---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to disabled person parking permits."
description: "Allows person issued disabled parking permit to park in parking space otherwise reserved for residents."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 438"
citation: "Oregon SB 438 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hansell", "Lew Frederick", "Pam Marsh"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-17T15:57:34+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60a8ce14-f1d9-47b0-b03c-6e83e5ea7e86"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB438"
source_hash: "56d6e1f66a5de8c4145bc2b601bfc36b0d8123c0489e895eee726aca648684ef"
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 438 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to disabled person parking permits.

Allows person issued disabled parking permit to park in parking space otherwise reserved for residents.

## 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/SB438/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB438/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Frederick. Passed. — **26–2** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Noble. Passed. — **54–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bill Hansell — primary (person)
- Lew Frederick — primary (person)
- Pam Marsh — primary (person)
- Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)
- Arnie Roblan — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Thatcher — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Dembrow — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Gelser — cosponsor (person)

## 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 Business and General Government. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26T16:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-03-04T16:49:20+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-04T18:16:42+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-05T20:14:56+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Frederick. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-06T17:11:42+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11T20:46:59+00:00** Referred to Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-23T00:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-05-30T16:12:10+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-30T17:34:33+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-03T21:15:53+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Noble. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-04T23:19:29+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-05T15:29:35+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-11T16:24:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-17T15:51:14+00:00** Chapter 332, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-06-17T15:57:34+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/60a8ce14-f1d9-47b0-b03c-6e83e5ea7e86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).