---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to hospital nurse staffing plans."
description: "Adds requirements for suspension of hospital nurse staffing plan during national or state emergency declaration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 3016"
citation: "Oregon HB 3016 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rob Nosse"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-21T17:03:02+00:00"
last_action: "2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/040d8d89-d3c2-41d7-9f86-39a20b32eb42"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB3016"
source_hash: "2c5c45f0d29b204c51cf54916be42bfd8c8c22429c23c6444bae1db53a9c714c"
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 3016 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to hospital nurse staffing plans.

Adds requirements for suspension of hospital nurse staffing plan during national or state emergency declaration.

## 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/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3016/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3016/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. — **33–16** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **6–4** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. — **17–12** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **3–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rob Nosse — primary (person)
- Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Tawna Sanchez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-21T17:03:02+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26T16:12:34+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23T23:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-16T22:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-03-22T13:29:22+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22T18:30:20+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-03-24T18:08:50+00:00** Carried over to March 29, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-03-29T18:12:26+00:00** Carried over to March 30, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-03-31T03:44:01+00:00** Carried over to March 31, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-04-01T03:58:35+00:00** Carried over to April 1, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-04-02T04:09:35+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 5, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-04-06T04:04:34+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 6, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-04-07T04:05:06+00:00** Carried over to April 7, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-04-08T03:53:10+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 8, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-04-09T03:59:54+00:00** Carried over to April 9, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-04-09T18:05:00+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-09T18:06:00+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Bynum.
- **2021-04-12T18:26:27+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15T20:29:47+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-12T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-01T14:57:08+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-01T16:32:10+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-02T18:39:32+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-04T17:31:15+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-07T19:53:26+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-11T23:30:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00** Chapter 248, (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/040d8d89-d3c2-41d7-9f86-39a20b32eb42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).