---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to children's advocacy centers; declaring an emergency."
description: "Digest: The Act protects a children's advocacy center from legal action for looking into the abuse of a child if a nationwide group says that the center meets certain standards. The Act protects the center's employees, too. The Act does not protect a center from legal action based on its employees' adverse treatment of a person on the basis of a protected class. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.6)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2024R1"
identifier: "SB 1587"
citation: "Oregon SB 1587 (2024R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hansell", "Bobby Levy", "Kim Wallan", "Sara Gelser Blouin"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-05T15:05:18+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-28T19:49:35+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/596270bc-21a0-4987-8ef8-5a851fffba8e"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Measures/Overview/SB1587"
source_hash: "3fa5811db15c8f7a173cd0060b66d07232f59eabd45ebc0b8c468aeebfdf7ca7"
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 1587 (2024R1) — Relating to children's advocacy centers; declaring an emergency.

Digest: The Act protects a children's advocacy center from legal action for looking into the abuse of a child if a nationwide group says that the center meets certain standards. The Act protects the center's employees, too. The Act does not protect a center from legal action based on its employees' adverse treatment of a person on the basis of a protected class. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.6).

## 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/SB1587/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1587/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1587/A-Engrossed)
4. **SJUD Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/25967)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1587/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Hansell, Gelser Blouin. Passed. — **25–2** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Wallan. Passed. — **51–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill Hansell — primary (person)
- Bobby Levy — primary (person)
- Kim Wallan — primary (person)
- Sara Gelser Blouin — primary (person)
- Boomer Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Mannix — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Lewis — 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, then Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2024-02-15T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-02-20T23:25:54+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and subsequent referral to Ways and Means be rescinded. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20T23:25:55+00:00** Subsequent referral rescinded by order of the President.
- **2024-02-21T19:04:25+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-22T19:55:06+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hansell, Gelser Blouin. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-22T21:27:55+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23T00:04:11+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22T19:56:06+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Boquist.
- **2024-02-27T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2024-02-29T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-03-01T23:23:56+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-04T19:42:08+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-05T01:12:24+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 5, 2024 Calendar.
- **2024-03-05T23:46:07+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Wallan. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **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 68, 2024 Laws.
- **2024-03-28T19:49:35+00:00** Effective date, March 27, 2024.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/596270bc-21a0-4987-8ef8-5a851fffba8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).