---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to voluntary placement of young adults who have attained 18 years of age; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Directs Department of Human Services to develop and administer voluntary placement program to provide supports to certain young adults as they transition to adulthood."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2023R1"
identifier: "SB 202"
citation: "Oregon SB 202 (2023R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-09T18:53:53+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-26T20:45:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d5b8892-8110-4bae-8184-f1cd4c667953"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/SB202"
source_hash: "025d4ef2ba2e72cf3677fc95b351abd50dbdbd0b75fb6dc8745d9c7ae0f6b9fa"
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 202 (2023R1) — Relating to voluntary placement of young adults who have attained 18 years of age; and prescribing an effective date.

Directs Department of Human Services to develop and administer voluntary placement program to provide supports to certain young adults as they transition to adulthood.

## 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/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB202/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB202/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB202/A-Engrossed)
4. **SHS Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/22753)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB202/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **7–3** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Hieb. Passed. — **38–13** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Gelser Blouin. Passed. — **23–5** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09T18:53:53+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12T19:26:35+00:00** Referred to Human Services, then Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-02-27T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-03-03T23:15:07+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and subsequent referral to Ways and Means be rescinded. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-03T23:15:08+00:00** Subsequent referral rescinded by order of the President.
- **2023-03-06T19:07:22+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-07T19:08:55+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gelser Blouin. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-07T19:28:54+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07T19:09:55+00:00** Vote explanation filed by Boquist.
- **2023-03-10T23:20:24+00:00** Referred to Early Childhood and Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-17T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-05-03T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-05-08T16:22:50+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-08T18:34:07+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-05-09T19:39:19+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 11, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-05-11T19:25:46+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hieb. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-11T19:26:46+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Elmer.
- **2023-05-16T17:59:31+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-05-16T19:50:15+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-05-26T19:31:00+00:00** Chapter 124, 2023 Laws.
- **2023-05-24T19:10:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-26T20:45:00+00:00** Effective on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d5b8892-8110-4bae-8184-f1cd4c667953`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).