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Oregon · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 739: Relating to long term care oversight.

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 739 is a bill introduced in the Oregon Senate on January 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to long term care oversight. Primary sponsor: Sara Gelser Blouin (Democratic), Deb Patterson (Democratic). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (August 13, 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.

Modifies the requirements for investigations of a residential care facility following a complaint of a licensing violation. Prohibits exceptions to statutory licensing requirements for residential care facilities. Requires a residential care facility to notify a resident's designated contact person of a substantiated licensing violation or abuse finding or of the facility's placement in the enhanced oversight and supervision program. Requires an applicant for a license to operate a residential care facility, if the applicant does not have experience in the operation or management of a residential care facility, to contract with an experienced consultant or management company. Adds new requirements for obtaining a license to operate a residential facility or an adult foster home. Requires the Department of Human Services and the Oregon Health Authority to inspect residential facilities and adult foster homes under certain conditions. Permits the department to extend the duration of an adult foster home license to two years if the department determines that the home has been in substantial compliance for three consecutive years.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 5 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Sara Gelser BlouinPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate8
Deb PattersonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate10
Cyrus JavadiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse32
Courtney Neron MisslinCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate13
David SmithCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate1
Janeen SollmanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate15

“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 619, 2025 Laws.
  3. Governor signed.
  4. Speaker signed.
  5. President signed.
  6. Third reading. Carried by Hartman. Passed.
  7. Second reading.
  8. Recommendation: Do pass.
  9. Referred to Ways and Means.
  10. First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
  11. Third reading. Carried by Gelser Blouin. Passed.
  12. Second reading.

Showing 12 most recent of 25 actions. Full history

Sources

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