---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to civil proceedings."
description: "<b>Modifies provisions relating to restraining orders.</b>"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 995"
citation: "Oregon SB 995 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-04T17:37:28+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-17T16:10:10+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d0bada0-365f-4da7-b5f5-b4ec2a2f9a97"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB995"
source_hash: "c63b3073b92474fa6f327e02568469fc174295bedc628f79882b284b97c667e3"
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 995 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to civil proceedings.

<b>Modifies provisions relating to restraining orders.</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/SB995/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB995/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB995/A-Engrossed)
4. **SJUD Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/15390)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB995/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Williamson. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-04T17:37:28+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06T16:32:23+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08T15:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-05-01T22:33:36+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-02T18:43:10+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-06T18:17:22+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-07T16:57:37+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08T19:44:48+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-05-22T00:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-28T21:16:09+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-29T17:00:01+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-31T02:53:49+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 3, 2019 Calendar.
- **2019-06-03T18:34:40+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Williamson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-04T23:19:29+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-05T15:29:35+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-11T16:24:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-17T16:02:57+00:00** Chapter 353, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-06-17T16:10:10+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/4d0bada0-365f-4da7-b5f5-b4ec2a2f9a97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).