Oregon House Bill 2381

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-17 - Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.
Pending: House Behavioral Health and Health Care Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

The Act directs the OHA to set up a program and hotline to provide help to pregnant people. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.0). Directs the Oregon Health Authority to establish and administer the Pregnancy Launch Program to provide certain services to specified persons. Prohibits the authority from contracting for the provision of program services with an organization that directly or indirectly promotes, refers for or assists pregnant persons in obtaining abortions. Directs the authority to establish a pregnancy resources hotline. Requires the hotline to automatically connect pregnant persons seeking abortions with organizations providing services through the Pregnancy Launch Program. Exempts specified records and information from public disclosure. Creates exceptions. Requires specified reports. Becomes operative January 1, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Relating to pregnancy resources; prescribing an effective date.

Rep. Bobby Levy [R]	Rep. Virgle Osborne [R]	Rep. Anna Scharf [R]	Rep. Boomer Wright [R]
Sen. Todd Nash [R]	Sen. Suzanne Weber [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-17	House	Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.
2025-01-13	House	First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2381
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2381/Introduced
Supplement	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureAnalysisDocument/85237