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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to cancer treatment."
description: "Requires health benefit plans that cover radiation therapy for cancer to cover proton beam therapy on basis no less favorable than other covered benefits.<b> Permits prior authorization or other utilization review.</b>"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 740"
citation: "Oregon SB 740 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arnie Roblan", "Bill Hansell", "James Manning Jr."]
version_count: 8
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-31T17:36:05+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-02T21:41:21+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fadc6433-9edb-45b6-88ab-7343c02b5ff6"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB740"
source_hash: "cae9617261217a06788357b10bd4d57a0f38559c8c52d52ad0b688ffc4173db3"
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 740 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to cancer treatment.
Requires health benefit plans that cover radiation therapy for cancer to cover proton beam therapy on basis no less favorable than other covered benefits.<b> Permits prior authorization or other utilization review.</b>
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB740/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB740/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB740/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB740/B-Engrossed)
5. **HHC Amendment -A4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/16422)
6. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB740/House Amendments to A-Engrossed)
7. **SHC Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/14091)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB740/Enrolled)
## Votes
- Third reading. Carried by Barreto. Passed. — **550** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **30** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **110** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. — **300** (pass) · upper
- Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. — **290** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Arnie Roblan — primary (person)
- Bill Hansell — primary (person)
- James Manning Jr. — primary (person)
- Alan Olsen — cosponsor (person)
- Brad Witt — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Hayden — cosponsor (person)
- Cliff Bentz — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Barreto — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Golden — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Thatcher — cosponsor (person)
- Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Wagner — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-31T17:36:05+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01T21:41:32+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-03-13T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-03-22T16:48:56+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-25T17:38:21+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-26T18:41:21+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-27T17:04:26+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28T16:00:15+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-05-23T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-31T20:12:26+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-03T17:25:11+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-04T21:24:48+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Barreto. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-10T18:56:05+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
- **2019-06-14T17:21:17+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-14T19:17:15+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-20T22:59:05+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-02T21:32:37+00:00** Chapter 466, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-07-02T21:41:21+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2020.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fadc6433-9edb-45b6-88ab-7343c02b5ff6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).