republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2023r1/sb-420.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to brain injuries; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Directs Department of Human Services to provide specified services to individuals with brain injuries and to convene Brain Injury Advisory Committee. Requires department to report to Legislative Assembly during odd-numbered year regular sessions on services provided and number of individuals served."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2023R1"
identifier: "SB 420"
citation: "Oregon SB 420 (2023R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Courtney Neron", "Deb Patterson", "James Hieb", "James Manning Jr.", "Kathleen Taylor"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-09T18:53:53+00:00"
last_action: "2023-08-15T20:48:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61405703-99c3-43f8-8733-dd783af6d278"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/SB420"
source_hash: "d3642855dab118777baa8328383ed53d577e7d979bd2d7e78664a3b53ff77a50"
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 SB 420 (2023R1) — Relating to brain injuries; and declaring an emergency.

Directs Department of Human Services to provide specified services to individuals with brain injuries and to convene Brain Injury Advisory Committee. Requires department to report to Legislative Assembly during odd-numbered year regular sessions on services provided and number of individuals served.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB420/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB420/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB420/A-Engrossed)
4. **JWM Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/25365)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB420/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Neron. Passed. — **53–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **44–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. — **24–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Courtney Neron — primary (person)
- Deb Patterson — primary (person)
- James Hieb — primary (person)
- James Manning Jr. — primary (person)
- Kathleen Taylor — primary (person)
- Cedric Hayden — cosponsor (person)
- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Fred Girod — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Kate Lieber — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Helm — cosponsor (person)
- Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
- Lily Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Lucetta Elmer — cosponsor (person)
- Lynn Findley — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Gelser Blouin — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Knopp — cosponsor (person)
- Zach Hudson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09T18:53:53+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12T19:26:35+00:00** Referred to Human Services, then Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-01-30T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-01-31T20:53:08+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.
- **2023-01-31T20:53:09+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-24T16:23:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06T15:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2023-06-06T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-06-09T16:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-06-12T18:48:22+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-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.
- **2023-06-20T23:00:10+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-20T23:49:07+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21T01:17:39+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21T20:15:49+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-21T22:44:21+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-21T23:37:58+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 22, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-06-22T17:56:40+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Neron. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-22T17:55:40+00:00** Potential conflict(s) of interest declared by Hieb.
- **2023-06-24T23:08:16+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-25T17:35:31+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-20T23:01:10+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Findley.
- **2023-08-01T00:45:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-08-15T20:43:00+00:00** Chapter 573, 2023 Laws.
- **2023-08-15T20:48:00+00:00** Effective date, July 31, 2023.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61405703-99c3-43f8-8733-dd783af6d278`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).