---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to school-based health practitioners; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Requires Department of Education to conduct study to identify best methodology for determining appropriate number of students on workload for certain school-based health practitioners."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2023R1"
identifier: "HB 2618"
citation: "Oregon HB 2618 (2023R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deb Patterson", "Susan McLain"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-09T16:13:56+00:00"
last_action: "2023-08-15T22:20:56+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8e8c5d8-e802-4345-88ac-588e3c7cd19e"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/HB2618"
source_hash: "c59999b4fb74599207bc2608a028c54980e33b13d826c5a19469f3c5f77ac469"
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 2618 (2023R1) — Relating to school-based health practitioners; and declaring an emergency.

Requires Department of Education to conduct study to identify best methodology for determining appropriate number of students on workload for certain school-based health practitioners.

## 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/HB2618/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2618/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2618/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2618/B-Engrossed)
5. **HED Amendment -3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/22606)
6. **SED Amendment -A5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/24901)
7. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2618/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2618/Enrolled)

## Votes

- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **38–15** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by McLain. Passed. — **38–20** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Weber. Passed. — **21–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Deb Patterson — primary (person)
- Susan McLain — primary (person)
- Aaron Woods — cosponsor (person)
- Annessa Hartman — cosponsor (person)
- Hoa Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Janelle Bynum — cosponsor (person)
- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Knopp — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Andersen — 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 Education. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-02-20T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-02-27T15:58:27+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28T19:33:57+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-02T20:00:03+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 6, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-03-06T20:05:01+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 7, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-03-07T19:21:40+00:00** Third reading. Carried by McLain. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-08T19:54:02+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09T17:32:49+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-05-11T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-05-16T18:23:46+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `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.
- **2023-06-22T00:10:49+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Weber. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-22T00:11:49+00:00** Gelser Blouin, excused, granted unanimous consent to vote aye.
- **2023-06-23T18:22:54+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2023-06-24T21:26:25+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-24T23:08:16+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-23T18:23:54+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 503, (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/c8e8c5d8-e802-4345-88ac-588e3c7cd19e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).