---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to discipline imposed by the Oregon Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and Therapists."
description: "Requires the Oregon Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and Therapists to establish a schedule of violations and remove from the board's website and publicly accessible publications<b>, other than from a searchable electronic database designed to enable licensure or registration verification,</b> information related to a licensee's or associate's violations after a specified time."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "HB 2016"
citation: "Oregon HB 2016 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rob Nosse"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00"
last_action: "2025-07-25T17:45:38+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54673ba2-b165-4218-a53f-97d98cc0c154"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2016"
source_hash: "bc8d7eba151dbb10caa6582c232db3341325116a5857531667ce74dc5309836e"
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 HB 2016 (2025R1) — Relating to discipline imposed by the Oregon Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and Therapists.

Requires the Oregon Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and Therapists to establish a schedule of violations and remove from the board's website and publicly accessible publications<b>, other than from a searchable electronic database designed to enable licensure or registration verification,</b> information related to a licensee's or associate's violations after a specified time.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **House Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2016/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2016/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2016/A-Engrossed)
4. **HBHHC Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/28217)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2016/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Motion to reconsider carried. — **18–10** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. — **18–10** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. — **33–17** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **3–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rob Nosse — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-17T20:47:46+00:00** Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-04-08T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-04-14T22:23:15+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-15T18:26:09+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16T19:50:15+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 17, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-04-17T22:14:51+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-21T18:38:45+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-21T21:55:42+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-08T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-05-20T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-06-03T16:33:04+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-03T18:57:16+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-04T19:31:28+00:00** Carried over to 06-05 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-05T19:02:25+00:00** Carried over to 06-09 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-09T19:36:00+00:00** Carried over to 06-10 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-10T19:18:32+00:00** Carried over to 06-11 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-11T23:20:11+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Bill failed.
- **2025-06-11T23:21:11+00:00** Jama changed from aye to nay and served notice of possible reconsideration.
- **2025-06-12T18:18:48+00:00** Motion to reconsider carried.
- **2025-06-12T18:23:13+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-13T19:59:45+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-16T22:18:39+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-24T20:52:56+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-25T17:45:38+00:00** Chapter 373, (2025 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2026.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54673ba2-b165-4218-a53f-97d98cc0c154`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).