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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to elections; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Removes requirement that county clerk move elector to inactive status if elector has neither voted nor updated registration for five or more years. Permits military and overseas voters to request ballot by using electronic mail or facsimile machine."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 224"
citation: "Oregon SB 224 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00"
last_action: "2019-08-14T21:24:59+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/235cdc53-be92-4fc2-a13a-c7322621b389"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB224"
source_hash: "9174724d923e3ee092386c51da5c6b47eebef6151f8d5a5674d4fd7f626cf995"
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 224 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to elections; and prescribing an effective date.
Removes requirement that county clerk move elector to inactive status if elector has neither voted nor updated registration for five or more years. Permits military and overseas voters to request ballot by using electronic mail or facsimile machine.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB224/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB224/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB224/A-Engrossed)
4. **SRULES Amendment -5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/16645)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB224/Enrolled)
## Votes
- Third reading. Carried by Boquist. Passed. — **263** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **51** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **40** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Holvey. Passed. — **495** (pass) · lower
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-15T16:47:07+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-06-06T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-14T18:40:58+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-17T17:41:31+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-18T18:20:20+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Boquist. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-18T21:08:32+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18T23:07:55+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-06-29T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-29T23:55:50+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-30T02:12:47+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-30T03:59:30+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 30, 2019 Calendar.
- **2019-06-30T17:43:47+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Holvey. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-03T15:38:33+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-07-03T20:21:15+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-08-09T17:15:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-14T21:20:22+00:00** Chapter 675, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-08-14T21:24:59+00:00** Effective date, September 29, 2019.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/235cdc53-be92-4fc2-a13a-c7322621b389`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).