---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to health care; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Requires health benefit plan coverage of health services necessary to combat disease outbreak or epidemic."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 3276"
citation: "Oregon HB 3276 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elizabeth Steiner Hayward", "Mitch Greenlick", "Nancy Nathanson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-03-02T17:07:55+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-18T18:00:20+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41853e4c-8534-4864-9006-abeb47797b72"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB3276"
source_hash: "64e6eea5c877236e43200b0b745d3ed4ce477b94337095da6eb3dd089a43c162"
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 3276 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to health care; and declaring an emergency.

Requires health benefit plan coverage of health services necessary to combat disease outbreak or epidemic.

## 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/HB3276/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3276/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3276/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3276/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **44–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Nathanson. Passed. — **54–2** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Steiner Hayward. Passed. — **27–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Elizabeth Steiner Hayward — primary (person)
- Mitch Greenlick — primary (person)
- Nancy Nathanson — primary (person)
- Barbara Smith Warner — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Holvey — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-02T17:07:55+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-10T00:02:08+00:00** Referred to Health Care with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-24T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-03-27T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-14T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-19T19:56:20+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-19T19:56:21+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-14T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-06-09T23:31:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-27T15:33:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2017-06-27T15:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-29T19:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-30T16:16:52+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-30T16:32:15+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-01T17:49:33+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Nathanson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-03T21:08:07+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-03T22:46:07+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-04T15:06:01+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-07-04T17:04:43+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-05T21:18:02+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Steiner Hayward. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-05T23:19:00+00:00** Thatcher, granted unanimous consent to change vote to aye.
- **2017-07-10T21:30:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-07-18T18:09:30+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-08-15T19:02:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-18T18:00:20+00:00** Chapter 719, (2017 Laws): Effective date August 15, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41853e4c-8534-4864-9006-abeb47797b72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).