---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to rural emergency hospitals; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Requires the Oregon Health Authority to adopt rules and procedures to allow a hospital to apply for a license as a rural emergency hospital. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2026R1"
identifier: "HB 4047"
citation: "Oregon HB 4047 (2026R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ed Diehl"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-02T16:50:03+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-06T17:33:05+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e20996d-28ca-4633-a25f-fe1be0d9ed69"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Measures/Overview/HB4047"
source_hash: "03dc9a64831acdf4a6d1de57a3f571a9a02aaa25b0e60e604a05c4773022681f"
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 4047 (2026R1) — Relating to rural emergency hospitals; and prescribing an effective date.

Requires the Oregon Health Authority to adopt rules and procedures to allow a hospital to apply for a license as a rural emergency hospital. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

## 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/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4047/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4047/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Harbick. Passed. — **42–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Linthicum. Passed. — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ed Diehl — primary (person)
- Alek Skarlatos — cosponsor (person)
- Anna Scharf — cosponsor (person)
- Bobby Levy — cosponsor (person)
- Court Boice — cosponsor (person)
- Darcey Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Dwayne Yunker — cosponsor (person)
- E. Werner Reschke — cosponsor (person)
- Emily McIntire — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Helfrich — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Mannix — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Owens — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Bunch — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Virgle Osborne — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02T16:50:03+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-02T17:51:51+00:00** Referred to Health Care with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2026-02-12T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2026-02-13T22:24:23+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-13T22:24:24+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19T00:47:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-23T16:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2026-02-23T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2026-02-25T17:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2026-02-25T22:20:04+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-26T19:18:29+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-27T20:50:44+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Harbick. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-02T19:48:26+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02T20:14:46+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03T17:05:19+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03T19:11:21+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04T22:57:05+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Linthicum. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-05T21:30:14+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-06T16:59:18+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-31T21:07:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-06T17:33:05+00:00** Chapter 35, (2026 Laws): Effective date June 5, 2026.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e20996d-28ca-4633-a25f-fe1be0d9ed69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).