HB2016 • 2025

Requires the Oregon Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and Therapists to establish a schedule of violations and remove from the board's website and publicly accessible publications, other than from a searchable electronic database designed to enable licensure or registration verification, information related to a licensee's or associate's violations after a specified time.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Representative Nosse
Last action: 2025-07-25
Official status: Chapter Number Assigned
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The plain English breakdown is still being put together. The official documents below are already here.

Bill History

2025-07-25 House
Chapter 373, (2025 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2026.
2025-06-24 House
Governor signed.
2025-06-16 Senate
President signed.
2025-06-13 House
Speaker signed.
2025-06-12 Senate
Motion to reconsider carried. Ayes, 18; Nays, 10--Anderson, Bonham, Girod, Hayden, Linthicum, McLane, Robinson, Smith DB, Thatcher, Weber; Excused, 2--Nash, Starr.
2025-06-12 Senate
Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. Ayes, 18; Nays, 10--Anderson, Bonham, Girod, Hayden, Linthicum, McLane, Robinson, Smith DB, Thatcher, Weber; Excused, 2--Nash, Starr.
2025-06-11 Senate
Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Bill failed. Ayes, 13; Nays, 9--Anderson, Bonham, Girod, Hayden, Jama, Linthicum, McLane, Smith DB, Thatcher; Excused, 8--Gorsek, Lieber, Meek, Nash, Pham, Robinson, Starr, Weber.
2025-06-11 Senate
Jama changed from aye to nay and served notice of possible reconsideration.
2025-06-10 Senate
Carried over to 06-11 by unanimous consent.
2025-06-09 Senate
Carried over to 06-10 by unanimous consent.
2025-06-05 Senate
Carried over to 06-09 by unanimous consent.
2025-06-04 Senate
Carried over to 06-05 by unanimous consent.
2025-06-03 Senate
Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill.
2025-06-03 Senate
Second reading.
2025-05-20 Senate
Work Session held.
2025-05-08 Senate
Public Hearing held.
2025-04-21 Senate
First reading. Referred to President's desk.
2025-04-21 Senate
Referred to Health Care.
2025-04-17 House
Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. Ayes, 33; Nays, 17--Boice, Breese-Iverson, Cate, Drazan, Edwards, Elmer, Levy B, Lewis, McIntire, Osborne, Owens, Reschke, Scharf, Smith G, Wallan, Wright, Yunker; Excused, 6--Dobson, Helfrich, McDonald, Nguyen H, Sosa, Valderrama; Excused for Business of the House, 4--Boshart Davis, Diehl, Nelson, Sanchez.
2025-04-16 House
Rules suspended. Carried over to April 17, 2025 Calendar.
2025-04-15 House
Second reading.
2025-04-14 House
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed.
2025-04-08 House
Work Session held.
2025-03-18 House
Public Hearing held.
2025-01-17 House
Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care.
2025-01-13 House
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act says the OBLPCT has to get rid of information on its website and other public sources about people who get in trouble with the board three or five years later. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.3).
Requires the Oregon Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and Therapists to establish a schedule of violations and remove from the board's website and publicly accessible publications<b>, other than from a searchable electronic database designed to enable licensure or registration verification,</b> information related to a licensee's or associate's violations after a specified time.
Relating to: Relating to discipline imposed by the Oregon Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and Therapists.
Current location: Chapter Number Assigned