OR SB605 | 2025 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17)
Status: Passed on June 23 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-06-23 - Effective date, January 1, 2026.
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17)
Status: Passed on June 23 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-06-23 - Effective date, January 1, 2026.
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Summary
Stops people who provide medical services to patients from telling a credit bureau that a patient owes a debt, or the amount of the debt. Allows a person to sue a person who breaks this law. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.7). 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.
Title
Relating to medical debt reporting.
Sponsors
| Sen. Wlnsvey Campos [D] | Rep. Nathan Sosa [D] | Sen. Lew Frederick [D] | Sen. James Manning [D] |
| Sen. Deb Patterson [D] | Sen. Khanh Pham [D] | Sen. Aaron Woods [D] | Rep. Tom Andersen [D] |
| Rep. Farrah Chaichi [D] | Rep. Willy Chotzen [D] | Rep. Lisa Fragala [D] | Rep. David Gomberg [D] |
| Rep. Zach Hudson [D] | Rep. Lesly Munoz [D] | Rep. Travis Nelson [D] | Rep. Hai Pham [D] |
| Rep. Thuy Tran [D] |
Roll Calls
2025-06-09 - Senate - Senate Third Reading in Concurrence (Y: 18 N: 12 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-05-29 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 34 N: 17 NV: 0 Abs: 8) [PASS]
2025-05-20 - House - House Committee Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng bill. (Printed B-Eng.) (Y: 5 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-04-23 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 18 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-04-08 - Senate - Senate Committee Do pass with amendments and requesting subsequent referral to Health Care be rescinded. (Printed A-Eng.) (Y: 3 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-05-29 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 34 N: 17 NV: 0 Abs: 8) [PASS]
2025-05-20 - House - House Committee Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng bill. (Printed B-Eng.) (Y: 5 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-04-23 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 18 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-04-08 - Senate - Senate Committee Do pass with amendments and requesting subsequent referral to Health Care be rescinded. (Printed A-Eng.) (Y: 3 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-23 | Senate | Effective date, January 1, 2026. |
| 2025-06-23 | Senate | Chapter 343, 2025 Laws. |
| 2025-06-17 | Senate | Governor signed. |
| 2025-06-11 | House | Speaker signed. |
| 2025-06-10 | Senate | President signed. |
| 2025-06-09 | Senate | Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. Ayes, 18; Nays, 12--Anderson, Bonham, Girod, Hayden, Linthicum, McLane, Nash, Robinson, Smith DB, Starr, Thatcher, Weber. |
| 2025-05-29 | House | Third reading. Carried by Sosa. Passed. Ayes, 34; Nays, 17--Boice, Boshart Davis, Breese-Iverson, Cate, Elmer, Harbick, Helfrich, Lewis, McIntire, Osborne, Owens, Reschke, Scharf, Skarlatos, Smith G, Wright, Yunker; Excused, 7--Diehl, Evans, Gamba, Levy B, Nguyen H, Wallan, Watanabe; Excused for Business of the House, 1--Drazan. |
| 2025-05-28 | House | Rules suspended. Carried over to May 29, 2025 Calendar. |
| 2025-05-27 | House | Second reading. |
| 2025-05-23 | House | Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. |
| 2025-05-20 | House | Work Session held. |
| 2025-05-15 | House | Public Hearing held. |
| 2025-05-08 | House | Public Hearing cancelled. |
| 2025-04-24 | House | Referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection. |
| 2025-04-24 | House | First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. |
| 2025-04-23 | Senate | Third reading. Carried by Campos. Passed. Ayes, 18; Nays, 10--Anderson, Bonham, Girod, Hayden, Linthicum, Robinson, Smith DB, Starr, Thatcher, Weber; Excused, 1--Gorsek. |
| 2025-04-22 | Senate | Carried over to 04-23 by unanimous consent. |
| 2025-04-21 | Senate | Second reading. |
| 2025-04-18 | Senate | Subsequent referral rescinded by order of the President. |
| 2025-04-18 | Senate | Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and subsequent referral to Health Care be rescinded. (Printed A-Eng.) |
| 2025-04-08 | Senate | Work Session held. |
| 2025-03-18 | Senate | Public Hearing held. |
| 2025-01-30 | Senate | Public Hearing held. |
| 2025-01-17 | Senate | Referred to Labor and Business, then Health Care. |
| 2025-01-13 | Senate | Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. |
