--- type: "Bill" title: "Relating to care for vulnerable individuals; declaring an emergency." description: "Digest: The Act requires DHS to contract with at least one organization to provide a new type of service to people who hire personal support workers." jurisdiction: "us/states/or" legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly" session: "2024R1" identifier: "SB 1521" citation: "Oregon SB 1521 (2024R1)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: [] version_count: 8 action_count: 25 vote_count: 4 first_action: "2024-02-05T15:05:18+00:00" last_action: "2024-04-11T16:02:52+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7cb6bdd5-cefa-4d72-9dcd-ea89f87b4c9d" source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Measures/Overview/SB1521" source_hash: "fa7abeb83b9726283068d00fabfb0058d2fb55b4335e835331538f502bfb946d" 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 1521 (2024R1) — Relating to care for vulnerable individuals; declaring an emergency. Digest: The Act requires DHS to contract with at least one organization to provide a new type of service to people who hire personal support workers. ## 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/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1521/Introduced) 2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1521/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced) 3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1521/A-Engrossed) 4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1521/B-Engrossed) 5. **JWM Amendment -A15** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/26270) 6. **SHS Amendment -11** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/26015) 7. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1521/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed) 8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1521/Enrolled) ## Votes - Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–1** (pass) · upper - Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **30–16** (pass) · legislature - Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Reynolds. Passed. — **35–21** (pass) · lower - Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Gelser Blouin. Passed. — **17–11** (pass) · upper ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-02-05T15:05:18+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee` - **2024-02-05T17:31:30+00:00** Referred to Human Services, then Ways and Means. `referral-committee` - **2024-02-07T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held. - **2024-02-12T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held. - **2024-02-14T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held. - **2024-02-19T21:40:48+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-02-19T21:40:49+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee` - **2024-03-01T03:47:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Capital Construction. `referral-committee` - **2024-03-07T01:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee. - **2024-03-06T17:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held. - **2024-03-07T01:02:00+00:00** Work Session held. - **2024-03-07T17:06:09+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-03-07T18:48:14+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2` - **2024-03-07T22:23:37+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Gelser Blouin. Passed. `passage, reading-3` - **2024-03-07T22:24:37+00:00** Patterson declared potential conflict of interest. - **2024-03-07T23:01:01+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee` - **2024-03-07T23:11:14+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee` - **2024-03-08T01:47:11+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-03-08T02:25:47+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2` - **2024-03-08T02:50:49+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Reynolds. Passed. `passage, reading-3` - **2024-03-12T18:41:21+00:00** President signed. `passage` - **2024-03-13T22:07:25+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage` - **2024-04-04T22:38:42+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature` - **2024-04-11T16:00:34+00:00** Chapter 92, 2024 Laws. - **2024-04-11T16:02:52+00:00** Effective date, April 4, 2024. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7cb6bdd5-cefa-4d72-9dcd-ea89f87b4c9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).