---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to benefit protection for living organ donors."
description: "Makes period of absence for donation of body part, organ or tissue \"serious health condition\" for which family leave may be taken."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 796"
citation: "Oregon SB 796 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sara Gelser", "Tiffiny Mitchell"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-19T17:43:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-17T15:46:43+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8ef8cac-75ad-4c98-926b-1d84e2b4a6ce"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB796"
source_hash: "748bc95f93bec76901ae77d95484f16fa7aa5d7c30545d9a80b2b4c8ea3cdb67"
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 796 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to benefit protection for living organ donors.

Makes period of absence for donation of body part, organ or tissue "serious health condition" for which family leave may be taken.

## 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/SB796/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB796/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. — **28–1** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Mitchell. Passed. — **60–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sara Gelser — primary (person)
- Tiffiny Mitchell — primary (person)
- Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)
- Anna Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Hayden — cosponsor (person)
- Cheri Helt — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie Monnes Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Mitch Greenlick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-19T17:43:00+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20T21:21:45+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-01T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-08T15:55:20+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08T17:15:19+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-09T18:24:52+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-10T16:06:01+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17T23:14:04+00:00** Referred to Business and Labor. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-05-13T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-14T22:28:47+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-15T16:49:35+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16T18:33:40+00:00** Carried over to May 17, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-17T18:57:34+00:00** Carried over to May 20, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-20T19:29:22+00:00** Carried over to May 21, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-21T19:06:09+00:00** Carried over to May 22, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-23T03:28:37+00:00** Carried over to May 23, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-24T04:43:42+00:00** Carried over to May 27, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **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.
- **2019-05-29T18:34:14+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Mitchell. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-30T22:42:41+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-31T02:15:48+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-06T22:58:20+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-17T15:45:02+00:00** Chapter 265, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-06-17T15:46:43+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/a8ef8cac-75ad-4c98-926b-1d84e2b4a6ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).