---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to persons with disabilities."
description: "Permits Oregon Public Guardian and Conservator to establish county, regional and statewide high-risk teams to <i>determine</i>]<b> identify</b> options available for addressing safety risks facing highly vulnerable adults."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 31"
citation: "Oregon SB 31 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-20T15:59:40+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99e5853d-b245-4567-abef-963134f43dcb"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB31"
source_hash: "bec9ccf9be951acc0651816bdfc5c3a76b2d3dcb97b041fc167cfbe4b8a8d0e8"
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 31 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to persons with disabilities.

Permits Oregon Public Guardian and Conservator to establish county, regional and statewide high-risk teams to <i>determine</i>]<b> identify</b> options available for addressing safety risks facing highly vulnerable adults.

## 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/SB31/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB31/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB31/A-Engrossed)
4. **SHS Amendment -3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/14007)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB31/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. — **55–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## 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, then Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-03-05T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-03-06T21:10:02+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Judiciary by prior reference. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06T21:10:03+00:00** Referred to Judiciary by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13T15:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-03-19T15:52:23+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19T16:17:18+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-21T18:39:08+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-25T16:24:45+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26T17:57:48+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-23T20:01:00+00:00** Work Session cancelled.
- **2019-04-22T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-26T21:53:26+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-29T17:22:39+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-30T19:08:11+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-03T21:32:19+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-06T17:17:13+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-13T16:30:59+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-20T15:58:55+00:00** Chapter 96, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-05-20T15:59:40+00:00** 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/99e5853d-b245-4567-abef-963134f43dcb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).