---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Oregon Adoption Day; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Designates August 25 of each year as Oregon Adoption Day. Declares an emergency, effective on passage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "HB 2019"
citation: "Oregon HB 2019 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dwayne Yunker", "Lucetta Elmer", "Rob Nosse", "Virgle Osborne"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-11T23:59:21+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f0bff6c-ddfd-4a0c-8cad-6734a92ef163"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2019"
source_hash: "f92d7ad1f77cb0c7c34fbe40814cca16fba43f4efe0f172e3a99a34f9cb81b69"
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 HB 2019 (2025R1) — Relating to Oregon Adoption Day; and declaring an emergency.

Designates August 25 of each year as Oregon Adoption Day. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

## 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/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2019/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2019/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Bonham. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Elmer. Passed. — **55–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dwayne Yunker — primary (person)
- Lucetta Elmer — primary (person)
- Rob Nosse — primary (person)
- Virgle Osborne — primary (person)
- Anna Scharf — cosponsor (person)
- Annessa Hartman — cosponsor (person)
- Bobby Levy — cosponsor (person)
- Boomer Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Bruce Starr — cosponsor (person)
- Christine Drazan — cosponsor (person)
- Court Boice — cosponsor (person)
- Darcey Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- E. Werner Reschke — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Golden — cosponsor (person)
- Rep Neron — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly Boshart Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Travis Nelson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-17T20:47:46+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-03-31T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-04-03T16:21:13+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03T18:56:16+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-07T19:31:32+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 8, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-04-08T19:04:26+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Elmer. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09T18:24:55+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09T20:09:08+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2025-05-07T17:09:17+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-07T19:01:49+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-05-08T18:40:05+00:00** Carried over to 05-12 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-05-12T19:29:07+00:00** Carried over to 05-13 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-05-13T18:38:45+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Bonham. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-14T20:42:14+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-05-15T17:01:27+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-05-23T01:58:03+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-11T23:59:21+00:00** Chapter 114, (2025 Laws): Effective date May 22, 2025.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f0bff6c-ddfd-4a0c-8cad-6734a92ef163`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).