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Bill	Relating to appointment of legal counsel for certain persons in protective proceedings.	Requires court, under certain circumstances, to appoint legal counsel for respondent or protected person in protective proceeding. Requires payment for appointed counsel from guardianship or conservatorship estate of respondent or protected person or at state expense. Provides for phase-in among counties over three-year period beginning in 2022. <i>Directs certain county circuit courts to make annual reports regarding protective proceeding statistics to Judicial Department.</i>] Directs Judicial Department to <i>present results of reports in report</i>]<b> submit annual report regarding protective proceeding statistics</b> to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to judiciary. <i>Sunsets reporting requirement on January 2, 2025.</i>].	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2021 Regular Session	SB 578	Oregon SB 578 (2021 Regular Session)	bill		enacted	Marty Wilde Michael Dembrow Rachel Prusak	5	27	4	2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00	2021-07-07T18:23:45+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/1abc399e-5317-4578-b89c-924732789eb5	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB578	0c20097b84d34d01d2ceee1110e49a969e3fec12587ae7a151038047005dc43f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon SB 578 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to appointment of legal counsel for certain persons in protective proceedings.

Requires court, under certain circumstances, to appoint legal counsel for respondent or protected person in protective proceeding. Requires payment for appointed counsel from guardianship or conservatorship estate of respondent or protected person or at state expense. Provides for phase-in among counties over three-year period beginning in 2022. Directs certain county circuit courts to make annual reports regarding protective proceeding statistics to Judicial Department.] Directs Judicial Department to present results of reports in report] submit annual report regarding protective proceeding statistics to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to judiciary. Sunsets reporting requirement on January 2, 2025.].

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
3. A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. SJD110 Amendment -2 (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. — 28–2 (pass) · upper
• Heard and Reported Out — 8–1 (pass) · lower
• Third reading. Carried by Wilde. Passed. — 52–6 (pass) · lower
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 4–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Marty Wilde — primary (person)
• Michael Dembrow — primary (person)
• Rachel Prusak — primary (person)
• James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Karin Power — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00 Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-01-19T19:35:42+00:00 Referred to Judiciary and Ballot Measure 110 Implementation. referral-committee
• 2021-02-23T16:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2021-03-25T15:17:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2021-04-08T21:34:26+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-12T18:22:27+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2021-04-14T19:14:09+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-14T19:15:09+00:00 Vote explanation(s) filed by Boquist, Heard.
• 2021-04-15T16:55:18+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-04-20T22:23:00+00:00 Referred to Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2021-04-23T18:42:00+00:00 Assigned to Subcommittee On Civil Law. referral-committee
• 2021-05-10T22:18:00+00:00 Returned to Full Committee.
• 2021-05-10T22:17:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2021-05-05T22:16:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2021-05-25T20:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2021-06-01T23:37:47+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-02T19:45:28+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2021-06-03T22:49:23+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to June 7, 2021 Calendar.
• 2021-06-07T22:59:40+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to June 8, 2021 Calendar.
• 2021-06-08T23:30:45+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to June 9, 2021 Calendar.
• 2021-06-09T19:41:07+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Wilde. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2021-06-14T16:40:06+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2021-06-15T18:52:39+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2021-06-23T17:39:56+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2021-07-07T17:05:39+00:00 Chapter 400, 2021 Laws.
• 2021-07-07T18:23:45+00:00 Effective date, January 1, 2022.
• 2021-03-23T15:01:00+00:00 Work Session held.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1abc399e-5317-4578-b89c-924732789eb5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).