republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2019-regular-session/sb-770.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to statewide health care coverage; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Establishes <b>Task Force on</b> Universal Health Care <i>Commission</i>] charged with recommending to Legislative Assembly design of Health Care for All Oregon Plan, administered by Health Care for All Oregon Board to provide publicly funded, equitable, affordable, comprehensive and high quality health care to all Oregon residents. Specifies membership and duties of <i>commission</i>]<b> task force</b>. Requires recommendations to be guided by specified values and principles. Prescribes requirements for plan design and items that <i>commission</i>]<b> task force</b> must consider."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 770"
citation: "Oregon SB 770 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alissa Keny-Guyer", "Andrea Salinas", "James Manning Jr.", "Jennifer Williamson", "Julie Fahey", "Lee Beyer", "Michael Dembrow"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-12T17:20:27+00:00"
last_action: "2019-08-08T20:20:47+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebefd160-83aa-49a8-99bc-2e08ba9c0b0b"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB770"
source_hash: "1627ad901d73094dc89d4b8b90c11ec52830092691e64ceaf826edb7af8c2ca5"
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 770 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to statewide health care coverage; and declaring an emergency.

Establishes <b>Task Force on</b> Universal Health Care <i>Commission</i>] charged with recommending to Legislative Assembly design of Health Care for All Oregon Plan, administered by Health Care for All Oregon Board to provide publicly funded, equitable, affordable, comprehensive and high quality health care to all Oregon residents. Specifies membership and duties of <i>commission</i>]<b> task force</b>. Requires recommendations to be guided by specified values and principles. Prescribes requirements for plan design and items that <i>commission</i>]<b> task force</b> must consider.

## 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/SB770/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB770/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB770/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB770/B-Engrossed)
5. **JWM Amendment -A9** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/16989)
6. **SHC Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/15314)
7. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB770/Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB770/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Nosse, Fahey. Passed. — **37–18** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **27–12** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr, Dembrow. Passed. — **19–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alissa Keny-Guyer — primary (person)
- Andrea Salinas — primary (person)
- James Manning Jr. — primary (person)
- Jennifer Williamson — primary (person)
- Julie Fahey — primary (person)
- Lee Beyer — primary (person)
- Michael Dembrow — primary (person)
- Barbara Smith Warner — cosponsor (person)
- Brad Witt — cosponsor (person)
- Carla Piluso — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Gorsek — cosponsor (person)
- Chuck Riley — cosponsor (person)
- Courtney Neron — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Rayfield — cosponsor (person)
- David Gomberg — cosponsor (person)
- Diego Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd Prozanski — cosponsor (person)
- Ginny Burdick — cosponsor (person)
- Janelle Bynum — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Golden — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Reardon — cosponsor (person)
- Karin Power — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Helm — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie Monnes Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Doherty — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Hass — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Wilde — cosponsor (person)
- Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Holvey — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Prusak — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Wagner — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Gelser — cosponsor (person)
- Shemia Fagan — cosponsor (person)
- Sheri Schouten — cosponsor (person)
- Susan McLain — cosponsor (person)
- Tawna Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Alonso Leon — cosponsor (person)
- Tiffiny Mitchell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-12T17:20:27+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14T18:45:53+00:00** Referred to Health Care, then Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-03T20:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-08T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-16T15:52:31+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-16T15:52:32+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-14T21:41:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Capital Construction. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17T16:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2019-06-17T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-18T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-21T20:21:58+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-29T17:37:10+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-30T19:32:33+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr, Dembrow. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-30T19:46:57+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-30T21:40:28+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-30T22:37:15+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-30T22:57:54+00:00** Rules suspended. Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-30T23:10:41+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Nosse, Fahey. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-30T19:33:33+00:00** Gelser, excused, granted unanimous consent to vote aye.
- **2019-07-03T21:51:02+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-07-10T16:15:19+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-07-23T18:22:49+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-08T20:19:12+00:00** Chapter 629, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-08-08T20:20:47+00:00** Effective date, July 23, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ebefd160-83aa-49a8-99bc-2e08ba9c0b0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).