---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to discrimination on the basis of disability; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Clarifies that sexual orientation <i>and transgender status are</i>] <b>is</b> not considered physical or mental <i>impairments</i>]<b> impairment and that individual does not have disability solely by reason of individual's sexual orientation</b>."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2589"
citation: "Oregon HB 2589 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karin Power", "Kathleen Taylor", "Rob Nosse"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-10T16:26:58+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2389c45c-6671-4ef6-8978-19acc0b48099"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2589"
source_hash: "d65002c6519e94d1751bed74a2498a4a5118b3645201270eba3712329e27ae27"
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 2589 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to discrimination on the basis of disability; and declaring an emergency.

Clarifies that sexual orientation <i>and transgender status are</i>] <b>is</b> not considered physical or mental <i>impairments</i>]<b> impairment and that individual does not have disability solely by reason of individual's sexual orientation</b>.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **House Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2589/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2589/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2589/A-Engrossed)
4. **HJUD Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/13990)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2589/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Power. Passed. — **58–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Karin Power — primary (person)
- Kathleen Taylor — primary (person)
- Rob Nosse — primary (person)
- Anna Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Smith Warner — cosponsor (person)
- Caddy McKeown — cosponsor (person)
- Courtney Neron — cosponsor (person)
- Ginny Burdick — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Williamson — cosponsor (person)
- John Lively — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Wilde — cosponsor (person)
- Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Prusak — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Wagner — cosponsor (person)
- Tawna Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Alonso Leon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-15T23:56:58+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-03-04T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-03-07T23:06:05+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-11T18:16:33+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-12T18:34:40+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 13, 2019 Calendar.
- **2019-03-13T18:26:36+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Power. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-14T16:57:03+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-15T18:43:02+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-22T15:32:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-04-24T15:44:23+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-24T17:26:59+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-25T19:19:40+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-29T16:32:46+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-29T20:33:17+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-06T22:22:10+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-10T16:26:58+00:00** Chapter 71, (2019 Laws): Effective date May 6, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2389c45c-6671-4ef6-8978-19acc0b48099`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).