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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to facilities that provide mental health treatment."
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description: "Prohibits state hospitals from providing inpatient services to individuals who are under 18 years of age. Modifies the description of when a qualifying mental disorder is resistant to treatment for purposes of involuntary civil commitment of an extremely dangerous person. Directs the Oregon Health Authority to designate a licensed physician to serve as the chief medical officer of a state hospital, regardless of whether the superintendent of the hospital is a licensed physician. Requires certain evaluations to be conducted by a certified evaluator."
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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: "SB 834"
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citation: "Oregon SB 834 (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: 2
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-06-06T22:13:28+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfdc29c2-7fd3-4d64-8df1-5480bf0d4dea"
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source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB834"
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source_hash: "93592e1b5582154bbd13acc64abe3e1173cc0f9abf667ca24ba645d33582e1db"
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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 SB 834 (2025R1) — Relating to facilities that provide mental health treatment.
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Prohibits state hospitals from providing inpatient services to individuals who are under 18 years of age. Modifies the description of when a qualifying mental disorder is resistant to treatment for purposes of involuntary civil commitment of an extremely dangerous person. Directs the Oregon Health Authority to designate a licensed physician to serve as the chief medical officer of a state hospital, regardless of whether the superintendent of the hospital is a licensed physician. Requires certain evaluations to be conducted by a certified evaluator.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB834/Introduced)
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2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB834/Enrolled)
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## Votes
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- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. — **33–16** (pass) · lower
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- Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. — **20–7** (pass) · upper
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- Heard and Reported Out — **7–2** (pass) · lower
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-17T22:13:22+00:00** Referred to Early Childhood and Behavioral Health. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-04T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
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- **2025-02-11T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
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- **2025-02-18T17:19:25+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-18T19:12:03+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-20T20:23:19+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-25T20:12:38+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-27T19:41:05+00:00** Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-24T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
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- **2025-05-06T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
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- **2025-05-12T20:15:18+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-13T18:58:56+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-14T19:43:54+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 15, 2025 Calendar.
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- **2025-05-15T20:08:18+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-05-19T19:36:04+00:00** President signed. `passage`
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- **2025-05-20T17:35:37+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2025-05-28T00:03:09+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-06-06T22:01:42+00:00** Chapter 175, 2025 Laws.
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- **2025-06-06T22:13:28+00:00** 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/dfdc29c2-7fd3-4d64-8df1-5480bf0d4dea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).
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