Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Behavioral Health and Health Care Committee on June 27, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2959
Requires health insurance coverage of specified fertility services and treatments with exemption for certain insurers.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
Digest: The Act makes some health insurance cover some fertility treatments. The Act tells OHA and DCBS to study access to reproductive treatments and report back to the committee on health. The Act makes it an emergency. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7). Requires health insurance coverage of specified fertility services and treatments with exemption for certain insurers. Directs the Oregon Health Authority and the Department of Consumer and Business Services to study access to fertility and reproductive endocrinology services and report findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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
Sponsor
Lucetta Elmer, April Dobson, Emerson Levy, Lesly Muñoz
Chief co-sponsors
13 co-sponsors
Tom Andersen, David Gomberg, Zach Hudson, Susan McLain, Nathan Sosa, Thuy Tran, Sarah McDonald, Dacia Grayber, Cyrus Javadi, Shelly Boshart Davis, Darcey Edwards, Hoa Nguyen, Farrah Chaichi
In the Senate
Sponsor
Chief co-sponsor
3 co-sponsors
Its course
January 13 to June 27, 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 action4 actions on 4 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 13 to Jun 27 · stopped165 days
Waiting for a committeeJan 13 to Jan 174 days
Behavioral Health and Health CareJan 17 to Jun 27 · stopped161 days
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 – Jun 27
- Jan 13Introduced
- Jan 17Sent to Behavioral Health and Health Care
- Feb 11Heard in Behavioral Health and Health Care
- Jun 27Died when the session ended
All 4 actions, as published
- Jan 13First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
- Jan 17Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.House of Representatives
- Feb 11Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
- Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives