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 3511
Directs the Oregon Health Authority to develop and implement a program to award grants to community-based organizations to conduct a public health campaign on the negative health effects of using betel nuts.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
Digest: The Act tells some state agencies to take steps to raise awareness of the negative health effects of using betel nuts. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6). Directs the Oregon Health Authority to develop and implement a program to award grants to community-based organizations to conduct a public health campaign on the negative health effects of using betel nuts. Requires the Oregon Medical Board and the Oregon State Board of Nursing to ensure that health care providers are trained on the negative health effects of using betel nuts. Directs the Department of Education and the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to ensure information on the negative health effects of using betel nuts is incorporated into curricula. Requires the authority to submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to public health no later than December 15, 2026. 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.
Its course
February 4 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 action3 actions on 3 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 4 to Jun 27 · stopped143 days
Waiting for a committeeFeb 4 to Feb 62 days
Behavioral Health and Health CareFeb 6 to Jun 27 · stopped141 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 Feb 4 – Jun 27
- Feb 4Introduced
- Feb 6Sent to Behavioral Health and Health Care
- Jun 27Died when the session ended
All 3 actions, as published
- Feb 4First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
- Feb 6Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.House of Representatives
- Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives