---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to nursing education; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Requires clinical component in nursing education for licensure by indorsement. Allows Oregon State Board of Nursing to define \"clinical component\" by rule."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 40"
citation: "Oregon SB 40 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00"
last_action: "2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1503395f-ef23-4145-bf25-39496e5b4439"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB40"
source_hash: "f68fd8e05fc0c780779a6cc0b9ef56082257ce868ff2b0ce337e8b85421625d8"
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 40 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to nursing education; and prescribing an effective date.

Requires clinical component in nursing education for licensure by indorsement. Allows Oregon State Board of Nursing to define "clinical component" by rule.

## 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/SB40/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB40/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Beyer. Passed. — **28–2** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Schouten. Passed. — **49–2** (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 Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-02-22T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-03-04T16:09:47+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-04T20:07:06+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-03-10T19:28:38+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Beyer. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-10T19:29:38+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Boquist, Heard.
- **2021-03-15T17:37:57+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23T03:52:19+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29T22:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-13T22:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-17T18:28:53+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-18T20:00:12+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-05-19T20:01:06+00:00** Carried over to May 20, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-05-20T19:23:21+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Schouten. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-25T17:04:30+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-05-26T15:46:56+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-01T17:10:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-10T18:23:55+00:00** Chapter 131, 2021 Laws.
- **2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00** Effective date, September 25, 2021.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1503395f-ef23-4145-bf25-39496e5b4439`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).