---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Oregon State Hospital patients; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Permits Oregon Health Authority staff to apply for additional state or federal benefits on behalf of Oregon State Hospital patients who will be discharged."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2302"
citation: "Oregon HB 2302 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-31T00:07:46+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a6d5e69-b52b-4056-9442-fc7075499463"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2302"
source_hash: "a9ccfb951d12054002c5979b58a9de2bd9afac4ae3d9616027d6f835af374e27"
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 HB 2302 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to Oregon State Hospital patients; and declaring an emergency.

Permits Oregon Health Authority staff to apply for additional state or federal benefits on behalf of Oregon State Hospital patients who will be discharged.

## 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/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2302/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2302/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Olsen. Passed. — **30–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Hack. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-18T01:55:48+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01T23:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-02-03T22:17:55+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-06T17:59:53+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-02-08T20:35:04+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hack. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-09T17:25:05+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13T21:31:24+00:00** Referred to Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-24T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-26T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-05-01T15:31:58+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-01T18:25:38+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-02T17:10:58+00:00** Carried over to 05-03 by unanimous consent.
- **2017-05-03T17:58:58+00:00** Carried over to 05-04 by unanimous consent.
- **2017-05-04T18:24:21+00:00** Carried over to 05-08 by unanimous consent.
- **2017-05-08T18:22:02+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Olsen. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-10T19:55:58+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-10T22:09:09+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-17T16:38:33+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-31T00:07:46+00:00** Chapter 65, (2017 Laws): Effective date May 17, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a6d5e69-b52b-4056-9442-fc7075499463`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).