HB 4053 — Establishes the Emergency Medical Services Program Fund.
Congress · introduced 2026-01-16
Digest: The Act makes an EMS Program Fund and changes the name of a committee. The Act tells OHA to make minimum education requirements for EMS providers. The Act also makes a subcommittee. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.1). Establishes the Emergency Medical Services Program Fund. Changes the name of the Pediatric Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee to the Emergency Medical Services for Children Advisory Committee. Directs the Oregon Health Authority to establish by rule minimum educational requirements for licensure as an emergency medical services provider. <b>Prohibits a person from using certain titles or initials unless the person is licensed at a level that corresponds to the title or initials. </b>Becomes operative on January 1, 2027. Establishes the Long Term Care and Senior Care Emergency Medical Services Advisory Subcommittee within the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee to provide advice and recommendations to the committee on issues related to long term care and senior care. Becomes operative on January 1, 2029. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Latest action: — Chapter Number Assigned
Sponsors
- Grayber, Dacia (D, OR-28) — sponsor
- Evans, Paul (D, OR-20) — cosponsor
- Fragala, Lisa (D, OR-8) — cosponsor
- Gamba, Mark (D, OR-41) — cosponsor
- McDonald , Sarah (D, OR-16) — cosponsor
- Nosse, Rob (D, OR-42) — cosponsor
- Patterson, Deb (D, OR-10) — cosponsor
- Reynolds, Lisa (D, OR-17) — cosponsor
- Wise, Lamar (D, OR-48) — cosponsor
- Andersen, Tom (D, OR-19) — cosponsor
- Gomberg, David (D, OR-10) — cosponsor
- Bowman, Ben (D, OR-25) — cosponsor
- Nelson, Travis (D, OR-44) — cosponsor
- Muñoz, Lesly (D, OR-22) — cosponsor
- Nguyen, Daniel (D, OR-38) — cosponsor
Action timeline
- · state_lower — First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
- · state_lower — Referred to Health Care with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.
- · state_lower — Public Hearing held.
- · state_lower — Work Session held.
- · state_lower — Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and subsequent referral to Ways and Means be rescinded.
- · state_lower — Subsequent referral to Ways and Means rescinded by order of the Speaker.
- · state_lower — Second reading.
- · state_lower — Third reading. Carried by Grayber. Passed.
- · state_upper — First reading. Referred to President's desk.
- · state_upper — Referred to Health Care.
- · state_upper — Public Hearing held.
- · state_upper — Work Session held.
- · state_upper — Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill.
- · state_upper — Second reading.
- · state_upper — Third reading. Carried by Reynolds. Passed.
- · state_lower — Speaker signed.
- · state_upper — President signed.
- · state_lower — Governor signed.
- · state_lower — Chapter 37, (2026 Laws): Effective date June 5, 2026.
Text versions
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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 | Grayber, Dacia (D, state_lower OR-28) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Andersen, Tom (D, state_lower OR-19) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Bowman, Ben (D, state_lower OR-25) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Evans, Paul (D, state_lower OR-20) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Fragala, Lisa (D, state_lower OR-8) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Gamba, Mark (D, state_lower OR-41) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Gomberg, David (D, state_lower OR-10) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | McDonald , Sarah (D, state_lower OR-16) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Muñoz, Lesly (D, state_lower OR-22) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Nelson, Travis (D, state_lower OR-44) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Nguyen, Daniel (D, state_lower OR-38) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Nosse, Rob (D, state_lower OR-42) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Patterson, Deb (D, state_upper OR-10) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Reynolds, Lisa (D, state_upper OR-17) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Wise, Lamar (D, state_lower OR-48) | 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