---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to excused absences from school; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Expands reasons for excused absences from school to include mental or behavioral health."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2191"
citation: "Oregon HB 2191 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-21T19:27:42+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09bbe340-6b78-4d2f-8c37-514be97fafc6"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2191"
source_hash: "5c0df4e52a71f9f4fbed826d71701ed05e17aa7128dee6cc989d993f821b0e9c"
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 2191 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to excused absences from school; and declaring an emergency.

Expands reasons for excused absences from school to include mental or behavioral health.

## 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/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2191/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2191/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2191/A-Engrossed)
4. **SED Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/16096)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2191/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Wagner. Passed. — **22–6** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–2** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Helt. Passed. — **48–12** (pass) · lower
- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **54–6** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-15T23:56:58+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-02-18T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-02-22T16:59:08+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-25T19:13:51+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-02-26T19:29:59+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Helt. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-26T19:30:00+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Smith DB, Wallan.
- **2019-02-28T16:56:49+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06T18:40:35+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-22T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-05-13T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-17T16:03:04+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-20T17:44:52+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21T16:53:45+00:00** Carried over to 05-22 by unanimous consent.
- **2019-05-22T18:00:48+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Wagner. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-05T21:54:36+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2019-06-07T21:28:31+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-10T16:30:05+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-17T20:11:08+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-21T19:27:42+00:00** Chapter 393, (2019 Laws): Effective date July 1, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09bbe340-6b78-4d2f-8c37-514be97fafc6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).