republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2019-regular-session/sb-1039.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to individuals with developmental disabilities."
description: "Authorizes appointment of health care advocate to make health care decisions for individual with developmental disability receiving services through individualized written service plan if individual does not have guardian or health care representative. Specifies requirements for appointment of health care advocate, restrictions on health care advocate and rights of individual for whom health care advocate has been appointed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 1039"
citation: "Oregon SB 1039 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laurie Monnes Anderson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-03-28T16:34:23+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-02T21:41:21+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/557b3b4d-88e7-451c-a2f0-c6ac1145bfc5"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB1039"
source_hash: "33a430dd8bcac8ff309133bdae2f197be2dc5b612e28151cee6f00a1a694c075"
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 1039 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to individuals with developmental disabilities.

Authorizes appointment of health care advocate to make health care decisions for individual with developmental disability receiving services through individualized written service plan if individual does not have guardian or health care representative. Specifies requirements for appointment of health care advocate, restrictions on health care advocate and rights of individual for whom health care advocate has been appointed.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1039/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1039/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1039/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1039/B-Engrossed)
5. **HHC Amendment -A2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/16255)
6. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1039/House Amendments to A-Engrossed)
7. **SHS Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/15607)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1039/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Keny-Guyer. Passed. — **55–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Monnes Anderson. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Laurie Monnes Anderson — primary (person)
- Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Hayden — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Noble — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-28T16:34:23+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28T19:37:20+00:00** Referred to Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-09T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-16T21:19:17+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-17T17:07:09+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-18T17:02:40+00:00** Carried over to 04-22 by unanimous consent.
- **2019-04-22T18:39:15+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Monnes Anderson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-23T16:30:15+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-26T21:22:29+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-21T22:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-05-30T18:26:03+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-03T17:25:11+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-04T22:08:18+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Keny-Guyer. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-10T18:59:42+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
- **2019-06-14T17:21:17+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-14T19:17:15+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-20T22:59:05+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-02T21:32:37+00:00** Chapter 477, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-07-02T21:41:21+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/557b3b4d-88e7-451c-a2f0-c6ac1145bfc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).