---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to veterans."
description: "<i>Directs Department of Veterans' Affairs to submit report to interim legislative committees, no later than July 1, 2020, regarding provision of veterans' services.</i>]"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 234"
citation: "Oregon SB 234 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-17T15:50:03+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea06df32-9e69-4936-8b15-cc5f41b48099"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB234"
source_hash: "61455c1cc24e34efde6359c45a69e903339ce8da522bfece7c008007661eee43"
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 234 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to veterans.

<i>Directs Department of Veterans' Affairs to submit report to interim legislative committees, no later than July 1, 2020, regarding provision of veterans' services.</i>]

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB234/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB234/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB234/A-Engrossed)
4. **SVEP Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/14515)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB234/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Boquist. Passed. — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Wilde. Passed. — **59–0** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-15T16:47:07+00:00** Referred to Veterans and Emergency Preparedness. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27T15:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-03-29T16:22:04+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-01T17:43:44+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-02T18:53:46+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Boquist. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-03T16:22:04+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11T00:00:44+00:00** Referred to Veterans and Emergency Preparedness. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14T22:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-05-21T19:15:37+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-22T17:29:40+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-24T04:43:42+00:00** Carried over to May 27, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-27T18:12:22+00:00** Carried over to May 28, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-29T01:47:35+00:00** Carried over to May 29, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-30T03:24:25+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Wilde. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-03T15:49:24+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-03T19:00:48+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-07T21:02:48+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-17T15:48:48+00:00** Chapter 283, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-06-17T15:50:03+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea06df32-9e69-4936-8b15-cc5f41b48099`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).