---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the addiction crisis in this state."
description: "Digest: The Act changes the crime of interfering with public transportation. The Act makes using drugs on public transit a new way of committing the crime. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.5)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2024R1"
identifier: "SB 1553"
citation: "Oregon SB 1553 (2024R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Gorsek", "David Brock Smith", "Dennis Linthicum", "James Manning Jr.", "Kate Lieber", "Kim Thatcher", "Susan McLain", "Tim Knopp"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-02-05T15:05:18+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-28T19:49:35+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8571044a-f9fa-465c-9eab-e556f991ee0b"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Measures/Overview/SB1553"
source_hash: "e8ab571d29f6e79ecb2dceff46f8b53f31bfcadb084459976805b5dc6a175349"
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 1553 (2024R1) — Relating to the addiction crisis in this state.

Digest: The Act changes the crime of interfering with public transportation. The Act makes using drugs on public transit a new way of committing the crime. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.5).

## 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/SB1553/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1553/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1553/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1553/B-Engrossed)
5. **HRULES Amendment -A2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/26215)
6. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1553/House%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
7. **SJUD Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/25897)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1553/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–2** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. — **23–6** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Lieber, Prozanski. Passed. — **27–3** (pass) · upper
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by McLain. Passed. — **51–5** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Gorsek — primary (person)
- David Brock Smith — primary (person)
- Dennis Linthicum — primary (person)
- James Manning Jr. — primary (person)
- Kate Lieber — primary (person)
- Kim Thatcher — primary (person)
- Susan McLain — primary (person)
- Tim Knopp — primary (person)
- Ben Bowman — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Hansell — cosponsor (person)
- Boomer Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Hayden — cosponsor (person)
- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Bonham — cosponsor (person)
- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Emerson Levy — cosponsor (person)
- Hai Pham — cosponsor (person)
- James Hieb — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- John Lively — cosponsor (person)
- Lynn Findley — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Holvey — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne Weber — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Andersen — cosponsor (person)
- Travis Nelson — cosponsor (person)

## 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 Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-12T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2024-02-14T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-02-16T17:26:23+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-19T19:11:02+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20T20:47:17+00:00** Carried over to 02-21 by unanimous consent.
- **2024-02-21T19:28:14+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Lieber, Prozanski. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-21T19:36:50+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21T22:31:37+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21T19:29:14+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Boquist, Robinson.
- **2024-02-27T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2024-02-29T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-03-01T23:23:49+00:00** Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Rules.
- **2024-03-01T23:23:50+00:00** Referred to Rules by order of Speaker. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-04T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-03-04T23:38:02+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-05T18:26:01+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-06T00:09:09+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by McLain. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-06T00:10:09+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Chaichi, Hartman.
- **2024-03-06T21:47:41+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
- **2024-03-06T21:48:41+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Robinson.
- **2024-03-07T19:30:22+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07T21:16:50+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-27T19:48:17+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-28T19:46:49+00:00** Chapter 58, 2024 Laws.
- **2024-03-28T19:49:35+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2025.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8571044a-f9fa-465c-9eab-e556f991ee0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).