---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to residential care referrals; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Requires residential care referral agent to be registered with Department of Human Services. Imposes certain requirements on residential care referral agents."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 749"
citation: "Oregon SB 749 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sara Gelser Blouin"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-04T17:01:19+00:00"
last_action: "2021-08-20T17:10:35+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8e51100-0aa7-4f23-ba89-277040c10336"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB749"
source_hash: "2c456996565f186aa7ee299fe5f13373dfae676f6888cc6134e4b98db890e065"
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 749 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to residential care referrals; and declaring an emergency.

Requires residential care referral agent to be registered with Department of Human Services. Imposes certain requirements on residential care referral agents.

## 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/SB749/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB749/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB749/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB749/B-Engrossed)
5. **JWM Amendment -A7** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/21550)
6. **SHSMHR Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/19545)
7. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB749/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB749/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. — **27–1** (pass) · upper
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Williams. Passed. — **55–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **44–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Sara Gelser Blouin — primary (person)
- Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04T17:01:19+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10T19:40:34+00:00** Referred to Human Services, Mental Health and Recovery. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09T23:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-04-01T22:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-04-09T20:33:13+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09T20:33:14+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-13T15:24:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16T15:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2021-06-16T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-21T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-23T18:52:26+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-24T18:12:30+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-24T20:25:22+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-24T22:18:47+00:00** Rules suspended. First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-24T23:36:54+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-25T20:40:56+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-25T21:26:13+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-25T22:28:01+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Williams. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-29T19:32:41+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-07-01T17:35:29+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-24T20:26:22+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-07-19T22:29:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-20T17:05:08+00:00** Chapter 590, 2021 Laws.
- **2021-08-20T17:10:35+00:00** Effective date, July 19, 2021.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b8e51100-0aa7-4f23-ba89-277040c10336`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).