---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to forfeiture of parent's share of child's estate; and declaring an emergency."
description: "<i>Modifies</i>]<b> Reduces</b> length of time of parental desertion or abandonment of child resulting in forfeiture of parent's intestate share of child's estate <i>and</i>]<b> or</b> parent's interest in property transferred from child to parent by transfer on death deed<b> in parental forfeiture action to one year if person who would benefit from forfeiture is child or sibling of deceased child or three years for all others</b>. Modifies burden of proof in <b>parental</b> forfeiture action to preponderance of evidence<b> if person who would benefit from forfeiture is child or sibling of deceased child</b>. Extends deadline for commencing parental forfeiture action to no later than one year after decedent's date of death if notice to interested persons not published."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 474"
citation: "Oregon SB 474 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Duane Stark", "Sara Gelser"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-02T21:41:21+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20953162-c118-4619-af2c-a2f893645897"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB474"
source_hash: "0f948fc484696b7c53cc2ab60f9df8d87bead1532839ded631f7b498cbb2a12e"
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 474 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to forfeiture of parent's share of child's estate; and declaring an emergency.

<i>Modifies</i>]<b> Reduces</b> length of time of parental desertion or abandonment of child resulting in forfeiture of parent's intestate share of child's estate <i>and</i>]<b> or</b> parent's interest in property transferred from child to parent by transfer on death deed<b> in parental forfeiture action to one year if person who would benefit from forfeiture is child or sibling of deceased child or three years for all others</b>. Modifies burden of proof in <b>parental</b> forfeiture action to preponderance of evidence<b> if person who would benefit from forfeiture is child or sibling of deceased child</b>. Extends deadline for commencing parental forfeiture action to no later than one year after decedent's date of death if notice to interested persons not published.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **House Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB474/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB474/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB474/A-Engrossed)
4. **HJUD Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/16403)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB474/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Stark. Passed. — **55–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Duane Stark — primary (person)
- Sara Gelser — primary (person)
- Arnie Roblan — cosponsor (person)
- Betsy Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Chuck Riley — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth Steiner Hayward — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd Prozanski — cosponsor (person)
- Ginny Burdick — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Barreto — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Golden — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Williamson — cosponsor (person)
- Karin Power — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Thatcher — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie Monnes Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Dembrow — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Wagner — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Noble — 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 Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-21T16:17:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-03-05T16:25:57+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05T18:13:36+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-07T20:16:32+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-11T17:27:13+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-15T23:12:32+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing cancelled.
- **2019-05-08T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-05-22T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-30T15:18:35+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-03T17:25:11+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-04T18:44:06+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Stark. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-11T18:27:54+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
- **2019-06-14T17:21:17+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-14T19:17:15+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-20T22:59:05+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-02T21:32:37+00:00** Chapter 461, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-07-02T21:41:21+00:00** Effective date, June 20, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20953162-c118-4619-af2c-a2f893645897`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).