---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to dental directors; and declaring an emergency."
description: "<i>Requires prescription monitoring system established by Oregon Health Authority to be accessible to dental director appointed by authority.</i>] Directs <b>Oregon Health</b> Authority to disclose certain patient information to dental directors for specified purposes. Defines \"dental director.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2609"
citation: "Oregon HB 2609 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alissa Keny-Guyer", "Cedric Hayden"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-10T16:26:58+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aeca752b-b0ce-47e7-924e-aa4749f0aa3f"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2609"
source_hash: "145b9afe5197cf85b8e51be95f4ebdc76496f5fbaf9a9df70630f971f7f7a92f"
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 2609 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to dental directors; and declaring an emergency.

<i>Requires prescription monitoring system established by Oregon Health Authority to be accessible to dental director appointed by authority.</i>] Directs <b>Oregon Health</b> Authority to disclose certain patient information to dental directors for specified purposes. Defines "dental director."

## 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/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2609/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2609/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2609/A-Engrossed)
4. **HHC Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/14296)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2609/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Hayden. Passed. — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Beyer. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alissa Keny-Guyer — primary (person)
- Cedric Hayden — primary (person)
- Andrea Salinas — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie Monnes Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Mitch Greenlick — cosponsor (person)
- Rep Boles — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Sheri Schouten — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Alonso Leon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-15T23:56:58+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-03-19T22:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-03-25T23:24:39+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26T18:24:10+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-27T20:06:25+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 28, 2019 Calendar.
- **2019-03-28T18:55:21+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hayden. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-01T16:32:54+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02T16:07:45+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-04-22T15:58:13+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-22T17:44:32+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-23T19:36:09+00:00** Carried over to 04-24 by unanimous consent.
- **2019-04-24T19:38:56+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Beyer. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-25T20:51:23+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26T16:10:48+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-02T16:43:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-10T16:26:58+00:00** Chapter 53, (2019 Laws): Effective date May 2, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aeca752b-b0ce-47e7-924e-aa4749f0aa3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).