republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2019-regular-session/sb-507.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to occupational diseases for purposes of workers' compensation for certain workers; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Specifies certain presumptions as to<b> </b> <i>cause of</i>] <b>compensability of covered employee's claim of benefits under workers' compensation law for</b> death, disability or impairment of health <i>of fire service professional, public safety personnel or employee of public or private safety agency with duties related to firefighting, police, ambulance or emergency medical services in claim for benefits related to occupational disease under workers' compensation law</i>]. <b>Specifies standard of evidence necessary for rebuttal of presumption. Provides that insurer or self-insured employer may later deny compensability of claim if exposure to trauma ceases being of real importance or great consequence in causing disability, impairment of health or need for treatment. Defines \"covered employee.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 507"
citation: "Oregon SB 507 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Manning Jr.", "Lee Beyer", "Paul Holvey"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-21T20:11:10+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87fa324e-ee99-4adf-ae85-baf74e8d8db6"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB507"
source_hash: "0c25dca38b043a0d60a96ed008a2af3e492a166af619adc62d59865d25a359f3"
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 507 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to occupational diseases for purposes of workers' compensation for certain workers; and prescribing an effective date.

Specifies certain presumptions as to<b> </b> <i>cause of</i>] <b>compensability of covered employee's claim of benefits under workers' compensation law for</b> death, disability or impairment of health <i>of fire service professional, public safety personnel or employee of public or private safety agency with duties related to firefighting, police, ambulance or emergency medical services in claim for benefits related to occupational disease under workers' compensation law</i>]. <b>Specifies standard of evidence necessary for rebuttal of presumption. Provides that insurer or self-insured employer may later deny compensability of claim if exposure to trauma ceases being of real importance or great consequence in causing disability, impairment of health or need for treatment. Defines "covered employee."

## 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/SB507/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB507/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB507/A-Engrossed)
4. **SRULES Amendment -8** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/16015)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB507/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Williams. Passed. — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. — **26–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- James Manning Jr. — primary (person)
- Lee Beyer — primary (person)
- Paul Holvey — primary (person)
- Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)
- Andrea Salinas — cosponsor (person)
- Anna Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Carla Piluso — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Hayden — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Gorsek — cosponsor (person)
- Christine Drazan — cosponsor (person)
- Chuck Riley — cosponsor (person)
- Courtney Neron — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- David Gomberg — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth Steiner Hayward — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Jack Zika — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Williamson — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie Monnes Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Doherty — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Dembrow — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Wagner — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Gelser — cosponsor (person)
- Sheri Schouten — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Alonso Leon — cosponsor (person)
- Tiffiny Mitchell — 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 Workforce. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19T15:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-04T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-11T21:04:01+00:00** Recommendation: Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Rules.
- **2019-04-11T21:04:02+00:00** Referred to Rules by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-05-06T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-13T20:09:39+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-14T17:12:45+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-15T18:43:22+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. 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`
- **2019-05-30T23:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-06-03T15:24:39+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-03T17:25:11+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-04T18:54:39+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Williams. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-05T20:57:35+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-06T15:54:16+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-13T18:20:42+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-21T20:04:28+00:00** Chapter 372, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-06-21T20:11:10+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/87fa324e-ee99-4adf-ae85-baf74e8d8db6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).