---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the disposal of covered drugs at incinerators subject to federal requirements; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Adds certain hospital, medical and infectious waste incinerators to facilities at which covered drugs under drug takeback program may be disposed of."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2023R1"
identifier: "SB 411"
citation: "Oregon SB 411 (2023R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deb Patterson", "Paul Evans"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-09T18:53:53+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-23T20:09:32+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71f713f0-e365-4fb0-bdee-16dba548bf9d"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/SB411"
source_hash: "8858d765d499a003ceaf615aed9e801f8c4fa63891049fb71ec4277ed434f2eb"
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 411 (2023R1) — Relating to the disposal of covered drugs at incinerators subject to federal requirements; and declaring an emergency.

Adds certain hospital, medical and infectious waste incinerators to facilities at which covered drugs under drug takeback program may be disposed of.

## 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/SB411/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB411/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB411/A-Engrossed)
4. **SHC Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/23215)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB411/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Evans. Passed. — **54–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Deb Patterson — primary (person)
- Paul Evans — primary (person)
- Travis Nelson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09T18:53:53+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-14T22:09:55+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-03-20T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-03-22T22:16:53+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23T18:14:27+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-27T17:34:50+00:00** Carried over to 03-28 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-03-28T18:46:56+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-28T19:08:55+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28T22:48:14+00:00** Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-04-24T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-04-27T00:05:27+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-27T19:08:31+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02T02:13:23+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 2, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-05-02T21:41:19+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 3, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-05-03T19:43:02+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 4, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-05-04T19:10:42+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Evans. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-08T17:50:38+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-05-09T18:39:05+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-05-16T23:05:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-23T20:05:54+00:00** Chapter 91, 2023 Laws.
- **2023-05-23T20:09:32+00:00** Effective date, May 16, 2023.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71f713f0-e365-4fb0-bdee-16dba548bf9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).