---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to reimbursements for vision screenings of students; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Directs Department of Education to provide reimbursements for vision screenings of students to persons that provide vision screenings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 222"
citation: "Oregon SB 222 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00"
last_action: "2021-08-20T17:26:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d9e4d5c-7364-4f31-984b-3e4730ffa569"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB222"
source_hash: "4e923d19f486ef7c02b600b75d0a6ebd4bf723a45c5e345119a6a4daf7643f82"
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 222 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to reimbursements for vision screenings of students; and declaring an emergency.

Directs Department of Education to provide reimbursements for vision screenings of students to persons that provide vision screenings.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB222/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB222/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Thomsen. Passed. — **28–1** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Reschke. Passed. — **58–0** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19T19:35:42+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03T23:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-02-24T23:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-03-01T20:22:41+00:00** Recommendation: Do Pass and be referred to Ways and Means.
- **2021-03-01T20:22:42+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-05T14:16:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Education. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08T20:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2021-06-08T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-11T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-15T15:37:09+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-15T18:01:33+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-16T18:25:54+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Thomsen. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-16T18:38:47+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16T18:26:54+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-06-16T22:09:57+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-18T18:12:40+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-21T17:43:38+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-22T23:46:31+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Reschke. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-25T23:24:04+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-26T00:02:47+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-07-27T22:29:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-20T17:22:42+00:00** Chapter 648, 2021 Laws.
- **2021-08-20T17:26:23+00:00** Effective date, July 27, 2021.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d9e4d5c-7364-4f31-984b-3e4730ffa569`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).