republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2019-regular-session/sb-638.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the adoption of research animals."
description: "Requires research facilities that use dogs or cats for laboratory research to offer dogs or cats no longer used for research for adoption prior to euthanasia."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 638"
citation: "Oregon SB 638 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elizabeth Steiner Hayward", "Mitch Greenlick"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-22T16:58:53+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-21T20:13:38+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea2d60dd-42be-4f8d-a38b-f39f528ceb9e"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB638"
source_hash: "e63c5778cbc658975acf0668740aa1b8e24e387fecdead33e68fdba2ead4dd5e"
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 638 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to the adoption of research animals.

Requires research facilities that use dogs or cats for laboratory research to offer dogs or cats no longer used for research for adoption prior to euthanasia.

## 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/SB638/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB638/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB638/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB638/B-Engrossed)
5. **HJUD Amendment -A3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/16215)
6. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB638/House Amendments to A-Engrossed)
7. **SJUD Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/14272)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB638/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Steiner Hayward. Passed. — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Greenlick. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Elizabeth Steiner Hayward — primary (person)
- Mitch Greenlick — primary (person)
- Bill Hansell — cosponsor (person)
- Cheri Helt — cosponsor (person)
- Chuck Riley — cosponsor (person)
- Cliff Bentz — cosponsor (person)
- Duane Stark — cosponsor (person)
- Ginny Burdick — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Golden — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Williamson — cosponsor (person)
- Karin Power — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Hass — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Dembrow — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Courtney — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Wagner — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Shemia Fagan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22T16:58:53+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-24T21:17:20+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20T15:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-03-25T20:09:48+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26T17:00:34+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-28T18:44:32+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Steiner Hayward. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-01T16:59:12+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08T23:45:06+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-05-15T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-22T14:47:44+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-23T17:20:48+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-27T18:12:22+00:00** Carried over to May 28, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-29T01:47:35+00:00** Carried over to May 29, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-30T03:22:24+00:00** Carried over to May 30, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-31T02:22:08+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Greenlick. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-05T18:20:48+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
- **2019-06-06T23:28:20+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-07T15:15:44+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-13T18:20:42+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-21T20:04:28+00:00** Chapter 374, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-06-21T20:13:38+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/ea2d60dd-42be-4f8d-a38b-f39f528ceb9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).