republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2025r1/sb-230.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Veterans Dental Program; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Directs the Oregon Health Authority to require oral health care providers to complete an intake screening with an enrollee of the Veterans Dental Program within 60 days after the enrollee initiates contact with the provider. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "SB 230"
citation: "Oregon SB 230 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Manning Jr."]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00"
last_action: "2025-08-08T15:10:01+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46313720-7b0e-4844-9f86-e9d28449eae5"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB230"
source_hash: "a0e7e5c3930d05dad83ac3c3cd3d138b6175bcd2c5aa0c3e0aece3314de8d144"
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 230 (2025R1) — Relating to the Veterans Dental Program; and prescribing an effective date.

Directs the Oregon Health Authority to require oral health care providers to complete an intake screening with an enrollee of the Veterans Dental Program within 60 days after the enrollee initiates contact with the provider. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

## 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/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB230/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB230/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB230/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB230/B-Engrossed)
5. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB230/House%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
6. **JWM Amendment -A2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/29745)
7. **SVEMFW Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/26710)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB230/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Javadi. Passed. — **51–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- James Manning Jr. — primary (person)
- Cedric Hayden — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-17T22:13:22+00:00** Referred to Veterans, Emergency Management, Federal and World Affairs, then Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-03-13T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-03-19T17:47:29+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19T17:47:30+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-23T21:47:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Transportation and Economic Development. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-28T22:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2025-05-28T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-06-06T15:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-06-12T16:09:04+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-12T18:49:25+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-16T21:50:29+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-17T19:08:34+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-17T20:49:51+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-20T23:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-06-23T20:15:48+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-24T19:13:54+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-26T02:42:23+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 26, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-06-26T19:19:38+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Javadi. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-27T18:17:18+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
- **2025-06-30T17:32:45+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-30T18:36:31+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-07-24T21:34:59+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-08T15:06:12+00:00** Chapter 593, 2025 Laws.
- **2025-08-08T15:10:01+00:00** Effective date, September 26, 2025.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46313720-7b0e-4844-9f86-e9d28449eae5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).