At about 10 am today, June 29, 2019, our MH Coalition bill (SB 586-C) was addressed by the Senate!
Senator Fagan carried it, saying only, “Good bill, should pass.”
There was no further discussion or questions.
It passed, on a 25 to 2 vote, with three Republicans absent. The two no votes were Senators Olsen (Clackamas County) and Thomsen (Hood River).
The next steps are for the bill to be signed by the Senate President, then the House Speaker, and finally the Governor. We expect no issues with these final steps.
Our bill is scheduled to become law on January 1, 2020.
I’ll provide a more in-dept update later, but I wanted to get this out to you right away.
Thank you to everyone for their support.