---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to product liability civil actions; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "</b> </i>] Provides that [<i>a health care facility is</i>] <b>certain entities providing a product as part of health care services are</b> not a manufacturer, distributor, seller or lessor of [<i>a</i>] <b>the</b> product for purposes of a product liability civil action if the [<i>health care facility</i>] <b>entity</b> was not involved in the design or manufacture of the product. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "SB 1173"
citation: "Oregon SB 1173 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-27T18:24:49+00:00"
last_action: "2025-08-13T17:23:16+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4f8a905-c9bf-4c60-8ee8-d9ace57c9fad"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB1173"
source_hash: "e2877f329ce4c6ddab2dd9437e3b8def2e98b58a856327e2fd280a300366cbcf"
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 1173 (2025R1) — Relating to product liability civil actions; and prescribing an effective date.

</b> </i>] Provides that [<i>a health care facility is</i>] <b>certain entities providing a product as part of health care services are</b> not a manufacturer, distributor, seller or lessor of [<i>a</i>] <b>the</b> product for purposes of a product liability civil action if the [<i>health care facility</i>] <b>entity</b> was not involved in the design or manufacture of the product. 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/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1173/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1173/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1173/A-Engrossed)
4. **SRULES Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/29673)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1173/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **3–1** (pass) · upper
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — **27–2** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–2** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules suspended. Third reading as Special Order of Business. Carried by Javadi. Passed. — **39–12** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-27T18:24:49+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-03T22:19:38+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-04-07T22:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-04-08T22:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-04-09T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-04-22T22:09:55+00:00** Recommendation: Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Rules.
- **2025-04-22T22:09:56+00:00** Referred to Rules by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-06-18T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-06-20T18:35:13+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-23T17:39:32+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-23T22:41:27+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-23T22:57:17+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-23T23:09:35+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-25T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-06-25T23:01:00+00:00** Work Session cancelled.
- **2025-06-27T15:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-06-27T17:16:25+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-27T21:46:58+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-27T21:55:19+00:00** Rules suspended. Made a Special Order of Business immediately.
- **2025-06-27T22:28:14+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading as Special Order of Business. Carried by Javadi. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-27T22:29:14+00:00** Potential conflict(s) of interest declared by Pham H, Tran.
- **2025-06-30T17:32:45+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-30T18:36:31+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-08-01T01:16:45+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-13T17:18:34+00:00** Chapter 626, 2025 Laws.
- **2025-08-13T17:23:16+00:00** Effective date, September 26, 2025.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4f8a905-c9bf-4c60-8ee8-d9ace57c9fad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).