---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to access to educational facilities; and declaring an emergency."
description: "<i>Requires school districts to ensure that all students of school district have equal access to educational facilities. Prohibits certain requirements or restrictions from being imposed on</i>] <b>Prohibits school district from restricting access by alternative education students, English language learners or special education students<b> to specialized learning areas and certain common areas</b>."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 496"
citation: "Oregon SB 496 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sara Gelser"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
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/e800739a-8078-47d5-b312-76cd32fedc86"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB496"
source_hash: "f739e3781a35cec593747a2bb47ec9aad15edeab6f72ba230fe4a0944f3d115e"
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 496 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to access to educational facilities; and declaring an emergency.

<i>Requires school districts to ensure that all students of school district have equal access to educational facilities. Prohibits certain requirements or restrictions from being imposed on</i>] <b>Prohibits school district from restricting access by alternative education students, English language learners or special education students<b> to specialized learning areas and certain common areas</b>.

## 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/SB496/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB496/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB496/A-Engrossed)
4. **SED Amendment -3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/15324)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB496/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Alonso Leon. Passed. — **56–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sara Gelser — primary (person)
- Rob Wagner — cosponsor (person)
- Tawna Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Alonso Leon — 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 Education. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-08T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-16T15:52:02+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-17T17:07:09+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-18T18:45:59+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-22T16:51:17+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-26T21:22:29+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-05-20T22:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-24T01:05:33+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-28T18:29:45+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-30T03:22:24+00:00** Carried over to May 30, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-31T02:51:43+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 3, 2019 Calendar.
- **2019-06-03T17:45:17+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Alonso Leon. 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 334, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-06-17T15:57:34+00:00** Effective date, July 1, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e800739a-8078-47d5-b312-76cd32fedc86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).