republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2019-regular-session/sb-421.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to reimbursements for benefits paid to persons injured in motor vehicle accidents; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Prohibits insurer from receiving reimbursement or subrogation for personal injury protection benefits or health benefits insurer provided to person injured in motor vehicle accident from any recovery injured person obtains in action for damages except to extent that injured person first receives full compensation for injured person's injuries and reimbursement or subrogation is paid only from<b> total</b> amount of recovery in excess of amount that fully compensates for injured person's injuries.<b> Defines \"total amount of the recovery.\"</b>"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 421"
citation: "Oregon SB 421 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kathleen Taylor", "Lew Frederick"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-02T21:34:40+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c788d7c-bb77-4afe-a594-489fd1bd1ece"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB421"
source_hash: "e20dd926bbc7c3210009295163bdcc3b5b34e21a99262e47639c2155e355a4bd"
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 421 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to reimbursements for benefits paid to persons injured in motor vehicle accidents; and prescribing an effective date.

Prohibits insurer from receiving reimbursement or subrogation for personal injury protection benefits or health benefits insurer provided to person injured in motor vehicle accident from any recovery injured person obtains in action for damages except to extent that injured person first receives full compensation for injured person's injuries and reimbursement or subrogation is paid only from<b> total</b> amount of recovery in excess of amount that fully compensates for injured person's injuries.<b> Defines "total amount of the recovery."</b>

## 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/SB421/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB421/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB421/A-Engrossed)
4. **SRULES Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/15939)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB421/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Frederick. Passed. — **26–2** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Smith Warner. Passed. — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kathleen Taylor — primary (person)
- Lew Frederick — primary (person)
- Brian Boquist — cosponsor (person)
- Chuck Riley — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd Prozanski — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Wagner — cosponsor (person)

## 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`
- **2019-01-16T17:20:23+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-03-27T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-16T15:51:54+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-16T15:51:55+00:00** Referred to Rules by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-05-13T20:09:38+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-14T17:12:45+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-15T18:39:15+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Frederick. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-16T15:14:22+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-20T21:34:04+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-30T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-06-03T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-04T21:07:31+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-05T17:22:24+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-06T22:12:53+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 10, 2019 Calendar.
- **2019-06-10T17:57:18+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Smith Warner. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-14T17:21:17+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-14T19:17:15+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-20T22:59:05+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-02T21:32:37+00:00** Chapter 460, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-07-02T21:34:40+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/1c788d7c-bb77-4afe-a594-489fd1bd1ece`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).