republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2026r1/hb-4069.md

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Bill	Relating to the safety of behavioral health workers; and prescribing an effective date.	Requires a behavioral health employer to [<i>develop and</i>] implement a written safety <b>policy or</b> plan <b>for the physical safety of individuals working for the behavioral health employer</b>.	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2026R1	HB 4069	Oregon HB 4069 (2026R1)	bill		enacted		5	18	4	2026-02-02T16:50:03+00:00	2026-04-06T17:33:05+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/2cdf0928-51e2-49d2-a025-41ee4cfb33f4	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Measures/Overview/HB4069	a11f4d0200dcd76163d4d95f9bdda912ec188998539e4b51595fdfc70ea18d98	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon HB 4069 (2026R1) — Relating to the safety of behavioral health workers; and prescribing an effective date.

Requires a behavioral health employer to [develop and] implement a written safety policy or plan for the physical safety of individuals working for the behavioral health employer.

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. HBH Amendment -1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 7–1 (pass) · lower
• Third reading. Carried by Javadi. Passed. — 36–13 (pass) · lower
• Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. — 24–3 (pass) · upper
• Heard and Reported Out — 4–1 (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-02T16:50:03+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-02T17:51:51+00:00 Referred to Behavioral Health. referral-committee
• 2026-02-03T21:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2026-02-10T21:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2026-02-12T22:27:13+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-16T19:37:59+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2026-02-17T23:33:17+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Javadi. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-19T22:10:27+00:00 First reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-19T23:17:20+00:00 Referred to Early Childhood and Behavioral Health. referral-committee
• 2026-02-24T16:02:00+00:00 Public Hearing and Work Session held.
• 2026-03-02T17:42:31+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-02T19:48:26+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2026-03-03T21:46:19+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-03T21:47:19+00:00 Smith DB, granted unanimous consent to change vote to nay.
• 2026-03-04T18:52:04+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2026-03-05T16:38:22+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2026-03-31T21:07:00+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2026-04-06T17:33:05+00:00 Chapter 43, (2026 Laws): Effective date July 1, 2027.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2cdf0928-51e2-49d2-a025-41ee4cfb33f4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).