---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to pharmacy; prescribing an effective date."
description: "<b>Digest: The Act temporarily lets pharmacists test a person for a virus and treat the person for the virus. The Act also tells some health insurers to pay the pharmacist who tests and treats the person. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7).</b>"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2024R1"
identifier: "SB 1506"
citation: "Oregon SB 1506 (2024R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-05T15:05:18+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-25T18:46:52+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74df5102-f977-4808-a1e0-0ba11ebad1e2"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Measures/Overview/SB1506"
source_hash: "bb897074f968ab7aa9595e32b52f536520776bb29a996df45aacd1617fe77d6a"
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 1506 (2024R1) — Relating to pharmacy; prescribing an effective date.

<b>Digest: The Act temporarily lets pharmacists test a person for a virus and treat the person for the virus. The Act also tells some health insurers to pay the pharmacist who tests and treats the person. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7).</b>

## 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/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1506/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1506/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1506/A-Engrossed)
4. **SHC Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/25899)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1506/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Javadi. Passed. — **51–3** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. — **26–4** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-05T15:05:18+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05T17:31:30+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2024-02-14T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-02-16T17:26:01+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-19T19:11:02+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20T19:47:12+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-20T19:48:12+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Boquist.
- **2024-02-21T18:22:21+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21T22:31:37+00:00** Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26T23:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2024-02-27T17:57:20+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27T20:29:01+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28T20:02:26+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Javadi. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-01T18:22:14+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-05T00:13:32+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-20T22:43:54+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-25T18:44:05+00:00** Chapter 17, 2024 Laws.
- **2024-03-25T18:46:52+00:00** Effective date, June 6, 2024.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74df5102-f977-4808-a1e0-0ba11ebad1e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).