republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2021-regular-session/sb-836.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the administration of alternative incarceration programs; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Directs Department of Corrections to consider all other alternatives before suspending or terminating alternative incarceration program in its entirety for more than five consecutive days. Requires department to <i>provide</i>] report<b> certain information</b> to Legislative Assembly committees related to judiciary within <i>14</i>]<b> 30</b> days of such suspension or termination. Requires department to regularly report to committees concerning other program interruptions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 836"
citation: "Oregon SB 836 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Dembrow"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-03-03T17:12:46+00:00"
last_action: "2021-08-18T20:33:06+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1591c212-fa6d-4a55-9cf1-665fba816f78"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB836"
source_hash: "5ccaaeeb71fc8a6d7d0f676f470a9840d33f921b91d3c6c703e52e403aa91376"
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 836 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to the administration of alternative incarceration programs; and declaring an emergency.

Directs Department of Corrections to consider all other alternatives before suspending or terminating alternative incarceration program in its entirety for more than five consecutive days. Requires department to <i>provide</i>] report<b> certain information</b> to Legislative Assembly committees related to judiciary within <i>14</i>]<b> 30</b> days of such suspension or termination. Requires department to regularly report to committees concerning other program interruptions.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB836/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB836/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB836/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB836/B-Engrossed)
5. **HJUD Amendment -A3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/21052)
6. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB836/House%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
7. **SJD110 Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/20363)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB836/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. — **17–10** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–2** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Wallan. Passed. — **56–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. — **16–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michael Dembrow — primary (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Tawna Sanchez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-03T17:12:46+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T20:03:08+00:00** Referred to Judiciary and Ballot Measure 110 Implementation. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-04-13T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-04-29T22:43:50+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. and be referred to Ways and Means (Printed A-Eng.) Referral denied by order of the President. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-03T17:08:21+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-05-04T19:03:23+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-04T19:04:23+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Boquist.
- **2021-05-05T18:24:37+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11T16:04:04+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-27T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-03T16:27:51+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-07T19:07:09+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-08T23:30:45+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 9, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-06-09T22:32:05+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 10, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-06-10T19:29:55+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Wallan. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-15T17:49:04+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
- **2021-06-17T16:27:09+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-21T16:12:59+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-07-14T22:29:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-18T20:29:51+00:00** Chapter 501, 2021 Laws.
- **2021-08-18T20:33:06+00:00** Effective date, July 14, 2021.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1591c212-fa6d-4a55-9cf1-665fba816f78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).