---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to broadband internet access service."
description: "Expands purposes of plan of assistance established by Public Utility Commission under Oregon Telephone Assistance Program to include supporting broadband internet access service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 69"
citation: "Oregon SB 69 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-10T16:49:12+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07fcaff7-aa4b-40bb-965f-43ee7f02b0f4"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB69"
source_hash: "2f2c026e6f18fe67c7021fa93b03e0587c0020e025ea511c0c367600becc794f"
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 69 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to broadband internet access service.

Expands purposes of plan of assistance established by Public Utility Commission under Oregon Telephone Assistance Program to include supporting broadband internet access service.

## 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/SB69/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB69/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Bonham. Passed. — **53–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Hass. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## 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 Business and General Government. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31T16:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-02-05T17:43:24+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-05T18:56:31+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-02-07T19:24:03+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hass. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-11T17:06:18+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14T17:42:55+00:00** Referred to Economic Development. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-17T20:01:00+00:00** Work Session cancelled.
- **2019-04-22T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-25T16:04:48+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-25T18:15:50+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-29T18:57:24+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Bonham. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-30T20:31:52+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-01T16:50:12+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-07T16:37:07+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-10T16:48:30+00:00** Chapter 91, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-05-10T16:49:12+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/07fcaff7-aa4b-40bb-965f-43ee7f02b0f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).