---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to adjustments to limitations under the Oregon Tort Claims Act; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Changes index for determining cost of living adjustments to limitations on damages under Oregon Tort Claims Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 186"
citation: "Oregon SB 186 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-29T16:55:21+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6fdcf92e-27f1-4db8-85ad-0a36edc82f40"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB186"
source_hash: "6b46970dca08bab726061322ca0ccbb064af4823db35376940705d164c0d357c"
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 186 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to adjustments to limitations under the Oregon Tort Claims Act; and declaring an emergency.

Changes index for determining cost of living adjustments to limitations on damages under Oregon Tort Claims Act.

## 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/SB186/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB186/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB186/A-Engrossed)
4. **SJUD Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/13639)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB186/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. — **28–1** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Williamson. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## 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`
- **2019-01-15T16:47:07+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-22T16:32:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-01-28T17:13:25+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-29T20:13:22+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-01-31T20:04:01+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-04T16:42:39+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11T18:00:51+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-03-13T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-03-19T15:31:21+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19T18:30:52+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-20T18:24:38+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Williamson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-25T15:59:21+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-03-25T17:21:57+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-03-27T19:29:31+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-29T16:54:11+00:00** Chapter 12, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-03-29T16:55:21+00:00** Effective date, March 27, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6fdcf92e-27f1-4db8-85ad-0a36edc82f40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).