---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Oregon Youth Suicide Awareness Day; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Designates October 9 of each year as Oregon Youth Suicide Awareness Day. Declares an emergency, effective on passage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "HB 3643"
citation: "Oregon HB 3643 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bobby Levy", "Court Boice", "Dacia Grayber", "Darcey Edwards", "Lew Frederick", "Lucetta Elmer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-20T19:35:40+00:00"
last_action: "2025-07-07T19:24:25+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a733f851-48a4-4351-a232-9df48a8a3805"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3643"
source_hash: "231815bf92a0d813595f71f14d1bceb66908f86d97cb4de5fe7c9d46b5686a17"
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 3643 (2025R1) — Relating to Oregon Youth Suicide Awareness Day; and declaring an emergency.

Designates October 9 of each year as Oregon Youth Suicide Awareness Day. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

## 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/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3643/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3643/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Made Special Order of Business. Third reading. Carried by Starr. Passed. — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Elmer. Passed. — **56–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bobby Levy — primary (person)
- Court Boice — primary (person)
- Dacia Grayber — primary (person)
- Darcey Edwards — primary (person)
- Lew Frederick — primary (person)
- Lucetta Elmer — primary (person)
- Anna Scharf — cosponsor (person)
- Annessa Hartman — cosponsor (person)
- Ben Bowman — cosponsor (person)
- Boomer Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Bruce Starr — cosponsor (person)
- Courtney Neron Misslin — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- E. Werner Reschke — cosponsor (person)
- Emerson Levy — cosponsor (person)
- Farrah Chaichi — cosponsor (person)
- Fred Girod — cosponsor (person)
- Hai Pham — cosponsor (person)
- Hoa Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Kate Lieber — cosponsor (person)
- Kayse Jama — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Mannix — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Thatcher — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Fragala — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Wagner — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah McDonald — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly Boshart Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Andersen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-20T19:35:40+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-21T18:24:39+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-03-31T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-04-03T16:21:25+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03T18:56:16+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-07T19:34:49+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 9, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-04-09T19:04:19+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Elmer. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T21:44:51+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10T22:27:13+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-19T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2025-05-27T16:36:32+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-27T18:00:44+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-05-28T20:29:31+00:00** Carried over to 05-29 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-05-29T21:59:57+00:00** Carried over to 06-02 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-02T19:24:04+00:00** Carried over to 06-03 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-03T19:39:23+00:00** Carried over to 06-04 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-04T18:46:41+00:00** Made Special Order of Business. Third reading. Carried by Starr. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-05T22:50:28+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-09T21:00:45+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-16T22:20:27+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-07T19:24:25+00:00** Chapter 324, (2025 Laws): Effective date June 16, 2025.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a733f851-48a4-4351-a232-9df48a8a3805`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).