---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to prescribing authority of certified registered nurse anesthetists; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Removes 10-day supply limitation on prescriptions for certain controlled substances issued by certified registered nurse anesthetists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 136"
citation: "Oregon SB 136 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-24T19:25:57+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b8bbb54-4d46-43f3-b077-561f4548c02a"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB136"
source_hash: "37210bcf9bcddcafc6d8d971ed3808891aa789c3b507abcdc5100443e642b579"
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 136 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to prescribing authority of certified registered nurse anesthetists; and declaring an emergency.

Removes 10-day supply limitation on prescriptions for certain controlled substances issued by certified registered nurse anesthetists.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB136/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB136/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Beyer. Passed. — **19–6** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Prusak. Passed. — **44–15** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **10–1** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-15T16:47:07+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-03-20T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-03-26T15:46:58+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26T17:00:34+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-28T18:35:19+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Beyer. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-28T18:36:19+00:00** Vote explanation filed by Boquist.
- **2019-04-01T16:59:12+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04T19:25:46+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-23T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-26T21:53:28+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-29T17:22:39+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-30T22:40:06+00:00** Carried over to May 1, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-02T00:28:13+00:00** Carried over to May 2, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-02T18:46:29+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 6, 2019 Calendar.
- **2019-05-06T20:34:06+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 7, 2019 Calendar.
- **2019-05-07T19:10:54+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 8, 2019 Calendar.
- **2019-05-08T19:50:15+00:00** Carried over to May 9, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-09T19:18:36+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Prusak. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-09T19:19:36+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Smith DB.
- **2019-05-13T21:32:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-14T00:06:22+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-20T22:48:22+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-24T19:24:18+00:00** Chapter 129, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-05-24T19:25:57+00:00** Effective date, May 20, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b8bbb54-4d46-43f3-b077-561f4548c02a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).