republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2017-regular-session/hb-3262.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to psychotropic medication; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Requires Department of Human Services, in collaboration with other agencies, to adopt rules related to prescription of psychotropic medications to elderly persons and persons with disabilities. <b>Directs department to convene advisory committee to study implementation of rules adopted under Act and report to interim committee of Legislative Assembly related to human services by December 31, 2017.</b>"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 3262"
citation: "Oregon HB 3262 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nancy Nathanson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-03-02T17:07:55+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-13T17:08:14+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e539d3c-f078-4775-805d-44f0b5befab8"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB3262"
source_hash: "aea0949b499a49a0fa79b4ca362495f3e14b40bd0d6e461fa560997469185ee0"
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 3262 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to psychotropic medication; and declaring an emergency.

Requires Department of Human Services, in collaboration with other agencies, to adopt rules related to prescription of psychotropic medications to elderly persons and persons with disabilities. <b>Directs department to convene advisory committee to study implementation of rules adopted under Act and report to interim committee of Legislative Assembly related to human services by December 31, 2017.</b>

## 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/HB3262/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3262/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3262/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3262/B-Engrossed)
5. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3262/Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3262/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Steiner Hayward. Passed. — **30–0** (pass) · legislature
- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **57–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Nathanson. Passed. — **58–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Nancy Nathanson — primary (person)
- Caddy McKeown — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth Steiner Hayward — cosponsor (person)
- Janelle Bynum — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie Monnes Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Alonso Leon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-02T17:07:55+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-10T00:02:08+00:00** Referred to Human Services and Housing. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-16T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-11T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-14T23:02:24+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-17T16:37:55+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-18T18:43:15+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 19, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-04-19T19:12:53+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 20, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-04-20T21:36:03+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Nathanson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-24T16:18:27+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27T21:32:40+00:00** Referred to Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-08T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-31T20:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-09T16:29:18+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-12T20:17:43+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-13T18:32:32+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Steiner Hayward. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-15T18:28:36+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2017-06-20T20:38:40+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-23T21:29:59+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-29T21:27:24+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-13T17:08:14+00:00** Chapter 503, (2017 Laws): Effective date June 29, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e539d3c-f078-4775-805d-44f0b5befab8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).