republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2019-regular-session/sb-474.md

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Bill	Relating to forfeiture of parent's share of child's estate; and declaring an emergency.	<i>Modifies</i>]<b> Reduces</b> length of time of parental desertion or abandonment of child resulting in forfeiture of parent's intestate share of child's estate <i>and</i>]<b> or</b> parent's interest in property transferred from child to parent by transfer on death deed<b> in parental forfeiture action to one year if person who would benefit from forfeiture is child or sibling of deceased child or three years for all others</b>. Modifies burden of proof in <b>parental</b> forfeiture action to preponderance of evidence<b> if person who would benefit from forfeiture is child or sibling of deceased child</b>. Extends deadline for commencing parental forfeiture action to no later than one year after decedent's date of death if notice to interested persons not published.	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2019 Regular Session	SB 474	Oregon SB 474 (2019 Regular Session)	bill		enacted	Duane Stark Sara Gelser	5	20	5	2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00	2019-07-02T21:41:21+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/20953162-c118-4619-af2c-a2f893645897	https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB474	0f948fc484696b7c53cc2ab60f9df8d87bead1532839ded631f7b498cbb2a12e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon SB 474 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to forfeiture of parent's share of child's estate; and declaring an emergency.

Modifies] Reduces length of time of parental desertion or abandonment of child resulting in forfeiture of parent's intestate share of child's estate and] or parent's interest in property transferred from child to parent by transfer on death deed in parental forfeiture action to one year if person who would benefit from forfeiture is child or sibling of deceased child or three years for all others. Modifies burden of proof in parental forfeiture action to preponderance of evidence if person who would benefit from forfeiture is child or sibling of deceased child. Extends deadline for commencing parental forfeiture action to no later than one year after decedent's date of death if notice to interested persons not published.

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/SB474/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. Introduced (filed) — source
3. A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. HJUD Amendment -1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third reading. Carried by Stark. Passed. — 55–0 (pass) · lower
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Heard and Reported Out — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. — 26–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. — 29–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Duane Stark — primary (person)
• Sara Gelser — primary (person)
• Arnie Roblan — cosponsor (person)
• Betsy Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Chuck Riley — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth Steiner Hayward — cosponsor (person)
• Floyd Prozanski — cosponsor (person)
• Ginny Burdick — cosponsor (person)
• Greg Barreto — cosponsor (person)
• James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
• Jeff Golden — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer Williamson — cosponsor (person)
• Karin Power — cosponsor (person)
• Kim Thatcher — cosponsor (person)
• Laurie Monnes Anderson — cosponsor (person)
• Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Dembrow — cosponsor (person)
• Rob Wagner — cosponsor (person)
• Ron Noble — 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
• 2019-02-21T16:17:00+00:00 Public Hearing and Work Session held.
• 2019-03-05T16:25:57+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-05T18:13:36+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2019-03-07T20:16:32+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2019-03-11T17:27:13+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2019-03-15T23:12:32+00:00 Referred to Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2019-05-01T20:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing cancelled.
• 2019-05-08T20:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2019-05-22T20:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2019-05-30T15:18:35+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-06-03T17:25:11+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2019-06-04T18:44:06+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Stark. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2019-06-11T18:27:54+00:00 Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
• 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 461, 2019 Laws.
• 2019-07-02T21:41:21+00:00 Effective date, June 20, 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/20953162-c118-4619-af2c-a2f893645897. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).