---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to death with dignity."
description: "Creates exception under Death with Dignity Act to 15-day waiting period for patient with less than 15 days to live. Creates exception to two-day waiting period for patient with less than two days to live."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 579"
citation: "Oregon SB 579 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elizabeth Steiner Hayward", "Floyd Prozanski", "Mitch Greenlick"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00"
last_action: "2019-08-08T20:20:47+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/747f877d-b235-419b-a095-8139dcbf068c"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB579"
source_hash: "5514cb67b06b78baf370f8fa2e6e1ca65999513befd60577aebbb593ae0e9d19"
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 579 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to death with dignity.

Creates exception under Death with Dignity Act to 15-day waiting period for patient with less than 15 days to live. Creates exception to two-day waiting period for patient with less than two days to live.

## 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/SB579/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB579/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **4–3** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–3** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — **16–11** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Greenlick. Passed. — **35–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Elizabeth Steiner Hayward — primary (person)
- Floyd Prozanski — primary (person)
- Mitch Greenlick — primary (person)
- Alissa Keny-Guyer — 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`
- **2019-01-17T16:49:08+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-05T16:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-08T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-16T15:28:45+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-16T17:31:03+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-20T18:30:39+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-22T15:59:24+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-28T17:57:19+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-06-10T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-06-12T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-14T21:20:16+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-18T03:26:31+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-18T22:25:32+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Greenlick. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-24T22:53:53+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-25T15:12:43+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-07-23T18:22:49+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-08T20:19:12+00:00** Chapter 624, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-08-08T20:20:47+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/747f877d-b235-419b-a095-8139dcbf068c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).