---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to youth suicide; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Modifies laws relating to youth suicide intervention and prevention to include children 5 to 10 years of age."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 563"
citation: "Oregon SB 563 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sara Gelser Blouin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-10T18:49:52+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b26685ed-023d-472b-8a22-21e4ad50815e"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB563"
source_hash: "0e4e2c781e570e17206a678648f10b8a87be7930f2d16de4a65a9a8b3c839dc0"
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 563 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to youth suicide; and declaring an emergency.

Modifies laws relating to youth suicide intervention and prevention to include children 5 to 10 years of age.

## 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/SB563/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB563/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Salinas. Passed. — **52–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sara Gelser Blouin — primary (person)
- Andrea Salinas — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Prusak — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Wagner — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Alonso Leon — cosponsor (person)

## 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 Human Services, Mental Health and Recovery. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02T23:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-23T22:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-04-08T15:12:32+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08T16:31:24+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-12T18:46:05+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-13T04:09:10+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20T03:16:09+00:00** Referred to Behavioral Health. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-05T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-07T23:38:09+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-10T18:21:34+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-05-11T19:50:02+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 12, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-05-12T18:48:51+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Salinas. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-13T19:20:10+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-05-17T18:03:11+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-05-21T15:38:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-10T18:23:55+00:00** Chapter 80, 2021 Laws.
- **2021-06-10T18:49:52+00:00** Effective date, May 21, 2021.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b26685ed-023d-472b-8a22-21e4ad50815e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).