---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to health care practitioners."
description: "Adds optometrists to list of health care practitioners who must complete pain management education program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2265"
citation: "Oregon HB 2265 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-27T16:46:56+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14c6dadb-0376-4761-a867-52fc985637dc"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2265"
source_hash: "783a0b7e108abf1dcee0f5010ab158108202e1128df59b8fa8db4964faafd964"
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 2265 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to health care practitioners.

Adds optometrists to list of health care practitioners who must complete pain management education program.

## 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/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2265/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2265/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Drazan. Passed. — **55–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Knopp. Passed. — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-18T19:43:45+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31T23:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-02-02T00:23:17+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-04T20:05:30+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-02-06T19:37:43+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Drazan. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-07T17:10:13+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08T22:23:49+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04T21:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-03-07T16:36:02+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07T20:11:29+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-11T18:51:22+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Knopp. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-12T17:17:31+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-03-13T22:36:56+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-03-20T22:17:29+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-27T16:46:56+00:00** Chapter 3, (2019 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14c6dadb-0376-4761-a867-52fc985637dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).