---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to providing for mental health needs of the agricultural workforce; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Appropriates moneys from General Fund to support implementation of AgriStress Helpline in Oregon."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2023R1"
identifier: "SB 955"
citation: "Oregon SB 955 (2023R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hansell", "Bobby Levy", "Hai Pham"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-22T18:32:27+00:00"
last_action: "2023-08-01T16:56:06+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/593f0b64-0612-4bbe-b559-c5a56bd5d3a6"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/SB955"
source_hash: "5ee24479ff1e9dc68d75d45f0cefc037a14431e68e921cefb685a1b105032cc0"
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 955 (2023R1) — Relating to providing for mental health needs of the agricultural workforce; and declaring an emergency.

Appropriates moneys from General Fund to support implementation of AgriStress Helpline in Oregon.

## 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/SB955/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB955/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Knopp, Sollman. Passed. — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **42–0** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Levy B. Passed. — **50–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill Hansell — primary (person)
- Bobby Levy — primary (person)
- Hai Pham — primary (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd Prozanski — cosponsor (person)
- James Hieb — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Kate Lieber — cosponsor (person)
- Kayse Jama — cosponsor (person)
- Lynn Findley — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
- Ricki Ruiz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-22T18:32:27+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23T23:50:40+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-03-22T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-03-28T19:58:53+00:00** Recommendation: Do Pass and request referral to Ways and Means.
- **2023-03-28T19:58:54+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-23T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-06-24T16:08:34+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-24T21:13:50+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-25T17:38:44+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Knopp, Sollman. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-25T17:53:14+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-25T18:56:04+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-25T19:24:37+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-25T19:57:46+00:00** Rules suspended. Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-25T20:14:33+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Levy B. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-27T18:21:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-07-06T18:22:59+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-07-18T19:45:49+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-08-01T16:52:31+00:00** Chapter 373, 2023 Laws.
- **2023-08-01T16:56:06+00:00** Effective date, July 18, 2023.
- **2023-06-25T17:39:44+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Knopp.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/593f0b64-0612-4bbe-b559-c5a56bd5d3a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).