l9n/ Oregon

2026 Regular Session

Senate Bill 1573

Prohibits a syringe service program from operating a mobile or temporary location within 2,000 feet of a school or licensed child care facility.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Early Childhood and Behavioral Health Committee on March 6, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

Digest: The Act says a syringe service program may not operate by a school or child care facility. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.1). Prohibits a syringe service program from operating a mobile or temporary location within 2,000 feet of a school or licensed child care facility. Defines "syringe service program." Provides that any person may bring a cause of action for damages against a syringe service program operating in violation of the prohibition.

Sponsors

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

In the Senate

3 co-sponsors

Mark Meek, David Brock Smith, Kim Thatcher

In the House of Representatives

11 co-sponsors

Matt Bunch, Paul Evans, Jeffrey Helfrich, Shannon Isadore, Bobby Levy, Rick Lewis, E. Werner Reschke, Sue Rieke Smith, Gregory Smith, Boomer Wright, Dwayne Yunker

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 action5 actions on 3 days

In the SenateFeb 2 to Mar 6 · stopped32 days

Waiting for a committeeFeb 2 to Feb 20 days

Early Childhood and Behavioral HealthFeb 2 to Mar 6 · stopped32 days

Votes

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

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 Feb 2 – Mar 6

  1. Feb 2Introduced
  2. Sent to Early Childhood and Behavioral Health
  3. Feb 5Heard in Early Childhood and Behavioral Health
  4. Mar 6Died when the session ended
All 5 actions, as published
  1. Feb 2Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.Senate
  2. Feb 2Referred to Early Childhood and Behavioral Health.Senate
  3. Feb 5Public Hearing held.Senate
  4. Mar 6Motion to withdraw from committee on Early Childhood and Behavioral Health failed.Senate
  5. Mar 6In committee upon adjournment.Senate