SB 605 — Prohibits medical service providers from reporting the amount or existence of medical debt to a consumer reporting agency.
Congress · introduced 2024-12-31
Digest: 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.
Latest action: — Chapter Number Assigned
Sponsors
- Campos, Wlnsvey (D, OR-18) — sponsor
- Sosa, Nathan (D, OR-30) — sponsor
- Frederick, Lew (D, OR-22) — cosponsor
- Patterson, Deb (D, OR-10) — cosponsor
- Chaichi, Farrah (D, OR-35) — cosponsor
- Gomberg, David (D, OR-10) — cosponsor
- Nelson, Travis (D, OR-44) — cosponsor
- Pham, Hai (D, OR-36) — cosponsor
- Manning Jr., James (D, OR-7) — cosponsor
- Pham, Khanh (D, OR-23) — cosponsor
- Muñoz, Lesly (D, OR-22) — cosponsor
- Chotzen, Willy (D, OR-46) — cosponsor
- Andersen, Tom (D, OR-19) — cosponsor
- Tran, Thuy (D, OR-45) — cosponsor
- Hudson, Zach (D, OR-49) — cosponsor
- Fragala, Lisa (D, OR-8) — cosponsor
Action timeline
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Inbound (16)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-31 | Andersen, Tom | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Chaichi, Farrah | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Chotzen, Willy | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Fragala, Lisa | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Gomberg, David | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Hudson, Zach | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Muñoz, Lesly | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Nelson, Travis | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Pham, Hai | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Sosa, Nathan | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Tran, Thuy | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Campos, Wlnsvey | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Frederick, Lew | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Manning Jr., James | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Patterson, Deb | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Pham, Khanh | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Campos, Wlnsvey (D, state_upper OR-18) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Sosa, Nathan (D, state_lower OR-30) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 3 | Andersen, Tom (D, state_lower OR-19) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Chaichi, Farrah (D, state_lower OR-35) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Chotzen, Willy (D, state_lower OR-46) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Fragala, Lisa (D, state_lower OR-8) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Frederick, Lew (D, state_upper OR-22) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Gomberg, David (D, state_lower OR-10) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Hudson, Zach (D, state_lower OR-49) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Manning Jr., James (D, state_upper OR-7) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Muñoz, Lesly (D, state_lower OR-22) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Nelson, Travis (D, state_lower OR-44) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Patterson, Deb (D, state_upper OR-10) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Pham, Hai (D, state_lower OR-36) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Pham, Khanh (D, state_upper OR-23) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Tran, Thuy (D, state_lower OR-45) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Nelson, Travis (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · sponsored by Sosa, Nathan (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Pham, Hai (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Patterson, Deb (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Tran, Thuy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Frederick, Lew (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · sponsored by Campos, Wlnsvey (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Hudson, Zach (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Chaichi, Farrah (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Fragala, Lisa (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Chotzen, Willy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Manning Jr., James (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Muñoz, Lesly (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Andersen, Tom (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Gomberg, David (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Pham, Khanh (cosponsor) · sponsorship