republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2017-regular-session/hb-2391.md

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Bill	Relating to access to health care; prescribing an effective date; and providing for revenue raising that requires approval by a three-fifths majority.	Imposes 1.5 percent assessment on commercial health insurance premiums and premium equivalents for managed care organizations and Public Employees' Benefit Board health benefit plans. Requires assessments to be credited to Health System Fund to pay for Oregon Reinsurance Program, state medical assistance and costs associated with administering assessments.	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2017 Regular Session	HB 2391	Oregon HB 2391 (2017 Regular Session)	bill		enacted		4	30	5	2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00	2017-07-11T22:57:08+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/fc18a3b4-c296-4a2f-bf55-6ac36d5a07ab	https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2391	c43955e65fd4b51c296c6e5da3ba22577bb5ed6d383e8ef84224dd4c8316958f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon HB 2391 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to access to health care; prescribing an effective date; and providing for revenue raising that requires approval by a three-fifths majority.

Imposes 1.5 percent assessment on commercial health insurance premiums and premium equivalents for managed care organizations and Public Employees' Benefit Board health benefit plans. Requires assessments to be credited to Health System Fund to pay for Oregon Reinsurance Program, state medical assistance and costs associated with administering assessments.

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.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2391/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. Introduced (filed) — source
3. A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Heard and Reported Out — 9–0 (pass) · legislature
• Third reading as Special Order of Business. Carried by Rayfield. Passed. — 36–23 (pass) · legislature
• Third reading. Carried by Winters, Steiner Hayward. Passed. — 20–10 (pass) · legislature
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 32–12 (pass) · legislature
• Heard and Reported Out — 9–0 (pass) · legislature

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2017-01-18T01:55:48+00:00 Referred to Health Care. referral-committee
• 2017-04-17T22:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2017-04-21T00:03:42+00:00 Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Rules.
• 2017-04-21T00:03:43+00:00 Referred to Rules by order of Speaker. referral-committee
• 2017-05-11T21:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2017-05-12T16:16:45+00:00 Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Ways and Means.
• 2017-05-12T16:18:08+00:00 Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker. referral-committee
• 2017-05-18T15:31:00+00:00 Public Hearing cancelled.
• 2017-06-01T23:31:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2017-05-12T17:53:00+00:00 Assigned to Subcommittee On Human Services. referral-committee
• 2017-06-08T15:33:00+00:00 Returned to Full Committee.
• 2017-06-08T15:32:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2017-06-13T19:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2017-06-13T23:07:19+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-06-14T15:59:56+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2017-06-15T19:41:05+00:00 Rules suspended. Made a Special Order of Business on June 16, 2017 Calendar.
• 2017-06-16T00:31:45+00:00 Third reading as Special Order of Business. Carried by Rayfield. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2017-06-19T16:20:30+00:00 First reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2017-06-19T20:34:31+00:00 Referred to Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2017-06-20T17:27:22+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-06-20T17:44:10+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2017-06-21T17:45:00+00:00 Made a Special Order of Business by voice vote.
• 2017-06-21T18:25:47+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Winters, Steiner Hayward. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2017-06-21T18:26:47+00:00 Vote explanation filed by Olsen.
• 2017-06-26T21:45:53+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2017-06-26T22:48:16+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2017-07-03T15:50:00+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2017-07-11T22:57:08+00:00 Chapter 538, (2017 Laws): Effective date October 6, 2017.
• 2017-06-15T19:42:05+00:00 Rules suspended to allow for immediate consideration.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fc18a3b4-c296-4a2f-bf55-6ac36d5a07ab. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).