---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to surgical smoke."
description: "Requires hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to<b> adopt policies that require</b> use<b> of</b> smoke evacuation system during surgical procedures likely to generate surgical smoke."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2622"
citation: "Oregon HB 2622 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sheri Schouten"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-11T15:57:04+00:00"
last_action: "2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8654433b-931e-4191-bf76-33eea7cb0bec"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB2622"
source_hash: "03f184e8524288d4e6f2695ca153d20c8b3dd7d44a371485e328a84680edfdfe"
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 2622 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to surgical smoke.

Requires hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to<b> adopt policies that require</b> use<b> of</b> smoke evacuation system during surgical procedures likely to generate surgical smoke.

## 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/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2622/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2622/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2622/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2622/B-Engrossed)
5. **HHC Amendment -4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/20224)
6. **SHC Amendment -A6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/21013)
7. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2622/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2622/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. — **26–3** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **53–6** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Schouten. Passed. — **49–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sheri Schouten — primary (person)
- Cedric Hayden — cosponsor (person)
- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Helm — cosponsor (person)
- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Prusak — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Tawna Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Wlnsvey Campos — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11T15:57:04+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20T04:40:25+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02T23:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-04-16T17:53:10+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-26T20:04:30+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-27T19:25:14+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Schouten. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-28T19:50:55+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29T19:11:50+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-24T20:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-26T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-02T19:25:21+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-03T18:17:37+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-07T19:11:41+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-07T19:12:41+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-06-08T18:42:43+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2021-04-13T22:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-10T18:01:12+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-16T16:55:28+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-23T17:52:48+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00** Chapter 362, (2021 Laws): Effective date January 01, 2022.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8654433b-931e-4191-bf76-33eea7cb0bec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).