HB 4087 — Requires a health care practitioner to exercise the proper degree of care to preserve the health and life of a child born alive, regardless of whether the birth was the result of an induced abortion.
Congress · introduced 2026-01-16
Digest: The Act requires that a doctor provide the same standard of care to any child born alive that requires life-saving treatment. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.6). Requires a health care practitioner to exercise the proper degree of care to preserve the health and life of a child born alive, regardless of whether the birth was the result of an induced abortion. Allows specified persons to bring an action against a health care practitioner for violations. Allows the court to order that the identity or personally identifiable information of specified persons is protected from disclosure.
Latest action: — In House Committee
Sponsors
- Boice, Court (R, OR-1) — sponsor
- Yunker, Dwayne (R, OR-3) — sponsor
- Smith, David Brock (R, OR-1) — sponsor
- Smith, Gregory (R, OR-57) — sponsor
- Wright, Boomer (R, OR-9) — sponsor
- Breese-Iverson, Vikki (R, OR-59) — cosponsor
- Bunch, Matt (R, OR-51) — cosponsor
- Diehl, Ed (R, OR-17) — cosponsor
- Edwards, Darcey (R, OR-31) — cosponsor
- Harbick, Darin (R, OR-12) — cosponsor
- Helfrich, Jeffrey (R, OR-52) — cosponsor
- Levy, Bobby (R, OR-58) — cosponsor
- Lewis, Rick (R, OR-18) — cosponsor
- Mannix, Kevin (R, OR-21) — cosponsor
- McIntire, Emily (R, OR-56) — cosponsor
- Osborne, Virgle (R, OR-2) — cosponsor
- Owens, Mark (R, OR-60) — cosponsor
- Scharf, Anna (R, OR-23) — cosponsor
- Skarlatos, Alek (R, OR-4) — cosponsor
- Thatcher, Kim (R, OR-11) — cosponsor
- Cate, Jami (R, OR-11) — cosponsor
Action timeline
- · state_lower — First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
- · state_lower — Referred to Health Care.
- · state_lower — Motion to withdraw from Health Care failed.
- · state_lower — In committee upon adjournment.
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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 | Boice, Court (R, state_lower OR-1) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Smith, David Brock (R, state_upper OR-1) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 3 | Smith, Gregory (R, state_lower OR-57) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 4 | Wright, Boomer (R, state_lower OR-9) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 5 | Yunker, Dwayne (R, state_lower OR-3) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 6 | Breese-Iverson, Vikki (R, state_lower OR-59) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Bunch, Matt (R, state_lower OR-51) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Cate, Jami (R, state_lower OR-11) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Diehl, Ed (R, state_lower OR-17) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Edwards, Darcey (R, state_lower OR-31) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Harbick, Darin (R, state_lower OR-12) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Helfrich, Jeffrey (R, state_lower OR-52) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Levy, Bobby (R, state_lower OR-58) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Lewis, Rick (R, state_lower OR-18) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Mannix, Kevin (R, state_lower OR-21) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | McIntire, Emily (R, state_lower OR-56) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Osborne, Virgle (R, state_lower OR-2) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Owens, Mark (R, state_lower OR-60) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 19 | Scharf, Anna (R, state_lower OR-23) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 20 | Skarlatos, Alek (R, state_lower OR-4) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 21 | Thatcher, Kim (R, state_upper OR-11) | 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