---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to pharmacy; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Revises definitions related to pharmacy for consistency with applicable federal law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2023R1"
identifier: "SB 970"
citation: "Oregon SB 970 (2023R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-22T18:32:27+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-23T20:08:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a9ec278-d583-4f00-b517-9b40f2772272"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/SB970"
source_hash: "60138012cc9580a76a44d4e138f0f43749f281be88de50dd97f6a2b7e36c8edd"
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 970 (2023R1) — Relating to pharmacy; and prescribing an effective date.

Revises definitions related to pharmacy for consistency with applicable federal law.

## 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/SB970/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB970/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Hayden. Passed. — **25–3** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Javadi. Passed. — **54–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## 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 Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-03-13T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-03-16T16:58:28+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16T17:53:04+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-20T18:46:54+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hayden. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-21T17:12:42+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21T20:25:02+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.
- **2023-04-27T00:05:36+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.
- **2023-05-04T19:12:49+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Javadi. 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 93, 2023 Laws.
- **2023-05-23T20:08:00+00:00** Effective on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a9ec278-d583-4f00-b517-9b40f2772272`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).