republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2021-regular-session/sb-778.md

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Bill	Relating to the Office of Immigrant and Refugee Advancement; and declaring an emergency.	Establishes Office of Immigrant and Refugee Advancement to <i>implement and oversee</i>] <b>operate</b> statewide immigrant and refugee integration strategy. <i>Directs Governor to appoint director of office.</i>] <b>Provides that director of office is chosen through open hiring process.</b> Appropriates funds to office.	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2021 Regular Session	SB 778	Oregon SB 778 (2021 Regular Session)	bill		enacted	Andrea Valderrama Kayse Jama Khanh Pham Mark Meek Michael Dembrow Ricki Ruiz Rob Wagner Wlnsvey Campos	5	25	4	2021-02-18T17:42:43+00:00	2021-08-20T17:10:35+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/fca132ac-9cbe-49e9-b88b-2491c7ae8087	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB778	4dca2c283a7027f3eacf2f66e43d1aae845ca44afdb6b5c6d249a3c84036f061	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon SB 778 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to the Office of Immigrant and Refugee Advancement; and declaring an emergency.

Establishes Office of Immigrant and Refugee Advancement to implement and oversee] operate statewide immigrant and refugee integration strategy. Directs Governor to appoint director of office.] Provides that director of office is chosen through open hiring process. Appropriates funds to office.

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 Jama. Passed. — 28–1 (pass) · upper
• Heard and Reported Out — 46–0 (pass) · legislature
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 4–2 (pass) · upper
• Third reading. Carried by Pham. Passed. — 50–6 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Andrea Valderrama — primary (person)
• Kayse Jama — primary (person)
• Khanh Pham — primary (person)
• Mark Meek — primary (person)
• Michael Dembrow — primary (person)
• Ricki Ruiz — primary (person)
• Rob Wagner — primary (person)
• Wlnsvey Campos — primary (person)
• Anna Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Chuck Riley — cosponsor (person)
• Courtney Neron — cosponsor (person)
• Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
• Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
• James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
• Kate Lieber — cosponsor (person)
• Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
• Lisa Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
• Marty Wilde — cosponsor (person)
• Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
• Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)
• Paul Holvey — cosponsor (person)
• Sara Gelser Blouin — cosponsor (person)
• Teresa Alonso Leon — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-18T17:42:43+00:00 Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-02-22T20:55:42+00:00 Referred to Judiciary and Ballot Measure 110 Implementation, then Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2021-03-30T15:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2021-04-08T15:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2021-04-23T20:54:40+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. (Printed A-Eng.) committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-23T20:54:41+00:00 Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. referral-committee
• 2021-06-05T14:18:00+00:00 Assigned to Subcommittee On General Government. referral-committee
• 2021-06-07T20:03:00+00:00 Returned to Full Committee.
• 2021-06-07T20:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2021-06-11T15:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2021-06-15T15:37:17+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-15T18:01:33+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2021-06-16T19:39:24+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Jama. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2021-06-16T19:40:24+00:00 Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
• 2021-06-17T16:58:59+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-06-17T23:00:37+00:00 Referred to Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2021-06-21T00:59:46+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-21T17:43:38+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2021-06-23T00:38:57+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to June 23, 2021 Calendar.
• 2021-06-23T18:15:44+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Pham. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2021-06-26T17:19:39+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2021-06-26T21:22:31+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2021-07-19T22:29:00+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2021-08-20T17:05:08+00:00 Chapter 594, 2021 Laws.
• 2021-08-20T17:10:35+00:00 Effective date, July 19, 2021.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fca132ac-9cbe-49e9-b88b-2491c7ae8087. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).