---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to licensed behavioral health and wellness practitioners; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Authorizes the Oregon Board of Psychology to issue a license to practice behavioral health promotion, prevention and brief intervention to a qualified applicant. Defines the \"practice of behavioral health promotion, prevention and brief intervention\" and \"licensed behavioral health and wellness practitioner.\" Prohibits a person from using the title \"licensed behavioral health and wellness practitioner\" without a license. Creates a licensed behavioral health and wellness practitioner-client privilege for certain communications. Requires a licensed behavioral health and wellness practitioner to report certain types of abuse. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2026R1"
identifier: "SB 1547"
citation: "Oregon SB 1547 (2026R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-02T15:32:59+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-17T17:33:50+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0ec4bb1-17f1-4920-805b-eb0a6d649e86"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Measures/Overview/SB1547"
source_hash: "0a59fb6b46c7359d2b7417b316f29b5e4a2e25b3c8de851726dd036ff367ec4b"
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 1547 (2026R1) — Relating to licensed behavioral health and wellness practitioners; and prescribing an effective date.

Authorizes the Oregon Board of Psychology to issue a license to practice behavioral health promotion, prevention and brief intervention to a qualified applicant. Defines the "practice of behavioral health promotion, prevention and brief intervention" and "licensed behavioral health and wellness practitioner." Prohibits a person from using the title "licensed behavioral health and wellness practitioner" without a license. Creates a licensed behavioral health and wellness practitioner-client privilege for certain communications. Requires a licensed behavioral health and wellness practitioner to report certain types of abuse. 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/SB1547/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1547/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1547/A-Engrossed)
4. **SECBH Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/29933)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1547/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Isadore. Passed. — **52–2** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Reynolds. Passed. — **27–2** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02T15:32:59+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-02T17:38:57+00:00** Referred to Early Childhood and Behavioral Health. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05T16:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2026-02-09T17:47:57+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10T19:28:45+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11T19:36:16+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Reynolds. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-11T19:44:12+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11T20:34:26+00:00** Referred to Behavioral Health. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing cancelled.
- **2026-02-19T21:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2026-02-20T23:21:33+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25T02:05:29+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-26T02:05:04+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Isadore. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-27T21:03:14+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-02-27T23:33:35+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-05T22:50:02+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-17T17:32:42+00:00** Chapter 26, 2026 Laws.
- **2026-03-17T17:33:50+00:00** 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/a0ec4bb1-17f1-4920-805b-eb0a6d649e86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).