---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to sexual abuse in the second degree."
description: "Increases penalties for criminal sexual contact with underage victim when defendant is victim's teacher. Punishes by maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 649"
citation: "Oregon SB 649 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hansell", "Bobby Levy", "Kathleen Taylor"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00"
last_action: "2021-07-07T18:23:45+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c60a9b38-1b01-46c5-baa2-64902b254db0"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB649"
source_hash: "55d5445248da0ddcf432596813bc80acb8cc82e086b1c902cf4a9945c0e96bc6"
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 649 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to sexual abuse in the second degree.

Increases penalties for criminal sexual contact with underage victim when defendant is victim's teacher. Punishes by maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both.

## 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/SB649/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB649/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **4–3** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Hansell, Prozanski. Passed. — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Levy. Passed. — **56–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill Hansell — primary (person)
- Bobby Levy — primary (person)
- Kathleen Taylor — primary (person)
- Boomer Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Bonham — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Duane Stark — cosponsor (person)
- E. Werner Reschke — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Jack Zika — cosponsor (person)
- Jami Cate — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Kropf — cosponsor (person)
- Karin Power — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Wallan — cosponsor (person)
- Lily Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Owens — cosponsor (person)
- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
- Raquel Moore-Green — cosponsor (person)
- Rep Leif — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly Boshart Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne Weber — cosponsor (person)
- Vikki Breese-Iverson — cosponsor (person)
- Zach Hudson — 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 Judiciary and Ballot Measure 110 Implementation. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25T15:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-04-01T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-04-08T15:12:53+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08T16:31:24+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-12T18:50:54+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hansell, Prozanski. 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 Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18T20:07:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-25T00:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-25T00:38:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-28T23:57:12+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.
- **2021-06-03T22:49:23+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 7, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-06-07T23:11:10+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Levy. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-09T21:12:52+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-10T18:01:12+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-23T17:39:56+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-07T17:05:39+00:00** Chapter 403, 2021 Laws.
- **2021-07-07T18:23:45+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2022.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c60a9b38-1b01-46c5-baa2-64902b254db0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).