Nursing-Related Legislature Tracker
Janette Wilkinson, MN, PMHNP
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practioner
Willamette Health & Wellness in Portland, OR
Oregon's 2025 Legislative Session convened on Tuesday, January 21. State lawmakers are back to work with various healthcare and nursing-focused bills proposed for this year’s season. The Oregon Center for Nursing compiles an annual nonpartisan tracker of proposed bills with the possibility of impacting nursing professionals and the healthcare workforce. This page is updated weekly with the latest legislative process.
This resource is not all-inclusive and only intended for educational purposes. We encourage all users to conduct independent research on the proposed legislature and contact their state representatives to share feedback or testimony.
Note: As of May, bills that are no longer being actively moved through the legislative process have been removed from our tracker for clarity and organization.
Bill No. | Title | Summary | Chief Sponsor | Location | Hearings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Relating to the health care workforce. | Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study the health care workforce in Oregon. | Sen. Patterson | Referred to Sen. Health Care Referred to Ways & Means (4-15) | Public Hearing Held on March 18, 2025 Work Session Held on April 8, 2025 | |
Relating to health care. | Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study health care. | Sen. Patterson | Referred to Sen. Health Care Referred to Ways & Means (4-15) | Public Hearing Held on April 3, 2025 Work Session Held on April 8, 2025 | |
Relating to the health care workforce. | Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study matters relating to the health care workforce in this state. | No Sponsor | Referred to Sen. Health Care Referred to Ways & Means (4-15) | Public Hearing Held on March 18, 2025 Work Session Held on April 8, 2025 | |
Relating to health care. | Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study health care. | No Sponsor | Referred to Sen. Health Care Referred to Rules on April 17, 2025 | Public Hearing Held on April 3, 2025 Work Session Held on April 8, 2025 | |
Relating to a wellness program for Oregon health care professionals. | Directs the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to distribute moneys to the Oregon Wellness Program for specified purposes. | Sen. Patterson | Referred to Sen. Health Care Referred to Ways & Means on March 6, 2025 | Public Hearing Held on February 11, 2025 Work Session Held on February 27, 2025 | |
Relating to violence in health care settings; prescribing an effective date. | Creates workplace violence prevention requirements for certain health care entities. | Sen. Patterson | Referred to Sen. Health Care Referred to Rules on April 10, 2025 | Public Hearing Held on March 20, 2025 Work Session Held on April 3, 2025 Public Hearing Held on April 23, 2025 Work Session Scheduled for May 7, 2025 | |
Relating to community health; declaring an emergency. | Directs the Oregon Health Authority and coordinated care organizations to contract directly with traditional health workers, community health registered nurses and community-based organizations to provide services to medical assistance recipients. | Sen. Patterson | Referred to Sen. Health Care Referred to Ways & Means on March 31, 2025 | Public Hearing Held on March 6, 2025 Work Session Held on March 25, 2025 | |
Relating to occupational disease. | Adds certain health care employees to the list of workers for whom certain stress disorders give rise to a presumption that a workers' compensation claim is compensable as an occupational disease. | Sen. Campos | Referred to Sen. Labor and Business Referred to Ways & Means on April 7, 2025 | Public Hearing Held on February 18, 2025 Work Session Held on April 1, 2025 | |
Relating to part-time faculty at community colleges; declaring an emergency. | Requires community colleges to pay part-time faculty at the same rate, on a per-hour basis, as the community college pays full-time faculty to prepare for and teach a course. | Rep. Ruiz | Referred to Higher Education and Workforce Development Referred to Ways & Means on March 6, 2025 | Public Hearing Held on February 6, 2025 Work Session Held March 4, 2025 | |
Relating to the use of nursing titles. | Prohibits a nonhuman entity from using the title "nurse" or other similar titles. | Rep. Nelson | Referred to House Behavioral Health & Health Care on January 17, 2025 Referred to Oregon Senate on March 6, 2025 | Public Hearing Held on January 28, 2025 Work Session Held on February 20, 2025 Third Reading Held on February 27, 2025 Passed House 53-4 on March 4, 2025. Senate Public Hearing on March 17, 2025 Senate Work Session Scheduled for May 20, 2025 | |
Relating to services provided by registered nurses; prescribing an effective date. | Prohibits the Oregon Health Authority under specified circumstances from requiring, as a condition of reimbursing the cost of the service, a primary care provider to order a covered care management service provided by a licensed registered nurse to a medical assistance recipient. | Rep. Nelson | Referred to House Behavioral Health and Health Care Referred to Oregon Senate on March 6, 2025 | Public Hearing Held on January 28, 2025 Work Session Held on February 20, 2025 Third Reading Held on February 27, 2025 Passed House 55-2 on March 4, 2025 Senate Public Hearing Held on April 22, 2025 Senate Work Session Held on May 13, 2025 | |
Relating to exceptions to prohibited use of official position or office. | Provides an exception to the prohibition against a public official using official position or office for financial gain or avoidance of financial detriment. | No Sponsor | Referred to House Rules Referred to Senate Rules on April 15, 2025 | Public Hearing Held on January 27, 2025 Work Session Held on April 2, 2025 Third Reading Held on April 4, 2025 Passed House 42-14 on April 14, 2025 Senate Public Hearing held May 14, 2025 Work Session Scheduled on May 19, 2025 | |
Relating to schools. | Provides that only a registered nurse may supervise a nurse in a school setting with respect to the practice of nursing. | Rep. Nelson | Referred to House Behavioral Health and Health Care Referred to Senate on March 12, 2025 | Public Hearing Held on January 28, 2025 Work Session Held on February 27, 2025 Third Reading Scheduled for March 10, 2025 Passed House 54-0 on March 10, 2025 Public Hearing Held on April 24, 2025 Work Session Scheduled on May 6, 2025 Third Reading in Senate Scheduled on May 15, 2025 | |
Relating to nursing; prescribing an effective date. | Defines "Advanced Practice Registered Nurse," "diagnosing" and "medication aide. | No Sponsor | Referred to House Behavioral Health and Health Care Referred to Senate Health Care March 18, 2025 | Public Hearing Held on February 18, 2025 Work Session Held on March 6, 2025 Passed the House (53-0) on March 17, 2025 Senate Public Hearing Held on April 15, 2025 Work Session Scheduled for April 29, 2025 Passed Senate 27-1 May 13, 2025 Speaker Signed on May 14, 2025 | |
Relating to nursing; and prescribing an effective date. | Directs the Oregon State Board of Nursing to establish an advisory committee to study the nursing educator shortage and make recommendations to address the issues identified by the committee. | Rep Nelson | Referred to House Behavioral Health & Health Care on March 4, 2025 | Public Hearing Scheduled for March 25, 2025 Work Session Held on April 8, 2025 |
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Last updated May 15, 2025.