---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to criminal records checks."
description: "Requires agencies of state government to <i>use Department of State Police for purposes of requesting</i>] <b>conduct</b> criminal records checks relating to employment by agency<b> through Department of State Police</b>."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 775"
citation: "Oregon SB 775 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lew Frederick", "Michael Dembrow", "Sen Winters", "Tawna Sanchez"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-12T17:20:27+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-21T20:13:38+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35bf85a1-c6f5-4262-b46e-be9b1aa03a27"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB775"
source_hash: "b5bd0ea98978f7b5aaf1e75a57bceb84db1bcdf9caaf5fd564620c53c5d93a1f"
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 775 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to criminal records checks.

Requires agencies of state government to <i>use Department of State Police for purposes of requesting</i>] <b>conduct</b> criminal records checks relating to employment by agency<b> through Department of State Police</b>.

## 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/SB775/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB775/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB775/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB775/B-Engrossed)
5. **HJUD Amendment -A7** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/16384)
6. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB775/House Amendments to A-Engrossed)
7. **SJUD Amendment -5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/15769)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB775/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Lewis. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lew Frederick — primary (person)
- Michael Dembrow — primary (person)
- Sen Winters — primary (person)
- Tawna Sanchez — primary (person)
- Anna Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Leif — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-12T17:20:27+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14T18:45:53+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25T15:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-04T15:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-09T15:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-19T16:32:45+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-22T17:44:32+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-23T19:15:08+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-24T16:26:21+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-26T21:22:29+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-05-22T00:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-28T21:16:00+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-29T17:00:01+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-31T02:53:26+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 3, 2019 Calendar.
- **2019-06-03T18:27:03+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Lewis. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-06T18:20:59+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
- **2019-06-07T18:33:53+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-07T21:28:31+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-17T20:34:48+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-21T20:04:28+00:00** Chapter 424, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-06-21T20:13:38+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/35bf85a1-c6f5-4262-b46e-be9b1aa03a27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).