---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the cost of insulin."
description: "Limits cost-sharing for health benefit plan coverage of insulin prescribed for treatment of diabetes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2623"
citation: "Oregon HB 2623 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Brock Smith", "Sheri Schouten"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
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/d6991e95-a6c7-4eda-9a6e-95b501cd9686"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB2623"
source_hash: "612ef8baf93d846d0472ea37931d00b47451fba614074e88b83a901f8659b0df"
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 2623 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to the cost of insulin.

Limits cost-sharing for health benefit plan coverage of insulin prescribed for treatment of diabetes.

## 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/HB2623/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2623/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2623/A-Engrossed)
4. **HHC Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/20033)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2623/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **3–1** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Schouten. Passed. — **50–6** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Knopp. Passed. — **24–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Brock Smith — primary (person)
- Sheri Schouten — primary (person)
- Andrea Valderrama — cosponsor (person)
- Anna Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Kennemer — cosponsor (person)
- Courtney Neron — cosponsor (person)
- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Reardon — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
- Karin Power — cosponsor (person)
- Khanh Pham — cosponsor (person)
- Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Nathanson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Holvey — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Prusak — cosponsor (person)
- Rep Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Rep Leif — cosponsor (person)
- Ricki Ruiz — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Tawna Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Alonso Leon — cosponsor (person)
- Wlnsvey Campos — cosponsor (person)
- Zach Hudson — cosponsor (person)

## 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`
- **2021-02-16T23:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing cancelled.
- **2021-03-30T22:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-04-10T18:25:22+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14T18:26:53+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-16T03:50:28+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Schouten. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-19T16:02:34+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-23T16:24:27+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-03T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-12T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-19T15:17:06+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-19T17:40:24+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-05-20T19:19:53+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Knopp. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-20T19:20:53+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-05-25T16:25:19+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-05-27T17:41:35+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-03T19:03:36+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-08T22:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00** Chapter 160, (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/d6991e95-a6c7-4eda-9a6e-95b501cd9686`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).