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2026 Regular Session

House Bill 4155

Requires certain health insurers to cover fertility services and treatments.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Ways and Means Committee on March 6, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

<b>Digest: The Act tells some insurers to cover care for some fertility treatments and exempts some insurers from parts of this requirement. Tells DCBS to make a program to cover costs for exempt insurers. Creates a new fund. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.2).</b> [<i>Digest: The Act tells some insurers, OEBB and PEBB to cover care for some fertility treatments. The Act tells OHA and DCBS to study access to reproductive treatments and report back to the committee on health. The Act makes it an emergency. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.0).</i>] Requires certain health insurers[<i>, the Oregon Educators Benefit Board and the Public Employees' Benefit Board</i>] to cover fertility services and treatments.<b> Exempts certain insurers from specific coverage requirements.</b> [<i>Directs the Oregon Health Authority and the Department of Consumer and Business Services to study access to fertility and reproductive endocrinology services and report findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health.</i>] [<i>Declares an emergency, effective on passage.</i>] <b>Directs the Department of Consumer and Business Services to administer a program to provide reimbursement for the costs for treatments when not covered by exempted insurers.</b> <b>Establishes the Family Building Fund in the State Treasury.</b>

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

16 co-sponsors

Court Boice, Matt Bunch, Darcey Edwards, Jeffrey Helfrich, Bobby Levy, Rick Lewis, Kevin Mannix, Emily McIntire, Virgle Osborne, Anna Scharf, Alek Skarlatos, Dwayne Yunker, David Gomberg, Emerson Levy, Zach Hudson, Dacia Grayber

Its course

February 2 to March 6, 2026, 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 5 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 2 to Mar 6 · stopped32 days

Waiting for a committeeFeb 2 to Feb 20 days

Health CareFeb 2 to Feb 1715 days

Ways and MeansFeb 17 to Mar 6 · stopped17 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 17

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 2 – Mar 6

  1. Feb 2Introduced
  2. Sent to Health Care
  3. Feb 10Heard in Health Care
  4. Feb 12Heard in Health Care
  5. Feb 17Health Care recommended it as amended, and that it go to Ways and Means
  6. Sent to Ways and Means
  7. Mar 6Died when the session ended
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Feb 2First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
  2. Feb 2Referred to Health Care with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.House of Representatives
  3. Feb 10Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
  4. Feb 12Work Session held.House of Representatives
  5. Feb 17Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.House of Representatives
  6. Feb 17Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.House of Representatives
  7. Mar 6In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives