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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.

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

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

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.

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.

What This Bill Does

  • 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.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-07-25 House

    Chapter 373, (2025 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2026.

  2. 2025-06-24 House

    Governor signed.

  3. 2025-06-16 Senate

    President signed.

  4. 2025-06-13 House

    Speaker signed.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 2025-06-11 Senate

    Jama changed from aye to nay and served notice of possible reconsideration.

  9. 2025-06-10 Senate

    Carried over to 06-11 by unanimous consent.

  10. 2025-06-09 Senate

    Carried over to 06-10 by unanimous consent.

  11. 2025-06-05 Senate

    Carried over to 06-09 by unanimous consent.

  12. 2025-06-04 Senate

    Carried over to 06-05 by unanimous consent.

  13. 2025-06-03 Senate

    Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill.

  14. 2025-06-03 Senate

    Second reading.

  15. 2025-05-20 Senate

    Work Session held.

  16. 2025-05-08 Senate

    Public Hearing held.

  17. 2025-04-21 Senate

    First reading. Referred to President's desk.

  18. 2025-04-21 Senate

    Referred to Health Care.

  19. 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.

  20. 2025-04-16 House

    Rules suspended. Carried over to April 17, 2025 Calendar.

  21. 2025-04-15 House

    Second reading.

  22. 2025-04-14 House

    Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed.

  23. 2025-04-08 House

    Work Session held.

  24. 2025-03-18 House

    Public Hearing held.

  25. 2025-01-17 House

    Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care.

  26. 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

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Enrolled
House Bill 2016
Sponsored by Representative NOSSE (Presession filed.)
CHAPTER .................................................
AN ACT
Relating to discipline imposed by the Oregon Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and Ther-
apists.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. Section 2 of this 2025 Act is added to and made a part of ORS 675.715 to
675.835.
SECTION 2. (1) The Oregon Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and Therapists
shall establish by rule a schedule of the violations described in ORS 675.745 according to the
penalties imposed for each type of violation.
(2)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, the board shall remove from
the website operated by or on behalf of the board, and any publicly accessible print and
electronic publications under the board’s control, all information related to the discipline of
a licensee or associate as follows:
(A) Three years after the date on which the licensee or associate satisfied the board’s
order, if the discipline imposed did not include license suspension or revocation and the vio-
lation is scheduled as a lesser or similar violation, as determined by the board; and
(B) Five years after the date on which the licensee or associate satisfied the board’s or-
der, if the discipline imposed included license suspension and the violation is scheduled as a
greater or similar violation, as determined by the board.
(b) The board may not remove the information described in paragraph (a) of this sub-
section from a searchable electronic database that is publicly accessible and designed to en-
able verification of licensure or registration.
(c) The board may not remove from the website or publications described in this sub-
section information related to the discipline of a licensee or associate if the discipline in-
cluded permanent denial of a license.
Enrolled House Bill 2016 (HB 2016-A) Page 1
Passed by House April 17, 2025
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Timothy G. Sekerak, Chief Clerk of House
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Julie Fahey, Speaker of House
Passed by Senate June 12, 2025
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Rob Wagner, President of Senate
Received by Governor:
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Approved:
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Tina Kotek, Governor
Filed in Office of Secretary of State:
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Tobias Read, Secretary of State
Enrolled House Bill 2016 (HB 2016-A) Page 2