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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to caregivers; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Requires Department of Human Services to establish certification process for direct care providers of home or community-based services and implement online registry of direct care providers of home or community-based services. Specifies requirements for certification and information to be displayed on online registry."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2022R1"
identifier: "SB 1556"
citation: "Oregon SB 1556 (2022R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Kennemer", "Courtney Neron", "Deb Patterson", "Greg Smith", "James Manning Jr.", "Sara Gelser Blouin", "Tawna Sanchez"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-01T15:05:58+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-01T17:10:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/436b358b-f4d2-4b84-b0a9-18dc03a29209"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Measures/Overview/SB1556"
source_hash: "bc6a83de0dc72d9f66ccc564ec2eef522cbb106193b9194ec630c33ca809203e"
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 1556 (2022R1) — Relating to caregivers; and declaring an emergency.
Requires Department of Human Services to establish certification process for direct care providers of home or community-based services and implement online registry of direct care providers of home or community-based services. Specifies requirements for certification and information to be displayed on online registry.
## 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/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1556/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1556/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1556/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1556/B-Engrossed)
5. **JWM Amendment -A7** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/22407)
6. **SRULES Amendment -5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/22248)
7. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1556/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1556/Enrolled)
## Votes
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Williams. Passed. — **39–18** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. — **19–8** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **28–16** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Williams. Passed. — **39–18** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bill Kennemer — primary (person)
- Courtney Neron — primary (person)
- Deb Patterson — primary (person)
- Greg Smith — primary (person)
- James Manning Jr. — primary (person)
- Sara Gelser Blouin — primary (person)
- Tawna Sanchez — primary (person)
- Anna Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Hoy — cosponsor (person)
- David Gomberg — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Reardon — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Nathanson — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Sosa — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Armitage — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Prusak — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-02-01T15:05:58+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01T16:27:56+00:00** Referred to Human Services, Mental Health and Recovery, then Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01T23:16:00+00:00** Informational Meeting held.
- **2022-02-03T23:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2022-02-10T23:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2022-02-14T23:23:30+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass and requesting referral to Rules. Referred to Rules by order of the President then Ways and Means by prior reference. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14T23:23:31+00:00** Referred to Rules then to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22T21:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2022-02-23T22:48:34+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23T22:48:35+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24T00:18:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Capital Construction. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25T21:33:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2022-02-25T21:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2022-02-26T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2022-02-28T15:12:29+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-01T17:23:20+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-02T21:27:48+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-03T01:29:33+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03T02:19:26+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03T16:35:11+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-03T18:11:08+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04T01:04:09+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 4, 2022 Calendar.
- **2022-03-04T18:42:16+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Williams. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-04T18:42:11+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Williams. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-08T20:06:47+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-08T23:24:20+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-24T18:16:55+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-01T17:03:00+00:00** Chapter 95, 2022 Laws.
- **2022-04-01T17:10:00+00:00** Effective date, March 23, 2022.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/436b358b-f4d2-4b84-b0a9-18dc03a29209`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).