l9n/ Oregon

2025 Regular Session

Senate Bill 476

Requires professional licensing boards to provide culturally responsive training to specified staff members and publish guidance on pathways to professional authorization for internationally educated individuals.

Became law as Chapter 618, Oregon Laws 2025, signed July 31, 2025, 199 days after it was filed. In force from July 31, 2025.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

Digest: The Act says staff of licensing boards must have culturally responsive training. The Act also lets the OMB give a doctor who was trained in another country a license to be a doctor in this state under some conditions. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.3). Requires professional licensing boards to provide culturally responsive training to specified staff members and publish guidance on pathways to professional authorization for internationally educated individuals. Allows the Oregon Medical Board to issue a provisional license to a qualified internationally trained physician. Requires the holder of a provisional license to practice under the supervision of a licensed physician for four years prior to applying for full licensure. Directs the board to submit a report every odd-numbered year to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health care on the provisional licensure of internationally trained physicians. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.

Sponsors

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

In the Senate

1 co-sponsor

Khanh Pham

In the House of Representatives

    3 co-sponsors

    Dacia Grayber, Travis Nelson, Thuy Tran

    Its course

    January 13 to August 13, 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 action25 actions on 16 days

    In the SenateJan 13 to Jun 23161 days

    Waiting for a committeeJan 13 to Jan 174 days

    Health CareJan 17 to Apr 275 days

    Ways and MeansApr 2 to Jun 6 · moved on65 days

    Human ServicesJun 6 to Jun 12 · moved on6 days

    Ways and MeansJun 12 to Jun 197 days

    In the House of RepresentativesJun 23 to Jun 263 days

    Waiting for a committeeJun 23 to Jun 230 days

    Ways and MeansJun 23 to Jun 263 days

    Back in the SenateJun 26 to Jun 304 days

    With the GovernorJun 30 to Jul 3131 days

    Votes

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

    • Senate, third reading18–11

      Passed · Jun 23 · 1 present

    • House of Representatives, third reading33–11

      Passed · Jun 26 · 16 present

    • Senate, concurrence19–10

      Agreed to the other chamber's changes · Jun 27 · 1 present

    Amendments

    Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

    • Senate committee amendmentAdopted

      Adopted Apr 2

    • Senate committee amendmentAdopted

      Adopted Jun 19

    • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

      Adopted Jun 26

    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 Senate Jan 13 – Jun 23

    1. Jan 13Introduced
    2. Jan 17Sent to Health Care
    3. Feb 27Heard in Health Care
    4. Mar 27Heard in Health Care
    5. Apr 2Health Care recommended it as amended, and that it go to Ways and Means
    6. Sent to Ways and Means
    7. Jun 6Sent to Human Services Subcommittee
    8. Jun 12Heard in Human Services Subcommittee
    9. Returned to Ways and Means
    10. Jun 17Heard in Ways and Means
    11. Jun 19Ways and Means recommended it as amended
    12. Jun 20Read a second time
    13. Jun 23Passed the Senate, 18 to 11

    In the House of Representatives Jun 23 – Jun 26

    1. Jun 23Arrived in the House of Representatives
    2. Sent to Ways and Means
    3. Jun 26Heard in Ways and Means
    4. Ways and Means recommended it as amended
    5. Read a second time
    6. Passed the House of Representatives, 33 to 11

    Back in the Senate Jun 27 – Jun 30

    1. Jun 27The Senate agreed to the House of Representatives's amendments and passed it again, 19 to 10
    2. Jun 30Signed in the Senate

    To the Governor Jun 30 – Aug 13

    1. Jun 30Signed in the House of Representatives
    2. Jul 31Signed by the Governor
    3. Aug 13Became chapter 618 of Oregon Laws 2025
    4. In force from July 31, 2025
    All 25 actions, as published
    1. Jan 13Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.Senate
    2. Jan 17Referred to Health Care.Senate
    3. Feb 27Public Hearing held.Senate
    4. Mar 27Work Session held.Senate
    5. Apr 2Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means. (Printed A-Eng.)Senate
    6. Apr 2Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President.Senate
    7. Jun 6Assigned to Subcommittee On Human Services.Senate
    8. Jun 12Work Session held.Senate
    9. Jun 12Returned to Full Committee.Senate
    10. Jun 17Work Session held.Senate
    11. Jun 19Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.)Senate
    12. Jun 20Second reading.Senate
    13. Jun 23Third reading. Carried by Jama. Passed.Senate
    14. Jun 23First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
    15. Jun 23Referred to Ways and Means.House of Representatives
    16. Jun 26Work Session held.House of Representatives
    17. Jun 26Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed C-Engrossed.House of Representatives
    18. Jun 26Second reading.House of Representatives
    19. Jun 26Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Valderrama. Passed.House of Representatives
    20. Jun 27Rules suspended. Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.Senate
    21. Jun 30President signed.Senate
    22. Jun 30Speaker signed.House of Representatives
    23. Jul 31Governor signed.Senate
    24. Aug 13Chapter 618, 2025 Laws.Senate
    25. Aug 13Effective date, July 31, 2025.Senate