republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2022r1/sb-1556.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Relating to caregivers; and declaring an emergency.	Requires Department of Human Services to establish certification process for direct care providers of home or community-based services and implement online registry of direct care providers of home or community-based services. Specifies requirements for certification and information to be displayed on online registry.	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2022R1	SB 1556	Oregon SB 1556 (2022R1)	bill		enacted	Bill Kennemer Courtney Neron Deb Patterson Greg Smith James Manning Jr. Sara Gelser Blouin Tawna Sanchez	8	29	6	2022-02-01T15:05:58+00:00	2022-04-01T17:10:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/436b358b-f4d2-4b84-b0a9-18dc03a29209	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Measures/Overview/SB1556	bc6a83de0dc72d9f66ccc564ec2eef522cbb106193b9194ec630c33ca809203e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon SB 1556 (2022R1) — Relating to caregivers; and declaring an emergency.

Requires Department of Human Services to establish certification process for direct care providers of home or community-based services and implement online registry of direct care providers of home or community-based services. Specifies requirements for certification and information to be displayed on online registry.

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. B-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. JWM Amendment -A7 (committee substitute) — source
6. SRULES Amendment -5 (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
8. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 3–2 (pass) · upper
• Third reading. Carried by Williams. Passed. — 39–18 (pass) · lower
• Heard and Reported Out — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. — 19–8 (pass) · upper
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 28–16 (pass) · legislature
• Third reading. Carried by Williams. Passed. — 39–18 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bill Kennemer — primary (person)
• Courtney Neron — primary (person)
• Deb Patterson — primary (person)
• Greg Smith — primary (person)
• James Manning Jr. — primary (person)
• Sara Gelser Blouin — primary (person)
• Tawna Sanchez — primary (person)
• Anna Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Chris Hoy — cosponsor (person)
• David Gomberg — cosponsor (person)
• Jeff Reardon — cosponsor (person)
• Lisa Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
• Nancy Nathanson — cosponsor (person)
• Nathan Sosa — cosponsor (person)
• Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
• Rachel Armitage — cosponsor (person)
• Rachel Prusak — cosponsor (person)
• Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-01T15:05:58+00:00 Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-02-01T16:27:56+00:00 Referred to Human Services, Mental Health and Recovery, then Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2022-02-01T23:16:00+00:00 Informational Meeting held.
• 2022-02-03T23:16:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2022-02-10T23:17:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2022-02-14T23:23:30+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass and requesting referral to Rules. Referred to Rules by order of the President then Ways and Means by prior reference. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-02-14T23:23:31+00:00 Referred to Rules then to Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2022-02-22T21:02:00+00:00 Public Hearing and Work Session held.
• 2022-02-23T22:48:34+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. (Printed A-Eng.) committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-02-23T22:48:35+00:00 Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. referral-committee
• 2022-02-24T00:18:00+00:00 Assigned to Subcommittee On Capital Construction. referral-committee
• 2022-02-25T21:33:00+00:00 Returned to Full Committee.
• 2022-02-25T21:32:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2022-02-26T21:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2022-02-28T15:12:29+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-01T17:23:20+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2022-03-02T21:27:48+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-03T01:29:33+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-03-03T02:19:26+00:00 Referred to Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2022-03-03T16:35:11+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-03T18:11:08+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2022-03-04T01:04:09+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to March 4, 2022 Calendar.
• 2022-03-04T18:42:16+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Williams. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-04T18:42:11+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Williams. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-08T20:06:47+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2022-03-08T23:24:20+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2022-03-24T18:16:55+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2022-04-01T17:03:00+00:00 Chapter 95, 2022 Laws.
• 2022-04-01T17:10:00+00:00 Effective date, March 23, 2022.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/436b358b-f4d2-4b84-b0a9-18dc03a29209. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).