l9n/ Oregon

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 2016

Requires the Oregon Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and Therapists to establish a schedule of violations and remove from the board's website and publicly accessible publications, other than from a searchable electronic database designed to enable licensure or registration verification, information related to a licensee's or associate's violations after a specified time.

Became law as Chapter 373, Oregon Laws 2025, signed June 24, 2025, 162 days after it was filed. In force from January 1, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

Digest: The Act says the OBLPCT has to get rid of information on its website and other public sources about people who get in trouble with the board three or five years later. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.3). Requires the Oregon Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and Therapists to establish a schedule of violations and remove from the board's website and publicly accessible publications<b>, other than from a searchable electronic database designed to enable licensure or registration verification,</b> information related to a licensee's or associate's violations after a specified time.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

January 13 to July 25, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action26 actions on 22 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 13 to Apr 1794 days

Waiting for a committeeJan 13 to Jan 174 days

Behavioral Health and Health CareJan 17 to Apr 1487 days

In the SenateApr 17 to Jun 1256 days

Waiting for a committeeApr 17 to Apr 214 days

Health CareApr 21 to Jun 343 days

With the GovernorJun 12 to Jun 2412 days

Votes

Yeas to nays, as the Legislative Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.

  • House of Representatives, third reading33–17

    Passed · Apr 17 · 10 present

  • Senate, third reading13–9

    Failed · Jun 11 · 8 present

  • Senate, third reading18–10

    Jun 12 · 2 present

  • Senate, third reading18–10

    Passed · Jun 12 · 2 present

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Apr 14

Text

Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 13 – Apr 17

  1. Jan 13Introduced
  2. Jan 17Sent to Behavioral Health and Health Care
  3. Mar 18Heard in Behavioral Health and Health Care
  4. Apr 8Heard in Behavioral Health and Health Care
  5. Apr 14Behavioral Health and Health Care recommended it as amended
  6. Apr 15Read a second time
  7. Apr 17Passed the House of Representatives, 33 to 17

In the Senate Apr 21 – Jun 12

  1. Apr 21Arrived in the Senate
  2. Sent to Health Care
  3. May 8Heard in Health Care
  4. May 20Heard in Health Care
  5. Jun 3Health Care recommended it
  6. Read a second time
  7. Jun 11Failed in the Senate, 13 to 9
  8. Jun 12Passed the Senate, 18 to 10

To the Governor Jun 13 – Jul 25

  1. Jun 13Signed in the House of Representatives
  2. Jun 16Signed in the Senate
  3. Jun 24Signed by the Governor
  4. Jul 25Became chapter 373 of Oregon Laws 2025, in force from January 1, 2026
All 26 actions, as published
  1. Jan 13First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
  2. Jan 17Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care.House of Representatives
  3. Mar 18Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
  4. Apr 8Work Session held.House of Representatives
  5. Apr 14Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed.House of Representatives
  6. Apr 15Second reading.House of Representatives
  7. Apr 16Rules suspended. Carried over to April 17, 2025 Calendar.House of Representatives
  8. Apr 17Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed.House of Representatives
  9. Apr 21First reading. Referred to President's desk.Senate
  10. Apr 21Referred to Health Care.Senate
  11. May 8Public Hearing held.Senate
  12. May 20Work Session held.Senate
  13. Jun 3Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill.Senate
  14. Jun 3Second reading.Senate
  15. Jun 4Carried over to 06-05 by unanimous consent.Senate
  16. Jun 5Carried over to 06-09 by unanimous consent.Senate
  17. Jun 9Carried over to 06-10 by unanimous consent.Senate
  18. Jun 10Carried over to 06-11 by unanimous consent.Senate
  19. Jun 11Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Bill failed.Senate
  20. Jun 11Jama changed from aye to nay and served notice of possible reconsideration.Senate
  21. Jun 12Motion to reconsider carried.Senate
  22. Jun 12Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed.Senate
  23. Jun 13Speaker signed.House of Representatives
  24. Jun 16President signed.Senate
  25. Jun 24Governor signed.House of Representatives
  26. Jul 25Chapter 373, (2025 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2026.House of Representatives