republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2023r1/sb-865.md

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Bill	Relating to children in substitute care; and declaring an emergency.	Directs Department of Human Services to begin search for relative placement resources immediately upon child or ward entering substitute care. <i>Directs department to take into consideration parent's objection to department's contacting or placing child or ward with certain relatives.</i>] Directs department to provide notice <b>in certain circumstances</b> to parents and relative placement resources<b> or prospective adoptive parent</b> regarding current caretaker priority status if child or ward remains in substitute care for at least 12 months.	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2023R1	SB 865	Oregon SB 865 (2023R1)	bill		enacted	Sara Gelser Blouin	8	27	5	2023-02-09T19:28:41+00:00	2023-07-21T18:21:19+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/7a0ab997-11db-4a45-bce2-df79ca53a7d3	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/SB865	7285e460986e67e0d321999860b0eb0b6e9c9710c7c274a78b93791f16255787	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon SB 865 (2023R1) — Relating to children in substitute care; and declaring an emergency.

Directs Department of Human Services to begin search for relative placement resources immediately upon child or ward entering substitute care. Directs department to take into consideration parent's objection to department's contacting or placing child or ward with certain relatives.] Directs department to provide notice in certain circumstances to parents and relative placement resources or prospective adoptive parent regarding current caretaker priority status if child or ward remains in substitute care for at least 12 months.

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. HECHS Amendment -A4 (committee substitute) — source
6. House Amendments to A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
7. SHS Amendment -3 (committee substitute) — source
8. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Heard and Reported Out — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. — 22–0 (pass) · upper
• Third reading. Carried by Reynolds. Passed. — 52–1 (pass) · lower
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• Third reading. Carried by Gelser Blouin. Passed. — 25–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Sara Gelser Blouin — primary (person)
• James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-09T19:28:41+00:00 Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-02-10T00:03:05+00:00 Referred to Human Services. referral-committee
• 2023-03-22T22:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2023-04-03T22:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2023-04-11T15:28:24+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-12T19:12:32+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2023-04-13T23:20:23+00:00 Carried over to 04-17 by unanimous consent.
• 2023-04-18T02:51:51+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Gelser Blouin. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2023-04-18T17:10:18+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-04-18T02:52:51+00:00 Vote explanation(s) filed by Boquist, Robinson.
• 2023-04-20T16:33:07+00:00 Referred to Early Childhood and Human Services. referral-committee
• 2023-04-24T20:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2023-05-08T20:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing and Work Session held.
• 2023-05-15T20:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2023-05-17T19:48:48+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-18T18:49:28+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2023-05-22T18:59:57+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to May 23, 2023 Calendar.
• 2023-05-23T21:17:55+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to May 24, 2023 Calendar.
• 2023-05-24T19:22:52+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to May 25, 2023 Calendar.
• 2023-05-25T19:45:05+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Reynolds. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2023-06-15T22:15:19+00:00 Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
• 2023-06-15T22:16:19+00:00 Vote explanation(s) filed by Hansell.
• 2023-06-20T19:47:38+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2023-06-20T22:34:10+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2023-07-13T19:18:45+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2023-07-21T18:15:41+00:00 Chapter 291, 2023 Laws.
• 2023-07-21T18:21:19+00:00 Effective date, July 13, 2023.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7a0ab997-11db-4a45-bce2-df79ca53a7d3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).