---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to unmanned aircraft systems."
description: "Increases criminal penalties for <i>offense</i>] <b>offenses</b> relating to use of unmanned aircraft system to interfere with aircraft."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 581"
citation: "Oregon SB 581 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Floyd Prozanski"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-17T16:10:10+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2a00c62-953e-496d-a49f-d8e20dbd5e86"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB581"
source_hash: "4126891fcb7d32a32f53954b497abeb81762722a8246304123d35023a56b4a58"
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 581 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to unmanned aircraft systems.

Increases criminal penalties for <i>offense</i>] <b>offenses</b> relating to use of unmanned aircraft system to interfere with aircraft.

## 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/SB581/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB581/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB581/A-Engrossed)
4. **SJUD Amendment -3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/14843)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB581/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. — **55–2** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Floyd Prozanski — primary (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`
- **2019-02-11T16:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-01T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-10T16:10:17+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-11T16:40:54+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-15T18:19:36+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-16T17:26:26+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23T22:07:08+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-05-01T20:01:00+00:00** Work Session cancelled.
- **2019-05-16T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-22T23:09:47+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-23T17:20:48+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **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.
- **2019-05-30T03:22:24+00:00** Carried over to May 30, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-31T02:18:33+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-03T22:11:33+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-04T15:18:06+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-11T16:24:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-17T16:02:57+00:00** Chapter 337, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-06-17T16:10:10+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/a2a00c62-953e-496d-a49f-d8e20dbd5e86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).