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SB 1539 — Allows an individual to verify whether cattle are pregnant without holding a valid license issued by the Oregon State Veterinary Medical Examining Board under certain circumstances.

Congress · introduced 2026-01-15

<b>Digest: The Act says a person might be allowed to do certain jobs with animals, like checking if cows are pregnant, even if they are not veterinarians. Allows the OSVMEB to adopt rules to explain when this is okay. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8).</b> [<i>Digest: The Act says a person might be allowed to do certain jobs with animals, like checking if cows are pregnant, even if they are not veterinarians. Allows the ODA to adopt rules to explain when this is okay. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.1).</i>] Allows an individual to verify whether cattle are pregnant without holding a valid license issued by the Oregon State Veterinary Medical Examining Board under certain circumstances. Permits the [<i>State Department of Agriculture</i>]<b> board</b> to adopt rules. <b>Sunsets on January 1, 2031.</b>

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Sponsors

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Action timeline

  1. · state_upper — Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
  2. · state_upper — Referred to Natural Resources and Wildfire.
  3. · state_upper — Public Hearing held.
  4. · state_upper — Work Session held.
  5. · state_upper — Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.)
  6. · state_upper — Second reading.
  7. · state_upper — Third reading. Carried by Nash. Passed.
  8. · state_lower — First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
  9. · state_lower — Referred to Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water.
  10. · state_lower — Public Hearing held.
  11. · state_lower — Work Session held.
  12. · state_lower — Recommendation: Do pass.
  13. · state_lower — Second reading.
  14. · state_lower — Third reading. Carried by Owens. Passed.
  15. · state_upper — President signed.
  16. · state_lower — Speaker signed.
  17. · state_upper — Governor signed.
  18. · state_upper — Chapter 83, 2026 Laws.
  19. · state_upper — Effective date, January 1, 2027.

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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

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