republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2019-regular-session/sb-962.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to victims of certain crimes."
description: "Directs certifying agencies to certify to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, within specified time, victim helpfulness in detecting, investigating or prosecuting qualifying criminal activity. Specifies certification procedures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 962"
citation: "Oregon SB 962 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cheri Helt", "Jeff Barker", "Jennifer Williamson", "Kathleen Taylor"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-03-04T17:37:28+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-02T21:41:21+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2d3dde2-e599-49e9-a0df-e3c2efe17fc7"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB962"
source_hash: "8a47c06005bb86cc7835ffdcbdbfcb40bdd9ad9d18dbcd8965bfc86190713807"
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 962 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to victims of certain crimes.

Directs certifying agencies to certify to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, within specified time, victim helpfulness in detecting, investigating or prosecuting qualifying criminal activity. Specifies certification procedures.

## 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/SB962/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB962/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB962/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB962/B-Engrossed)
5. **HJUD Amendment -A3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/16410)
6. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB962/House Amendments to A-Engrossed)
7. **SJUD Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/15385)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB962/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Piluso. Passed. — **56–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cheri Helt — primary (person)
- Jeff Barker — primary (person)
- Jennifer Williamson — primary (person)
- Kathleen Taylor — primary (person)
- Carla Piluso — cosponsor (person)
- Chuck Thomsen — cosponsor (person)
- Diego Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd Prozanski — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Reardon — cosponsor (person)
- John Lively — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Thatcher — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Knopp — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-04T17:37:28+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06T16:32:23+00:00** Referred to Judiciary, then Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-01T15:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-05T16:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-19T16:32:47+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and subsequent referral to Ways and Means be rescinded. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-19T16:32:48+00:00** Subsequent referral rescinded by order of the President.
- **2019-04-22T17:44:32+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-23T19:36:09+00:00** Carried over to 04-24 by unanimous consent.
- **2019-04-24T18:21:57+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-25T16:55:58+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29T23:19:51+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-05-14T20:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-22T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-30T15:18:50+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-03T17:25:11+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-04T21:46:43+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Piluso. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-12T18:33:29+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
- **2019-06-14T17:21:17+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-14T19:17:15+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-20T22:59:05+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-02T21:32:37+00:00** Chapter 472, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-07-02T21:41:21+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2d3dde2-e599-49e9-a0df-e3c2efe17fc7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).