republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2026r1/sb-1598.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to access to health services; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Requires certain health benefit plans to provide coverage for preventive health services in accordance with federal rules in effect on June 30, 2025, and immunizations recommended by the Public Health Officer in the future. Authorizes the Public Health Officer, or designated physician, to issue a standing order for a prescription to control, prevent, mitigate or treat any infectious or noninfectious disease or other significant public health concern. Declares an emergency, effective on passage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2026R1"
identifier: "SB 1598"
citation: "Oregon SB 1598 (2026R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deb Patterson", "Hai Pham", "Lew Frederick", "Lisa Reynolds", "Nancy Nathanson", "Rob Nosse", "Sara Gelser Blouin", "Wlnsvey Campos"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-05T17:47:26+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-06T18:52:40+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4910698c-adcc-4cbd-9752-2eef2d00f8d2"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Measures/Overview/SB1598"
source_hash: "bfbc2499c227420020d01dd1de8bd962351973b8748d7556c85eca6e48ba17c8"
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 1598 (2026R1) — Relating to access to health services; and declaring an emergency.

Requires certain health benefit plans to provide coverage for preventive health services in accordance with federal rules in effect on June 30, 2025, and immunizations recommended by the Public Health Officer in the future. Authorizes the Public Health Officer, or designated physician, to issue a standing order for a prescription to control, prevent, mitigate or treat any infectious or noninfectious disease or other significant public health concern. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Minority Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1598/House%20Minority%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1598/Introduced)
3. **Minority Report A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1598/Minority%20Report%20A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1598/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. — **39–18** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Reynolds. Passed. — **17–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Deb Patterson — primary (person)
- Hai Pham — primary (person)
- Lew Frederick — primary (person)
- Lisa Reynolds — primary (person)
- Nancy Nathanson — primary (person)
- Rob Nosse — primary (person)
- Sara Gelser Blouin — primary (person)
- Wlnsvey Campos — primary (person)
- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Andersen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-05T17:47:26+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05T20:56:19+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2026-02-11T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2026-02-16T17:17:13+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-16T19:05:10+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17T20:52:50+00:00** Carried over to 02-18 by unanimous consent.
- **2026-02-18T21:55:42+00:00** Carried over to 02-19 by virtue of adjournment.
- **2026-02-19T21:19:03+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Reynolds. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-19T22:14:48+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20T17:29:52+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2026-02-26T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2026-02-28T00:09:52+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-28T00:09:53+00:00** Minority Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02T20:13:54+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-03T19:52:40+00:00** In absence of motion to substitute Minority Report for Committee Report, bill advanced to third reading and final consideration.
- **2026-03-03T19:55:55+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-05T16:38:22+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-05T18:58:24+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-31T21:30:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-06T18:50:36+00:00** Chapter 100, 2026 Laws.
- **2026-04-06T18:52:40+00:00** Effective date, March 31, 2026.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4910698c-adcc-4cbd-9752-2eef2d00f8d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).