---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the ABLE program; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Provides that Oregon 529 Savings Board may collect certain fees to defray costs of ABLE program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 163"
citation: "Oregon SB 163 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-09T21:27:08+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/325690cc-33f3-4870-bd75-55fe0c48671b"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB163"
source_hash: "dc7679c2fa0f2f0e1332f14092a9d9b472f5b7b66ea407089d76c9d17255dff1"
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 SB 163 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to the ABLE program; and prescribing an effective date.

Provides that Oregon 529 Savings Board may collect certain fees to defray costs of ABLE program.

## 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/SB163/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB163/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Marsh. Passed. — **54–6** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Wagner. Passed. — **20–9** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **34–2** (pass) · legislature

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-15T23:44:19+00:00** Referred to Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-21T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-02-26T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-03-06T21:10:10+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06T21:10:11+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-17T19:22:00+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.
- **2019-06-06T15:34:43+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-06T16:48:46+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-10T19:16:40+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Wagner. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-10T19:17:40+00:00** Hass declared potential conflict of interest.
- **2019-06-11T16:07:11+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11T21:30:33+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12T19:43:08+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-13T18:56:16+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-18T03:29:47+00:00** Carried over to June 18, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-06-18T18:31:50+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Marsh. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-19T22:24:21+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-20T15:25:26+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-27T18:59:46+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-09T21:24:42+00:00** Chapter 511, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-07-09T21:27:08+00:00** Effective date, September 29, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/325690cc-33f3-4870-bd75-55fe0c48671b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).