---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to acceptable identification numbers for state-issued authorizations; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Directs professional licensing boards, in certain circumstances, to accept individual taxpayer identification number or other federally-issued identification number in lieu of Social Security number on applications for issuance or renewal of authorization to practice occupation or profession."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 854"
citation: "Oregon SB 854 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Diego Hernandez", "Michael Dembrow"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-26T16:44:29+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-02T21:34:40+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c3a9a8f-75ce-4a27-8f80-aa2374c4668e"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB854"
source_hash: "ee56de9eea4ef5b4d51a7dec07f4200fe20255ca89d52958fdc8daa8c896d15a"
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 854 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to acceptable identification numbers for state-issued authorizations; and prescribing an effective date.

Directs professional licensing boards, in certain circumstances, to accept individual taxpayer identification number or other federally-issued identification number in lieu of Social Security number on applications for issuance or renewal of authorization to practice occupation or profession.

## 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/SB854/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB854/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB854/A-Engrossed)
4. **SBGG Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/15281)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB854/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **4–2** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. — **20–7** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Hernandez. Passed. — **41–17** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **3–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Diego Hernandez — primary (person)
- Michael Dembrow — primary (person)
- Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)
- Carla Piluso — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth Steiner Hayward — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-26T16:44:29+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27T21:42:53+00:00** Referred to Business and General Government. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-09T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-26T16:17:46+00:00** Recommendation: Do Pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.)
- **2019-04-26T16:17:47+00:00** Referred to Rules by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-05-15T15:48:59+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-15T17:33:54+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16T18:09:30+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-17T16:37:44+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-20T21:34:04+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-03T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-06-06T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-07T20:46:59+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-10T17:54:39+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-11T18:22:53+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hernandez. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-14T17:21:17+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-14T19:17:15+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-20T22:59:05+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-02T21:32:37+00:00** Chapter 468, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-07-02T21:34:40+00:00** Effective Date, September 29, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c3a9a8f-75ce-4a27-8f80-aa2374c4668e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).