---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to universal health care; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Extends for one year sunset on Task Force on Universal Health Care and extends deadline for task force to submit recommendations to Legislative Assembly."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 428"
citation: "Oregon SB 428 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Manning Jr."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00"
last_action: "2021-08-20T17:10:35+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f1fee2c-c30b-43d0-8b03-e42be3242da4"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB428"
source_hash: "b5c04b356b3aee45c46add7c4713f0580a2f1921765b8b303b1b6f568225f41d"
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 428 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to universal health care; and declaring an emergency.

Extends for one year sunset on Task Force on Universal Health Care and extends deadline for task force to submit recommendations to Legislative Assembly.

## 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/SB428/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB428/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB428/A-Engrossed)
4. **JWM Amendment -5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/21249)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB428/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. — **18–10** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **36–10** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Hayden. Passed. — **42–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- James Manning Jr. — primary (person)
- Cedric Hayden — cosponsor (person)
- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Golden — cosponsor (person)
- Kayse Jama — cosponsor (person)
- Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Wilde — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Dembrow — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Prusak — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Gelser Blouin — cosponsor (person)
- Sheri Schouten — cosponsor (person)

## 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`
- **2021-02-15T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing Cancelled.
- **2021-02-24T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-01T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-03-09T21:52:59+00:00** Recommendation: Do Pass and be referred to Ways and Means.
- **2021-03-09T21:53:00+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-05T14:17:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09T15:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2021-06-09T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-11T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-17T23:37:35+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-21T17:43:13+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-21T19:26:02+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-21T19:58:19+00:00** Rules suspended. First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-21T22:05:26+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-21T23:55:18+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-22T17:41:10+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-23T00:38:57+00:00** Rules suspended. Rules suspended. Carried over to June 23, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-06-23T18:31:41+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 24, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-06-21T19:27:02+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-06-24T18:25:09+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hayden. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-26T17:19:39+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-26T21:22:31+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-07-19T22:29:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-20T17:05:08+00:00** Chapter 579, 2021 Laws.
- **2021-08-20T17:10:35+00:00** Effective date, July 19, 2021.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f1fee2c-c30b-43d0-8b03-e42be3242da4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).