republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2019-regular-session/sb-491.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to housing for individuals with developmental disabilities."
description: "Transfers from Department of Human Services to Oregon Community Foundation responsibility for administering Fairview housing trust. Transfers unexpended balance of moneys in Community Housing Trust Account to Oregon Community Foundation for purpose of providing housing to individuals with intellectual disabilities or other developmental disabilities<b> or providing financial assistance to housing or care providers that provide community housing to individuals with intellectual disabilities or other developmental disabilities</b>."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 491"
citation: "Oregon SB 491 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carla Piluso", "Duane Stark", "Sara Gelser"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-23T17:39:36+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f98de13-e5dc-4fb4-bdcb-4bbf738bca34"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB491"
source_hash: "d8c78cf9478d80787d019ade073ff1eaca52c00cf17c5a7859c41a68fe48bac4"
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 491 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to housing for individuals with developmental disabilities.

Transfers from Department of Human Services to Oregon Community Foundation responsibility for administering Fairview housing trust. Transfers unexpended balance of moneys in Community Housing Trust Account to Oregon Community Foundation for purpose of providing housing to individuals with intellectual disabilities or other developmental disabilities<b> or providing financial assistance to housing or care providers that provide community housing to individuals with intellectual disabilities or other developmental disabilities</b>.

## 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/SB491/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB491/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB491/A-Engrossed)
4. **SHS Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/14452)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB491/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Stark. Passed. — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carla Piluso — primary (person)
- Duane Stark — primary (person)
- Sara Gelser — primary (person)
- Cedric Hayden — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Alonso Leon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-16T17:20:23+00:00** Referred to Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-03-07T23:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-03-26T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-02T20:26:22+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02T20:26:23+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-30T00:38:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-03T15:33:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2019-06-03T15:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-07T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-12T15:36:30+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-12T18:39:01+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-13T23:49:59+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-17T16:38:40+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17T21:03:34+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18T17:04:33+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-18T17:53:23+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-19T21:12:04+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Stark. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-24T22:53:53+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-25T15:12:43+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-07-15T16:31:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-23T17:36:36+00:00** Chapter 551, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-07-23T17:39:36+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/6f98de13-e5dc-4fb4-bdcb-4bbf738bca34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).