---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to ALS Awareness Month; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Designates May of each year as ALS Awareness Month."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2317"
citation: "Oregon HB 2317 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel Bonham", "Margaret Doherty"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-27T16:46:56+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e4086b6-9bb5-450a-9cf8-1787ef9beb41"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2317"
source_hash: "2191e19f399d8b185121a414eec8953d766160f616d31fe9a84ca461692d7089"
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 2317 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to ALS Awareness Month; and declaring an emergency.

Designates May of each year as ALS Awareness Month.

## 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/HB2317/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2317/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Beyer. Passed. — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Doherty, Bonham. Passed. — **58–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daniel Bonham — primary (person)
- Margaret Doherty — primary (person)
- Alan Olsen — cosponsor (person)
- Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)
- Andrea Salinas — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Clem — cosponsor (person)
- Carl Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Carla Piluso — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Hayden — cosponsor (person)
- Cheri Helt — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Gorsek — cosponsor (person)
- Christine Drazan — cosponsor (person)
- Courtney Neron — cosponsor (person)
- David Gomberg — cosponsor (person)
- Duane Stark — cosponsor (person)
- E. Werner Reschke — cosponsor (person)
- Fred Girod — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Leif — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Barreto — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Jack Zika — cosponsor (person)
- Janelle Bynum — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Reardon — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Williamson — cosponsor (person)
- John Lively — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
- Karin Power — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Helm — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Wilde — cosponsor (person)
- Mike McLane — cosponsor (person)
- Mitch Greenlick — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Holvey — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Prusak — cosponsor (person)
- Rep Boles — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly Boshart Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Shemia Fagan — cosponsor (person)
- Sheri Schouten — cosponsor (person)
- Susan McLain — cosponsor (person)
- Tiffiny Mitchell — cosponsor (person)

## 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`
- **2019-01-18T19:43:45+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29T23:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-02-05T19:06:06+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-06T16:51:37+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-02-07T19:21:26+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Doherty, Bonham. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-12T17:20:27+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14T18:45:53+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04T21:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-03-07T16:36:03+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07T20:11:29+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-11T18:54:56+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Beyer. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-12T17:17:31+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-03-13T22:36:56+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-03-20T22:17:29+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-27T16:46:56+00:00** Chapter 4, (2019 Laws): Effective date March 20, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e4086b6-9bb5-450a-9cf8-1787ef9beb41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).