---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Office of Immigrant and Refugee Advancement; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Transfers Office of Immigrant and Refugee Advancement from office of Governor to Department of Human Services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2022R1"
identifier: "SB 1550"
citation: "Oregon SB 1550 (2022R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kayse Jama"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-02-01T15:05:58+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-19T20:12:18+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/033158bc-df82-4f98-a1c8-32d4640322de"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Measures/Overview/SB1550"
source_hash: "057015bc939b43c3878b570f7ac47b2f9ae6673f8ee65a23533bc00fc0f34f96"
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 1550 (2022R1) — Relating to the Office of Immigrant and Refugee Advancement; and declaring an emergency.

Transfers Office of Immigrant and Refugee Advancement from office of Governor to Department of Human Services.

## 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/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1550/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1550/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **40–4** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Pham. Passed. — **42–16** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Jama. Passed. — **21–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kayse Jama — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01T15:05:58+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01T16:27:56+00:00** Referred to Human Services, Mental Health and Recovery. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08T23:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2022-02-10T23:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2022-02-14T16:59:04+00:00** Recommendation: Do Pass and be referred to Ways and Means.
- **2022-02-14T16:59:05+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17T14:54:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-21T21:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2022-02-21T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2022-02-24T01:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2022-02-24T17:37:13+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-24T20:40:05+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-25T18:41:18+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Jama. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-26T00:39:51+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01T00:46:12+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01T18:19:05+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-01T22:36:05+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03T01:35:20+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 3, 2022 Calendar.
- **2022-03-03T19:22:41+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Pham. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-04T22:12:42+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-08T19:50:55+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-04-15T17:22:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-19T20:11:55+00:00** Chapter 118, 2022 Laws.
- **2022-04-19T20:12:18+00:00** Effective date, April 15, 2022.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/033158bc-df82-4f98-a1c8-32d4640322de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).