---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to violations."
description: "<i>Directs State Court Administrator to study violations. Requires report to interim committee of Legislative Assembly related to judiciary.</i>]"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 998"
citation: "Oregon SB 998 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-03-04T17:37:28+00:00"
last_action: "2019-08-14T21:24:59+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1765934d-e8cd-42c6-8f17-1f0473784572"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB998"
source_hash: "b150bee7a7779db6ae7c5be5ccb7354b1b2caeb52ac8cee44b1fde888ff3b3b4"
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 998 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to violations.

<i>Directs State Court Administrator to study violations. Requires report to interim committee of Legislative Assembly related to judiciary.</i>]

## 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/SB998/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB998/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB998/A-Engrossed)
4. **SJUD Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/15681)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB998/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — **21–8** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Smith Warner. Passed. — **31–28** (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`
- **2019-04-08T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-09T15:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-26T16:17:52+00:00** Recommendation: Do Pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.)
- **2019-04-26T16:17:53+00:00** Referred to Rules by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-06-17T15:50:14+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-17T17:41:31+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-18T18:24:59+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-18T21:08:32+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18T23:07:55+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-06-24T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-24T21:35:15+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-24T23:28:30+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-25T22:50:57+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Smith Warner. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-27T16:04:45+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-29T18:19:22+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-08-09T17:15:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-14T21:20:22+00:00** Chapter 683, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-08-14T21:24:59+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/1765934d-e8cd-42c6-8f17-1f0473784572`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).