l9n/ Oregon

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 3817

Directs the Oregon Health Authority and the Department of Veterans' Affairs to study the consumption of ibogaine by certain individuals for the purpose of treating specified disorders.

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: The Act tells OHA and DVA to study the use of ibogaine by some people to help treat certain disorders. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.0).</b> [<i>Digest: The Act tells OHA and DVA to set up a process to let a person with a certain disorder use ibogaine to help treat the disorder. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.3).</i>] Directs the Oregon Health Authority [<i>in collaboration with</i>]<b> and</b> the Department of Veterans' Affairs to [<i>establish a process through which a certain individual may consume ibogaine for a specified purpose</i>]<b> study the consumption of ibogaine by certain individuals for the purpose of treating specified disorders</b>. Defines "ibogaine." Requires the authority and the department to submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health care [<i>and veterans</i>] not later than September 15, 2029. [<i>Exempts ibogaine, when obtained and consumed through the established process, from the definition of "controlled substance."</i>] Sunsets on January 2, 2030.

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

5 co-sponsors

Willy Chotzen, Rick Lewis, John Lively, Darin Harbick, E. Werner Reschke

In the Senate

2 co-sponsors

Bruce Starr, Kim Thatcher

Its course

February 27 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 RepresentativesFeb 27 to Jun 27 · stopped120 days

Waiting for a committeeFeb 27 to Mar 45 days

Behavioral Health and Health CareMar 4 to Apr 1643 days

Ways and MeansApr 16 to Jun 27 · stopped72 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Apr 16

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 27 – Jun 27

  1. Feb 27Introduced
  2. Mar 4Sent to Behavioral Health and Health Care
  3. Mar 13Heard in Behavioral Health and Health Care
  4. Apr 8Heard in Behavioral Health and Health Care
  5. Apr 16Behavioral Health and Health Care 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. Feb 27First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
  2. Mar 4Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care.House of Representatives
  3. Mar 13Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
  4. Apr 8Work Session held.House of Representatives
  5. Apr 16Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means.House of Representatives
  6. Apr 16Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker.House of Representatives
  7. Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives