---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to health insurance."
description: "<b>Requires insurer to provide specified notice to insured or prospective insured enrolled in short term health insurance policy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2046"
citation: "Oregon HB 2046 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-11T15:57:04+00:00"
last_action: "2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9238f5cc-f5a8-4e7f-9cdd-3d8fceab868f"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB2046"
source_hash: "d9021ec514fc1aaaf09a77096ba46c4233d660af0f4bf15c5a2080b9e4d34771"
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 2046 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to health insurance.

<b>Requires insurer to provide specified notice to insured or prospective insured enrolled in short term health insurance policy.

## 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.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2046/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2046/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2046/A-Engrossed)
4. **HHC Amendment -3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/20221)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2046/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Dexter. Passed. — **55–1** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. — **25–3** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11T15:57:04+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20T04:40:25+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01T22:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-04-19T17:58:21+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-26T20:04:30+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-27T18:06:37+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Dexter. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-28T19:50:55+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29T19:11:50+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-19T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-28T15:20:38+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-28T17:07:48+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-01T17:52:35+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-02T20:47:21+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-07T16:27:01+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-13T22:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-11T23:30:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00** Chapter 205, (2021 Laws): Effective date January 01, 2022.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9238f5cc-f5a8-4e7f-9cdd-3d8fceab868f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).