republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2022r1/hb-4096.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to volunteer health care practitioners; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Authorizes health care practitioner authorized in another state or United States territory to practice in this state without compensation for specified number of days without obtaining licensure in this state. Defines \"health care practitioner.\" Requires health care practitioner to submit specified information to health professional regulatory board<b>, including proof that health care practitioner is in good standing in all jurisdictions in which health care practitioner is authorized to practice</b>. Exempts health care practitioner from licensure requirements of this state.<b> Prohibits hospital or other health care facility from using services of health care practitioner to meet staffing needs during labor dispute.</b>"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2022R1"
identifier: "HB 4096"
citation: "Oregon HB 4096 (2022R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cedric Hayden", "Deb Patterson", "Elizabeth Steiner", "Rachel Prusak"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-02-01T15:39:06+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-01T19:44:15+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1c398fa-1c3a-4f3f-86ce-f7ad5b44678c"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Measures/Overview/HB4096"
source_hash: "0812ff2cfc03998e0a9e66c4682da3b708272ab13f4f9a80db7a80f009b9c9b8"
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 4096 (2022R1) — Relating to volunteer health care practitioners; and prescribing an effective date.

Authorizes health care practitioner authorized in another state or United States territory to practice in this state without compensation for specified number of days without obtaining licensure in this state. Defines "health care practitioner." Requires health care practitioner to submit specified information to health professional regulatory board<b>, including proof that health care practitioner is in good standing in all jurisdictions in which health care practitioner is authorized to practice</b>. Exempts health care practitioner from licensure requirements of this state.<b> Prohibits hospital or other health care facility from using services of health care practitioner to meet staffing needs during labor dispute.</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.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4096/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4096/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4096/A-Engrossed)
4. **HHC Amendment -7** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/22167)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4096/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Hayden. Passed. — **58–1** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Steiner Hayward. Passed. — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cedric Hayden — primary (person)
- Deb Patterson — primary (person)
- Elizabeth Steiner — primary (person)
- Rachel Prusak — primary (person)
- Andrea Salinas — cosponsor (person)
- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Bonham — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Janelle Bynum — cosponsor (person)
- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
- Raquel Moore-Green — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Alonso Leon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01T15:39:06+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01T17:53:58+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09T23:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2022-02-14T23:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2022-02-16T16:58:36+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-17T19:20:08+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-21T20:39:35+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hayden. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-21T20:50:30+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22T00:11:46+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24T16:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2022-02-25T15:46:24+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-25T19:10:09+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-28T23:57:35+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Steiner Hayward. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-02T19:57:02+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-02T20:49:56+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-23T22:09:35+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-01T19:44:15+00:00** Chapter 62, (2022 Laws): Effective date June 3, 2022.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1c398fa-1c3a-4f3f-86ce-f7ad5b44678c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).