---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to regulation of lawyers; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Removes provisions prohibiting Oregon State Bar from charging membership fees to members admitted to practice law for 50 years or more."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 358"
citation: "Oregon SB 358 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-10T16:10:41+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8c986e5-82a0-4e5f-af6a-d548b5c0fa2a"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB358"
source_hash: "f6e554587500e9f58b03f33cc191afa0cb40b4f1be24ae64184d3d379e60582e"
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 358 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to regulation of lawyers; and prescribing an effective date.

Removes provisions prohibiting Oregon State Bar from charging membership fees to members admitted to practice law for 50 years or more.

## 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/SB358/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB358/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB358/A-Engrossed)
4. **SJUD Amendment -5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/14558)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB358/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Power. Passed. — **47–8** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–0** (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`
- **2019-01-16T17:20:23+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30T16:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-03-26T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-03-29T18:16:38+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-01T17:43:44+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-02T18:58:11+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-03T16:22:04+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11T00:00:44+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session cancelled.
- **2019-04-30T20:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-05-02T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-07T23:29:25+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-08T19:07:58+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-09T19:03:10+00:00** Carried over to May 13, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-13T23:01:03+00:00** Carried over to May 14, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-14T19:29:10+00:00** Carried over to May 15, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-15T19:27:33+00:00** Carried over to May 16, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-16T18:33:40+00:00** Carried over to May 17, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-17T18:57:34+00:00** Carried over to May 20, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-20T19:29:22+00:00** Carried over to May 21, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-21T19:06:09+00:00** Carried over to May 22, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-23T02:30:42+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Power. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-28T16:32:42+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-28T20:57:27+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-04T22:07:40+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10T16:05:04+00:00** Chapter 248, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-06-10T16:10:41+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/f8c986e5-82a0-4e5f-af6a-d548b5c0fa2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).