republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2025r1/hb-2024.md

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Bill	Relating to the behavioral health workforce; and declaring an emergency.	</b> </i>] Directs the Oregon Health Authority to award grants to eligible entities to foster the recruitment and retention of behavioral health care providers at the entities. Specifies the manners in which an entity may use a grant. Requires an entity that receives a grant to report to the authority. [<i>Directs the authority to develop and implement an incentive payment to eligible entities in order to enable the entities to increase employee wages.</i>] <b>Entitles an employee of a behavioral health employer to be reinstated with back pay if the employer unlawfully retaliates against the employee. Allows certain facilities to limit a resident's access to specified items. Requires a behavioral health employer to provide safety trainings to workers. Becomes operative July 1, 2026.</b> Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2025R1	HB 2024	Oregon HB 2024 (2025R1)	bill		enacted	Rob Nosse Shannon Isadore Travis Nelson	8	22	4	2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00	2025-08-13T19:42:36+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/de5091e5-3448-4543-93e3-fe29967fa0ff	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2024	3e4fb4756aac99e35a56cae93e0d939f84a866626b2e3b913a49cb19b273fdbe	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon HB 2024 (2025R1) — Relating to the behavioral health workforce; and declaring an emergency.

] Directs the Oregon Health Authority to award grants to eligible entities to foster the recruitment and retention of behavioral health care providers at the entities. Specifies the manners in which an entity may use a grant. Requires an entity that receives a grant to report to the authority. [Directs the authority to develop and implement an incentive payment to eligible entities in order to enable the entities to increase employee wages.] Entitles an employee of a behavioral health employer to be reinstated with back pay if the employer unlawfully retaliates against the employee. Allows certain facilities to limit a resident's access to specified items. Requires a behavioral health employer to provide safety trainings to workers. Becomes operative July 1, 2026. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.

Version chain

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

1. House Amendments to Introduced (filed) — source
2. Introduced (filed) — source
3. A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. B-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. HBHHC Amendment -3 (committee substitute) — source
6. House Amendments to A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
7. JWM Amendment -A6 (committee substitute) — source
8. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Campos. Passed. — 20–9 (pass) · upper
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 42–2 (pass) · legislature
• Third reading. Carried by Nelson. Passed. — 45–0 (pass) · lower
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 9–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Rob Nosse — primary (person)
• Shannon Isadore — primary (person)
• Travis Nelson — primary (person)
• Darin Harbick — cosponsor (person)
• Zach Hudson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-01-17T20:47:46+00:00 Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2025-03-25T22:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2025-04-08T22:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-04-15T18:03:01+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-15T18:03:02+00:00 Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. referral-committee
• 2025-06-06T15:42:00+00:00 Assigned to Subcommittee On Human Services. referral-committee
• 2025-06-10T20:18:00+00:00 Returned to Full Committee.
• 2025-06-10T20:17:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-06-17T15:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-06-19T22:37:57+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-06-20T18:45:56+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2025-06-23T19:44:24+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Nelson. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2025-06-23T22:13:01+00:00 First reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-06-23T23:04:28+00:00 Referred to Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2025-06-24T20:42:40+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-06-24T22:16:12+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2025-06-24T22:48:08+00:00 Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Campos. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2025-06-26T16:37:09+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2025-06-26T22:38:22+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2025-07-24T23:48:12+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2025-08-13T19:42:36+00:00 Chapter 561, (2025 Laws): Effective date July 24, 2025.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/de5091e5-3448-4543-93e3-fe29967fa0ff. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).