republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2025r1/sb-837.md

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Bill	Relating to a volunteer registry.	Modifies laws governing the emergency health care provider registry to allow a broader range of volunteer services and allow deployment of volunteers outside of declared emergencies. Requires the Oregon Health Authority to provide workers' compensation coverage for volunteers who provide services in other states pursuant to certain interstate agreements.	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2025R1	SB 837	Oregon SB 837 (2025R1)	bill		enacted		5	25	4	2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00	2025-08-13T17:23:16+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/b57680d1-c917-4411-bc3d-3bb3b78e0d20	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB837	1f6073972f45ed21ce0a3ea0e31264344515ed6f52e503bcedce6687aa1244f4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon SB 837 (2025R1) — Relating to a volunteer registry.

Modifies laws governing the emergency health care provider registry to allow a broader range of volunteer services and allow deployment of volunteers outside of declared emergencies. Requires the Oregon Health Authority to provide workers' compensation coverage for volunteers who provide services in other states pursuant to certain interstate agreements.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Senate Amendments to Introduced (filed) — source
3. A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. SHC Amendment -1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third reading. Carried by Rieke Smith. Passed. — 33–13 (pass) · lower
• Third reading. Carried by Gelser Blouin. Passed. — 18–9 (pass) · upper
• Heard and Reported Out — 28–18 (pass) · legislature
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 3–2 (pass) · upper

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 Health Care, then Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2025-03-18T22:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2025-04-01T22:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-05-15T17:23:53+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. (Printed A-Eng.) committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-15T17:23:54+00:00 Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. referral-committee
• 2025-05-23T22:20:00+00:00 Assigned to Subcommittee On Human Services. referral-committee
• 2025-05-28T20:33:00+00:00 Returned to Full Committee.
• 2025-05-28T20:32:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-06-06T15:32:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-06-12T16:09:13+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-06-12T18:49:25+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2025-06-16T21:56:01+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Gelser Blouin. 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
• 2025-06-19T00:50:51+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-06-19T19:03:03+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2025-06-20T21:29:17+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to June 23, 2025 Calendar.
• 2025-06-23T23:30:38+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to June 24, 2025 Calendar.
• 2025-06-24T20:52:12+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Rieke Smith. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2025-06-25T23:07:13+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2025-06-26T16:37:09+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2025-08-01T01:16:45+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2025-08-13T17:18:34+00:00 Chapter 622, 2025 Laws.
• 2025-08-13T17:23:16+00:00 Effective date, January 1, 2026.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b57680d1-c917-4411-bc3d-3bb3b78e0d20. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).