---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to benefit plans."
description: "Requires Public Employees' Benefit Board, Oregon Educators Benefit Board and private insurers to provide insurance coverage to adult disabled children <i>and adult disabled siblings</i>] of insureds under certain circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 748"
citation: "Oregon SB 748 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sara Gelser Blouin"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-04T17:01:19+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-30T17:39:51+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/135b1f9a-c2bb-42be-92d5-4b60382ec50e"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB748"
source_hash: "83b23c0a7afeb2184d7081493690af77c6cd5d7fdb607761c883f164522d62b9"
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 748 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to benefit plans.

Requires Public Employees' Benefit Board, Oregon Educators Benefit Board and private insurers to provide insurance coverage to adult disabled children <i>and adult disabled siblings</i>] of insureds under certain circumstances.

## 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/SB748/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB748/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB748/A-Engrossed)
4. **SHC Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/19751)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB748/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Alonso Leon. Passed. — **55–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. — **26–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sara Gelser Blouin — primary (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Sheri Schouten — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Alonso Leon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04T17:01:19+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10T19:40:34+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-04-05T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-04-29T22:43:45+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-03T17:08:21+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-05-04T18:45:54+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-04T18:46:54+00:00** Gelser declared potential conflict of interest.
- **2021-05-04T18:47:54+00:00** Patterson declared potential conflict of interest by unanimous consent.
- **2021-05-04T18:48:54+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Boquist.
- **2021-05-05T18:24:37+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11T16:04:04+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13T22:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-20T22:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-25T14:06:22+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-25T19:34:19+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-05-26T20:01:20+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 27, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-05-27T19:48:12+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 28, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-05-28T18:08:11+00:00** Carried over to June 1, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-06-01T23:46:45+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 2, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-06-02T22:46:48+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Alonso Leon. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-07T19:12:38+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-08T16:03:05+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-15T17:23:57+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-30T17:36:37+00:00** Chapter 342, 2021 Laws.
- **2021-06-30T17:39:51+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/135b1f9a-c2bb-42be-92d5-4b60382ec50e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).