---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to health insurance; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Updates Insurance Code provisions applicable to health insurance in accordance with federal requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2341"
citation: "Oregon HB 2341 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/908901de-c181-4714-9be2-32e54d1d732f"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2341"
source_hash: "dd1316d21bb6d19e73f4dab00b6e4d5fa161908ac8cd52f89d1cba93baf85107"
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 2341 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to health insurance; and declaring an emergency.

Updates Insurance Code provisions applicable to health insurance in accordance with federal requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2341/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2341/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2341/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2341/B-Engrossed)
5. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2341/Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2341/Enrolled)

## Votes

- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **45–14** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Beyer. Passed. — **26–4** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Greenlick. Passed. — **44–16** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **8–0** (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`
- **2017-02-08T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-03-17T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-03-20T21:59:12+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-21T16:01:20+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-03-22T18:48:34+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Greenlick. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-23T16:22:55+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28T16:02:25+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-04T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-05-09T16:20:15+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-10T17:06:45+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-11T18:53:40+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Beyer. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-17T18:26:07+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2017-05-22T15:49:31+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-22T22:45:48+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-25T16:37:15+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00** Chapter 152, (2017 Laws): Effective date May 25, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/908901de-c181-4714-9be2-32e54d1d732f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).