republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2021-regular-session/hb-2528.md

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Bill	Relating to dental therapy; and prescribing an effective date.	Directs Oregon Board of Dentistry to issue dental therapist license to qualified applicant. Prohibits unlicensed use of title "dental therapist" and practice of dental therapy. Provides exceptions to prohibition. Requires dental therapist to purchase and maintain liability insurance. Requires dental therapist to dedicate majority of practice to specified patient populations. Directs board to consult with dental therapists and dental therapist organizations in rulemaking.	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2021 Regular Session	HB 2528	Oregon HB 2528 (2021 Regular Session)	bill		enacted	Janelle Bynum Tawna Sanchez	10	30	7	2021-01-11T15:57:04+00:00	2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/6e12d661-1d06-4d95-bbd1-c40e61f6dbd9	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB2528	087f102d7c93a0bccfb478b744964161a3d8efe94ff140a21e032102b91a71e2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon HB 2528 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to dental therapy; and prescribing an effective date.

Directs Oregon Board of Dentistry to issue dental therapist license to qualified applicant. Prohibits unlicensed use of title "dental therapist" and practice of dental therapy. Provides exceptions to prohibition. Requires dental therapist to purchase and maintain liability insurance. Requires dental therapist to dedicate majority of practice to specified patient populations. Directs board to consult with dental therapists and dental therapist organizations in rulemaking.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. House Amendments to Introduced (filed) — source
2. Introduced (filed) — source
3. A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. B-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. HHC Amendment -9 (committee substitute) — source
6. Minority Report to B-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
7. SRULES Amendment -A19 (committee substitute) — source
8. Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
9. Senate Minority Amendments to A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
10. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. — 38–17 (pass) · lower
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Heard and Reported Out — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Motion to substitute Minority Report for Committee Report failed. — 11–18 (fail) · upper
• Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. — 20–9 (pass) · upper
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 3–2 (pass) · upper
• House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — 45–11 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Janelle Bynum — primary (person)
• Tawna Sanchez — primary (person)
• Anna Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Brad Witt — cosponsor (person)
• Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
• Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
• Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Dembrow — cosponsor (person)
• Rachel Prusak — cosponsor (person)
• Teresa Alonso Leon — cosponsor (person)
• Wlnsvey Campos — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-11T15:57:04+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-01-20T04:40:25+00:00 Referred to Health Care. referral-committee
• 2021-03-04T23:16:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2021-03-18T22:16:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2021-04-19T17:58:48+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-26T20:04:30+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2021-04-27T19:17:11+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-28T19:50:55+00:00 First reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-04-29T19:11:50+00:00 Referred to Health Care. referral-committee
• 2021-05-10T20:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2021-05-12T20:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2021-05-24T20:01:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2021-05-26T20:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2021-06-01T19:14:45+00:00 Recommendation: Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Rules.
• 2021-06-01T19:14:46+00:00 Referred to Rules by order of the President. referral-committee
• 2021-04-13T22:17:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2021-06-08T20:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2021-06-15T20:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2021-06-18T16:33:22+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng bill. (Printed B-Eng.) not concurring. committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-18T16:33:23+00:00 Minority Recommendation: Do pass with different amendments to the A-Eng bill. (Printed B-Eng. Minority) committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-21T17:59:25+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2021-06-22T16:04:16+00:00 Motion to substitute Minority Report for Committee Report failed.
• 2021-06-22T16:50:00+00:00 Girod declared potential conflict of interest.
• 2021-06-22T16:44:00+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2021-06-23T16:42:23+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
• 2021-06-24T20:13:33+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2021-06-26T15:59:48+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2021-06-22T16:51:00+00:00 Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
• 2021-07-19T18:31:45+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00 Chapter 530, (2021 Laws): Effective date September 25, 2021.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6e12d661-1d06-4d95-bbd1-c40e61f6dbd9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).