l9n/ Oregon

2025 Regular Session

Senate Bill 597

Directs the Oregon Health Authority to establish a grant program to provide financial support to certified dental sealant programs that promote and engage in oral health care coordination activities.

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.

Digest: The Act tells OHA to create a grant program to promote oral health care coordination. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.5). Directs the Oregon Health Authority to establish a grant program to provide financial support to certified dental sealant programs that promote and engage in oral health care coordination activities. Provides the manner in which the authority shall distribute grant funds to grantees.

Sponsors

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

In the Senate

In the House of Representatives

2 co-sponsors

Travis Nelson, Andrea Valderrama

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

Health CareJan 17 to Apr 174 days

Ways and MeansApr 1 to Jun 27 · stopped87 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 Senate Jan 13 – Jun 27

  1. Jan 13Introduced
  2. Jan 17Sent to Health Care
  3. Feb 20Heard in Health Care
  4. Mar 27Heard in Health Care
  5. Apr 1Health Care recommended it, and that it go to Ways and Means
  6. Sent to Ways and Means
  7. 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 Health Care, then Ways and Means.Senate
  3. Feb 13Public Hearing Cancelled.Senate
  4. Feb 20Public Hearing held.Senate
  5. Mar 27Work Session held.Senate
  6. Apr 1Recommendation: Do pass and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.Senate
  7. Apr 1Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.Senate
  8. Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.Senate