---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to court appointed special advocates."
description: "</b> </i>] Requires the appointment of [<i>court appointed special advocates to specified advisory councils, advisory committees and</i>]<b> representatives of local CASA Volunteer Programs to specified</b> review teams."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "SB 135"
citation: "Oregon SB 135 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-06T21:31:55+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fcd6a94c-e962-45b8-a19c-8566d4fd980f"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB135"
source_hash: "2f49ab393c65af9d2faa38533633f52b8c24620f967849d7fae923e007370e7c"
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 135 (2025R1) — Relating to court appointed special advocates.

</b> </i>] Requires the appointment of [<i>court appointed special advocates to specified advisory councils, advisory committees and</i>]<b> representatives of local CASA Volunteer Programs to specified</b> review teams.

## 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/SB135/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB135/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB135/A-Engrossed)
4. **SHS Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/27208)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB135/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Elmer. Passed. — **52–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Linthicum. Passed. — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-17T22:13:22+00:00** Referred to Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-03-25T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-03-31T22:15:18+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01T18:26:18+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-02T19:27:53+00:00** Carried over to 04-03 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-04-03T19:07:04+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Linthicum. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-03T19:29:59+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10T21:12:57+00:00** Referred to Early Childhood and Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-05-01T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-05-07T17:15:44+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-07T19:45:29+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-05-08T20:05:02+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 12, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-05-12T19:11:34+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 13, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-05-13T19:28:01+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Elmer. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-14T19:32:08+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-05-14T20:42:14+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-05-22T23:49:01+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-06T21:11:08+00:00** Chapter 129, 2025 Laws.
- **2025-06-06T21:31:55+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2026.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fcd6a94c-e962-45b8-a19c-8566d4fd980f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).