---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to district attorney policies."
description: "Directs district attorney of each county to, no later than December 1, 2020, develop and adopt policies relating to discovery, charging decisions<b>,</b> <i>and case disposition</i>]<b> sentencing and program recommendations and other specified subjects,</b> and to make policies available to public on website. Requires review and readoption of policies every five years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 3224"
citation: "Oregon HB 3224 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carla Piluso", "Jennifer Williamson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-28T17:37:31+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-02T21:19:47+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3873f85-2e63-45a5-9ef9-886aeca791a9"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB3224"
source_hash: "ae3c6490453f227ba66ed05f3ff5e92a736bf9c99e74ca0eaceabed2a53c0f73"
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 3224 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to district attorney policies.

Directs district attorney of each county to, no later than December 1, 2020, develop and adopt policies relating to discovery, charging decisions<b>,</b> <i>and case disposition</i>]<b> sentencing and program recommendations and other specified subjects,</b> and to make policies available to public on website. Requires review and readoption of policies every five years.

## 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/HB3224/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3224/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3224/A-Engrossed)
4. **SJUD Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/16365)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3224/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Piluso. Passed. — **34–24** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **6–5** (pass) · lower
- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **40–19** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Linthicum. Passed. — **26–2** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carla Piluso — primary (person)
- Jennifer Williamson — primary (person)
- Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Boquist — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Gorsek — cosponsor (person)
- Dennis Linthicum — cosponsor (person)
- Diego Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Dembrow — cosponsor (person)
- Shemia Fagan — cosponsor (person)
- Susan McLain — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-28T17:37:31+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07T00:07:36+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-04T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-22T15:55:20+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-22T17:51:16+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-23T21:20:50+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 24, 2019 Calendar.
- **2019-04-24T18:15:39+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Piluso. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-24T18:16:39+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Smith DB.
- **2019-04-25T16:36:44+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-26T20:13:22+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-22T15:32:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-05-28T21:32:52+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-29T17:40:15+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-30T16:36:42+00:00** Carried over to 06-03 by unanimous consent.
- **2019-06-03T20:11:15+00:00** Carried over to 06-04 by unanimous consent.
- **2019-06-04T19:15:04+00:00** Carried over to 06-05 by unanimous consent.
- **2019-06-05T18:46:18+00:00** Carried over to 06-06 by unanimous consent.
- **2019-06-06T18:53:02+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Linthicum. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-11T17:58:52+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2019-06-12T21:31:14+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-14T17:21:17+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-20T22:17:13+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-02T21:19:47+00:00** Chapter 446, (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/e3873f85-2e63-45a5-9ef9-886aeca791a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).