---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to oral health in schools; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Directs school districts to provide age-appropriate instruction in oral health as part of health education curriculum."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2969"
citation: "Oregon HB 2969 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cedric Hayden", "Rob Nosse"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-21T17:03:02+00:00"
last_action: "2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79f0fbf6-13be-4e8a-8ab7-e2cb4d9f8e4e"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB2969"
source_hash: "1d6299ae6c2660840234aba0c3fe52954a01a1714472f564198113ae0ae6de97"
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 2969 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to oral health in schools; and declaring an emergency.

Directs school districts to provide age-appropriate instruction in oral health as part of health education curriculum.

## 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/HB2969/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2969/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2969/A-Engrossed)
4. **HED Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/20197)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2969/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Hayden, Nosse. Passed. — **53–1** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Thomsen. Passed. — **25–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cedric Hayden — primary (person)
- Rob Nosse — primary (person)
- Andrea Salinas — cosponsor (person)
- Andrea Valderrama — cosponsor (person)
- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Reardon — cosponsor (person)
- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
- Ricki Ruiz — cosponsor (person)
- Sheri Schouten — 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.

- **2021-01-21T17:03:02+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26T16:12:34+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-04-13T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-04-16T17:53:32+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`
- **2021-04-27T19:45:57+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hayden, Nosse. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-27T19:46:57+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Williams.
- **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 Education. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12T22:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-19T22:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-26T15:31:41+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-26T17:26:12+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-05-27T19:59:37+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Thomsen. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-27T20:00:37+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-06-02T20:47:21+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-07T16:27:01+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-11T23:30:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00** Chapter 245, (2021 Laws): Effective date June 11, 2021.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79f0fbf6-13be-4e8a-8ab7-e2cb4d9f8e4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).