republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2022r1/sb-1538.md

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Bill	Relating to dental care for Pacific Islanders legally residing in Oregon under the Compact of Free Association.	Establishes COFA Dental Program in Oregon Health Authority to provide dental care to low-income citizens of Pacific Islands in Compact of Free Association who reside in Oregon. Specifies eligibility requirements for program and duties of authority in administering program.	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2022R1	SB 1538	Oregon SB 1538 (2022R1)	bill		enacted	Bill Hansell Bill Kennemer Cedric Hayden Greg Smith James Manning Jr. Lee Beyer Marty Wilde	5	23	4	2022-02-01T15:05:58+00:00	2022-04-01T17:10:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/f1f1a14d-24af-4939-90e1-6f7fee680a7f	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Measures/Overview/SB1538	1e115bed37bbb7f50d92fb074825894f864e26b1da34a68e4b7918c1f0140cdb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon SB 1538 (2022R1) — Relating to dental care for Pacific Islanders legally residing in Oregon under the Compact of Free Association.

Establishes COFA Dental Program in Oregon Health Authority to provide dental care to low-income citizens of Pacific Islands in Compact of Free Association who reside in Oregon. Specifies eligibility requirements for program and duties of authority in administering program.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Senate Amendments to Introduced (filed) — source
3. A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. JWM Amendment -2 (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third reading. Carried by Smith G. Passed. — 57–1 (pass) · lower
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 42–2 (pass) · legislature
• Heard and Reported Out — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Third reading. Carried by Beyer. Passed. — 25–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Hansell — primary (person)
• Bill Kennemer — primary (person)
• Cedric Hayden — primary (person)
• Greg Smith — primary (person)
• James Manning Jr. — primary (person)
• Lee Beyer — primary (person)
• Marty Wilde — primary (person)
• Chris Gorsek — cosponsor (person)
• Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
• Jack Zika — cosponsor (person)
• James Hieb — cosponsor (person)
• Jeff Reardon — cosponsor (person)
• Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
• Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
• Lisa Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
• Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
• Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Dembrow — cosponsor (person)
• Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
• Rachel Prusak — cosponsor (person)
• Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
• Sara Gelser Blouin — cosponsor (person)
• Sheri Schouten — cosponsor (person)
• Teresa Alonso Leon — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-01T15:05:58+00:00 Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-02-01T16:27:56+00:00 Referred to Health Care, then Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2022-02-07T21:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2022-02-14T21:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2022-02-15T17:16:03+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.
• 2022-02-15T17:16:04+00:00 Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. referral-committee
• 2022-02-18T23:43:00+00:00 Assigned to Subcommittee On Human Services. referral-committee
• 2022-02-23T21:03:00+00:00 Returned to Full Committee.
• 2022-02-23T21:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2022-02-25T03:32:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2022-02-26T00:59:59+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-02-28T17:21:40+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2022-03-01T20:49:19+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Beyer. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-01T22:35:44+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-03-01T23:57:05+00:00 Referred to Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2022-03-02T06:25:13+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-03T01:34:01+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2022-03-03T21:44:58+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Smith G. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-04T22:12:42+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2022-03-08T19:50:55+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2022-03-24T18:16:55+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2022-04-01T17:03:00+00:00 Chapter 87, 2022 Laws.
• 2022-04-01T17:10:00+00:00 Effective date, January 1, 2023.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f1f1a14d-24af-4939-90e1-6f7fee680a7f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).