---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to determining the fitness of individuals to provide care using public funds."
description: "Requires Department of Human Services and Oregon Health Authority to prescribe by rule criteria <i>for</i>]<b> to be considered in</b> making fitness <i>determinations</i>]<b> determination findings of abuse</b>. Provides subject individuals with right to contested case hearing to challenge evaluation of fitness."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 809"
citation: "Oregon SB 809 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Gorsek", "Sara Gelser"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-19T17:36:52+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-09T21:27:08+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2af5954-9a4f-41ba-bb43-2984c191cbbc"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB809"
source_hash: "161a7fbd5b8b518d1c8443fa9557531cd059b29ac8fb33024aaee4a398b9410b"
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 809 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to determining the fitness of individuals to provide care using public funds.

Requires Department of Human Services and Oregon Health Authority to prescribe by rule criteria <i>for</i>]<b> to be considered in</b> making fitness <i>determinations</i>]<b> determination findings of abuse</b>. Provides subject individuals with right to contested case hearing to challenge evaluation of fitness.

## 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/SB809/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB809/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB809/A-Engrossed)
4. **SRULES Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/15917)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB809/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Boquist. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **18–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Chris Gorsek — primary (person)
- Sara Gelser — primary (person)
- Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-19T17:36:52+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 Human Services, then Judiciary, then Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-03-28T22:01:00+00:00** Work Session cancelled.
- **2019-04-09T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-15T20:40:02+00:00** Recommedation: Without recommendation as to passage and rescind subsequent referrals to Judiciary and Ways and Means and be referred to Rules.
- **2019-04-15T20:40:03+00:00** Subsequent referrals rescinded by order of the President.
- **2019-04-15T20:40:04+00:00** Referred to Rules by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24T20:01:00+00:00** Possible Work Session cancelled.
- **2019-04-22T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-29T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-05-06T20:49:24+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-13T17:37:25+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14T18:34:40+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Boquist. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-14T18:46:51+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-17T22:03:32+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-24T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-31T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-04T23:36:28+00:00** Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Rules.
- **2019-06-04T23:36:29+00:00** Referred to Rules by order of Speaker. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-06T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-06-10T22:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-11T21:16:54+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-12T17:57:57+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-13T18:58:29+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 17, 2019 Calendar.
- **2019-06-18T03:29:47+00:00** Carried over to June 18, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-06-18T17:56:34+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-19T22:24:21+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-20T15:25:26+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-27T18:59:46+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-09T21:24:42+00:00** Chapter 517, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-07-09T21:27:08+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/c2af5954-9a4f-41ba-bb43-2984c191cbbc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).