---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to animal euthanasia."
description: "Allows use of sedative and analgesic medications when euthanizing animals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 71"
citation: "Oregon SB 71 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-24T19:25:57+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d71fc6c-c5c0-4fcf-b1cc-5e71507856a4"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB71"
source_hash: "e334c1c1759970b0483bfacf5e997b0d83e8b20f7adc013bc6163fd77fca9fc5"
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 71 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to animal euthanasia.

Allows use of sedative and analgesic medications when euthanizing animals.

## 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/SB71/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB71/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Doherty. Passed. — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Olsen. Passed. — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## 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`
- **2019-01-15T23:44:19+00:00** Referred to Business and General Government. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29T16:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-03-05T16:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-03-11T15:44:24+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-11T17:22:09+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-12T18:57:34+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Olsen. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-13T16:57:40+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19T23:31:31+00:00** Referred to Business and Labor. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-22T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-25T23:04:34+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-29T17:22:39+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-30T22:40:06+00:00** Carried over to May 1, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-02T00:28:13+00:00** Carried over to May 2, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-02T18:46:29+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 6, 2019 Calendar.
- **2019-05-06T20:34:06+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 7, 2019 Calendar.
- **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.
- **2019-05-09T18:31:46+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Doherty. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-13T21:32:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-14T00:06:22+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-20T22:48:22+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-24T19:24:18+00:00** Chapter 126, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-05-24T19:25:57+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/1d71fc6c-c5c0-4fcf-b1cc-5e71507856a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).