---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to policies on student suicide prevention; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Requires school district to adopt policy <b>requiring comprehensive district plan</b> on student suicide prevention. Prescribes requirements of <i>policy</i>]<b> plan</b>."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 52"
citation: "Oregon SB 52 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arnie Roblan", "Barbara Smith Warner", "Jennifer Williamson", "Karin Power", "Margaret Doherty", "Rob Nosse", "Rob Wagner"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-10T16:12:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7060d424-bb53-4bf7-948e-05e621e5ed89"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB52"
source_hash: "66c11a330b511409aa8d0a7534de89cb90f6fff5a7381196aacec38a34ef0d94"
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 52 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to policies on student suicide prevention; and declaring an emergency.

Requires school district to adopt policy <b>requiring comprehensive district plan</b> on student suicide prevention. Prescribes requirements of <i>policy</i>]<b> plan</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/SB52/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB52/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB52/A-Engrossed)
4. **SED Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/13840)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB52/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading as Special Order of Business. Carried by Smith Warner. Passed. — **55–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Wagner. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Arnie Roblan — primary (person)
- Barbara Smith Warner — primary (person)
- Jennifer Williamson — primary (person)
- Karin Power — primary (person)
- Margaret Doherty — primary (person)
- Rob Nosse — primary (person)
- Rob Wagner — primary (person)
- Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)
- Andrea Salinas — cosponsor (person)
- Anna Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Post — cosponsor (person)
- Brad Witt — cosponsor (person)
- Carla Piluso — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Hayden — cosponsor (person)
- Cheri Helt — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Gorsek — cosponsor (person)
- Christine Drazan — cosponsor (person)
- Chuck Riley — cosponsor (person)
- Courtney Neron — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Bonham — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- David Gomberg — cosponsor (person)
- Diego Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Duane Stark — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth Steiner Hayward — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd Prozanski — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Leif — cosponsor (person)
- Ginny Burdick — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Barreto — cosponsor (person)
- Jack Zika — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Golden — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Reardon — cosponsor (person)
- John Lively — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Helm — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Thatcher — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie Monnes Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
- Lynn Findley — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Hass — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Dembrow — cosponsor (person)
- Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Courtney — cosponsor (person)
- Rep Boles — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Gelser — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly Boshart Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Shemia Fagan — cosponsor (person)
- Sheri Schouten — cosponsor (person)
- Sherrie Sprenger — cosponsor (person)
- Tawna Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Alonso Leon — cosponsor (person)
- Tiffiny Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Tina Kotek — 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`
- **2019-01-15T16:47:07+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-02-20T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-02-25T19:01:23+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26T19:17:50+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-02-28T20:03:17+00:00** Taken from 02-28 Calendar and placed on 03-05 Calendar on voice vote.
- **2019-03-05T19:54:44+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Wagner. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-06T17:11:42+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11T23:48:47+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-22T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-29T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-02T23:06:29+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-06T20:34:06+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-07T19:10:54+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 8, 2019 Calendar.
- **2019-05-08T19:50:15+00:00** Carried over to May 9, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **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.
- **2019-05-16T19:17:09+00:00** Rules suspended. Made a Special Order of Business on May 17, 2019 Calendar.
- **2019-05-17T17:41:17+00:00** Third reading as Special Order of Business. Carried by Smith Warner. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-20T22:53:32+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-20T23:28:40+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-24T18:58:17+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10T16:05:04+00:00** Chapter 172, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-06-10T16:12:23+00:00** Effective date, May 24, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7060d424-bb53-4bf7-948e-05e621e5ed89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).