---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to records of live birth; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Digest: The Act allows an adult who applies to a state agency to access a sealed original birth record to ask the state agency to add or change the name of a biological parent. Takes effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2024R1"
identifier: "SB 1523"
citation: "Oregon SB 1523 (2024R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-05T15:05:18+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-25T18:46:52+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e1ed520-f738-478e-9088-6ccc3e22730f"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Measures/Overview/SB1523"
source_hash: "206af9f3804f099c4f14186df8c79da93412bd800a720b5b583b476ee159bca6"
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 1523 (2024R1) — Relating to records of live birth; and declaring an emergency.

Digest: The Act allows an adult who applies to a state agency to access a sealed original birth record to ask the state agency to add or change the name of a biological parent. Takes effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1).

## 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/SB1523/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1523/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Elmer. Passed. — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Gelser Blouin. Passed. — **28–2** (pass) · upper

## 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 Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07T23:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2024-02-12T18:00:13+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-12T18:56:30+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13T19:36:34+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gelser Blouin. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-14T18:06:06+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14T23:28:25+00:00** Referred to Early Childhood and Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21T21:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2024-02-26T21:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-02-27T17:57:23+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27T20:29:01+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28T20:08:01+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to February 29, 2024 Calendar.
- **2024-02-29T19:34:40+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Elmer. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-01T18:47:44+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-05T00:13:32+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-20T22:43:54+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-25T18:44:05+00:00** Chapter 21, 2024 Laws.
- **2024-03-25T18:46:52+00:00** Effective date, March 20, 2024.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e1ed520-f738-478e-9088-6ccc3e22730f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).