---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to civil proceedings; and declaring an emergency."
description: "<i>Directs State Court Administrator to study civil proceedings. Requires report to interim committee of Legislative Assembly related to judiciary.</i>]"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 813"
citation: "Oregon SB 813 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-03T17:12:46+00:00"
last_action: "2021-08-18T20:33:06+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/277fc9b8-9a4e-4dd1-a101-2e6f2d8e937b"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB813"
source_hash: "b9a0945c6480c284b40d3ed4543a7e469aab63119758a32122fd833c560c3049"
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 813 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to civil proceedings; and declaring an emergency.

<i>Directs State Court Administrator to study civil proceedings. Requires report to interim committee of Legislative Assembly related to judiciary.</i>]

## 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/SB813/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB813/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB813/A-Engrossed)
4. **SJD110 Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/20368)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB813/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Noble. Passed. — **55–1** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. — **19–8** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–2** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-03T17:12:46+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T20:03:08+00:00** Referred to Judiciary and Ballot Measure 110 Implementation. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-04-12T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-04-13T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-04-29T22:43:49+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-03T17:08:21+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-05-04T18:51:15+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-05T18:24:37+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11T16:04:04+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-17T22:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-19T22:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-27T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-01T23:37:55+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-02T19:45:28+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-03T22:49:23+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 7, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-06-07T22:59:40+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 8, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-06-08T23:30:45+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 9, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-06-09T22:27:16+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Noble. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-15T16:46:29+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-21T16:12:59+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-07-14T22:29:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-18T20:29:51+00:00** Chapter 499, 2021 Laws.
- **2021-08-18T20:33:06+00:00** Effective date, July 14, 2021.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/277fc9b8-9a4e-4dd1-a101-2e6f2d8e937b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).