---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to pharmacy technicians; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Allows certain pharmacy technicians to administer vaccines."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2023R1"
identifier: "HB 2486"
citation: "Oregon HB 2486 (2023R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rob Nosse"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-09T16:13:56+00:00"
last_action: "2023-07-26T17:51:21+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d6877aa-95a3-47f0-baf7-bc7777bffb58"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/HB2486"
source_hash: "332277e97951ff993e0905f70a863081dc0a99189e96cd733c1cdff989396ba5"
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 2486 (2023R1) — Relating to pharmacy technicians; and declaring an emergency.

Allows certain pharmacy technicians to administer vaccines.

## 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/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2486/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2486/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. — **48–9** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. — **18–7** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **10–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rob Nosse — primary (person)
- Cyrus Javadi — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09T16:13:56+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-11T20:08:51+00:00** Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01T01:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-03-08T01:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-03-10T23:36:38+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13T18:19:29+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-14T18:32:50+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-15T18:38:16+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20T17:06:33+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-05-08T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-06-15T15:13:07+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-15T21:55:03+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-16T19:18:31+00:00** Carried over to 06-20 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-06-21T00:07:02+00:00** Carried over to 06-21 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-06-21T23:15:35+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-24T18:06:15+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-24T23:08:16+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-21T23:16:35+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Anderson.
- **2023-07-18T20:55:25+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-26T17:51:21+00:00** Chapter 306, (2023 Laws): Effective date July 18, 2023.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d6877aa-95a3-47f0-baf7-bc7777bffb58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).