---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Youth Development Council; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Updates terminology for Youth Development Council to match changes in federal law. Clarifies council's duties related to local high-risk juvenile crime prevention plans. Removes waiver process for Deschutes County related to ages of youth served by council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 54"
citation: "Oregon SB 54 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-30T17:35:40+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3701043-82f7-4ae2-951e-69953e493fe8"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB54"
source_hash: "78489befa63cd349395c3a51522e7b03308d72291f16637c8c9b3e4f65b8215b"
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 54 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to the Youth Development Council; and declaring an emergency.

Updates terminology for Youth Development Council to match changes in federal law. Clarifies council's duties related to local high-risk juvenile crime prevention plans. Removes waiver process for Deschutes County related to ages of youth served by council.

## 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/SB54/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB54/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Sollman. Passed. — **49–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–3** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. — **24–4** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (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 Education. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22T23:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-03-01T20:22:01+00:00** Recommendation: Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Judiciary and Ballot Measure 110 Implementation.
- **2021-03-01T20:22:02+00:00** Referred to Judiciary and Ballot Measure 110 Implementation by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-31T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-04-29T15:11:43+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-29T18:54:12+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-05-03T17:54:30+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **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 Education. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-25T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-28T23:56:36+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-01T18:17:57+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-02T23:12:59+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 3, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-06-03T22:53:07+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Sollman. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-08T20:24:56+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-09T15:20:21+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-15T17:23:57+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-30T17:34:51+00:00** Chapter 315, 2021 Laws.
- **2021-06-30T17:35:40+00:00** Effective date, June 15, 2021.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3701043-82f7-4ae2-951e-69953e493fe8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).