republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2021-regular-session/sb-19.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Department of Corrections institutions; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Requires state to offer to transfer title and assets of Warner Creek Correctional Facility to Lake County if closed. Authorizes county to rezone institution land by ordinance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 19"
citation: "Oregon SB 19 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dennis Linthicum", "E. Werner Reschke", "Lynn Findley"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 36
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00"
last_action: "2021-08-20T17:26:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/087dbbb7-5642-4c56-9fba-3017a657a399"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB19"
source_hash: "e025c69d9983c68d4ea1d82a8df3228a41e4939289a43c64e7de2f2d2560d91a"
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 19 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to Department of Corrections institutions; and declaring an emergency.

Requires state to offer to transfer title and assets of Warner Creek Correctional Facility to Lake County if closed. Authorizes county to rezone institution land by ordinance.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB19/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB19/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB19/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB19/B-Engrossed)
5. **Conference Committee Amendments to B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB19/Conference%20Committee%20Amendments%20to%20B-Engrossed)
6. **HERP Amendment -A8** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/21099)
7. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB19/House%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
8. **SB19 Amendment -B13** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/21564)
9. **SFR Amendment -7** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/20147)
10. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB19/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Repassed. — **55–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate refused to concur in House amendments. — **28–1** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Findley. Passed. — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Levy. Passed. — **55–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate adopted Conference Committee Report and repassed bill. — **28–1** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dennis Linthicum — primary (person)
- E. Werner Reschke — primary (person)
- Lynn Findley — primary (person)
- Bobby Levy — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Owens — cosponsor (person)
- Rep Leif — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19T19:35:42+00:00** Referred to Finance and Revenue. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T23:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-04-12T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-04-19T19:31:02+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21T18:11:29+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-22T18:24:59+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Findley. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-27T16:54:08+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28T02:01:38+00:00** Referred to Economic Recovery and Prosperity with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-20T15:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-25T15:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-27T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-07T15:06:51+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed B-Engrossed, and subsequent referral to Ways and Means be rescinded. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-07T15:06:52+00:00** Subsequent referral to Ways and Means rescinded by order of the Speaker.
- **2021-06-09T19:05:02+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-11T03:21:23+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 14, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-06-14T22:36:01+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Levy. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-16T17:50:42+00:00** Senate refused to concur in House amendments.
- **2021-06-16T17:51:42+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-06-16T19:52:00+00:00** Senators Burdick, Boquist appointed Senate conferees.
- **2021-06-17T01:00:00+00:00** Representatives Clem, Lively, Reschke appointed House conferees.
- **2021-06-18T16:31:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-21T22:16:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-22T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-23T19:31:27+00:00** Conference Committee Recommendation: The Senate concur in House amendments dated 06-07 and B-Engrossed bill be further amended and repassed.
- **2021-06-24T23:55:07+00:00** Conference Committee Report distributed in House.
- **2021-06-25T16:39:57+00:00** Senate adopted Conference Committee Report and repassed bill.
- **2021-06-25T17:32:22+00:00** Repassed.
- **2021-06-25T17:25:00+00:00** House adopted Conference Committee Report.
- **2021-06-29T19:32:41+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-07-01T17:35:29+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-25T16:40:57+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-07-27T22:29:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-20T17:22:42+00:00** Chapter 642, 2021 Laws.
- **2021-08-20T17:26:23+00:00** Effective date, July 27, 2021.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/087dbbb7-5642-4c56-9fba-3017a657a399`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).