---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to health care; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Allows continuation of medical assistance for specified period following admission to state hospital."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2018 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 1549"
citation: "Oregon SB 1549 (2018 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-22T18:07:44+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-29T15:46:14+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11d939a0-0dad-4f5f-9b1d-80a06200c536"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Measures/Overview/SB1549"
source_hash: "d2dc67299bf74ac593af18a0fd390b8cc2e62d5bb2249f3072ca8fe2f7d1619b"
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 1549 (2018 Regular Session) — Relating to health care; and declaring an emergency.

Allows continuation of medical assistance for specified period following admission to state hospital.

## 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/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1549/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1549/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1549/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1549/B-Engrossed)
5. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1549/House Amendments to A-Engrossed)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1549/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Monnes Anderson. Passed. — **27–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. — **59–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. — **27–1** (pass) · legislature

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-22T18:07:44+00:00** Presession Released to the Public.
- **2018-02-05T15:42:35+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05T16:42:14+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2018-02-12T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2018-02-14T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2018-02-16T19:21:23+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-19T18:14:35+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20T19:02:02+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Monnes Anderson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-20T19:51:52+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21T00:39:20+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23T16:32:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2018-02-26T22:21:35+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-27T17:46:30+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2018-02-28T20:22:43+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 1, 2018 Calendar.
- **2018-03-02T00:37:46+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-02T19:05:07+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
- **2018-03-03T23:50:35+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06T17:36:51+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-16T19:05:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-29T15:44:56+00:00** Chapter 043, 2018 Laws.
- **2018-03-29T15:46:14+00:00** Effective date, March 16, 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11d939a0-0dad-4f5f-9b1d-80a06200c536`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).