---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to community-based care providers."
description: "Adds direct care worker or representative of direct care worker to Quality Measurement Council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 703"
citation: "Oregon SB 703 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deb Patterson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-22T16:29:52+00:00"
last_action: "2021-08-20T17:26:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6db674f3-db2f-4b87-be9e-7366e36a7e21"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB703"
source_hash: "59535812a5ff6721f15faa4eff9839e95147d581248e284e55e2d6ed6e552c1f"
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 703 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to community-based care providers.

Adds direct care worker or representative of direct care worker to Quality Measurement 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/SB703/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB703/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB703/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB703/B-Engrossed)
5. **JWM Amendment -A5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/21480)
6. **SHSMHR Amendment -4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/20330)
7. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB703/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB703/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. — **24–5** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **44–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Williams. Passed. — **53–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Deb Patterson — primary (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Gelser Blouin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-22T16:29:52+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28T01:02:47+00:00** Referred to Human Services, Mental Health and Recovery. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16T22:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-04-13T22:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-04-16T18:07:17+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-16T18:07:18+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-05T14:17:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09T15:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2021-06-09T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-18T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-21T15:15:19+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-22T16:05:00+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-23T16:32:31+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-23T16:55:22+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-23T18:16:14+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-24T18:59:56+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-24T22:23:06+00:00** Rules suspended. Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-25T04:25:32+00:00** Rules suspended. Rules suspended. Carried over to June 25, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-06-25T19:26:40+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Williams. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-26T19:44:51+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-26T21:22:31+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-23T16:33:31+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-07-27T22:29:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-20T17:22:42+00:00** Chapter 655, 2021 Laws.
- **2021-08-20T17:26:23+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/6db674f3-db2f-4b87-be9e-7366e36a7e21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).