---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to health care benefits for part-time faculty members at post-secondary institutions of education; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Requires that dental and vision are included in health benefits available to part-time faculty members."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2023R1"
identifier: "HB 2611"
citation: "Oregon HB 2611 (2023R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Dembrow", "Ricki Ruiz", "Susan McLain"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-09T16:13:56+00:00"
last_action: "2023-08-15T22:20:56+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/337ede02-4eab-4f32-baa7-648360be946d"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/HB2611"
source_hash: "58cbc4dee01d20af268e4705b0a6b179411c28f493e6fb0131ca2ff6eabee2c2"
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 2611 (2023R1) — Relating to health care benefits for part-time faculty members at post-secondary institutions of education; and declaring an emergency.

Requires that dental and vision are included in health benefits available to part-time faculty members.

## 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.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2611/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2611/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2611/A-Engrossed)
4. **HHED Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/23173)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2611/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **34–6** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by McLain. Passed. — **42–15** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. — **21–3** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **8–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michael Dembrow — primary (person)
- Ricki Ruiz — primary (person)
- Susan McLain — primary (person)
- Aaron Woods — cosponsor (person)
- Ben Bowman — cosponsor (person)
- Courtney Neron — cosponsor (person)
- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
- Hai Pham — cosponsor (person)
- Hoa Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Janelle Bynum — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Kropf — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
- Kate Lieber — cosponsor (person)
- Kayse Jama — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Nathanson — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Sosa — cosponsor (person)
- Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Holvey — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Andersen — cosponsor (person)
- Travis Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Wlnsvey Campos — cosponsor (person)
- Zach Hudson — 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`
- **2023-01-13T19:56:52+00:00** Referred to Higher Education with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-03-16T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-03-23T13:21:17+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23T13:21:18+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-22T16:36:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Education. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01T15:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2023-06-01T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-06-08T00:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-06-09T15:31:09+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-13T17:52:11+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-13T23:45:01+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by McLain. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-15T18:26:05+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-15T20:39:58+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-20T19:53:32+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-21T00:07:02+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-22T02:43:40+00:00** Carried over to 06-22 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-06-23T00:44:51+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-24T21:26:25+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-24T23:08:16+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-23T00:45:51+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Smith DB.
- **2023-08-01T01:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-08-15T22:20:56+00:00** Chapter 502, (2023 Laws): Effective date July 31, 2023.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/337ede02-4eab-4f32-baa7-648360be946d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).