republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2019-regular-session/hb-2849.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to protective custody of children."
description: "Modifies provisions of state law regarding custody of children or youth who have run away from home or placement to apply to all runaways. Modifies standards for taking child into protective custody with or without court order."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2849"
citation: "Oregon HB 2849 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ron Noble", "Sara Gelser", "Tawna Sanchez"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-31T17:37:51+00:00"
last_action: "2019-08-01T16:20:18+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90edcd27-0589-4a3e-8357-076523f0148d"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2849"
source_hash: "174079948c1aff68e8d016cb3b49e596818ed007584980917b64f1c10a541267"
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 HB 2849 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to protective custody of children.

Modifies provisions of state law regarding custody of children or youth who have run away from home or placement to apply to all runaways. Modifies standards for taking child into protective custody with or without court order.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2849/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2849/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2849/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2849/B-Engrossed)
5. **HJUD Amendment -8** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/15801)
6. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2849/House Amendments to A-Engrossed)
7. **JWM Amendment -A10** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/16858)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2849/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ron Noble — primary (person)
- Sara Gelser — primary (person)
- Tawna Sanchez — primary (person)
- Anna Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Cheri Helt — cosponsor (person)
- Christine Drazan — cosponsor (person)
- Duane Stark — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Janelle Bynum — cosponsor (person)
- John Lively — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31T17:37:51+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-04T16:30:40+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-19T21:13:45+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-19T21:13:46+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04T23:59:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-10T22:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2019-06-10T22:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-14T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-19T15:02:17+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-20T17:27:33+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-20T23:36:29+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-29T14:53:52+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-29T16:13:51+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-29T22:54:08+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-30T02:02:34+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-30T03:42:56+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-02T17:49:50+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-07-03T22:16:12+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-30T03:43:56+00:00** Vote explanation filed by Manning Jr.
- **2019-07-23T18:09:47+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-01T16:20:18+00:00** Chapter 594, (2019 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2020.
- **2019-04-03T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90edcd27-0589-4a3e-8357-076523f0148d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).