republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2019-regular-session/sb-809.md

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Bill	Relating to determining the fitness of individuals to provide care using public funds.	Requires Department of Human Services and Oregon Health Authority to prescribe by rule criteria <i>for</i>]<b> to be considered in</b> making fitness <i>determinations</i>]<b> determination findings of abuse</b>. Provides subject individuals with right to contested case hearing to challenge evaluation of fitness.	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2019 Regular Session	SB 809	Oregon SB 809 (2019 Regular Session)	bill		enacted	Chris Gorsek Sara Gelser	5	32	6	2019-02-19T17:36:52+00:00	2019-07-09T21:27:08+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/c2af5954-9a4f-41ba-bb43-2984c191cbbc	https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB809	161a7fbd5b8b518d1c8443fa9557531cd059b29ac8fb33024aaee4a398b9410b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon SB 809 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to determining the fitness of individuals to provide care using public funds.

Requires Department of Human Services and Oregon Health Authority to prescribe by rule criteria for] to be considered in making fitness determinations] determination findings of abuse. Provides subject individuals with right to contested case hearing to challenge evaluation of fitness.

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/SB809/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. SRULES Amendment -2 (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third reading. Carried by Boquist. Passed. — 29–0 (pass) · upper
• Heard and Reported Out — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Heard and Reported Out — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. — 60–0 (pass) · lower
• Heard and Reported Out — 18–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Chris Gorsek — primary (person)
• Sara Gelser — primary (person)
• Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-19T17:36:52+00:00 Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2019-02-20T21:21:45+00:00 Referred to Human Services, then Judiciary, then Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2019-03-19T22:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2019-03-28T22:01:00+00:00 Work Session cancelled.
• 2019-04-09T22:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2019-04-15T20:40:02+00:00 Recommedation: Without recommendation as to passage and rescind subsequent referrals to Judiciary and Ways and Means and be referred to Rules.
• 2019-04-15T20:40:03+00:00 Subsequent referrals rescinded by order of the President.
• 2019-04-15T20:40:04+00:00 Referred to Rules by order of the President. referral-committee
• 2019-04-24T20:01:00+00:00 Possible Work Session cancelled.
• 2019-04-22T20:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2019-04-29T20:02:00+00:00 Public Hearing and Work Session held.
• 2019-05-06T20:49:24+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-05-13T17:37:25+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2019-05-14T18:34:40+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Boquist. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2019-05-14T18:46:51+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2019-05-17T22:03:32+00:00 Referred to Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2019-05-24T16:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2019-05-31T16:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2019-06-04T23:36:28+00:00 Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Rules.
• 2019-06-04T23:36:29+00:00 Referred to Rules by order of Speaker. referral-committee
• 2019-06-06T22:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2019-06-10T22:01:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2019-06-11T21:16:54+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-06-12T17:57:57+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2019-06-13T18:58:29+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to June 17, 2019 Calendar.
• 2019-06-18T03:29:47+00:00 Carried over to June 18, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
• 2019-06-18T17:56:34+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2019-06-19T22:24:21+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2019-06-20T15:25:26+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2019-06-27T18:59:46+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2019-07-09T21:24:42+00:00 Chapter 517, 2019 Laws.
• 2019-07-09T21:27:08+00:00 Effective date, January 1, 2020.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c2af5954-9a4f-41ba-bb43-2984c191cbbc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).