---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to health care."
description: "<b>Digest: The Act forbids the HERC from using quality of life to measure the weight to give to a service that may be covered by the state Medicaid program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2024R1"
identifier: "SB 1508"
citation: "Oregon SB 1508 (2024R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-05T15:05:18+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-25T18:46:52+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e70cd38a-320a-4ed8-9214-800a2fcdab97"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Measures/Overview/SB1508"
source_hash: "f34068a45567d8ec2e33fa39011ccb5c8fa0c3210ad6ec603e8d64633a20b2e3"
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 1508 (2024R1) — Relating to health care.

<b>Digest: The Act forbids the HERC from using quality of life to measure the weight to give to a service that may be covered by the state Medicaid program.

## 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/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1508/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1508/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1508/A-Engrossed)
4. **SHC Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/25557)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1508/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. — **27–3** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Tran, Javadi. Passed. — **53–1** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-05T15:05:18+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05T17:31:30+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07T21:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2024-02-09T22:16:24+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-12T18:56:30+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13T19:34:43+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-14T18:06:06+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14T23:28:25+00:00** Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21T23:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2024-02-23T00:00:39+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26T19:30:41+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27T20:33:20+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Tran, Javadi. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-01T18:22:14+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-05T00:13:32+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-20T22:43:54+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-25T18:44:05+00:00** Chapter 18, 2024 Laws.
- **2024-03-25T18:46:52+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2025.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e70cd38a-320a-4ed8-9214-800a2fcdab97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).