---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to public health preparedness; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Directs Oregon Health Authority to study public health system response to COVID-19 pandemic. Requires reports to interim committee of Legislative Assembly related to public health."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2022R1"
identifier: "SB 1554"
citation: "Oregon SB 1554 (2022R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cedric Hayden", "Deb Patterson", "Elizabeth Steiner", "Lisa Reynolds", "Maxine Dexter"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-02-01T15:05:58+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-01T17:10:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2986b24e-2a33-431b-b5ba-24f767d3f263"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Measures/Overview/SB1554"
source_hash: "443e1b38ae1c3454c141c30101bb61a422a42f790f3b53bc34f4fb20f78b843b"
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 1554 (2022R1) — Relating to public health preparedness; and declaring an emergency.

Directs Oregon Health Authority to study public health system response to COVID-19 pandemic. Requires reports to interim committee of Legislative Assembly related to public health.

## 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/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1554/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1554/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1554/A-Engrossed)
4. **JWM Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/22296)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1554/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Steiner Hayward. Passed. — **17–9** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **28–16** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Hayden. Passed. — **53–5** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **3–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cedric Hayden — primary (person)
- Deb Patterson — primary (person)
- Elizabeth Steiner — primary (person)
- Lisa Reynolds — primary (person)
- Maxine Dexter — primary (person)
- Andrea Salinas — cosponsor (person)
- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
- James Hieb — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Reardon — cosponsor (person)
- Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Holvey — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Prusak — cosponsor (person)
- Raquel Moore-Green — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Gelser Blouin — cosponsor (person)
- Sheri Schouten — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Alonso Leon — cosponsor (person)
- Travis Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Wlnsvey Campos — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01T15:05:58+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01T16:27:56+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2022-02-07T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2022-02-08T16:52:05+00:00** Recommendation: Do Pass and be referred to Ways and Means.
- **2022-02-08T16:53:28+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-18T23:43:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-21T21:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2022-02-21T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2022-02-24T01:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2022-02-24T17:37:14+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-25T18:19:22+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-28T21:28:16+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Steiner Hayward. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-28T23:19:59+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01T00:46:12+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01T18:19:06+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-01T22:36:05+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03T01:35:20+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 3, 2022 Calendar.
- **2022-03-03T19:41:32+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hayden. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-04T22:12:42+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-08T19:50:55+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-24T18:16:55+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-01T17:03:00+00:00** Chapter 93, 2022 Laws.
- **2022-04-01T17:10:00+00:00** Effective date, March 23, 2022.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2986b24e-2a33-431b-b5ba-24f767d3f263`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).