---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to screening newborns for diseases; and declaring an emergency."
description: "<i>Directs Oregon Health Authority to adopt rules requiring infants to be screened to detect certain diseases.</i>]"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2563"
citation: "Oregon HB 2563 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cedric Hayden", "Janeen Sollman", "Sheri Schouten", "Susan McLain"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-17T21:23:03+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f6e1ec1-d569-497b-a704-28c0b4336b91"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2563"
source_hash: "0ba2c46d2c23b1edcf2b87e26b2abe8f9d79829d8fd874096e262ad7c9800234"
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 2563 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to screening newborns for diseases; and declaring an emergency.

<i>Directs Oregon Health Authority to adopt rules requiring infants to be screened to detect certain diseases.</i>]

## 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/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2563/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2563/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2563/A-Engrossed)
4. **HHC Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/14243)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2563/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Beyer. Passed. — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by McLain. Passed. — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cedric Hayden — primary (person)
- Janeen Sollman — primary (person)
- Sheri Schouten — primary (person)
- Susan McLain — primary (person)
- Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)
- Andrea Salinas — cosponsor (person)
- Anna Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Smith Warner — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Hansell — cosponsor (person)
- Brad Witt — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Prusak — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Alonso Leon — 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`
- **2019-01-15T23:56:58+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-03-19T22:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-03-25T23:24:38+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26T18:24:10+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-27T20:06:25+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 28, 2019 Calendar.
- **2019-03-28T18:50:48+00:00** Third reading. Carried by McLain. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-01T16:32:54+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02T16:07:45+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-22T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-30T15:36:47+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-30T17:27:27+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-02T19:17:16+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Beyer. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-06T15:56:10+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-06T21:16:52+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-13T16:27:05+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-17T21:23:03+00:00** Chapter 109, (2019 Laws): Effective date May 13, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f6e1ec1-d569-497b-a704-28c0b4336b91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).