republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2019-regular-session/sb-813.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to investigations of child care facilities; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Directs Office of Child Care to make reasonable attempt to identify any <b>child care</b> facility<b>, or person or place providing child care,</b> about which it receives complaint if certain information is provided. Modifies definition of \"serious complaint\" to direct Office of Child Care to conduct on-site investigation of premises of child care facility when office receives report of alleged child abuse at facility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 813"
citation: "Oregon SB 813 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sara Gelser"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-21T17:05:36+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-17T15:46:43+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60733175-9657-46ad-8ce2-48a71a719b5a"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB813"
source_hash: "3e746e609452cdf85d118f399e83a78c14a7ec4c7c79c6a6d12b9fb698186808"
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 813 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to investigations of child care facilities; and declaring an emergency.

Directs Office of Child Care to make reasonable attempt to identify any <b>child care</b> facility<b>, or person or place providing child care,</b> about which it receives complaint if certain information is provided. Modifies definition of "serious complaint" to direct Office of Child Care to conduct on-site investigation of premises of child care facility when office receives report of alleged child abuse at facility.

## 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/SB813/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB813/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB813/A-Engrossed)
4. **SHS Amendment -4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/14454)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB813/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Helt. Passed. — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Fagan. Passed. — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sara Gelser — primary (person)
- Cheri Helt — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie Monnes Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Noble — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-21T17:05:36+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22T19:40:06+00:00** Referred to Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-03-26T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-03T21:08:05+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04T17:27:28+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-08T18:18:53+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Fagan. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-09T16:29:08+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16T22:30:43+00:00** Referred to Human Services and Housing. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-05-01T20:01:00+00:00** Possible Work Session cancelled.
- **2019-05-07T00:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-10T19:57:34+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-13T19:10:45+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14T19:29:10+00:00** Carried over to May 15, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-15T19:27:33+00:00** Carried over to May 16, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-16T18:33:40+00:00** Carried over to May 17, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-17T18:57:34+00:00** Carried over to May 20, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-20T19:29:22+00:00** Carried over to May 21, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-21T19:06:09+00:00** Carried over to May 22, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-23T03:28:37+00:00** Carried over to May 23, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-24T04:43:42+00:00** Carried over to May 27, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-27T18:12:22+00:00** Carried over to May 28, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-28T18:55:59+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Helt. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-30T22:42:41+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-31T02:15:48+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-06T22:58:20+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-17T15:45:02+00:00** Chapter 266, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-06-17T15:46:43+00:00** Effective date, June 6, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60733175-9657-46ad-8ce2-48a71a719b5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).