---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to contraceptives; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Allows pharmacists to <b>prescribe and administer injectable hormonal contraceptives and</b> prescribe and dispense self-administered hormonal contraceptives. Defines <b>\"injectable hormonal contraceptive\" and</b> \"self-administered hormonal contraceptive.\" <b>Requires prescription drug benefit programs and prescription drug benefits offered under health benefit plans to provide coverage for pharmacist consultations.</b>"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2527"
citation: "Oregon HB 2527 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elizabeth Steiner Hayward", "Knute Buehler"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-22T21:55:15+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d831863-4686-4405-85ae-eee774569a30"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2527"
source_hash: "704135734adba35debe2d8090a0df3c24eef2684eb87d947a0f76172819f0237"
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 2527 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to contraceptives; and declaring an emergency.

Allows pharmacists to <b>prescribe and administer injectable hormonal contraceptives and</b> prescribe and dispense self-administered hormonal contraceptives. Defines <b>"injectable hormonal contraceptive" and</b> "self-administered hormonal contraceptive." <b>Requires prescription drug benefit programs and prescription drug benefits offered under health benefit plans to provide coverage for pharmacist consultations.</b>

## 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/HB2527/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2527/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2527/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2527/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Buehler. Passed. — **48–4** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Steiner Hayward. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Elizabeth Steiner Hayward — primary (person)
- Knute Buehler — primary (person)
- Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Jodi Hack — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie Monnes Anderson — cosponsor (person)

## 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`
- **2017-03-20T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-14T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-24T19:38:26+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-25T17:42:01+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-26T23:02:29+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 27, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-04-27T21:29:18+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Buehler. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-01T16:05:03+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-04T15:56:43+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-18T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-25T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-01T15:42:36+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-01T18:20:45+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-05T18:56:54+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Steiner Hayward. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-07T22:09:22+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-08T16:21:15+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-14T23:04:23+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-22T21:55:15+00:00** Chapter 289, (2017 Laws): Effective date June 14, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d831863-4686-4405-85ae-eee774569a30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).