l9n/ Oregon

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 2992

Directs the Oregon Health Authority, in collaboration with the Department of Education and the Oregon Board of Optometry, to establish and implement a program that provides eye examinations,prescription eyeglasses and related services to students from low-income families.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Ways and Means Committee on June 27, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

<b>Digest: Directs OHA to have a program to provide eye exams and glasses to certain students. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8).</b> [<i>Digest: Directs ODE and OHA to have a program to provide eye exams and glasses to certain students. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.1).</i>] Directs [<i>the Department of Education and the Oregon Health Authority to jointly</i>]<b> the Oregon Health Authority, in collaboration with the Department of Education and the Oregon Board of Optometry, to</b> establish and implement a program that provides eye examinations<b>,</b> [<i>and</i>] prescription eyeglasses <b>and related services</b> to students from low-income families. 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

11 co-sponsors

John Lively, Emily McIntire, Hoa Nguyen, Mark Owens, Cyrus Javadi, Lisa Fragala, Shannon Isadore, Boomer Wright, Gregory Smith, Zach Hudson, Mari Watanabe

In the Senate

    6 co-sponsors

    Wlnsvey Campos, Chris Gorsek, James Manning Jr., Deb Patterson, Floyd Prozanski, Lisa Reynolds

    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 action7 actions on 6 days

    In the House of RepresentativesJan 13 to Jun 27 · stopped165 days

    Waiting for a committeeJan 13 to Jan 174 days

    EducationJan 17 to Apr 1083 days

    Ways and MeansApr 10 to Jun 27 · stopped78 days

    Amendments

    Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

    • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

      Adopted Apr 10

    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

    1. Jan 13Introduced
    2. Jan 17Sent to Education
    3. Feb 3Heard in Education
    4. Apr 7Heard in Education
    5. Apr 10Education recommended it as amended, and that it go to Ways and Means
    6. Sent to Ways and Means
    7. Jun 27Died when the session ended
    All 7 actions, as published
    1. Jan 13First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
    2. Jan 17Referred to Education with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.House of Representatives
    3. Feb 3Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
    4. Apr 7Work Session held.House of Representatives
    5. Apr 10Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.House of Representatives
    6. Apr 10Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.House of Representatives
    7. Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives