l9n/ Oregon

2025 Regular Session

Senate Bill 527

Directs the Oregon Health Authority toaward grants to local workforce development boards to partner with certain entities toestablish and implement behavioral health education and training programs for high school students.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate'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 the OHA to make grants to certain entities. The Act directs the entities to use the moneys to create behavioral health workforce training programs for high school students. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8).</b> [<i>Digest: The Act tells the OHA to make a grant program to give moneys to certain entities. The Act directs the entities to use the moneys to create behavioral health workforce training programs for high school students. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.6).</i>] Directs the Oregon Health Authority to [<i>develop and implement a grant program to distribute moneys</i>] <b>award grants</b> to local workforce development boards to partner with certain entities to [<i>provide</i>] <b>establish and implement</b> behavioral health education and training <b>programs</b> for high school students. <b>Requires the local workforce development boards to consult with the authority to establish partnerships with specific entities to administer the programs. Requires the authority to consider recommendations from a statewide organization that represents all local workforce development boards when determining the amount of a grant to award.</b> Sunsets on January 2, 2029. 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 Senate

2 co-sponsors

Lew Frederick, David Brock Smith

In the House of Representatives

    1 co-sponsor

    Ed Diehl

    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 action8 actions on 7 days

    In the SenateJan 13 to Jun 27 · stopped165 days

    Waiting for a committeeJan 13 to Jan 174 days

    Early Childhood and Behavioral HealthJan 17 to Apr 1083 days

    Ways and MeansApr 10 to Jun 27 · stopped78 days

    Amendments

    Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

    • Senate 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 Senate Jan 13 – Jun 27

    1. Jan 13Introduced
    2. Jan 17Sent to Early Childhood and Behavioral Health
    3. Mar 13Heard in Early Childhood and Behavioral Health
    4. Mar 25Heard in Early Childhood and Behavioral Health
    5. Apr 3Heard in Early Childhood and Behavioral Health
    6. Apr 10Early Childhood and Behavioral Health recommended it as amended, and that it go to Ways and Means
    7. Sent to Ways and Means
    8. Jun 27Died when the session ended
    All 8 actions, as published
    1. Jan 13Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.Senate
    2. Jan 17Referred to Early Childhood and Behavioral Health, then Ways and Means.Senate
    3. Mar 13Public Hearing held.Senate
    4. Mar 25Work Session held.Senate
    5. Apr 3Work Session held.Senate
    6. Apr 10Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. (Printed A-Eng.)Senate
    7. Apr 10Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.Senate
    8. Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.Senate