republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2023r1/hb-2627.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to membership of the Oregon Medical Board; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Removes one member who has degree of Doctor of Medicine and adds one member who is physician assistant to membership of Oregon Medical Board. Removes member who is retired physician assistant from board membership. Removes members who are emeritus board members."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2023R1"
identifier: "HB 2627"
citation: "Oregon HB 2627 (2023R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hansell", "Bobby Levy", "Christine Goodwin", "James Manning Jr.", "Lily Morgan"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-09T16:13:56+00:00"
last_action: "2023-07-26T17:51:21+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea78f4c5-fd89-4a9d-a759-19b16267e3f8"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/HB2627"
source_hash: "1bb7708be27bce5fb8f18087c66c2585630ae6ddf019ef3eb635f06a849f7676"
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 2627 (2023R1) — Relating to membership of the Oregon Medical Board; and prescribing an effective date.

Removes one member who has degree of Doctor of Medicine and adds one member who is physician assistant to membership of Oregon Medical Board. Removes member who is retired physician assistant from board membership. Removes members who are emeritus board members.

## 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/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2627/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2627/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2627/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2627/B-Engrossed)
5. **HBHHC Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/22861)
6. **SHC Amendment -A2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/24772)
7. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2627/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2627/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Levy B. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **53–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bill Hansell — primary (person)
- Bobby Levy — primary (person)
- Christine Goodwin — primary (person)
- James Manning Jr. — primary (person)
- Lily Morgan — primary (person)
- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd Prozanski — cosponsor (person)
- Hai Pham — cosponsor (person)
- James Hieb — cosponsor (person)
- John Lively — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09T16:13:56+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16T17:42:49+00:00** Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-03-06T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-03-09T18:04:42+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13T18:19:29+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-14T18:45:08+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Levy B. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-15T18:38:16+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20T17:06:33+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing Cancelled.
- **2023-04-24T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-05-08T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-05-16T18:23:47+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-15T21:55:03+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-16T19:18:31+00:00** Carried over to 06-20 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-06-21T00:07:02+00:00** Carried over to 06-21 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-06-22T00:15:06+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-22T00:16:06+00:00** Gelser Blouin, excused, granted unanimous consent to vote aye.
- **2023-06-23T18:23:28+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2023-06-24T21:26:25+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-24T23:08:16+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-22T00:17:06+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Smith DB.
- **2023-07-18T20:55:25+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-26T17:51:21+00:00** Chapter 335, (2023 Laws): Effective date September 24, 2023.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea78f4c5-fd89-4a9d-a759-19b16267e3f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).