---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to long term care referral; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Requires long term care referral provider to be registered with Department of Human Services. Imposes certain requirements on long term care referral providers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2661"
citation: "Oregon HB 2661 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alissa Keny-Guyer", "Mark Meek"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-18T18:19:59+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/654aa292-ad78-435f-8a59-62c00abb9b2b"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2661"
source_hash: "510c85b0966f8789e2d0157e2f8441a06f6244b20199e5dfbb550e7e849d9b72"
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 HB 2661 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to long term care referral; and declaring an emergency.

Requires long term care referral provider to be registered with Department of Human Services. Imposes certain requirements on long term care referral providers.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2661/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2661/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2661/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2661/B-Engrossed)
5. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2661/House Amendments to A-Engrossed)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2661/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. — **27–3** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **8–1** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Keny-Guyer. Passed. — **57–2** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **44–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Alissa Keny-Guyer — primary (person)
- Mark Meek — primary (person)
- David Gomberg — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-18T01:55:48+00:00** Referred to Human Services and Housing. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-03-16T15:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-13T15:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-18T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-27T16:54:19+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-27T16:54:20+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20T18:37:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-26T15:33:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2017-06-26T15:32:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-06-29T19:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-30T22:54:01+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-07-01T15:50:06+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-05T17:56:32+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Keny-Guyer. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-05T18:53:22+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-05T20:33:21+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-06T14:52:59+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-07-06T17:50:09+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-06T19:16:11+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-06T21:25:23+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-10T21:30:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-07-18T18:09:30+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-08-08T23:30:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-18T18:19:59+00:00** Chapter 656, (2017 Laws): Effective date August 8, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/654aa292-ad78-435f-8a59-62c00abb9b2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).