---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to death benefits under the Public Employees Retirement System."
description: "Establishes alternate death benefit for surviving spouse of member of Public Employees Retirement System who dies before retirement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2417"
citation: "Oregon HB 2417 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-02T21:19:47+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be1d56fd-d7db-455a-b005-31d5c88b986f"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2417"
source_hash: "8ae6a2baa10b347bd3f3b09e46aeb2eae59f41ba9db892e32695eb9b05ab5825"
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 2417 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to death benefits under the Public Employees Retirement System.

Establishes alternate death benefit for surviving spouse of member of Public Employees Retirement System who dies before retirement.

## 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/HB2417/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2417/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Roblan. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Bonham. Passed. — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **36–0** (pass) · legislature

## 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 Business and Labor. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-09T00:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-15T23:23:07+00:00** Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Ways and Means.
- **2019-04-15T23:23:08+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-21T18:42:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On General Government. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-29T22:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2019-05-29T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-31T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-05T19:25:20+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-06T17:36:16+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-10T17:22:04+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Bonham. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-11T15:42:03+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12T15:32:26+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-13T15:25:25+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-13T23:13:10+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-17T18:49:34+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Roblan. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-18T20:39:04+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-19T19:20:30+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-25T21:33:26+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-02T21:19:47+00:00** Chapter 487, (2019 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be1d56fd-d7db-455a-b005-31d5c88b986f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).