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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to veterans."
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description: "</b> </i>] Allows [<i>the Department of Veterans' Affairs</i>] <b>a state agency</b> to use a summary of benefits letter from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs when determining an applicant's eligibility for benefits or services that are offered by or through the [<i>Department of Veterans' Affairs</i>]<b> state agency</b>."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
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legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
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session: "2025R1"
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identifier: "HB 2559"
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citation: "Oregon HB 2559 (2025R1)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-06-20T01:28:51+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/768cec75-b9c8-4fbf-8823-24dbaa8ce14b"
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source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2559"
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source_hash: "122d5524b39210e373063d5a35ffdd71fb9082c5f057083cfe0d225a96095a5d"
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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 2559 (2025R1) — Relating to veterans.
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</b> </i>] Allows [<i>the Department of Veterans' Affairs</i>] <b>a state agency</b> to use a summary of benefits letter from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs when determining an applicant's eligibility for benefits or services that are offered by or through the [<i>Department of Veterans' Affairs</i>]<b> state agency</b>.
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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/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2559/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
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2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2559/Introduced)
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3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2559/A-Engrossed)
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4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2559/B-Engrossed)
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5. **HEMGGV Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/28192)
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6. **SVEMFW Amendment -A2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/28837)
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7. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2559/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
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8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2559/Enrolled)
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## Votes
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- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third reading. Carried by Tran. Passed. — **52–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third reading. Carried by Meek. Passed. — **27–0** (pass) · upper
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- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **56–0** (pass) · lower
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-17T20:47:46+00:00** Referred to Emergency Management, General Government, and Veterans. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-25T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
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- **2025-04-08T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
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- **2025-04-11T21:48:12+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-14T18:07:11+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-15T21:01:57+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Tran. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-16T18:55:02+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-21T16:26:28+00:00** Referred to Veterans, Emergency Management, Federal and World Affairs. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-29T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
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- **2025-05-08T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
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- **2025-05-14T22:15:06+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-15T18:43:52+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-19T19:23:52+00:00** Carried over to 05-20 by unanimous consent.
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- **2025-05-20T19:31:29+00:00** Carried over to 05-21 by unanimous consent.
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- **2025-05-21T18:43:54+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Meek. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-05-27T18:58:54+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
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- **2025-05-28T22:06:38+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2025-05-29T16:30:30+00:00** President signed. `passage`
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- **2025-06-05T23:36:03+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-06-20T01:28:51+00:00** Chapter 269, (2025 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2026.
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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/768cec75-b9c8-4fbf-8823-24dbaa8ce14b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).
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