SB 537, explained
Relating to violence in health care settings
Active Passed the House
In plain English
Digest: The Act creates new laws for workplace violence prevention in health care settings. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.9).
Creates workplace violence prevention requirements for certain health care entities. <b>Excludes the Oregon State Hospital from such requirements.</b> Requires the Department of Consumer and Business Services to prepare and submit a consolidated report of workplace violen
Money and the vote
How each chamber voted, and the campaign money the voting members had received ,
from official Oregon roll calls (OLIS) and ORESTAR contributions. Contributions span careers and are not tied
to any single vote; no causal link is asserted.
House floor vote2025-06-26
37–12 Health-industry money to the voting memberstotal health contributions those members received, by side of the vote
$2.5M → Aye · $186K → No Rep Nosse · AyeFriends of Rob Nosse · largest organizational donor
Oregon Nurses Political Action Committee (12986) · $79K Rep Nathanson · AyeFriends of Nancy Nathanson · largest organizational donor
Oregon Health Care Association PAC (275) · $51K Rep Speaker Fahey · AyeFriends of Julie Fahey · largest organizational donor
Future PAC, House Builders (1524) · $63K Rep Evans · AyeFriends of Paul Evans · largest organizational donor
Future PAC, House Builders (1524) · $824K Rep Bowman · AyeFriends of Ben Bowman · largest organizational donor
United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 555 Political · $102K Rep Sanchez · AyeTawna Sanchez for Oregon · largest organizational donor
Oregon Hospital Political Action Committee (161) · $33K Rep Lively · AyeFriends of John Lively · largest organizational donor
Future PAC, House Builders (1524) · $309K Rep Pham H · AyeFriends of Hai Pham · largest organizational donor
Dentists of Oregon PAC (54) · $30K Senate floor vote2025-06-23
18–11 Health-industry money to the voting memberstotal health contributions those members received, by side of the vote
$1.8M → Aye · $752K → No Sen Hayden · NoHayden for Oregon · largest organizational donor
Oregon's 13 Constitutional Defense Fund (22999) · $105K Sen Patterson · AyeFriends of Deb Patterson · largest organizational donor
Citizen Action for Political Education (33) · $560K Sen Lieber · AyeKate Lieber for State Senate · largest organizational donor
Oregon Hospital Political Action Committee (161) · $53K Sen Meek · AyeFriends of Mark Meek · largest organizational donor
Sdlf (1471) · $1.3M Sen Girod · NoFriends of Fred Girod · largest organizational donor
Leadership Fund, The (2690) · $126K Sen Neron Misslin · AyeFriends of Courtney Neron · largest organizational donor
Future PAC, House Builders (1524) · $679K Sen Taylor · AyeKathleen Taylor for Oregon · largest organizational donor
Oregon Health Care Association PAC (275) · $52K Sen Gorsek · AyeFriends of Chris Gorsek · largest organizational donor
Sdlf (1471) · $415K Oregon lobbying spend, health interests, 2025
The health organizations that spent the most on lobbying in Oregon that year, from Oregon Government Ethics Commission (OGEC) disclosures. Reported as quarterly totals, not tied to any single bill.
Oregon Nurses Association$462K
Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America$369K
Oregon Health Care Assn$355K
Oregon Association of Hospitals & Health Systems$259K
Oregon Dental Association$247K
Providence Health & Services$226K
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