---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to mental health."
description: "Modifies circumstances in which physician or provider may disregard principal's wishes regarding mental health treatment to include when principal is extremely dangerous person committed to Oregon Health Authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 72"
citation: "Oregon SB 72 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-10T18:49:52+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d3247ce-97c9-4e8b-86f3-c518ec2b2c29"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB72"
source_hash: "15564ce031a115f6cc7eb10eed6cc649cd87feb163ee5bdad55e19a5136a986a"
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 72 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to mental health.

Modifies circumstances in which physician or provider may disregard principal's wishes regarding mental health treatment to include when principal is extremely dangerous person committed to Oregon Health Authority.

## 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/SB72/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB72/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. — **26–4** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. — **56–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–3** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (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 Judiciary and Ballot Measure 110 Implementation. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-25T15:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-04-15T15:31:12+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15T18:08:53+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-19T18:13:06+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-19T19:25:33+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19T18:14:06+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-04-23T18:06:46+00:00** Referred to Behavioral Health. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-03T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-05T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-07T23:38:03+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-10T18:21:34+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-05-11T18:44:31+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-12T18:31:27+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-05-13T18:07:57+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-05-19T18:37:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-10T18:23:55+00:00** Chapter 33, 2021 Laws.
- **2021-06-10T18:49:52+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2022.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d3247ce-97c9-4e8b-86f3-c518ec2b2c29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).