republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2019-regular-session/sb-577.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Relating to bias crimes; and declaring an emergency.	Renames crime of intimidation as bias crime. Adds gender identity to list of characteristics of victim, perception of which constitutes defendant's motive to commit crime. Removes requirement that bias crime in the first degree be committed by two or more persons.	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2019 Regular Session	SB 577	Oregon SB 577 (2019 Regular Session)	bill		enacted	Floyd Prozanski James Manning Jr. Janelle Bynum Jennifer Williamson Karin Power Lew Frederick	8	24	4	2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00	2019-07-23T17:39:36+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/0b513710-d381-48ea-8605-5c2f05113649	https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB577	903f0ad319fd4e4ae96872c09fbca52b6985d437164a85705407a74cf2c593da	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon SB 577 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to bias crimes; and declaring an emergency.

Renames crime of intimidation as bias crime. Adds gender identity to list of characteristics of victim, perception of which constitutes defendant's motive to commit crime. Removes requirement that bias crime in the first degree be committed by two or more persons.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Senate Amendments to Introduced (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB577/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. B-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. JWM Amendment -A3 (committee substitute) — source
6. SJUD Amendment -2 (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB577/Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed)
8. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third reading. Carried by Frederick. Passed. — 27–0 (pass) · upper
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 38–0 (pass) · legislature
• Third reading. Carried by Williamson. Passed. — 59–0 (pass) · lower
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Floyd Prozanski — primary (person)
• James Manning Jr. — primary (person)
• Janelle Bynum — primary (person)
• Jennifer Williamson — primary (person)
• Karin Power — primary (person)
• Lew Frederick — primary (person)
• Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)
• Kathleen Taylor — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Dembrow — cosponsor (person)
• Paul Holvey — cosponsor (person)
• Rachel Prusak — cosponsor (person)
• Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
• Rob Wagner — cosponsor (person)
• Shemia Fagan — cosponsor (person)
• Tina Kotek — 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
• 2019-01-17T16:49:08+00:00 Referred to Judiciary, then Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2019-03-12T15:31:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2019-04-04T15:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2019-04-23T22:02:47+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. (Printed A-Eng.) committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-23T22:02:48+00:00 Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. referral-committee
• 2019-06-03T18:33:00+00:00 Assigned to Subcommittee On Public Safety. referral-committee
• 2019-06-05T22:03:00+00:00 Returned to Full Committee.
• 2019-06-05T22:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2019-06-07T16:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2019-06-11T21:13:42+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-06-12T18:39:01+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2019-06-14T00:02:29+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Frederick. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2019-06-14T00:03:29+00:00 Steiner Hayward, excused when vote taken, granted unanimous consent to vote aye.
• 2019-06-17T16:38:40+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2019-06-17T21:03:34+00:00 Referred to Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2019-06-18T17:04:35+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-06-18T17:53:23+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2019-06-19T21:45:05+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Williamson. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2019-06-24T22:53:53+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2019-06-25T15:12:43+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2019-07-15T16:31:00+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2019-07-23T17:36:36+00:00 Chapter 553, 2019 Laws.
• 2019-07-23T17:39:36+00:00 Effective date, July 15, 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0b513710-d381-48ea-8605-5c2f05113649. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).