l9n/ Oregon

2025 Regular Session

Senate Bill 945

Establishes medical assistance eligibility for individuals under age 26 who have aged out of foster care in Oregon or another state.

Became law as Chapter 186, Oregon Laws 2025, signed May 27, 2025, 119 days after it was filed. In force from January 1, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

Digest: The Act provides Medicaid benefits for youth aging out of foster care. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7). Establishes medical assistance eligibility for individuals under age 26 who have aged out of foster care in Oregon or another state. Requires the Oregon Health Authority to seek federal matching funds for the costs of medical assistance provided to individuals who aged out of foster care in another state.

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

Deb Patterson

In the House of Representatives

    2 co-sponsors

    Ed Diehl, Lesly Muñoz

    Its course

    January 28 to June 6, 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 21 days

    In the SenateJan 28 to Mar 2556 days

    Waiting for a committeeJan 28 to Jan 280 days

    Human ServicesJan 28 to Feb 69 days

    Health CareFeb 6 to Mar 2042 days

    In the House of RepresentativesMar 25 to May 1955 days

    Waiting for a committeeMar 25 to Apr 17 days

    Behavioral Health and Health CareApr 1 to May 1241 days

    With the GovernorMay 19 to May 278 days

    Votes

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

    • Senate, third reading29–0

      Passed · Mar 25 · 1 present

    • House of Representatives, third reading54–0

      Passed · May 19 · 5 present

    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 28 – Mar 25

    1. Jan 28Introduced
    2. Sent to Human Services
    3. Feb 4Heard in Human Services
    4. Feb 6Human Services reported it without a recommendation, and that it go to Health Care
    5. Sent to Health Care
    6. Mar 6Heard in Health Care
    7. Mar 13Heard in Health Care
    8. Mar 20Health Care recommended it
    9. Read a second time
    10. Mar 25Passed the Senate, 29 to 0

    In the House of Representatives Mar 27 – May 19

    1. Mar 27Arrived in the House of Representatives
    2. Apr 1Sent to Behavioral Health and Health Care
    3. Apr 15Heard in Behavioral Health and Health Care
    4. May 6Heard in Behavioral Health and Health Care
    5. May 12Behavioral Health and Health Care recommended it
    6. May 13Read a second time
    7. May 19Passed the House of Representatives, 54 to 0

    To the Governor May 20 – Jun 6

    1. May 20Signed in the Senate
    2. May 21Signed in the House of Representatives
    3. May 27Signed by the Governor
    4. Jun 6Became chapter 186 of Oregon Laws 2025
    5. In force from January 1, 2026
    All 25 actions, as published
    1. Jan 28Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.Senate
    2. Jan 28Referred to Human Services.Senate
    3. Feb 4Work Session held.Senate
    4. Feb 6Recommendation: Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Health Care.Senate
    5. Feb 6Referred to Health Care by order of the President.Senate
    6. Mar 6Public Hearing held.Senate
    7. Mar 13Work Session held.Senate
    8. Mar 20Recommendation: Do pass.Senate
    9. Mar 20Second reading.Senate
    10. Mar 24Carried over to 03-25 by unanimous consent.Senate
    11. Mar 25Third reading. Carried by Hayden. Passed.Senate
    12. Mar 27First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
    13. Apr 1Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care.House of Representatives
    14. Apr 15Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
    15. May 6Work Session held.House of Representatives
    16. May 12Recommendation: Do pass.House of Representatives
    17. May 13Second reading.House of Representatives
    18. May 14Rules suspended. Carried over to May 15, 2025 Calendar.House of Representatives
    19. May 15Rules suspended. Carried over to May 19, 2025 Calendar.House of Representatives
    20. May 19Third reading. Carried by Diehl. Passed.House of Representatives
    21. May 20President signed.Senate
    22. May 21Speaker signed.House of Representatives
    23. May 27Governor signed.Senate
    24. Jun 6Chapter 186, 2025 Laws.Senate
    25. Jun 6Effective date, January 1, 2026.Senate