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OR SB233
Bill
Status
Enrolled
6/11/2025
Primary Sponsor
James Manning
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AI Summary
- Creates a one-year window from the Act's effective date to file lawsuits for injuries related to hernia mesh removal surgeries that occurred between January 1, 2018, and January 1, 2019
- Overrides Oregon's standard statute of ultimate repose (ORS 12.110(4)) for this specific category of medical injury claims
- Does not revive any cause of action that was previously settled, compromised, or adjudicated before the Act's effective date
- Declares an emergency, making the Act effective immediately upon passage rather than the standard 91 days after the legislative session
Legislative Description
Relating to the statute of ultimate repose for claims for injuries from health care; declaring an emergency.
Last Action
Third reading. Carried by Chaichi. Failed. Ayes, 22; Nays, 33--Boice, Boshart Davis, Bowman, Breese-Iverson, Cate, Drazan, Edwards, Elmer, Gomberg, Grayber, Harbick, Hartman, Helfrich, Isadore, Levy B, Levy E, Lewis, Lively, Mannix, McDonald, McLain, Nguyen D, Osborne, Owens, Pham H, Reschke, Rieke Smith, Ruiz, Scharf, Skarlatos, Watanabe, Wright, Yunker; Excused, 4--Diehl, Dobson, Nguyen H, Wallan; Excused for Business of the House, 1--McIntire.
6/11/2025
Committee Referrals
Judiciary4/15/2025
Judiciary1/17/2025
Full Bill Text
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