---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to abuse of elderly persons."
description: "Modifies Elderly Persons and Persons With Disabilities Abuse Prevention Act to apply to elderly persons who are residents of long term care facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 729"
citation: "Oregon SB 729 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-31T17:36:05+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-10T16:49:12+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53006f5d-6a3b-4590-8ac0-1ba138e764d7"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB729"
source_hash: "25688e4045c7de935fa05d80fe15f333d6469b5d3909c87d2f6082c5f8e10e07"
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 729 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to abuse of elderly persons.

Modifies Elderly Persons and Persons With Disabilities Abuse Prevention Act to apply to elderly persons who are residents of long term care facilities.

## 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/SB729/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB729/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Linthicum. Passed. — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by McLane. Passed. — **51–1** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-31T17:36:05+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01T21:41:32+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07T16:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-03-11T15:44:44+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-11T17:22:09+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-12T19:23:27+00:00** Carried over to 03-14 by unanimous consent.
- **2019-03-14T18:33:46+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Linthicum. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-18T16:43:26+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20T15:47:27+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-04-23T23:15:12+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-24T18:49:12+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-25T18:44:51+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 29, 2019 Calendar.
- **2019-04-29T18:23:11+00:00** Third reading. Carried by McLane. 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 93, 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/53006f5d-6a3b-4590-8ac0-1ba138e764d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).