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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to medical debt reporting."
description: "Prohibits medical service providers from reporting the amount or existence of medical debt to a consumer reporting agency. Prohibits a consumer reporting agency from including in a consumer report an item that the consumer reporting agency knows or should know is medical debt. Punishes a violation of the Act as an unlawful practice under the Unlawful Trade Practices Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "SB 605"
citation: "Oregon SB 605 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nathan Sosa", "Wlnsvey Campos"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-23T19:08:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/211c04bf-73c7-4603-87a1-a2cf153358ee"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB605"
source_hash: "4cfc73b8dd2b22812ffcf9dfb2e074b0d01f25ea745adda6c94e42103d8c1cc0"
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 605 (2025R1) — Relating to medical debt reporting.
Prohibits medical service providers from reporting the amount or existence of medical debt to a consumer reporting agency. Prohibits a consumer reporting agency from including in a consumer report an item that the consumer reporting agency knows or should know is medical debt. Punishes a violation of the Act as an unlawful practice under the Unlawful Trade Practices Act.
## 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/SB605/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB605/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB605/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB605/B-Engrossed)
5. **HCCP Amendment -A9** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/29073)
6. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB605/House%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
7. **SLB Amendment -6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/28057)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB605/Enrolled)
## Votes
- Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. — **18–12** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–4** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Sosa. Passed. — **34–17** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Campos. Passed. — **18–10** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **3–2** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Nathan Sosa — primary (person)
- Wlnsvey Campos — primary (person)
- David Gomberg — cosponsor (person)
- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Farrah Chaichi — cosponsor (person)
- Hai Pham — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Khanh Pham — cosponsor (person)
- Lesly Muñoz — cosponsor (person)
- Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Fragala — cosponsor (person)
- Sen Woods — cosponsor (person)
- Thuy Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Andersen — cosponsor (person)
- Travis Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Willy Chotzen — cosponsor (person)
- Zach Hudson — 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 Labor and Business, then Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-30T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-03-18T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-04-08T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-04-18T17:19:46+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and subsequent referral to Health Care be rescinded. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-18T17:19:47+00:00** Subsequent referral rescinded by order of the President.
- **2025-04-21T18:38:45+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-22T19:24:51+00:00** Carried over to 04-23 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-04-23T18:48:35+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Campos. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-24T17:41:03+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-24T21:11:12+00:00** Referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-08T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing cancelled.
- **2025-05-15T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-05-20T20:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-05-23T18:50:56+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-27T19:09:56+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-05-28T20:23:29+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 29, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-05-29T21:42:45+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Sosa. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-09T19:05:49+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
- **2025-06-10T19:30:18+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-11T16:51:25+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-17T19:13:27+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-23T19:03:43+00:00** Chapter 343, 2025 Laws.
- **2025-06-23T19:08:23+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2026.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/211c04bf-73c7-4603-87a1-a2cf153358ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).