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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to drugs; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Declares legislative intent to consider substance use disorder as chronic illness."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2257"
citation: "Oregon HB 2257 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00"
last_action: "2019-08-01T16:20:18+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da6cb1e4-f517-4227-a845-ad33989bc109"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2257"
source_hash: "b0b7aafe0d6ef0f3ae21b8f28e011e62f59ad0c14c70d6c040fc4e68e73eb18f"
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 2257 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to drugs; and declaring an emergency.
Declares legislative intent to consider substance use disorder as chronic illness.
## 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/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2257/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2257/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2257/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2257/B-Engrossed)
5. **HHC Amendment -3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/13740)
6. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2257/House Amendments to A-Engrossed)
7. **JWM Amendment -A5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/16904)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2257/Enrolled)
## Votes
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **101** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **326** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Schouten. Passed. — **4512** (pass) · lower
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Wagner. Passed. — **270** (pass) · upper
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-18T19:43:45+00:00** Referred to Health Care with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-02-12T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-02-19T00:27:31+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-19T00:27:32+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-29T16:46:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-10T15:33:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2019-06-10T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-06-14T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-19T15:02:12+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-20T17:27:33+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-20T23:29:43+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Schouten. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-20T23:30:43+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Smith DB.
- **2019-06-29T14:53:52+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-29T16:13:51+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-29T22:54:02+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-30T02:02:34+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-30T03:47:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Wagner. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-02T17:49:50+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-07-03T22:16:12+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-07-23T18:09:47+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-01T16:20:18+00:00** Chapter 583, (2019 Laws): Effective date July 23, 2019.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da6cb1e4-f517-4227-a845-ad33989bc109`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).