---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the State Board of Geologist Examiners."
description: "Authorizes State Board of Geologist Examiners to enter into interagency agreement with another state agency to provide for sharing of administrator."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 44"
citation: "Oregon SB 44 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-17T15:50:03+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/873dee8a-c649-4cac-80be-325c2682ae8a"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB44"
source_hash: "beba0fc562ef822833208abbe27169fe462429e65c09b04150bb8bb6a72529c4"
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 44 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to the State Board of Geologist Examiners.

Authorizes State Board of Geologist Examiners to enter into interagency agreement with another state agency to provide for sharing of administrator.

## 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/SB44/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB44/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Smith Warner. Passed. — **46–13** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Girod. Passed. — **22–7** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **3–1** (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 Business and General Government. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-24T16:32:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-01-29T16:50:10+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-29T20:13:22+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-01-31T19:52:01+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Girod. 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 Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-17T00:32:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-05-17T21:49:39+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-22T17:29:40+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-24T04:43:42+00:00** Carried over to May 27, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-27T18:12:22+00:00** Carried over to May 28, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-29T01:47:35+00:00** Carried over to May 29, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-30T02:12:02+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Smith Warner. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-03T15:49:24+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-03T19:00:48+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-07T21:02:48+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-17T15:48:48+00:00** Chapter 277, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-06-17T15:50:03+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/873dee8a-c649-4cac-80be-325c2682ae8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).