---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to proton beam therapy."
description: "Prohibits health benefit plans from imposing prior authorization or other utilization review requirements on coverage of proton beam therapy that do not apply to coverage of radiation therapy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2023R1"
identifier: "SB 463"
citation: "Oregon SB 463 (2023R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hansell", "Cyrus Javadi", "Hai Pham", "James Manning Jr."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-09T18:53:53+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-30T19:41:17+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/842cf05d-020f-4858-abf2-432d05407d6a"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/SB463"
source_hash: "9cc7c6a733894ff10b443f408bf3f827a28a03ee7f89df132f2261e0c1902b5d"
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 463 (2023R1) — Relating to proton beam therapy.

Prohibits health benefit plans from imposing prior authorization or other utilization review requirements on coverage of proton beam therapy that do not apply to coverage of radiation therapy.

## 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/SB463/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB463/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Pham H. Passed. — **59–1** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bill Hansell — primary (person)
- Cyrus Javadi — primary (person)
- Hai Pham — primary (person)
- James Manning Jr. — primary (person)
- Paul Holvey — cosponsor (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`
- **2023-03-01T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-03-08T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-03-13T16:41:54+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13T17:36:22+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-14T18:46:05+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-15T17:41:04+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16T23:30:56+00:00** Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-24T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-04-26T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-05-01T22:08:32+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-02T02:10:28+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **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.
- **2023-05-04T18:58:24+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 8, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-05-08T19:05:36+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Pham H. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-10T18:08:41+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-05-11T20:15:55+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-05-19T21:48:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-26T19:31:00+00:00** Chapter 106, 2023 Laws.
- **2023-05-30T19:41:17+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2024.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/842cf05d-020f-4858-abf2-432d05407d6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).