---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the unclaimed remains of eligible decedents."
description: "Provides the Department of Veterans' Affairs with authority to adopt rules to implement the laws concerning the unclaimed remains of veterans, veterans' spouses and dependents and survivors of veterans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "HB 2386"
citation: "Oregon HB 2386 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dacia Grayber", "David Brock Smith"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-14T22:33:06+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a702d808-1a2e-460a-8873-42b017fe8537"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2386"
source_hash: "d7c895c679673afb804623fab2b969731609c9930935689b3c517ccff22a274d"
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 2386 (2025R1) — Relating to the unclaimed remains of eligible decedents.

Provides the Department of Veterans' Affairs with authority to adopt rules to implement the laws concerning the unclaimed remains of veterans, veterans' spouses and dependents and survivors of veterans.

## 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/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2386/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2386/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Grayber. Passed. — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Smith DB. Passed. — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dacia Grayber — primary (person)
- David Brock Smith — primary (person)
- Court Boice — cosponsor (person)
- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Travis Nelson — cosponsor (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 Emergency Management, General Government, and Veterans. `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-01-30T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-02-03T20:07:52+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-04T19:18:45+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-06T19:20:37+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Grayber. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-11T19:00:31+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18T20:39:56+00:00** Referred to Veterans, Emergency Management, Federal and World Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-03-18T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-03-24T16:39:10+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-24T18:11:51+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-25T19:02:55+00:00** Carried over to 03-27 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-03-27T19:42:23+00:00** Carried over to 03-31 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-03-31T19:15:19+00:00** Carried over to 04-01 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-04-01T18:44:30+00:00** Carried over to 04-02 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-04-02T19:27:53+00:00** Carried over to 04-03 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-04-03T17:48:24+00:00** Carried over to 04-07 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-04-07T19:37:39+00:00** Carried over to 04-08 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-04-08T19:26:44+00:00** Carried over to 04-09 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-04-09T19:26:51+00:00** Carried over to 04-10 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-04-10T21:44:51+00:00** Carried over to 04-14 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-04-14T19:10:26+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Smith DB. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T18:32:46+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-15T21:57:17+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23T20:38:58+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-14T22:33:06+00:00** Chapter 14, (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/a702d808-1a2e-460a-8873-42b017fe8537`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).