018-02-27T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2018-03-01T21:00:40+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-02T18:43:26+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2018-03-03T19:03:13+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Williamson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-03T22:33:59+00:00** Rules suspended. Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
- **2018-03-06T23:56:11+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-07T00:24:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-04-13T15:27:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-17T16:29:44+00:00** Chapter 120, 2018 Laws.
- **2018-04-17T16:33:16+00:00** Effective date, April 13, 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/829442c7-f7aa-4278-97ac-80a835b75a12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).