---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to support provided to parents with disabilities; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Proclaims state policy to provide aids, benefits and services to persons with disabilities who are parents or guardians."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 492"
citation: "Oregon SB 492 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sara Gelser"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-09T21:27:08+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/627c569c-8a0c-484f-98e2-62df39733af5"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB492"
source_hash: "5b5b0f88ad7cc85eef4bc6e5b04f376278717452eb624cde4e7b57cdd799eb93"
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 492 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to support provided to parents with disabilities; and declaring an emergency.

Proclaims state policy to provide aids, benefits and services to persons with disabilities who are parents or guardians.

## 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/SB492/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB492/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Piluso. Passed. — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. — **28–1** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **36–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Sara Gelser — primary (person)
- Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)
- Carla Piluso — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Hayden — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)

## 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`
- **2019-01-16T17:20:23+00:00** Referred to Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-02-26T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-03-06T21:10:26+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06T21:10:27+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-24T17:10:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-29T15:33:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2019-05-29T15:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-31T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-06T15:34:46+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-06T16:48:46+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-10T19:28:08+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-11T16:07:11+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11T21:30:33+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12T19:43:12+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-13T18:56:16+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-18T03:29:47+00:00** Carried over to June 18, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-06-18T18:41:07+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Piluso. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-19T22:24:21+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-20T15:25:26+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-27T18:59:46+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-09T21:24:42+00:00** Chapter 514, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-07-09T21:27:08+00:00** Effective date, June 27, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/627c569c-8a0c-484f-98e2-62df39733af5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).