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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to hearing."
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description: "Modifies requirements for health insurance coverage of hearing-related items and services. Requires Oregon Health Authority, through medical assistance program, and Public Employees' Benefit Board and Oregon Educators Benefit Board, through health benefit plans offered by boards, to provide hearing-related items and services specified for health insurance coverage."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
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legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
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session: "2023R1"
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identifier: "HB 2994"
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citation: "Oregon HB 2994 (2023R1)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Charlie Conrad", "Cyrus Javadi", "Ed Diehl", "Hai Pham", "Janelle Bynum", "Lily Morgan", "Lisa Reynolds"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2023-01-09T16:13:56+00:00"
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last_action: "2023-08-04T19:09:04+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f787ad2f-878b-48ea-8603-548b93b1abd9"
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source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/HB2994"
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source_hash: "661a8122ce50d204c9a0965550879118648baddec740c3c9b48b68c34d7f893a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-or"]
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---
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# Oregon HB 2994 (2023R1) — Relating to hearing.
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Modifies requirements for health insurance coverage of hearing-related items and services. Requires Oregon Health Authority, through medical assistance program, and Public Employees' Benefit Board and Oregon Educators Benefit Board, through health benefit plans offered by boards, to provide hearing-related items and services specified for health insurance coverage.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **House Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2994/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
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2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2994/Introduced)
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3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2994/A-Engrossed)
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4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2994/B-Engrossed)
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5. **HBHHC Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/22912)
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6. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2994/House%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
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7. **JWM Amendment -A4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/25224)
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8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2994/Enrolled)
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## Votes
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- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **42–2** (pass) · legislature
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- Third reading. Carried by Pham H. Passed. — **52–2** (pass) · lower
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- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third reading. Carried by Campos. Passed. — **24–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Charlie Conrad — primary (person)
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- Cyrus Javadi — primary (person)
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- Ed Diehl — primary (person)
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- Hai Pham — primary (person)
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- Janelle Bynum — primary (person)
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- Lily Morgan — primary (person)
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- Lisa Reynolds — primary (person)
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- Ben Bowman — cosponsor (person)
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- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
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- Jason Kropf — cosponsor (person)
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- Jules Walters — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
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- Rick Lewis — cosponsor (person)
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- Thuy Tran — cosponsor (person)
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- Travis Nelson — cosponsor (person)
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- Wlnsvey Campos — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-09T16:13:56+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-16T17:42:49+00:00** Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-15T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
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- **2023-03-08T01:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
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- **2023-03-13T13:55:11+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-13T13:55:12+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-22T16:34:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Human Services. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-30T15:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
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- **2023-05-30T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
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- **2023-06-02T16:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
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- **2023-06-05T22:42:34+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-07T18:26:35+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2023-06-07T19:38:06+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 8, 2023 Calendar.
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- **2023-06-08T19:07:52+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Pham H. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-06-15T18:26:05+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-15T23:40:43+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-20T19:53:51+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-21T00:07:02+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2023-06-22T02:43:40+00:00** Carried over to 06-22 by unanimous consent.
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- **2023-06-23T01:49:10+00:00** Carried over to 06-23 by unanimous consent.
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- **2023-06-23T19:53:03+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Campos. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-06-25T23:01:27+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2023-06-27T18:54:47+00:00** President signed. `passage`
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- **2023-07-27T22:17:02+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2023-06-23T19:54:03+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Knopp.
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- **2023-08-04T19:09:04+00:00** Chapter 424, (2023 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2024.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f787ad2f-878b-48ea-8603-548b93b1abd9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).
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