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Oregon · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 605: Relating to medical debt reporting.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 605 is a bill introduced in the Oregon Senate on January 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to medical debt reporting. Primary sponsor: Wlnsvey Campos (Democratic), Nathan Sosa (Democratic). It lists 15 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 23, 2025): Effective date, January 1, 2026.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Prohibits medical service providers from reporting the amount or existence of medical debt to a consumer reporting agency. Prohibits a consumer reporting agency from including in a consumer report an item that the consumer reporting agency knows or should know is medical debt. Punishes a violation of the Act as an unlawful practice under the Unlawful Trade Practices Act.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 15 · Democratic/Working Families 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Wlnsvey CamposPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate18
Nathan SosaPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse30
Tom AndersenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse19
Farrah ChaichiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse35
Willy ChotzenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse46
Lisa FragalaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse8
Lew FrederickCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate22
David GombergCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10
Zach HudsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse49
James ManningCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate7
Lesly MuñozCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse22
Travis NelsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44
Deb PattersonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate10
Hai PhamCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse36
Khanh PhamCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate23
Thuy TranCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse45
Sen WoodsCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Effective date, January 1, 2026.
  2. Chapter 343, 2025 Laws.
  3. Governor signed.
  4. Speaker signed.
  5. President signed.
  6. Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
  7. Third reading. Carried by Sosa. Passed.
  8. Rules suspended. Carried over to May 29, 2025 Calendar.
  9. Second reading.
  10. Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed.
  11. Work Session held.
  12. Public Hearing held.

Showing 12 most recent of 25 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source