---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to courts."
description: "<i>Directs State Court Administrator to study issues relating to courts and report to committee or interim committee of Legislative Assembly no later than December 31, 2022.</i>]"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 193"
citation: "Oregon SB 193 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 9
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00"
last_action: "2021-08-16T22:56:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94f954fc-fc7e-4815-a136-637ee1b2b9d8"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB193"
source_hash: "9e3f14e043b0ebe1d2343c52585c30dfb55ee23dc00b1a0ceb700c885fd9b36e"
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 193 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to courts.

<i>Directs State Court Administrator to study issues relating to courts and report to committee or interim committee of Legislative Assembly no later than December 31, 2022.</i>]

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB193/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB193/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **Senate Minority Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB193/Senate%20Minority%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
4. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB193/A-Engrossed)
5. **House Minority Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB193/House%20Minority%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
6. **Minority Report A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB193/Minority%20Report%20A-Engrossed)
7. **Minority Report to B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB193/Minority%20Report%20to%20B-Engrossed)
8. **SJD110 Amendment -4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/20366)
9. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB193/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Motion to substitute Minority Report for Committee Report failed. — **9–18** (fail) · upper
- Motion to substitute Minority Report for Committee Report failed. — **26–33** (fail) · lower
- Motion to refer to Committee on Ways and Means failed. — **9–18** (fail) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–3** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Power. Passed. — **33–26** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — **17–10** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–2** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19T19:35:42+00:00** Referred to Judiciary and Ballot Measure 110 Implementation. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06T15:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-04-13T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-04-26T19:19:51+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-26T19:19:52+00:00** Minority Recommendation: Do pass with different amendments. (Printed A-Eng. Minority) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-28T18:07:54+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-29T18:17:20+00:00** Motion to substitute Minority Report for Committee Report failed.
- **2021-04-29T18:54:25+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-29T18:18:20+00:00** Motion to refer to Committee on Ways and Means failed.
- **2021-05-04T18:41:14+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11T16:04:04+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-25T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-06-03T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-09T16:46:13+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-09T16:46:14+00:00** Minority Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng bill and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-14T18:57:21+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-15T18:24:29+00:00** Motion to substitute Minority Report for Committee Report failed.
- **2021-06-15T18:43:29+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Power. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-15T18:44:29+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Bynum, Dexter, Reynolds.
- **2021-06-17T16:27:09+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-21T16:12:59+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-07-14T22:29:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-16T22:54:15+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2022.
- **2021-08-16T22:56:23+00:00** Chapter 478, 2021 Laws.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94f954fc-fc7e-4815-a136-637ee1b2b9d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).